Alfredo Jaar
A Logo for America
Lot closes
June 7, 03:23:30 AM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
Starting Bid
18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Alfredo Jaar
b. 1956
A Logo for America
Executed in 1987.
Framed pigment print
Unique test print
16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Framed: 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (41.9 × 41.9 × 4.1 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Alfredo Jaar (b. 1956, Santiago, Chile; lives in New York, NY) is a renowned artist, architect, and filmmaker whose innovative work probes power imbalances in the contemporary geopolitical landscape and challenges viewers to bear witness to humanitarian crises. This early piece depicts one of Jaar’s most iconic phrases on a billboard in a busy intersection in New York’s Times Square. In addition to presenting two solo exhibitions of Jaar’s work—Geography = War (2007–8) and The Structure of Images (2021–22)—the MCA has collected his artwork in-depth across photography, sculpture, and installation. He has participated in four editions of the Venice Biennale (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), four editions of the São Paulo Biennial (1987, 1989, 2010, 2021), and two editions of Documenta (1987, 2002). Jaar has received numerous awards and honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship, the Hiroshima Art Prize, and the Hasselblad Award.