Devan Shimoyama - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | Phillips

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  • "A lot of the paintings I make include three-dimensional fabrics or materials including jewelry, doorknobs, feathers, etc. I find this comparable to the same process a drag queen may use to get ready for a gig. I’m essentially creating a glamorous, sparkling, magical, fictitious version of myself and others. It’s all in the fantasy... I’m always striving to create my own origin mythology or folklore of the queer Black male."
    —Devan Shimoyama 

    • Provenance

      Stems Gallery, Brussels
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Pittsburgh, The Andy Warhol Museum, Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby, October 13, 2018–March 17, 2019, p. 74, 94 (illustrated, p. 74)

    • Literature

      André-Naquian Wheeler, "these glittery queer paintings confront the toxic masculinity of black barberships," i-D, February 21, 2018, online (illustrated)
      Marcel Schlutt,"Artist of the week Devan Shimoyama," Kaltblut, November 13, 2019, online (illustrated)

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signed and dated "Devan Shimoyama 2017" on the overlap; further signed and dated "Devan Shimoyama 2017" on the reverse
oil, acrylic, beads, fabric, glitter, silk flowers, sequins, colored pencil and found objects on canvas over panel
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Executed in 2017.

Full Cataloguing

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

Sold for $47,880

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Patrizia Koenig
Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 November 2022