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Emerging Photography Stars

June 29, 2009 by Marion Maneker

The Wall Street Journal calls attention to the upcoming photo auctions in London where Christie’s will be featuring new photographers whose work is sold-out at galleries under the “distinctively” series name:

Back Seung-Woo

A new auction face in the British section is Neeta Madahar with “Falling I” (2005), a lyrical piece re-enacting a childhood memory of sycamore seeds falling from the trees (estimate: £3,000-£4,000). Another is Glen Luchford with an image from 1993 of a lonely, young Kate Moss in a cowboy hat being photographed for Harper’s Bazaar on 42nd Street in New York (estimate: £8,000-£12,000).

Korean newcomers include Back Seung-Woo, whose “Real World I #01” (2004) was taken in a South Korean theme park and confuses reality in presenting little Korean turtle ships floating on the waters around a fake Manhattan with real Korean apartment blocks in the background (estimate: £10,000-£15,000). Bae Chan-Hyo’s “Existing in Costume I” (2006) shows the artist dressed up as a 16th-century British queen, dealing with the problem of identity (estimate: £2,000-£3,000). Lee Jung takes an aesthetically beautiful landscape image of North Korea from across the border in “Bordering North Korea” (2006) and slashes across it the words “Another Country” (estimate: £2,000-£3,000).

Japan’s auction debutantes include Jumonji Bishin with “Headless” (1971), an unusual portrait where the head of a person is cut off, inviting the viewer to identify the sitter (estimate: £3,000-£5,000). Yamaguchi Noriko’s “Cell Phone Girl” (2004) features a girl in a bodysuit crafted from mobile-phone keypads and large headphones with streaming wires (estimate: £2,000-£3,000). A moving contribution comes from Otsuka Chino, whose “Imagine Finding Me” (2005) is a photo of the grown artist and an inserted image of the artist as a child walking on a beach with the printed words, “If again I have a chance to meet, there is so much I want to ask and so much I want to tell” (estimate: £2,500-£3,500).

Sales Focus on Fresh Stars (Wall Street Journal)

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