Till Death Do Us Part
by Magnus Gjoen.
Limited Edition of 125
By telescoping the fragment of a major work of the Renaissance, an emblematic skull and its contemporary aesthetic, Magnus Gjoen combines fragility and beauty.
His work frees itself from all spatio-temporal considerations to offer a rejuvenating treatment to a painting from another time.
His ambition is to creating images that are full of startling beauty as well as a profundity of thought.
To our greatest pleasure!
Blow-Up
on ‘Till Death Do Us Part’
Magnus Gjoen’s art to date is a series of juxtapositions, here a skull decorated with a grand painting of the Renaissance, of stately portraits Vénus & Adonis adorned with luminous block colours.
A Mighty Inspiring Skull for Love Sake
In art, decorative skulls show the inevitability of death and|or reminds us of an human experience that was.
“As humans we can relate to them easily”, Magnus Gjoen explains, “we have a fascination for the dead and the afterlife”.
Throughout her life, Venus is driven by her love for Adonis.
And here they are, reunited for eternity by the fantasy of an artist who shows us their passionate love in the eternal setting of a skull.
To Be Or Not To Be? Existential question! Love Is The Answer, tells us Magnus Gjoen.
We then cross the boundary of time, the boundary of life and death, to see beyond what will remain forever imprinted on the walls of our own skulls.
Listen Up
and I’ll Tell A Story
When unwrapping the print I received by post, a stain appeared at first sight.
Sending the print back could have been an option.
Instead, I decided to tear it up.
Without giving it a second thought.
Considering the two fragments of work I had, I felt like reworking them.
From this disaster new works were born.
Is the art of tearing stronger than the art of collecting?
If perfection is not of this world, imperfection can make a work of art ... on occasion.
And in the end, I have here a work more original than the original itself.
Unique! Not one piece but an evolutive piece.
I can get a new variation every day if I wish.
Although quite iconoclastic, I don't encourage anyone to tear up one’s works, but the experience is breathtaking.
When An Artwork Is The Beginning Not The End
New York-based group MSCHF purchased a signed copy of one of Damien Hirst’s famous spotted paintings, ‘L-Isoleucine T-Butyl Ester’.
Acting as art activists, they indulged in a bit of creative destruction and recreated masterpieces.
In an iconoclastic gambit, they proceeded to cut out each of the 88 dots by hand, thus creating ‘Severed Spots’, a series of 88 artworks, sold by piece.
What remained of the artwork, a piece of paper filled with 88 Holes and bearing Hirst’s signature became ‘Spotless Painting’, the 89th artwork of the series, sold at a very profitable auction.
Bansky went a step further with ‘Girl With Balloon’, one of his most iconic paintings which was torn into strips by a hidden shredding device shortly after selling at auction for $1.4 million.
The new half-shredded artwork has been renamed ‘Love Is In The Bin’ n’y Banksy himself.
Banksy revealed he meant to shred entire ‘Girl With Balloon’ painting: "In rehearsals it worked every time."
The artist's headline-grabbing stunt did not go entirely to plan.
Add ‘Till Death Do Us Part’
to Your Collection.
YEAR
2019
TECHNIQUE
Giclée Print, Silkscreen Varnish, Archival pigment inks
EDITION SIZE
125
DIMENSIONS
30 cm x 30 cm | 11.81 in. x 11.81 in
PAPER
308 gsm cotton rag
SIGNATURE
Being signed, numbered, stamped and dated by the artist
AUTHENTICATION
Being accompanied by a COA
CONDITION
Work sold in perfect condition
FRAME
No, so you can get it framed as you like
SHIPPING
Will be extremely well packed in a large sturdy tube to ensure safe delivery
PRICE
On demand
Suggestion
for Accompaniment of ‘Till Death Do Us Part’
Crown & Country I
by Prefab77.
YEAR
2020
TECHNIQUE
Giclée Print
EDITION SIZE
150
DIMENSIONS
76 cm x 95 cm | 29.92 in. x 37.40 in
PAPER
BFK Rives 300 gsm
SIGNATURE
Being signed, numbered and dated by the artist
AUTHENTICATION
Being accompanied by a COA
CONDITION
Work sold in perfect condition
FRAME
No, so you can get it framed as you like
SHIPPING
Will be extremely well packed in a large sturdy tube to ensure safe delivery
PRICE
On demand