Michael E. Smith
Untitled
Lot closes
June 7, 03:43:00 AM GMT
Estimate
13,000 - 15,000 USD
Current Bid
9,000 USD
6 Bids
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Michael E. Smith
b. 1977
Untitled
Executed in 2024.
Basketballs, urethane foam, epoxy
15 x 15 x 10 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 25.4 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Michael E. Smith (b. 1977, Detroit, MI; lives in Providence, RI) is well known for repurposing found objects into sparse, enigmatic sculptures that evoke cycles of consumption and production. Basketballs are a recurring motif for Smith, and Untitled conjoins a worn ball with two newer ones, illustrating the life cycle of the balls and challenging the concept of sculpture as a static object. In 2020, the MCA featured Smith’s work in the exhibition Just Connect. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions such as Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, United Kingdom; Secession, Vienna; and Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Smith’s work is in the MCA Collection, as well as in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.