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b. 1974 -

Birch is celebrated for his gestural, thickly-impastoed portraits teeming with the angst and energy of his sitters. These technically precise paintings capture the dynamism of his models through broad, overlapping planes of color pulled across the canvas. Birch successfully conveys this intensity of motion in The sky was aquamarine, stroked with clouds. She could smell the grass and taste the scent of small, crushed flowers, 2015, the staggering figure seemingly shielding herself in a vortex of color and movement, her body parts becoming fractured, geometric fields of colour.

Simon Birch (b. 1974, Brighton) currently lives and works Hong Kong. He has had solo shows in Beijing, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Miami, and Singapore, as well as exhibiting in group shows at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Haunch of Venison, London, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Working with oil on canvas, Birch has also ventured into film and installation work culminating in some particularly notable large-scale projects, including the 20,000 square feet multimedia installations HOPE & GLORY: A Conceptual Circus (2010) and Daydreaming With…The Hong Kong Edition (2012) at the ArtisTree, TaiKoo Place, Hong Kong. These large multimedia projects integrated paintings with film, installation, sculpture, and performance housed in specifically configured spaces.

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      • SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I
        Sep. 05, 2024

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I

        Est: €2,000 - €4,000

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I Hong Kong, c. 2004. Oil on canvas. Expressively painted with a barefoot woman caught mid-stride, the shadows and colors rendered to enhance her toned body as she gracefully moves forward. Inscriptions: To the bottom-right signed, ‘Birch’. The reverse with an abstract seal. Provenance: Gajah Gallery, Singapore, 2004. Austrian private collection, acquired from the above. A copy of the certificate of authenticity, stating that Gajah Gallery sold the present lot on 4 August 2004, accompanies this lot. Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Dimensions: Size 200.5 x 115 cm Simon Birch was born in Brighton, England in 1969, and has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty years. Birch has won the 2007 Louis Vuitton Asian Art award and is represented internationally by London gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts. His work has been featured and reviewed in many international publications, including Artforum, The Guardian, The International Herald Tribune, Time Out and the New York Times. Birch has had solo exhibitions in Beijing, Miami, and Singapore and has participated in group shows at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and has been included in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s (LACMA) permanent collection. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 22 December 2021, lot 18 Price: HKD 138,600 or approx. EUR 17,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: Simon Birch, Untitled Expert remark: Note the size (216 x 174.8 cm).

        Galerie Zacke
      • SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I
        Jan. 18, 2024

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I

        Est: €3,000 - €6,000

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I Hong Kong, c. 2004. Oil on canvas. Expressively painted with a barefoot woman caught mid-stride, the shadows and colors rendered to enhance her toned body as she gracefully moves forward. Inscriptions: To the bottom-right signed, 'Birch'. The reverse with an abstract seal. Provenance: Gajah Gallery, Singapore, 2004. Austrian private collection, acquired from the above. A copy of the certificate of authenticity, stating that Gajah Gallery sold the present lot on 4 August 2004, accompanies this lot. Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Dimensions: Size 200.5 x 115 cm Simon Birch was born in Brighton, England in 1969, and has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty years. Birch has won the 2007 Louis Vuitton Asian Art award and is represented internationally by London gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts. His work has been featured and reviewed in many international publications, including Artforum, The Guardian, The International Herald Tribune, Time Out and the New York Times. Birch has had solo exhibitions in Beijing, Miami, and Singapore and has participated in group shows at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and has been included in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's (LACMA) permanent collection. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 December 2021, lot 18 Price: HKD 138,600 or approx. EUR 17,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: Simon Birch, Untitled Expert remark: Note the size (216 x 174.8 cm).

        Galerie Zacke
      • SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I
        Nov. 30, 2023

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I

        Est: €4,000 - €8,000

        SIMON BIRCH (BORN 1969): CITIES ON THE MOVE-I Hong Kong, c. 2004. Oil on canvas. Expressively painted with a barefoot woman caught mid-stride, the shadows and colors rendered to enhance her toned body as she gracefully moves forward. Inscriptions: To the bottom-right signed, ‘Birch’. The reverse with an abstract seal. Provenance: Gajah Gallery, Singapore, 2004. Austrian private collection, acquired from the above. A copy of the certificate of authenticity, stating that Gajah Gallery sold the present lot on 4 August 2004, accompanies this lot. Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Dimensions: Size 200.5 x 115 cm Simon Birch was born in Brighton, England in 1969, and has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty years. Birch has won the 2007 Louis Vuitton Asian Art award and is represented internationally by London gallery, Ben Brown Fine Arts. His work has been featured and reviewed in many international publications, including Artforum, The Guardian, The International Herald Tribune, Time Out and the New York Times. Birch has had solo exhibitions in Beijing, Miami, and Singapore and has participated in group shows at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, and has been included in the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s (LACMA) permanent collection. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 22 December 2021, lot 18 Price: HKD 138,600 or approx. EUR 17,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: Simon Birch, Untitled Expert remark: Note the size (216 x 174.8 cm).

        Galerie Zacke
      • Simon Birch, British b.1974
        May. 25, 2022

        Simon Birch, British b.1974

        Est: £700 - £900

        Simon Birch, British b.1974 Portrait; pencil on paper, signed lower right 'Birch', 49 x 41.5 cm (ARR) Please refer to department for condition report

        Roseberys
      • Simon Birch (B. 1974) Untitled
        Nov. 25, 2021

        Simon Birch (B. 1974) Untitled

        Est: $80,000 - $120,000

        Simon Birch (B. 1974) Untitled signed on the lower right oil on canvas 91.3 x 91.1 cm (35 15/16 x 35 7/8 in) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

        Bonhams
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