Darren Siwes Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Darren Siwes Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 26, 2024
DARREN SIWES, BRONZE GIRL, SILVER GIRL, GOLD GIRL, 2008
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 BRONZE GIRL, SILVER GIRL, GOLD GIRL, 2008 from the OZ OMNIUM REX ET REGINA series suite of 3 Type C prints on Kodak Endura Metallic paper 90.0 x 120.0 cm (each) edition: 7/10 each signed on gallery label verso: D Siwes each bears inscription on gallery label verso: artist's name, title, date, edition, medium and size PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Private collection, Adelaide EXHIBITED Oz Omnium Rex Et Regina, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 25 July – 17 August 2008 ESSAY With his enduring interest in issues of class, culture, place and identity – and the inequities pervading these systems – acclaimed Adelaide-born artist, Darren Siwes, is fast becoming one of the most highly sought-after photographic artists of his generation. A Ngalkban man of Indigenous and Dutch descent, Siwes completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) at the University of South Australia in 1996, and subsequently a Graduate Diploma of Education in 1997. In 2002, he was awarded a Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship which enabled him to undertake a Master of Fine Art at the Chelsea School of Art in London, and today his work is held in numerous major public collections, both nationally and abroad, including The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, Spain. Inspired by contemporary Indigenous artists such as Tracey Moffatt and Gordon Bennett, Siwes’ work similarly explores space, place and identity, highlighting racial tensions and the reality of the perceptions of Aboriginal people. In particular, he has achieved acclaim for his nocturnal images of ethereal figures, created using time-lapse photography and shot in recognisable landmarks around Adelaide, the United Kingdom and most recently, Perth. Invariably featuring either Siwes or his wife as models, the resultant eerily lit photographs of ghostly Aboriginal figures thus allude to Indigenous people’s integration within white society – but also, their simultaneous alienation and detachment from it. Belonging to his earlier photographic series, Oz Omnium Rex Et Regina, first unveiled at Greenaway Art Gallery in July – August 2008, the three photographic portraits offered here similarly explore such abiding concerns. Drawing upon the symbol of the coin to signify financial and cultural exchange and the enduring power of representation, the images thus wittingly demonstrate the way in which class delineations and ingrained hierarchical systems could mean the difference between a mug shot or a head of state. Painted in colours of power – bronze, silver and gold – thus each Indigenous figure is a portrait of optimism, with Siwes suspending reality to posit hypothetical ‘realities’, including equality for all. What if Aboriginal men and women were appointed heads of state? If an Aboriginal woman was Queen, would she be revered? Prompting contemplation of what actually is, what is constructed and what can be, the portraits moreover emphasise the body as a site of politics, marked by culture and society, and its specific implications for Indigenous Australians. As Siwes reflects, ‘…I don’t see my role is to change the world – but I do think that art can influence society both in a good or bad way in relation to their perceptions of superiority and class. I also don’t want to make people feel guilty about the class they may well be fortunate enough to be in, or guilty of – as some ‘post-colonial artists’ do – the past mistakes resulting in the tragedy which happened to the Aboriginal people. As an artist I am happy to just create work which comments on the differences in our classes and societies, and in the inequalities that exist.’1 1. Siwes, cited at https://www.turnergalleries.com.au/artists/darren_siwes.php (accessed February 2024) VERONICA ANGELATOS © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency 2024
Deutscher and Hackett
Mar. 08, 2022
DARREN SIWES, BRONZE BOY, 2008
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 BRONZE BOY, 2008 from the OZ OMNIUM REX ET REGINA series Type C print on Kodak Endura Metallic paper 90.0 x 120.0 cm (image) 97.0 x 127.0 cm (frame) edition: 9/10 PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2008 EXHIBITED Oz Omnium Rex et Regina, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 25 July – 17 August 2008 © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency 2021 This item is located at our Melbourne gallery
Deutscher and Hackett
Oct. 07, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) Beacon 2001 From the series Misperceptions cibachrome print edition of 8
Est: $600 - $900
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) Beacon 2001 From the series Misperceptions cibachrome print edition of 8 100 x 120cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Darren Siwes is one of Australia's leading contemporary Indigenous photographers. Siwes often features the urban landscape within which his own ghost-like figure is presented. Challenging the stereotype for an Aboriginal man, Siwes here is depicted in a button-up shirt and tie, standing firmly upon the land beneath him. This work is also held in the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (another example)
Leonard Joel
