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Artworks made from fire-gutted Mackintosh library sell for £700,000 Artworks made from fire-gutted Mackintosh library sell for £700,000
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Artworks made using charred debris and ashes from the fire-gutted Mackintosh library at Glasgow School of Art have been sold for more than £700,000.Artworks made using charred debris and ashes from the fire-gutted Mackintosh library at Glasgow School of Art have been sold for more than £700,000.
Artists including Tacita Dean, Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, Jenny Saville and Paula Rego agreed to make work which would be auctioned at Christie’s to raise money for the Mackintosh Campus Appeal. So far, £18.5m has been raised, leaving £13.5m of the £32m target. Artists including Tacita Dean, Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, Jenny Saville and Paula Rego agreed to make work which would be auctioned at Christie’s to raise money for the Mackintosh Campus Appeal. So far, £18.5m has been raised towards a target of £32m.
There were works by 25 artists. They included a piece of paper on which David Shrigley had simply written No Smoking, using Mack charcoal, which sold for £5,000, including 25% commission; a Grayson Perry ceramic urn with the inscription Art is Dead, Long Live Art, which sold for £27,500; a cross called A Given, made from burned wood cast in bronze by Douglas Gordon which made £23,750; and an Anish Kapoor work of a piece of charcoal in a perspex box, which made £100,000. The works by 25 artists included a piece of paper on which David Shrigley had simply written No Smoking, using Mack charcoal, which sold for £5,000, including 25% commission; a Grayson Perry ceramic urn with the inscription Art Is Dead, Long Live Art, which sold for £27,500; a cross called A Given, made from burnt wood cast in bronze by Douglas Gordon, which sold for £23,750; and an Anish Kapoor work of a piece of charcoal in a perspex box, which made £100,000.
The biggest price paid was for a large Jenny Saville drawing of a female nude, made using charcoal from the library. It sold for £296,000 including buyer’s premium (£220,000 hammer price).The biggest price paid was for a large Jenny Saville drawing of a female nude, made using charcoal from the library. It sold for £296,000 including buyer’s premium (£220,000 hammer price).
Not everything sold. A Cornelia Parker work which used a found drawing, chalk and charcoal from the fire, failed to make its reserve. Similarly a piece by Jake and Dinos Chapman was not sold after just failing to meet its low estimate of £6,000. That was even though it had the enticing title, which the auctioneer declined to read, of The Bloody Fucking Bit of Bloody Fucking Wood From Bloody Fucking Glasgow Bloody Fucking School of Bloody Fucking Art.Not everything sold. A Cornelia Parker work which used a found drawing, chalk and charcoal from the fire, failed to make its reserve. Similarly a piece by Jake and Dinos Chapman was not sold after just failing to meet its low estimate of £6,000. That was even though it had the enticing title, which the auctioneer declined to read, of The Bloody Fucking Bit of Bloody Fucking Wood From Bloody Fucking Glasgow Bloody Fucking School of Bloody Fucking Art.
In total, £706,438 was spent by buyers. After commission is removed, about £570,000 goes to the appeal set up after the devastating 2014 fire. In total, £706,438 was spent by buyers. After commission is removed, about £570,000 goes to the appeal that was set up after the devastating 2014 fire.
Before the sale, artists spoke of what the library meant to them and why they were taking part. Perry called the fire a double-tragedy. “It’s the most famous art school building in Britain ... It’s also the masterpiece of [Charles Rennie] Mackintosh.”Before the sale, artists spoke of what the library meant to them and why they were taking part. Perry called the fire a double-tragedy. “It’s the most famous art school building in Britain ... It’s also the masterpiece of [Charles Rennie] Mackintosh.”
He added: “I really like the idea of using charcoal from the fire. I thought it was very clever. It’s also fresh – it’s not something that has come up before. We’ve all been asked to do T-shirts, knickers and mugs – endless charity rounds. I get about two a week.”He added: “I really like the idea of using charcoal from the fire. I thought it was very clever. It’s also fresh – it’s not something that has come up before. We’ve all been asked to do T-shirts, knickers and mugs – endless charity rounds. I get about two a week.”
The Ash to Art project was dreamed up by Bill Hartley and Giles Hepworth, creatives in the London office of the advertising agency J Walter Thompson. They said: “It seemed appropriate to use a byproduct of the school’s fire as the tool for its rebirth. By putting debris from the fire into the hands of artists, it places the future of the school firmly in the hands of the UK’s creative community.”The Ash to Art project was dreamed up by Bill Hartley and Giles Hepworth, creatives in the London office of the advertising agency J Walter Thompson. They said: “It seemed appropriate to use a byproduct of the school’s fire as the tool for its rebirth. By putting debris from the fire into the hands of artists, it places the future of the school firmly in the hands of the UK’s creative community.”