From Max’s apartment (the photographer based on Ruvan W. in the show). Episode 8, season 2.
A selection of pieces by Wijesooriya from the apartment, made for Gossip Girl. (Look behind on the wall).
Willa Holland as Agnes Andrews
For utterly information:
ruvanw@hotmail.com
+1 917 450 9967
(The work left to the staircase is by Aaron Young. Its a panel from the project “Greeting Card”)
Aaron Young (Born: 1972 in San Francisco, CA. Lives and works in New York).
Aaron Young created uproar when he invited a local biker to drive a motorcycle until he either could not see through all the smoke or his tires were burned, in Francisco Art Institue’s gallery. As payment, Young gave the biker beer. The artist on the other hand was nearly expelled from the school.
(Panel from the “Greeting Card”. Was up for auction at Christie’s March 2011. Close to the one in Gossip Girl).
The result of the wild, but short drive was a drawing on the floor-which had been Diego Riveras earlier studio. In spite of the unconventional performance, Aaron Young was allowed to continue his education, and has later participated in many important shows and exhibitions. The artist is now highly requested.
Young is also known for his collaboration with Nate Lowman, but mostly known his teamwork with different representatives from different subcultures or rebels like bikers and skateboarders.
(The text was posted earlier on March 21, 2011).
Aaron Young is also known for beeing a part of the “Warhol’s Children”, a group of NewYork-based and Warhol-inspired artists who have achieved a lot of attention in the art world.
In collaboration with the Art Production Fund and the Park Avenue Armory, Young held his first public show in New York, placed in the Drill Hall, september 2007. The project was named “Greeting Card”, inspired by Jackson Pollock.Young painted 288 panels of plywood in colors of pink, red,orange and yellow fluorescent, painted with black on the top concealing the brighter colors. He then placed all the panels out on the floor, forming a 128 x 72 feet canvas on which twelve motorcycle riders performed after direction from Aaron Young. The movements from the tires formed a pattern of burnouts on the panels. It is one of this panels which is placed in the Gossip Girl- show.
(The Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory )
Image credit: The Art Production Fund
For utterly information:
Bortolami Gallery
520 W 2oth Street
New York
The Park Avenue Armory
Christie’s
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York
The Art Production Fund
New York
Marilyn Minter- “Stepping Up” Enamel on metal, 96 x 60 in.
Marilyn Minter (Born: 1948 in Shreveport, Louisiana but raised in Florida. Currently lives and works in New York).
Minter helds a master of fine art degree from Syracuse University. She now teaches in fine art at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
While she was student, Marilyn Minter created a series of photographic studies with her drug -addicted mother among the objects. Later she started to incorporate the sexuality from the Pop-derived pictures, and imagery from the porn industry. Her works often include sexuality, erotic imagery, and a touch of “urban glam”. Minter uses the good old darkroom in the process, and is not a fan of digital manipulation.
Marlin Minter is one of the greatest and most important living temporary artist, and is widely known among collectors and institutions.
On the wall to the left: Marilyn Minter’s “Stepping Up”. In the background: Ryan McGinley, season 2, ep. 11.
From season 4, ep. 18
I have not yet managed to find the concrete work to the right.
Marilyn Minter- in Serena van der Woodsen bedroom
“Frostbite” 2006, Season 2, ep. 11.
For utterly information, please contact:
Salon 94
12 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
info@salon94.com
Photo of a girl with black scarf, first time featured in Ep. 20, Season 2. (Serena and Poppy throw surprise-party on Jenny’s birthday).
Hanna Liden (Born 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden. Lives and works in New York). The artist graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2002 with a BFA in Photography.
Liden grew up in the surburbs in Sweden and moved into her own flat in an age of 17. After working as photo assistand and in television, she moved from Stockholm to London, where she mostly lived a party life and did Ecstasy. In 1998 she went to New York.
