Markus MUNTEAN / Adi ROSENBLUM Untitled (People Think Explanation…) - 2008 Huile, marqueur et crayon sur toile Titré ; signé "MUN/ ROS" et datée au dos 220 x 260 cm Oil, marker and pencil on canvas ; titled ; signed and dated on the reverse 86,61 x 102,36 in. Provenance : Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin Lempertz, Cologne Acquis lors de cette dernière par l'actuel propriétaire Expositions : Berlin, Galerie Arndt & Partner), Muntean/Rosenblum, 3 mai au 7 juin 2008 Bibliographie : Muntean/Rosenblum, catalogue de l'exposition à la Galerie Arndt & Partner, Editions Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2008 reproduit pp.22 & 23, p.25 (détail) FR L'approche compositionnelle de la peinture de Muntean/Rosenblum est traditionnelle, bien que dérivée autant de la mémoire collective de la figuration dans les médias populaires (magazines de mode) que des appropriations directes des motifs de la Renaissance, du Baroque et du Néo-classique. Présentées comme des tableaux de la vie adolescente, les images ont toujours la forme d'un losange entouré d'un liseré blanc. Sur le plan visuel, elles ne sont pas sans rappeler un poste de télévision à l'ancienne ou des images de bandes dessinées populaires. Une maxime, un aphorisme ou un commentaire expressif est écrit à la main, mais il n'est jamais directement lié à une figure particulière de l'image. Les textes sont emblématiques et forment un contenu délibérément ambigu ou liminal. En d'autres termes, ils forment un seuil dans lequel ils ne sont pas explicitement liés à l'image, mais ne sont pas non plus sans rapport avec la peinture. Les adolescents et adolescentes sont le plus souvent statiques et saisis d'un sentiment de lassitude. Ils sont jeunes et invariablement séduisants, mais le spectateur est privé de tout contenu psychologique facilement lisible. Le sujet se dérobe constamment au spectateur, et bien que nous reconnaissions ces jeunes gens à travers leurs vêtements à la mode, leurs baskets, leur style de vie bourgeois familier et leurs acquisitions matérielles, cela n'ouvre pas immédiatement la voie à un sentiment et/ou à un désir d'identification personnelle. EN Muntean/Rosenblum’s compositional approach to painting is traditional, though as much derived from the collective memory of figuration in popular media (fashion magazines) as it is from the direct appropriations from Renaissance, Baroque, and Neo-Classical motifs. Presented as tableaux of adolescent life, the images are always lozenge-like with a surrounding border of white. In visual terms they are not without similarity to an old-fashioned television set or popular comic images. Written in a hand-script is an accompanying maxim, aphorism, or expressive comment, though it is never directly connected to a particular figure within the image. The texts are emblematic, and form a deliberately ambiguous or liminal content. This is to say they form a threshold in which they are neither explicitly related to the image, but nor are they not related to the painting. The adolescent boys and girls are most often static and gripped with a sense of lassitude. They are young and invariably attractive, but any easily readable psychological content is denied to the viewer. The subject matter constantly slips away from the viewer, and though we recognise these young people through their trendy clothes, their trainers, and their familiar bourgeois lifestyle and material acquisitions, it does not immediately open up any sense and/or wish for a personal identification. Markus MUNTEAN / Adi ROSENBLUM FR L'approche compositionnelle de la peinture de Muntean/Rosenblum est traditionnelle, bien que dérivée autant de la mémoire collective de la figuration dans les médias populaires (magazines de mode) que des appropriations directes des motifs de la Renaissance, du Baroque et du Néo-classique. Présentées comme des tableaux de la vie adolescente, les images ont toujours la forme d'un losange entouré d'un liseré blanc. Sur le plan visuel, elles ne sont pas sans rappeler un poste de télévision à l'ancienne ou des images de bandes dessinées populaires. Une maxime, un aphorisme ou un commentaire expressif est écrit à la main, mais il n'est jamais directement lié à une figure particulière de l'image. Les textes sont emblématiques et forment un contenu délibérément ambigu ou liminal. En d'autres termes, ils forment un seuil dans lequel ils ne sont pas explicitement liés à l'image, mais ne sont pas non plus sans rapport avec la peinture. Les adolescents et adolescentes sont le plus souvent statiques et saisis d'un sentiment de lassitude. Ils sont jeunes et invariablement séduisants, mais le spectateur est privé de tout contenu psychologique facilement lisible. Le sujet se dérobe constamment au spectateur, et bien que nous reconnaissions ces jeunes gens à travers leurs vêtements à la mode, leurs baskets, leur style de vie bourgeois familier et leurs acquisitions matérielles, cela n'ouvre pas immédiatement la voie à un sentiment et/ou à un désir d'identification personnelle. EN Muntean/Rosenblum’s compositional approach to painting is traditional, though as much derived from the collective memory of figuration in popular media (fashion magazines) as it is from the direct appropriations from Renaissance, Baroque, and Neo-Classical motifs. Presented as tableaux of adolescent life, the images are always lozenge-like with a surrounding border of white. In visual terms they are not without similarity to an old-fashioned television set or popular comic images. Written in a hand-script is an accompanying maxim, aphorism, or expressive comment, though it is never directly connected to a particular figure within the image. The texts are emblematic, and form a deliberately ambiguous or liminal content. This is to say they form a threshold in which they are neither explicitly related to the image, but nor are they not related to the painting. The adolescent boys and girls are most often static and gripped with a sense of lassitude. They are young and invariably attractive, but any easily readable psychological content is denied to the viewer. The subject matter constantly slips away from the viewer, and though we recognise these young people through their trendy clothes, their trainers, and their familiar bourgeois lifestyle and material acquisitions, it does not immediately open up any sense and/or wish for a personal identification.
