We are happy to find among Sothebys' contemporary art highlights: Edgar plans and Young Lee as artist from Villazan; and as emergent artists Lee Salvador, from the subdivision VLAB.
Sotheby's has already published its selection of Contemporary Discoveries for January, featuring works by both emerging artists, among whom there artists from VLAB, and established artists, including one of the stars of Villazan.
The overview is divided into Sale Highlights where among the ten highlights, our Edgar Plans, with his work "Industrial", could not be missing. Together with artists as good as Edgar, like Jordy Kerwick, Aboudia, Christo, Ayako Rokkaku, Banksy, Thierry Noir, Atsushi Kaga, Papa Grand, Albert Willem and Igor Mitoraj.
A section for prints, editions and photographs including works by Banksy, Thomas Struth, Cerith Wyn Evans and Dennis Oppenheim. Followed by another highlighting works exclusively by women, including Tracey Emin, Rachel Howard, Alina Szapocznikow and Elizabeth Peyton.
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Lastly, there is a section on Emerging artists, in which we go into more detail about each of them in order to put the reader in context. Among them we are particularly excited to read the names of Young Lee, a Villazan artist, and Lee Salvador, which is a part of our VLAB artists, and whose work can be seen in our next group exhibition in March 2023. They are joined by Roby Dwi Antono, Adébayo Bolaji, Jon Burgerman, Studio Lenca, Elang Sutajaya, David Kaye and Bayu Asmoro.
They highlight Young Lee for exploring the relationship between humans, animals and the environment within a playful visual world, born out of her own personal experiences and contemporary world issues. They further acclaim her whimsical style combined with her technical background in architectural graphic design, with a playful and childlike sense of wonder, which allows her to create complex and sophisticated compositions that provoke, intrigue and delight in equal measure.
They highlight Young Lee for exploring the relationship between humans, animals and the environment within a playful visual world, born out of her own personal experiences and contemporary world issues
As for Lee Salvador, they admire the fact that his beginnings as a street artist can still be appreciated in his graphic style of figuration. They describe his figures as hypnotic because they contain two faces with different emotions, thus giving the viewer two perspectives to contemplate. These faces, steeped in his childhood memories, challenge the spectator to indulge in introspection, merging their mischievous fantastical bodies with darker emotions.
