albemarle gallery at fine art asia 2014
DESCRIPTION
This year showcasing works by Iain Faulkner, Mersad Berber, Alfredo Roldan & Luciano Ventrone.TRANSCRIPT
IAIN FAULKNER (born 1973 Scotland)
Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA in Fine Art, he has established himself as a skilled draughtsman
can be measured and judged.
Sunset oil on canvas 61 x 100 cm (24 x 39 in)USD $ 18,500 | HK $ 143,500
Looking Uptown oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in)USD $ 14,500 | HK $ 112,500
Detour oil on canvas 76 x 124 cm (30 x 48 in)USD $ 25,000 | HK $ 194,000
Contemplating Return II oil on canvas 51 x 81 cm (20 x 32 in)USD $ 15,500 | HK $ 120,250
Distant oil on canvas 76 x 102 cm (30 x 40 in)USD $ 21,000 | HK $ 162,950
Contemplating Return oil on canvas 61 x 81 cm (24 x 32 in)USD $ 16,500 | HK $ 128,000
MERSAD BERBER (1940-2012 Bosnia)
Mersad Berber trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljublijana in the Republic of Slovenia where he graduated with a BA and MA. Throughout his career he created cycles of paintings, which chronicle events, homages and dedications. Each cycle has its roots either in Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian history from the medieval to the twentieth century or, in a much wider context, the great masters of European painting from the cinquecento to the ottocento for example, Durer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van der Weyden, Uccello, Vermeer and Velasquez. The interaction and blending of styles, temperaments, schools and traditions is the cultural and artistic focus of Berber’s work for he is the grand master of blending different European traditions - with their authentic characteristics, histories and emotive multiculturalism. The paintings are not narratives in any traditional sense. Instead they offer dream-like conjunctions of imagery. Sometimes one image melts with another. Sometimes they are deliberately kept separate, even though they occupy the same picture-space. Berber was acknowledged by historians, academicians and critics, as one of the great masters of twentieth century painting and his paintings are represented in important collections throughout the world.
Homage to Velasquez I oil & mixed media on canvas 121 x 131 cm (48 x 52 in)USD $ 48,500 | HK $ 376,350
Lady & the Horse oil & mixed media on canvas 105 x 154 cm (41 x 61 in)USD $ 38,500 | HK $ 298,750
The Horse I oil & mixed media on canvas 72 x 92 cm (28 x 36 in)USD $ 22,000 | HK $ 170,750
The Horse II oil & mixed media on canvas 47 x 53 cm (19 x 21 in)USD $ 11,500 | HK $ 89,250
Allegory XXV oil & mixed media on canvas 125 x 92 cm (49 x 36 in)USD $ 29,000 | HK $ 225,000
White Horse II oil & mixed media on canvas 51 x 64 cm (20 x 25 in)USD $ 11,000 | HK $ 85,350
ALFREDO ROLDAN (born 1965 Spain)
At the age of 22, having had no formal artistic training, he started drawing professionally, selling his work in street markets, at the same time presenting his work at major competitions, of which he won several. It was on winning the award granted by the City Council of Madrid in 1994 that he was discovered by a major gallery. His winning painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art, Madrid. In 1996 he was named a Member of the Senate “Honoris Causa” of the Academy of Modern Art of Rome.
and Picasso and also Modigliani for his elongated portrayal of the female nude. And yet, like all genuine and honest painters
Cherry Kernel oil on canvas 100 x 146 cm (39 x 57 in)USD $ 45,500 | HK $ 353,000
Iria the Portuguese oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in)USD $ 25,000 | HK $ 194,000
Lady Waiting for Somebody oil on canvas 46 x 55 cm (18 x 22 in)USD $ 9,500 | HK $ 73,750
Modern Odalisque oil on canvas 130 x 97 cm (51 x 38 in)USD $ 37,000 | HK $ 287,150
The Black Table - Homage to Matisse oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 x 29 in)USD $ 20,500 | HK $ 159,000
Red Hair oil on canvas 73 x 92 cm (29 x 36 in)USD $ 20,500 | HK $ 159,000
Toilette oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm (32 x 39 in)USD $ 25,000 | HK $ 194,000
LUCIANO VENTRONE (born 1942 Italy)
Ventrone is regarded by the Italian art establishment, museums, curators and critics as one of the leading exponents of his genre. He is loved, admired and respected by the Italian people, collected by the Italian Government, Corporate Institutions and avid collectors. Described as ‘hyper-realist’ the Art Historian and Critic, Edward Lucie-Smith states, “Ventrone is often categorized as a ‘hyper-realist’. This implies that his work is somehow related to photography. As anyone who has looked at his
of the monocular vision of the camera, his paintings have an almost overwhelming solidity and physical presence, to the point where the nearest shapes seem ready to break through the front plane of the canvas. Despite any comparisons that can be made to the art of the past, whether to Caravaggio or to any other artist, this is painting that is intransigently modern, completely of our own day.” His paintings are in numerous public and private collections worldwide.
Accordi oil on linen 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)USD $ 38,000 | HK $ 294,850
Il Tempio della Luna oil on linen 50 x 70 cm (20 x 28 in)USD $ 48,000 | HK $ 372,450
Il Vaso di Pandora oil on linen 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in)USD $ 42,000 | HK $ 325,950
Attesa oil on linen 80 x 100 cm (31 x 39 in)USD $ 75,000 | HK $ 582,000
Una Voce all’Improvviso oil on linen 100 x 80 cm (39 x 31 in)USD $ 75,000 | HK $ 582,000
Promesse oil on linen 70 x 70 cm (28 x 28 in)USD $ 57,000 | HK $ 442,350
Nuova Vita oil on linen 60 x 70 cm (24 x 28 in)USD $ 55,000 | HK $ 426,800
Senza Tempo oil on linen 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)USD $ 38,000 | HK $ 294,850
La Danza della Luce oil on linen 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)USD $ 38,000 | HK $ 294,850
Strani Incontri oil on linen 60 x 60 cm (24 x 24 in)USD $ 48,000 | HK $ 372,450
Nuovo Raccolto oil on linen 50 x 60 cm (20 x 24 in)
USD $ 42,000 | HK $ 325,950