“In Case of Moshiach Break Glass.”

AUCTION 67 | Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at 1:00
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Jewish Art

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Lot 34
KAGAN, ANSHIE.

“In Case of Moshiach Break Glass.”

Glass-fronted wooden-case, ram’s-horn, chained hammer. Signed by artist on reverse. 11.75 x 31.5 x 10 inches / 30 x 80 x 25.5 cm.

New York, 2014:

Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $3,500
Multi-media installation, utilizing a well-known emergency device. The often ironic work of Anshie Kagan (born Boston, 1984) incorporate plays on religious/social themes utilizing contemporary cultural and technological references. Kagan, who has refused to make personal statements about his art, has frequently been written of as being strongly influenced by the Pop Art movement. However the present example bears more than a suggestion to Damien Hirst’s 1991 artwork: “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.”