Outstanding Auction Results for MBW

Mr. Brainwash experienced outstanding auction results at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York last week. Estimated between $50,000 and $70,000, MBW’s Charlie Chaplin sold for an impressive $122,500, double the initial estimate. Mr. Brainwash’s unmistakable style features cultural icons such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein. MBW’s current show ICONS in NYC, comes on the heels of an acclaimed rendition of Madonna for the cover of her latest album, as well as sold-out shows in both Los Angeles and London. This incredible success at auction is only a taste of what is to come for one of the world’s leading street artists.

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Now on View: Warhol, Hirst, Young, UltraVelvet and Alper

Guy Hepner is pleased to present a selection of original works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, UltraVelvet and Russell Young now on view at 300 North Robertson in West Hollywood.

Andy Warhol possessed an unrivaled ability to elevate the mundane to an iconic level. As the father of Pop Art, Warhol’s sardonic examination of celebrity and popular culture remains pertinent to this day.

Damien Hirst’s All You Need is Love, Love, Love (Diamond Dust), captures the truly essential elements of love—freedom and endless possibility—and presents them, unadorned, frozen in time before they are diluted by absurdity and human fallibility.

The Panoramas mark a departure from previous UltraVelvet works. Playfully seductive, these digitally enhanced and layered images are both vintage and futuristic. Together the bold content and new format of these pieces successfully takes UltraVelvet to the next level.

Captivating works from Russell Young’s Diamond Dust Collection, features youthful portraits of one of the twentieth-century’s greatest icons, Marilyn Monroe. These powerful pieces successfully convey the intense emotional turmoil and impending tragedy.

Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

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Women: Property of an Important London Collector

Guy Hepner is pleased to present a selection of rare works from noted photographers, Albert Watson, Mark Seliger, David LaChapelle, Tony Duran and Gavin Bond. An important London collector has just deaccessioned these incredible works, several of which have never before been made available to the public.

The wide variety of Albert Watson images reflects an effortless versatility, yet due to its sheer power and technical virtuosity—whether it’s a portrait of Kate Moss a close-up of King Tutankhamen's Glove—his work is always identifiable as Albert Watson photography. His singular commitment to perfection has made Watson one of the world’s preeminent photographers.

As one of today's most celebrated editorial photographers, Mark Seliger has had the rare opportunity to continually photograph the world’s most famous faces. Seliger's work has won countless awards and been displayed extensively in galleries and museums worldwide.

Described as "The Fellini of photography" by New York Magazine, David LaChapelle's high fashion and celebrity portraits are unrivaled. Countless VIPs have gone before LaChapelle's hallowed lens, including Britney Spears, Madonna, Naomi Campbell and Paris Hilton.

Touted as “the most famous non-famous photographer in the world,” Tony Duran has photographed a virtual who’s who of the Hollywood and fashion set. Duran has no formal training in photography but utilizes his past of painting, drawing and unrivaled artistic vision. Duran’s impeccable composition and technique has often been compared to that of the great twentieth-century photographic masters, Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton.

Gavin Bond is currently one of the hottest living portrait and fashion photographers. Having spent much of the 1990’s shooting backstage at the world's premier runway shows, Bond had the rare opportunity to build invaluable relationships with designers, models and celebrities. Bond’s portfolio is filled with the world’s most beautiful models and celebrities caught in their most candid moments.

This remarkable collection includes several of the twenty-first century’s most iconic images, as well as rare, never before published works. Please contact the gallery for further information and availability. Appointments are available 7 days a week for private viewing and discussing your collecting needs.

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Record Breaking Auction Results for Warhol

This week at Sotheby’s in New York, Andy Warhol continued his trend of record-breaking sales at auction. Warhol’s purple-on-black Self Portrait sold for $32.6 million, twice its initial estimate. Sold by fashion icon, Tom Ford, this nine-foot piece, is one of only five from the 1986 series of self portraits. Blue-chip works by Warhol continually exceed expectations at auction. Results such as these, prove that Andy Warhol’s work has been unaffected by recent market volatility.

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Jason Alper: NY Times Review

Borat’s Designer Redresses Art

CULTURE By KATHLEEN EGAN May 5, 2010, 4:48 pm

It’s fitting that Jason Alper’s first art show opened just blocks from the Dolce & Gabbana boutique on West Hollywood’s Robertson Boulevard. As the costume designer for the movie “Bruno,” (as well the Sacha Baron Cohen characters, “Ali G” and “Borat”), the London-based Alper has put the comedian in all sorts of outrageous get-ups — including a velcro suit for the Milan runway as well as accessorizing a National Guard uniform with a D & G belt, claiming the look on its own is just too “matchy-matchy.”

Now Alper is ribbing the art world in a similar way. His sold-out show, “It’s All Back On,” which opened at the Guy Hepner Gallery and runs through May 15, features some classic works of art revisited. Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” has turned into a painting called “What Would Jesus Wear?” that features Jesus wearing a Louis Vuitton-logoed cloak. The French label pops up again on the hide of Napoleon’s horse in the painting “Napoleon Crossing the Alps,” now titled “The 6th Version.” Other works seem to be inspired more by Dada than Prada, including “Mr Pink,” a sculpture of a Stormtrooper helmet fitted with Playboy bunny ears. Perfect for Cohen’s cameo in the next “Star Wars” installment.

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Introducing GH Adviser

Guy Hepner is pleased to introduce a new way to collect art from the comfort of your home. Guy Hepner Adviser allows you to browse available work online via either genre or artist. Simply click “like” or “dislike” for each piece as it appears on screen, once you have finished browsing, select “finished” and your tastes and preferences will be forwarded to an adviser that will contact you with selections based on your feedback. Enjoy the benefits of your own personal art adviser based on tastes and preferences in collecting.

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