Aug. 05, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 107 x 127cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Jul. 08, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 107 x 127cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Jun. 28, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) Beacon 2001 From the series Misperceptions cibachrome print edition of 8
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) Beacon 2001 From the series Misperceptions cibachrome print edition of 8 100 x 120cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Darren Siwes is one of Australia's leading contemporary Indigenous photographers. Siwes often features the urban landscape within which his own ghost-like figure is presented. Challenging the stereotype for an Aboriginal man, Siwes here is depicted in a button-up shirt and tie, standing firmly upon the land beneath him. This work is also held in the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (another example)
Leonard Joel
May. 06, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $1,400 - $2,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 103 x 124cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Apr. 15, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Horse Hospital 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $1,600 - $2,600
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Horse Hospital 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 120 x 100cm, frame size: 124 x 104cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Apr. 15, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $1,400 - $2,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 107 x 127cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Apr. 15, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $1,400 - $2,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 103 x 124cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Clouded Eye of the Irrational Mind 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Clouded Eye of the Irrational Mind 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 104 x 124cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Horse Hospital 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) The Horse Hospital 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 120 x 100cm, frame size: 124 x 104cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) This is Just a Merciful Push 2004 cibachrome print 5/8 signed, titled, dated and editioned on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 103 x 124cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Mar. 31, 2021
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1953) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition on gallery label verso 100 x 120cm, frame size: 107 x 127cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso) OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004
Leonard Joel
Dec. 01, 2020
DARREN SIWES, PRE-SENSE, 2003
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 PRE-SENSE, 2003 (also known as LEICESTER CASTLE) Cibachrome photograph 118.5 x 98.5 cm (image) 103.0 x 123.0 cm (frame) edition of 8 PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in March 2004 On long-term loan to the University of Technology, Sydney, June 2004 – July 2006; June 2013 – November 2020 EXHIBITED Darren Siwes. Artist in residence, The Church Gallery, Western Australia, 5 May – 30 May 2004, cat. 3 (another example) Darren Siwes, Just Is, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 2 – 27 June 2004 (another example) Darren Siwes, Just Is, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, March 2005 (another example) Works from Just Is – Darren Siwes, 24HR Art, Darwin Festival, Darwin, 6 August – 10 September 2005 (another example) Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 6 August – 30 October 2016 LITERATURE Craig, G., and Presley, R., Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2016, pp. 70 (illus.), 91 This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2020
DARREN SIWES, JUST IS FOR THE LUCKY FEW, 2003
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 JUST IS FOR THE LUCKY FEW, 2003 Cibachrome photograph 98.5 x 118.0 cm (image) 104.0 x 124.0 cm (frame) edition: 4/8 signed and numbered on gallery label verso PROVENANCE Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Heiser Gallery, Brisbane (label attached verso) Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in August 2005 On long-term loan to the University of Technology, Sydney, October 2005 – October 2007; June 2013 – November 2020 EXHIBITED 2004 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art Contemporary Photo-Media, Art Gallery of South Australia, 27 February – 30 May 2004 (another example) Darren Siwes. Artist in residence, The Church Gallery, Western Australia, 5 May – 30 May 2004, cat. 3 (another example) Darren Siwes, Just Is, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 2 – 27 June 2004 (another example) Darren Siwes, Just Is, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, March 2005 (another example) Works from Just Is – Darren Siwes, 24HR Art, Darwin Festival, Darwin, 6 August – 10 September 2005 (another example) Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 6 August – 30 October 2016 LITERATURE Craig, G., and Presley, R., Over the Fence: Contemporary Indigenous Photography from the Corrigan Collection, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2016, pp. 71 (illus.), 91 This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2020
DARREN SIWES, THEY WERE PLAYING MIRROR, 2006