The artist
Hanna Liden made her way into the New York art scene in the mid-2000s with a series of photographs. Together with friends artists as Nate Lowman, (with whom she also has exhibited with in Salon 94) Dan Colen, Agathe Snow and the late Dash Snow, Liden is a part of the famous downtown subculture in NYC. Her works have great attention among collectors, museums and collections.
Fang Life (Gum) 2010, Salon 94
Consists of children’s toy Vampire teeth.
For ulterior information contact:
Rivington Arms
Mirabelle Marden
mirabellemarden@gmail.com
Darius Menard, Tree painting at the Waldoorf’s.
Photograph by Christina Tonkin.
Featured in Episode 4, Season 1.
Karen Kilimnik,(black painting with the white dog behind the mirror).
Featured in Episode 9, Season 2.
“The Devil’s Carriage & Attendants”- Karen Kilimnik
Featured in Episode 8, Season 2
Lily Van der Woodsen being informed about a Brown “on the market” by her art dealer. In ep.19 season 2.
Cecily Brown (Born: 1969, London).
The artist studied in London where she received a BA in Fine Arts at Slade School of Art. Not soon after moving to the U.S, Mrs. Brown presented her works at her first solo exhibition in NY at Deitch Projects in 1997. This solo exhibition was a great success and got huge critical acclaim.
The artist also shows a great respect for art history and many of her works reveal her liking of artist such as Francisco de Goya and Willem de Kooning. Her paintings are mixed with figuration and abstraction. She is known for giving her works titles after classic Hollywood films.
Brown is now one of the greats, and is popular among collector as for example Elton John and Michael Ovitz. Her works have become rather expensive, but she makes nice original prints which are more “accessible”. (Below on the site).
The piece below was estimated between $600,000- $800,000 at Christies in November 2007. It was sold for $713,000.
“Eyes Wide Shut” , oil on canvas, 80x 84 in. , 2001. Signed “Cecily”.
Source: Christie’s.
Accessable Art recommends:
This is an original lithograph by Cecily Brown from 2005. 39 x 29 1/2 in.
Signed and numbered.
Edition of 30 (few pieces).
Price: Between £1500-2000
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Saatchi Gallery, London
Christie’s
A work by Aaron Young in the background at Bergdorf & Goodman.
Aaron Young (Born: 1972, San Francisco, California). Lives and works in New York
Aaron Young created uproar when he invited a local biker to drive a motorcycle until he either could not see through all the smoke or his tires were burned, in Francisco Art Institue’s gallery. As payment, Young gave the biker beer. The artist on the other hand was nearly expelled from the school.
The result of the wild, but short drive was a drawing on the floor-which had been Diego Riveras earlier studio. In spite of the unconventional performance, Aaron Young was allowed to continue his education, and has later participated in many important shows and exhibitions. The artist is now highly requested.
Young is also known for his collaboration with Nate Lowman, but mostly known his teamwork with different representatives from different subcultures or rebels like bikers and skateboarders.
His works are quite expensive, but not “unaffordable”.
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Saatchi Gallery, London
Bortolami Gallery, New York
Galerie Almine Rech, Paris
One my favourite works by this artist:
Mid-Summer Dream Opening Animal Theme, Southampton 2007 (Renovation Complete), 2007
C-print
48 x 69 1/2 inches (121.5 x 183.5 cm)
Jessica Craig-Martin (Born: 1963 Hanover, NH). Lives and works in New York, NY
Craig-Martin has worked for Vogue and Vanity Fair, and has become celebrity artist. She is also on the board of Directors at The Art Production Fund who has curated “the Van der Woodsen loft” for Gossip Girl.
The artist rarely let the audience identify the subject’s faces, and she also photographs “the moment”, or part of clothes or a party. By doing so, Craig-Martin tells details about the society’s superficial way of living or thinking, and also their obsession of the surface.
“Renovation Complete”, first time featured in Episode 8, Season 2. Outside Serena’s bedroom.
Jessica Craig- Martins photograph “Showing Pink” featured first time in Episode 5, Season 2.
