Bloomberg: Gun-Slinging Robot, Wooden Beams Mark Quiet Hong Kong Art Sale
...Deceased Japanese artist Tetsuya Ishida's "Decided by Myself," [above] an oil-on-wood showing a prostrated man with a back shaped like a washbasin rimmed with opened bottles of prescription drugs, inhalants and cans of beer, sold for HK$5.5 million. "Japanese contemporary artists are definitely emerging onto the auction scene," said Roderic Steinkamp, a New York-based dealer, in an interview at the salesroom. "The prices of their artworks have visibly spiked at this auction." Steinkamp said he likes Tenmyouya's works. Tenmyouya, born in 1966, sold his "RX-78-2 Kabuki-mono 2005 Version," [below] which shows a gun-wielding robot, for HK$4.8 million at the Saturday auction...more...
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