Acrylic on canvas

60.5 × 60.5 cm. 23 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.

Signed in English and dated on the reverse
EXHIBITED
15-18 Aug 2019, Doodle Tokyo, The Anzai Gallery, Tokyo

PROVENANCE
Anzai Art Office, Inc., Tokyo
Acquired directly by present private Asian collector from the above

Note: A label by Tokyo Anzai Art Office, Inc., is affixed on the reverse

Subverted Art, Unlimited Imagination!
Mr Doodle's Doodle World

The 27-year-old Mr Doodle, whose real name is Sam Cox, is a highly sought-after artist star in recent years. He is widely known for his densely spaced, improvised and diverse pasta-style intensive graffiti creations. In 2016, he held his first solo exhibition at the Hoxton Gallery in London. The next year he participated in the impromptu creation of “50 Hours of Graffiti” in London and Hong Kong, which attracted great attention on Instagram. Later, in 2018, he held a large-scale solo exhibition “Doodle World” at the ARA Art Center in Seoul with more than 700 works. In recent years, he has also co-operated with British MTV, Samsung, Fendi, Adidas, etc., and his works have been sold out at major exhibitions. They have been highly welcomed by collectors and he has become a hot contemporary artist.

Four works, Heart Sweet House (Lot 4), Farmyard Fun (Lot 1), Red Way (Lot 2) and Doodle Kahlo (Lot 3)are presented this time, respectively showing the single-stroke drawing, narrative classic graffiti, and vividness and fascination of the painting that subverts the art history.

The Golden Vigour, The Flourishing Vitality
Farmyard Fun painted with a golden color pen on a pink canvas is a classic work, representing daytime scenes in Mr Doodle's Day and Night series. It was exhibited in the large-scale solo exhibition “Doodle Tokyo” held at the Anzai Art Museum in Tokyo in 2019. Its gold-pink color combination is eye-catching. In this series, the artist interprets the natural scenery in a novel way, and presents the scene of flying in the sky under the daylight as a graffiti in gold-pink color combination, which is full of vitality. Farmyard Fun depicts the cheerful figure of the farmer surrounded by poultry at sunrise. In the painting, we can see energetic little animals showing themselves in the grass, and the sun behind the farmhouse is slowly rising, indicating that a beautiful day has just begun. Through this very lifelike picture, Mr Doodle presents the vigorous and lively side of the farm morning with golden light and vibrant colors, while the soft pink background intensifies the beautiful visual experience, full of warm emotions, in a positive and healing atmosphere, showing the healing energy!

Price estimate:
HKD: 180,000 – 280,000
USD: 23,200 – 36,100

Auction Result:
HKD: 377,600