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Private Collection, Chicago Catalogue note Hugo Markl is known as a highly versatile artist-curator. He is recognized for his drawings and installations as readily as for his production of performances, live music, video, sound, and light and space installations. Utilizing the central traits of postmodernism, Markl manipulates balance, clarity, and transparency to lend a sense of power to his otherwise delicate works on paper. His Ghostsheets series of experimental acoustic-graphic works seek to translate the naturally occuring soundscape of his work space into abstract and often linear manifestations. Recent solo exhibitions of Markl’s work include those at Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; and AMP Gallery, Athens. His work has been included in exhibitions at Museo D’Arte Contemporanea, Rome; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York. Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Art Institute of Chicago’s Society for Contemporary Art (the “SCA”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the SCA. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the SCA so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.

Catalog summary

Hugo Markl b.1964 Ghostsheets Executed 2001-2003 colored pencil on paper Framed; 26 ¾ by 19 ¾ by 1 in. (68 by 50.2 by 1.3 cm.) Provenance Private Collection, Chicago Catalogue note Hugo Markl is known as a highly versatile artist-curator. He is recognized for his drawings and installations as readily as for his production of performances, live music, video, sound, and light and space installations. Utilizing the central traits of postmodernism, Markl manipulates balance, clarity, and transparency to lend a sense of power to his otherwise delicate works on paper. His Ghostsheets series of experimental acoustic-graphic works seek to translate the naturally occuring soundscape of his work space into abstract and often linear manifestations. Recent solo exhibitions of Markl’s work include those at Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich; and AMP Gallery, Athens. His work has been included in exhibitions at Museo D’Arte Contemporanea, Rome; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York. Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by the Art Institute of Chicago’s Society for Contemporary Art (the “SCA”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the SCA. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the SCA so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.