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 THEY WERE PLAYING MIRROR, 2006 from the series MUM I WANT TO BE BROWN Cibachrome photograph 120.0 x 100.0 cm (image) 127.0 x 107.0 cm (frame) edition: 3/8 signed on label verso PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Corrigan Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in June 2006 on long-term loan to the University of Technology, Sydney, September 2006 – September 2009; June 2013 – November 2020 EXHIBITED Mum I Want to be Brown, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 31 May – 25 June 2006 Mum I Want to be Brown, Magnanmetz, New York in association with Greenaway Art Gallery, 3 January – 9 February 2008 (another example) Mum I Want to be Brown, Turner Galleries, Perth, 11 April – 10 May 2008 (another example) LITERATURE Riphagen, M., ‘Dialogue with Rembrandt’, Artlink, Adelaide, Issue 31, No. 2, June 2011, p.57 (illus. another example) Shuster, R., ‘Photographer Darren Siwes’s Little Brown Boogey Man’, The Village Voice, 8 January 2008 (illus. another example) RELATED WORK Another example of this photograph is held in the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2020
DARREN SIWES, THEY’RE THERE, 2001
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 THEY’RE THERE, 2001 Cibachrome photograph 100.0 x 120.0 cm (image) 103.0 x 124.0 cm (frame) edition: 4/6 PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Corrigan Collection, Sydney on long-term loan to the University of Technology, Sydney, October 2003 – October 2006; June 2013 – November 2020 This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Dec. 01, 2020
DARREN SIWES, GOLD MALE, 2008
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 GOLD MALE, 2008 from series OZ OMNIUM REX ET REGINA type C print on Kodak Endura Metallic paper 90.0 x 120.0 cm (image) 97.0 x 127.0 cm (frame) edition: AP 1 aside from an edition of 10 PROVENANCE Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide (label attached verso) Private collection, Sydney Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 28 November 2012, lot 149 Corrigan Collection, Sydney EXHIBITED Oz Omnium Rex Et Regina, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, 25 July – 17 August 2008 Stockyards and Saddles: A Story of Gibb River Station, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth, 21 July – 8 December 2018 (another example) This work is located at our Melbourne Gallery © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 26, 2020
Darren Siwes (1968 - ) - Australopthicus , 2004 118 x 98 (frame: 124 x104 cm
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Darren Siwes (1968 - ) Australopthicus , 2004 cibachrome print, ed.6/8 118 x 98 (frame: 124 x104 cm unsigned, Nellie Castan Gallery label verso
Lawsons
May. 05, 2020
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) 1901 cibachrome photograph edition of 8
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) 1901 cibachrome photograph edition of 8 titled, editioned and signed on Greenaway Gallery label verso 118 x 98cm EXHIBITIONS: Darren Siwes: Just Is, GAG Projects, Adelaide, 2004 OTHER NOTES: "As if time-travelers from another era, the ghost like figures in Siwes's photographs appear before us like messengers we cannot hear. Indeed, given their persistent Victorian and Edwardian settings, Siwes's photographs recall the spirit photography of these times, in which spirits of the dead called up in seances were photographed for their grieving relatives. However Siwes does not photograph the ghosts of relatives, but the shadowy after-life of history or more accurately, of Siwes's own historical consciousness. Acutely aware of his Aboriginal/Dutch descent and the global migrations and histories it implies, he is burdened by a corrosive (rather than affirmative) history; and this melancholy fate sets the mood of his artworks." Uncanny: Darren Siwes's Just Is series of photographs, by Ian McLean, 2004 © Darren Siwes/Copyright Agency, 2020
Leonard Joel
Mar. 20, 2019
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Gold Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Gold Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10 PROVENANCE Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Smith & Singer
Mar. 20, 2019
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Silver Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Silver Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10 PROVENANCE Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Smith & Singer
Mar. 20, 2019
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Bronze Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Bronze Male (2008) photographic print on Kodak Endura metalic paper 90 x 120 cm; edition of 10 PROVENANCE Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Smith & Singer
Apr. 12, 2018
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8 100 x 120cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne cat. no. 2320 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Mar. 28, 2018
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8 100 x 120cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne cat. no. 2320 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Sep. 05, 2017
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) My Imaginary Friends 2006 cibachrome print, ed. 5/8 100 x 120cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne cat. no. 2320 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Nov. 23, 2016
DARREN SIWES - 1901 - Cibachrome photograph
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
DARREN SIWES (B.1968) 1901 Edition 3/8 Cibachrome photograph 100 x 102cm $2,000/4,000
GFL Fine Art
Jun. 07, 2016