In the same episode Lily’s art-dealer picks out art for decoration of the Van der Woodsen apartment. Jessica Craig –Martin has been chosen for the kitchen wall. Other artist who has been picked out is Kiki Smith for the hall, Richard Phillips by the stairs, and Ryan McGinley next to the fireplace. In the background; Prada Marfa special edition sign by Elmgreen & Dragset.
Watermill Center, benefit Gala 2007, (Showing Pink), 2007.
C-print
32 1/2 x 49 3/4 inches (82.6 x 126.4 cm)
“New Jeans, New Pool”, first time featured in Episode 10, Season 2. Chuck Bass’s bedroom at the Van der Woodsen loft.
Real Estate Brokers, Southampton 2007 (New Jeans , New Pool), 2007
C-print
34 1/2 x 49 3/4 inches (87.6 x 126.4 cm)
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York
Christian Dam Galleries, Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway
Photograph on the wall by Jeffrey Rothstein. The flowers-foto was made in a field outside of Hood River, Oregon.
First time featured in Ep. 21, Season 2.In a hotel-room.
Photograph on the wall: Japanese Koi photographed in Kyoto, Japan.
The pieces either side of the bed are 30×40″ chromogenic prints from colour negative film that is cross processed.
The wall piece by the door: Two photographs of crashing ocean waves combined on to one sheet of paper – 30x 40″.
The pieces were commissioned by Christina Tonkin for a private interior design client, but were barrowed for the shoot. The works are printed by Jeffrey in his darkroom up to 60×80″. All images are printed on Fuji Crystal Archival chromogenic paper.
Jeffrey Rothstein has been based in New York for the past 25 years. He has lived in London and Carribean. He studied physics before turning to photography and received a B.A. from Hampshire College. Jeffrey workd for 10 years as a fashion and still/life photographer prior to devoting his energies full time to his personal work.
Source: www.jeffreyrothstein.com
For more information, please visit his homepage, or contact Accessable Art. A work by Jeffrey Rothstein is perfect to any kinds of rooms.His works do notnecessarily have to be that expensive either.
Richard Phillips
“Spectrum” by Richard Phillips, 1998.
First time featured in Gossip Girl, Lily Van der Woodsen collection , Season 2, episode 5.
Richard Phillips (born 1962 in Massachussets), lives and works in New York. He is known for his large-scale glossy hyper-realistic paintings, in the style of magazines from the 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970s, and with references to popular image culture.
Elmgreen & Dragset
Prada Marfa, 2005, Sign by Elmgreen & Dragset, first time featured in Season 2, Episode 5.
Special edition made for Gossip Girl, before making “Prada Marfa”- a permanent sculpture in Texas by the Berlin arists Michael Elmgreen (born: 1961 Copenhagen, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (born: 1968 Trondheim, Norway).
“Prada Marfa”-Texas, 2005.
Kiki Smith
“Carrier”, 2001, (Most likely) Intaglio with hand applied water color, 22 3/4 x 55 1/4 inches. Edition 33. First time featured in Season 2, Episode 5.
Kiki Smith (born: 1954, Nuremberg, Germany . Lives and works in USA)
An Etching and aquantin in colors with hand-coloring with the same margins was sold at the Auctionhous Phillips for 3125 USD in 2008, estimated between 3500 and 5500 USD.
http://www.phillips.com/detail/KIKI-SMITH/NY030208/88
For utterly information:
Larissa Goldston Gallery, NYC
Ryan McGinley
Falling “Sand”, 2007, c-print, 48 x 72 inches. First time featured in Season 2, Ep. 7
Ryan McGinley (born: 1977, lives in New York).
Team Gallery Inc., New York
The vase is from Crate & Barrel
Rita Wilmers
“Three of Hearts” acrylic and Pen on Paper, 22 x 33 inches.First time featured in Season 1, ep. 4
Rita Wilmers ( lives and works in Forest Hills, Queens)
Her works has been shown in Galleries, private collections, and one-woman shows. Wilmers has aslo been a children’s fashion designer. She has also been subjekt of an article in the New York Post
For more examples of Mrs. Wilmers art, visit http://www.wilmersart.com
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