KooKoo's crazy #32 sale with an emphasis on Israeli realism artists for investment alongside light and happy Israeli pop art that has conquered the world for the past two years
In this sale we will introduce you to treasures at opportunity prices and artists that you have not yet known:
Daniel Zuberi is a surprising 30-year-old Israeli artist who graduated from traditional Italian painting and draws particularly deceptive and seductive flowers,
Zohar Tal Inbar paints a fine Israeli realism with a number of amazing oil paintings and drawing,
Lena Revanko pampers our collection with 4 works and an exhibition that is currently on display in a new museum in China called Diyuan Museum,
The young photographer (22) Maayan Sabag with at least 6 interesting photos like her,
3 oil paintings from the "Neighbor's Balloons" series by her Avia Halabi - another promising Israeli painter - only 25 years old,
Israel Dror Hemed, who two years ago held a solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art with two oil paintings at inviting opening prices,
Roni Yoffe excels in front of us from sale to sale with a series of beautiful paintings of realism,
Gala Gilan with 3 new works for your art collection,
Kot-Art The graffiti artist with 4 especially cool pop-art works for the most fun room in your home, and Lior Ron also paints colorful and especially successful pop-art works of men wearing helmets.
KooKoo takes care of you, contact 0558859447 (Lisa)
Enjoy and good luck :)
(As always - prices include VAT and no VAT added)
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LOT 29:
Bazooka Joe
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Sold for: $260
Start price:
$
240
Estimated price :
$1,200 - $1,500
Buyer's Premium: 15%
VAT: 17% On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
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"The Bird Lady" 2017
Acrylic and ink on framed paper
40/28 cm (Framed 41/52 cm)
signed
A rare opportunity to purchase an original work on wood by the artist Bazooka Joe - not available from his works, everything is pre-sold to several collectors
The esteemed artist Bazooka Joe, a painter and sculptor whose works sell for tens of thousands of dollars and adorn the walls of the people of the upper echelons in Israel.
Adi Mendel (55) grew up in Bat Yam, the only son of a real estate and car dealer father and a housewife mother. It was a wealthy family that lacked almost nothing - except what a child really needs. Says and does not specify. "My mother would draw. Not for a living, because she did not have to work, but as a hobby. I, perhaps in response to my mother's attitude, could not stand paintings. I hated colors. I did not touch the brush. At the end it is probably in the DNA.
When he became a drug addict, his family members, including his brother from his father’s late marriage, turned their backs on him. "I had no one to ask for help from, " he says, "so I started breaking the law, mostly on property offenses, to fund the drugs. I did it reluctantly, with great sorrow. 'Forced crime, ' I call it."
The drug addiction and crime brought him to a total of six years behind bars, with all this time a tremendous talent hidden deep within him and not knowing how to break out. "I saw death with my own eyes, " says Bazooka Joe, mentioning, once again, how long the distance is between someone who was so close to ending his life in a tiny cell, alone, and someone who is gaining fame today.
His talent stood out from the canvas in the eyes of anyone who witnessed his paintings. He asked his stage name from the character on the gum covers. "Bazooka Joe was a sniper in the United States Army and I was a sniper with a paintbrush, " he explains. "Plus, I connect to the naivety of the bright colors."
His works also began to make waves among those interested in the field of art. He left the gallery three years ago, after his works were priced at well over a thousand dollars. Among the buyers of Bazooka Joe's art are businessman, controlling shareholder and CEO Castro Gabi Rotter, publicist Rani Rahav and the Wertheimer industrialist family. They are now joined by another satisfied customer - the prison service. Today, Bazooka Joe focuses on art. Addiction to creation has replaced drug addiction, "but it's a good addiction, " he says.
To close a circle with his rough past, the artist painted with the approval of the Tel Aviv Municipality on the walls of the Abu Kabir Prison (photo attached)