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) This Is Just A Mercful Push 2005 cibachrome photograph edition 5/8
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) This Is Just A Mercful Push 2005 cibachrome photograph edition 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition inscribed on label verso 98 x 118cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso)
Leonard Joel
Jun. 07, 2016
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) The Clouded Eye of The Unrational Mind 2005 cibachrome photograh edition 5/8
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES (born 1968) The Clouded Eye of The Unrational Mind 2005 cibachrome photograh edition 5/8 artist name, title, date and edition inscribed on label verso 98 x 118cm PROVENANCE: Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne (label verso)
Leonard Joel
Sep. 12, 2014
Darren Siwes (b. 1968), C-Print, 'Visions', Australia, 2001
Est: €3,200 - €4,000
C-print, laminated on aluminium board, sealed with acrylic glass Adelaide, Australia, 2001 Darren Siwes (b. 1968) - Australian artist Number: 2/6; edition of 6 One copy of a certificate signed by the artist and the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Sheet size: 100 x 120 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, Spain, bought from the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Darren Siwes develops new ways of interpreting 'Aboriginal Art' and is one of the most important Australian artists of indigenous origin The present work is titled 'Visions' and belongs to the series 'Misperceptions' by Darren Siwes. It depicts a ghostly figure posing on a lawn in front of a chain-link fence. A well-lit radio-signal receiver is presented in the background on the left, while the opposite side is nearly lost in the darkness of the night and only reveals the sharp contrasts of a mass of dark green shrubbery. As demonstrated here, pictures by Darren Siwes often provide a political dimension and also seem to refer to his indigenous background. With this approach, the artist is related to other well-known Aboriginal artists such as Tracey Moffatt (b. 1960) and Gordon Bennett (1955-2014). The photograph is laminated on an aluminium board and sealed with acrylic glass. It merely shows a number of faint scratches on the surface of the acrylic glass. The wooden frame is painted in black and is partly affected by handling and scratch marks. The sheet size is 100 x 120 cm and the framed overall dimensions are 118.8 x 138.5 cm. Darren Siwes (b. 1968) Darren Siwes graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor in Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma of Education. An artist of the Aborigines, Siwes deals with preserved traditions and losses of Aboriginal culture since the British colonization of Australia. In his works, he usually depicts familiar landscapes and places in Australia, in which he integrates blurred pictures of Aborigines. Siwes is interested in political, historical, philosophical and cultural dynamics and provides with his modern works an important contribution to contemporary Aboriginal art. Siwes has participated in numerous national exhibitions. His works can be found in collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. The artist lives and works in Adelaide, Australia. (cbo) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Sep. 12, 2014
Darren Siwes (b. 1968), C-Print, 'One Night At Mt Lofty', 2001
Est: €3,200 - €4,000
C-print, laminated on aluminium board, sealed with acrylic glass Adelaide, Australia, 2001 Darren Siwes (b. 1968) - Australian artist Number: 2/6; edition of 6 One copy of a certificate signed by the artist and the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Sheet size: 100 x 120 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, Spain, bought from the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Darren Siwes develops new ways of interpreting 'Aboriginal Art' and is one of the most important Australian artists of indigenous origin The present work is titled 'One Night At Mt Lofty' and was taken in the course of Darren Siwes series 'Misperceptions'. It depicts a blurred depiction of himself on the driveway towards a brightly illuminated stone building. Darren Siwes often uses pictures of his own or his wife's silhouette and presents them in front of a church, a memorial or a historic building. His works may be interpreted as visual statements about the integration of Aborigines into the white Australian community. The photograph is laminated on an aluminium board and sealed with acrylic glass. It merely shows a number of faint scratches on the surface of the acrylic glass. The wooden frame is painted in black and is partly clearly affected by handling and scratch marks. The sheet size is 100 x 120 cm and the framed overall dimensions are 118.8 x 138.5 cm. Darren Siwes (b. 1968) Darren Siwes graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor in Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma of Education. An artist of the Aborigines, Siwes deals with preserved traditions and losses of Aboriginal culture since the British colonization of Australia. In his works, he usually depicts familiar landscapes and places in Australia, in which he integrates blurred pictures of Aborigines. Siwes is interested in political, historical, philosophical and cultural dynamics and provides with his modern works an important contribution to contemporary Aboriginal art. Siwes has participated in numerous national exhibitions. His works can be found in collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. The artist lives and works in Adelaide, Australia. (cbo) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Sep. 12, 2014