Markus Muntean & Adi Rosenblum (born 1960) Portrait Mine de plomb et collage Graphite en collage Pencil and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper 39.3 x 30 cm (15 3/8 x 11 13/16 in) Framed
MARKUS MUNTEAN & ADI ROSENBLUM Austria 1962 - Israel 1962 Even and invented has its rules, Tedious, absurd perhaps, but not to be gainsaid. 2013 Pencil on paper Measurements 42 x 59.4 cm ORIGIN Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna Private collection
Oil on cardboard. (20)15. Ca. 60 x 80 cm. Titled lower centre, signed and dated by both artists on the reverse. Presumably in the original artist's frame.
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum Untitled 1999 oil on canvas; unframed 60 x 50 cm signed and dated on the reverse: MUN/ROS 99 private property, Austria
Markus Muntean (1962) & Adi Rosenblum (1962), "You need someone to share", 2010, crayon et découpe sur papier, 60x42 cm Markus Muntean (1962) & Adi Rosenblum (1962), "You need someone to share", 2010, crayon et découpe sur papier, 60x42 cm
Markus Muntean (1962) & Adi Rosenblum (1962), "Lost in heaven", 2010, crayon de graphite et découpe sur papier, 42x30 cm Markus Muntean (1962) & Adi Rosenblum (1962), "Lost in heaven", 2010, crayon de graphite et découpe sur papier, 42x30 cm
Pencil and cut out paper on paper 2004 Muntean & Rosenblum (b. 1962) – Austrian and Israeli artist duo Framed Dimensions: 15 ½ x 11 ¾ in. (39.4 x 29.8 cm.) Frame dimensions: 17 ½ x 13 ¾ in. (44.5 x 34.9 cm.) Very good condition Estimate $1,500-$2,000 Provenance Maureen Paley Interim Art, New York. Muntean and Rosenblum (Austrian, b. 1962 and Israeli, 1962) This pair of artists, Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum, have been collaborating since 1992. Their collaborative work can be characterized by traditionally rendered compositions that are framed and matted in the style of a magazine illustration, with reflective captions. In 2008, the Essl Foundation in Vienna held a solo show for the Muntean and Rosenblum, as well as the Museo de Arte áneo de Castilla y León, Spain; the 2001 Berlin Biennale in London; and the 2004 São Paulo Biennale, among others. Condition In overall good condition, unexamined out of frame. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Muntean and Rosenblum (Markus Muntean, b. 1962 and Adi Rosenblum, b. 1962) Untitled (One is Never...), 1999; Acrylic on canvas; Signed and dated; 76 5/8'' x 37 3/8''; Provenance: Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna (label on verso); Private Collection, New York
MUNTEAN & ROSENBLUM B. 1962 UNTITLED (LIFE IS WHATEVER WE CONCEIVE IT TO BE) signed and dated 03 on the reverse pencil and acrylic on paper 40 by 30cm.; 15¾ by 11¾in. Executed in 2003.
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum (b. 1962 and b. 1962) Untitled (Sometimes when one's in a bad situation...) signed and dated 'MUN/ROS .01' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 44 x 44½in. (114.3 x 115cm.) Painted in 2001
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum untitled (Once I felt simple and wished to be simple. But that dies if you struggle a lot.) 2001 oil on canvas 66.8 h x 31.5 w inches Signed and dated to verso 'Mun/Ros .01'. Provenance: Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv | Private collection
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum untitled (I would prefer to think of all signs as good signs, or else to pay no attention to them at all.) 2003 acrylic, ink and graphite on paper 15.25 h x 11.25 w inches Provenance: Marc Selwyn Fine Art, New York | Private collection
Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum untitled (People need some sorrow to realize the full depth of emotion that they are capable of reaching.) 2003 acrylic, ink and graphite on paper 15.5 h x 11.25 w inches Provenance: Marc Selwyn Fine Art, New York | Private collection
Markus Muntean & Adi Rosenblum (B. 1962 and B. 1962) WHY, THOUGH, CAN'T EVERYTHING-JUST FOR TODAY-WAIT? WAIT AND JUST GO ON WITHOUT CHANGE A BIT LONGER signed and dated 'MUN /ROS.01' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 78¾ x 98 3/8in. (200 x 250cm.) Painted in 2001
PROPERTY of A PRIVATE COLLECTOR MARKUS MUNTEAN AND ADI ROSENBLUM (b. 1962 and 1962) UNTITLED (SOMETIMES YOU GET...) signed and dated "mun/ros.01" on the reverse acrylic on canvas 783/4 x 983/8 in. (200 x 250 cm) executed in 2001 this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Untitled (Youth is just a brief dream, a prelude of no particular lasting moment before actual life begins) signed and dated 'MUN/ROS '99' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 70 1/8 x 62 1/4 in. (178.4 x 158.1 cm.) Painted in 1999.
