Sold for: $10,000

PROVENANCE
Galerie Ressle Ab, Sweden
Sold sale of Sotheby's Amsterdam, June 25, 2008, lot 169
Private Collection, Calgary

Christian Eckart earned his Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1984, and his Masters in Fine Art in Painting at Hunter College in New York City in 1987. At Hunter College, Eckart studied under sculptor Robert Morris, a major figure in the development of the minimalist movement. In the late nineties, Eckart travelled and lived in New York, Berlin and Amsterdam, before eventually settling in Houston, Texas. Eckart’s work has been the subject of over 60 solo exhibitions, including museum surveys, and included in over 150 group exhibitions. His work is held in numerous prominent private and public collections internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Guggenheim (New York), The Chicago Art Institute, the National Gallery of Art (Ottawa) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto). In 2009, Eckart received the distinguished honour of being inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.

The German term Andachtsbild refers to a type of Christian devotional image used in personal prayer. Andachtsbild paintings or icons became widely produced at the end of the 18th century, with the rise of the merchant class and modern capitalism. Christian Eckart has noted his interest in Andachtsbild stems from the historical moment of their rise, a moment in history when commerce, art and religion intersected. In the Andachtsbild series, Eckart emphatically leans in on the traditional materials and format of European gold-cladded icons, but abandons their figurative subjects. Covering birch panels and pine and poplar moulding entirely with 23 carat gold-leaf, material and form compose the entire stunning monument.

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