Shelter Serra
Click to EnlargeLot number: 49
Details: Homemade Birkin Bag
Silent Auction
2011
Cast platinum, silicone and enamel paint
Signed and dated on the reverse
15 x 15 x 1in (38.1 x 38.1 x 2.54 cm)
$5,000
Provenance: Donated by the artist
Artist biography:
Born: 1972, California
Shelter Serra grew up in an artistic environment in Northern California. Serra studied studio art at the University of California at Santa Cruz and received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Serra interprets his ideas into a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking and, sculpture and video. In considering an object's origin and adapting his materials accordingly, Serra's subjects are both satirically referential and intended to be understood aesthetically in a visual vacuum. Ultimately, his work gives the viewer the opportunity to consider their surroundings as well as their society.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries including Cystem Gallery (Tokyo), Space 1026 (Philadelphia), Perry Rubenstein Gallery (New York), and Renwick Gallery (New York).
Artist Statement:
'This artwork celebrates a refinement and elegance of beauty in both art
and fashion'.