Artwork by David Bierk,  To Della Francesco, detail from the frescoes of San Francisco di Arezzo

David Bierk
To Della Francesco, detail from the frescoes of San Francisco di Arezzo

oil on board
initialed lower right; signed and dated “February 2, 1990” on the reverse
23.75 x 23.75 ins ( 60.3 x 60.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $4,000.00$3,000.00 - $4,000.00

Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020

Provenance:
Wynick Tuck Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
With masterful skill, David Bierk culled well-known imagery from art history, incorporating iconic artworks into his own lexicon. Appropriation was an important artistic strategy for a number of post-modern artists, who shifted the context of found imagery to create new layers of meaning. Bierk contrasts historical paintings with mixed materials, exploring the cultural frameworks of the past and present.

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David Bierk
(1944 - 2002)