Hipkiss - Wind Took My Swit, Signed (1997, Graphite on Paper)

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Hipkiss - Wind Took my Swit, Signed (1997, Graphite on Paper).

Drawing on Paper

Framed and Matted

In very good … more Hipkiss - Wind Took my Swit, Signed (1997, Graphite on Paper).

Drawing on Paper

Framed and Matted

In very good condition. Not inspected out of frame.

Original gallery tag en verso.

Provenance: private collector in Princeton, NJ.

Size:

12.5 x 10.25 in (frame)

5.75 x 8.25 in (drawing)

Natural themes dominate the artists' output, and in recent years, their work has developed into a more focused treatment of the subjects. In a review of the 2018 solo exhibition, Bulwark, at the Drawing Center, Matthew Weinstein of Artforum wrote:

"Naturalists such as John J. Audubon, Karl Blossfeldt, and Pierre-Joseph Redouté treated their subjects as specimens, which necessitated the death of the object of investigation. Countless living things have been sacrificed for curiosity and representation. Hipkiss, however, use a precise kind of inner observation in the service of creation. Representation, for them, does not involve killing. Every Bulwark is a tower of celebration devoted to the protection of life."

Notable solo shows include the Drawing Center and John Michael Kohler Arts Center. The duo has also been featured in exhibitions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain, Whitechapel Gallery, New Museum, La Maison Rouge, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, David Zwirner Gallery and  Collectors Room Berlin, and can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, FRAC (Fonds régional d'art contemporain), Picardie, Les Abattoirs and Whitworth Art Gallery. less