Darren Siwes (b. 1968), C-Print, 'I Am Expecting', 2001
Est: €3,200 - €4,000
C-print, laminated on aluminium board; sealed with acrylic glass Adelaide, Australia, 2001 Darren Siwes (b. 1968) - Australian artist Number: 2/6; edition of 6 One copy of a certificate signed by the artist and the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Sheet size: 100 x 120 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, Spain, bought from the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Darren Siwes develops new ways of interpreting 'Aboriginal Art' and is one of the most important Australian artists of indigenous origin The present work is titled 'I Am Expecting' and belongs to the series 'Misperceptions' by Darren Siwes. It depicts a blurred depiction of himself in front of a stone building with white trim balconies and windows. Darren Siwes often uses pictures of his own or his wife's silhouette and presents them in front of a church, a memorial or a historic building. His works may be interpreted as visual statements about the integration of Aborigines into the white Australian community. The photograph is laminated on an aluminium board and sealed with acrylic glass. It merely shows a number of faint scratches on the surface of the acrylic glass. The wooden frame is painted in black and is partly affected by handling and scratch marks. The sheet size is 100 x 120 cm and the framed overall dimensions are 118.8 x 138.5 cm. Darren Siwes (b. 1968) Darren Siwes graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor in Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma of Education. An artist of the Aborigines, Siwes deals with preserved traditions and losses of Aboriginal culture since the British colonization of Australia. In his works, he usually depicts familiar landscapes and places in Australia, in which he integrates blurred pictures of Aborigines. Siwes is interested in political, historical, philosophical and cultural dynamics and provides with his modern works an important contribution to contemporary Aboriginal art. Siwes has participated in numerous national exhibitions. His works can be found in collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. The artist lives and works in Adelaide, Australia. (cbo) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Sep. 12, 2014
Darren Siwes (b. 1968), C-Print, 'Church 1', Australia, 2001
Est: €3,200 - €4,000
C-print, laminated on aluminium board; sealed with acrylic glass Adelaide, Australia, 2001 Darren Siwes (b. 1968) - Australian artist Number: 2/6; edition of 6 One copy of a certificate signed by the artist and the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Sheet size: 100 x 120 cm Good condition Provenance: Private collection, Spain, bought from the Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide Darren Siwes develops new ways of interpreting 'Aboriginal Art' and is one of the most important Australian artists of indigenous origin The present work is titled 'Church 1' and belongs to the series 'Misperceptions' by Darren Siwes. It shows a blurred depiction of a man dressed with a suit and a dark coat and in front of a Lutheran church. Darren Siwes, who himself also belongs to the Aboriginal minority, often integrates pictures of his indigenous fellows, but presents them like ghosts in front of the chosen landmarks such as a local church as a symbol of cultural and historical interaction. His works may therefore be interpreted as visual statements about the integration of Aborigines into the white Australian community. The photograph is laminated on an aluminium board and sealed with acrylic glass. It merely shows a number of faint scratches on the surface of the acrylic glass. The wooden frame is painted in black and is partly affected by handling and scratch marks. The sheet size is 100 x 120 cm and the framed overall dimensions are 118.8 x 138.5 cm. Darren Siwes (b. 1968) Darren Siwes graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor in Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma of Education. An artist of the Aborigines, Siwes deals with preserved traditions and losses of Aboriginal culture since the British colonization of Australia. In his works, he usually depicts familiar landscapes and places in Australia, in which he integrates blurred pictures of Aborigines. Siwes is interested in political, historical, philosophical and cultural dynamics and provides with his modern works an important contribution to contemporary Aboriginal art. Siwes has participated in numerous national exhibitions. His works can be found in collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia and the National Gallery of Australia. The artist lives and works in Adelaide, Australia. (cbo) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Jun. 19, 2014
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Just is Impropoortionately
Est: $3,500 - $5,000
DARREN SIWES born 1968 Just is Impropoortionately Sow 2003 cibachrome photograph 120.0 x 150.0 cm edition: 1/4 Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide Just Is..., Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, April 2004 (illus. exhibition catalogue)| McCulloch, A., McCulloch, S., & McCulloch Childs, E., The New McCullochâ€™s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Miegunyah, Melbourne, 2006, p.147 (illus., another example) (c) Darren Siwes. Licensed by VISCOPY Ltd, Australia
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