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Marla Bendini
At Least Buy Me Dinner First
- Estimate
- $2,400 - 3,000
Lot Details
acrylic, aerosol spray paint and colour pencil on canvas
signed and dated 'Marla Bendini 2023' lower right
120 x 90 cm. (47 1/4 x 35 3/8 in.)
Executed in 2023.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Estimates for this auction are in United States (US) dollars.
Bidding will be in US dollars.
Inspired by the animated musical number “Be Our Guest” in Beauty and the Beast (1991), At Least Buy Me Dinner First depicts a faceless hooded figure surrounded by golden candelabras. The seated figure prepares to enjoy a meal as a pair of macaws delicately tie a bib around their neck. Interrogating notions of consent, gender and the currency of perceived desire and desirability within transactional relationships, Marla Bendini questions: “Who gets a seat at the table and how do they earn it?”
A trans woman and cross-disciplinary artist working in painting, text, sound and performance, Bendini creates art to articulate the infinitely faceted transgender experience. She uses her painting practice to explore the female gaze and create layered “documentations” of a woman’s experience. In 2021, she presented her eighth solo exhibition at the Cuturi Gallery, Singapore.
This lot is physically located in Singapore.
Prospective buyers should note they are responsible for the costs of transporting the lot from its current location to the buyer. This includes the cost of obtaining any required export and/or import licences or permits and paying any applicable taxes. The buyer of the lot is responsible for complying with applicable export and import laws and regulations. Prospective bidders are therefore advised to make independent enquiries.
Bidding will be in US dollars.
Inspired by the animated musical number “Be Our Guest” in Beauty and the Beast (1991), At Least Buy Me Dinner First depicts a faceless hooded figure surrounded by golden candelabras. The seated figure prepares to enjoy a meal as a pair of macaws delicately tie a bib around their neck. Interrogating notions of consent, gender and the currency of perceived desire and desirability within transactional relationships, Marla Bendini questions: “Who gets a seat at the table and how do they earn it?”
A trans woman and cross-disciplinary artist working in painting, text, sound and performance, Bendini creates art to articulate the infinitely faceted transgender experience. She uses her painting practice to explore the female gaze and create layered “documentations” of a woman’s experience. In 2021, she presented her eighth solo exhibition at the Cuturi Gallery, Singapore.
This lot is physically located in Singapore.
Prospective buyers should note they are responsible for the costs of transporting the lot from its current location to the buyer. This includes the cost of obtaining any required export and/or import licences or permits and paying any applicable taxes. The buyer of the lot is responsible for complying with applicable export and import laws and regulations. Prospective bidders are therefore advised to make independent enquiries.
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