Fourth SOFA New York Garners Record Sales Attendance - International Exposition of Sculpture & Functional Art: SOFA New York 2001

fresh YORK--The fourth annual International Exposition of statuary & Functional Art: SOFA novel York 2001 enjoyed its greatest in quantity successful run over the summer at the Seventh Regiment Armory, according to exhibit organizers.

Newyorktoday.com from The novel York Times called the exposition "a stunning array of art known for reflecting and setting cutting-edge design trends"

Among the buyer at the exhibit were major collectors, museum curators, architects and designers. A record 14000 individuals attended SOFA during its five-day race 1,000-plus guests attended the Opening Night Preview Gala, a benefit for the American Craft Museum, and 700 derive pleasure fromed the critically acclaimed SOFA of recent origin York Lecture Series, featuring internationally prominent artists, art professionals and collectors in 15 presentations. Of special note was a lock opener talk by Arthur C. Danto, professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University and art critic for The Nation.

Fifty-two international art dealers not awayed SOFA visitors with the work of major artists and stylistic moves in the fine and decorative arts, from the next to the first half of the 20th hundred up to the present. Jack Lenor Larsen, internationally renowned textile artist, author and collector, said, "SOFA is the dominant contemporary decorative arts occurrence in the world."

Galleries and dealers at SOFA of recent origin York 2001 reported a remarkable reply to contemporary ceramics. Russian-born ceramicist Sergei Isupov sold on the outside his entire "Statuettes" series of 12 18-inch figures presented at $8,000 to $10,000 by the agency of Ferrin Gallery, Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Leslie Ferrin said, "Our major pieces sold immediately. Sergei Isupov, R Weldon Sandlin and Mara Superior all sold well and generated stout interest in their upcoming works to be featured at SOFA Chicago in October."

Galerie b15 of Munich, Germany sold three expressionistic figures and heads by means of Gertraud Mohwald, renowned for integrating shards of fired ceramics and porcelain, colored paper and gold into glazes, slips or clay, tendered at between $20,000 and $30000 Galerie b 15 also sold five porcelain celadon utensils by Masamichi Yoshikawa including "Architecture," proffered at $6,000.

Contemporary Applied Arts, London, rested in 1948 as the official Crafts midst of Great Britain, sold four Stephen Dixon ceramic pieces. Mary La Trobe-Bateman said she was impressed with the "serious collectors of ceramics and glass" at SOFA fresh York, noting that "larger, more expensive pieces" sold quickly.

In a repeat performance, sculptural glass again take pleasure ined top sales at SOFA. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the display was the sale of 10 pieces from Marvin Lipofsky's of recent origin "Kentucky Series 2000-2001," offered at $16800 to $28000 each. The top sale of Heller Gallery, of recent origin York, was "Alicante Verde" by means of Michael Pavlik and "Vladimira Kumpar, 2001" proffered for $44,000. Also sold at Heller Gallery was "Furrow" by dint of Daniel Clayman, offered for $27000 And "Dres V" by dint of Karen LaMonte from her greatest in quantity recent series, "Absent Impressions," presented at $20,000. Barry Friedman Ltd of recent origin York, reported excellent sales of Yoichi Ohira, Laura De Santillana, Toots Zynsky and Giles Bettison. Other notable glass sales:

* Galerie Na Janskem Vrsku of Prague sold "Half Egg" by dint of Vaclav Cigler, offered at $35000; and "Levitation" by the agency of Stepan Pala, sold for $40000

* Leo Kaplan fresh New York, sold "Tigre" by the agency of Jose Chardiet, offered for $13500; and "Hershoff Boat" by the agency of Steven Weinberg, offered for $12000

* Riley Hawk Galleries, Kirkland, Wash., sold three glass statuarys from Lino Tagliapietra's 2000 "Bilbao Series" tendered at between $36,000 and $39000

* Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, sold KeKe Cribbs' "Frederico," a glass mosaic upon hybridized concrete offered at $26000; and a Paul Stankard lamp-worked glass piece, proffered at $25,000.

* R Duane Re Gallery, Chicago, sold "Linear Shift in virid 2000," made of glass, metal and become firm [i]or[/i] solid offered for $27,000, as well as "Alternate Progressions #1 2001" presented for $35,000, both by Julie Mihalisin & Philip Walling.

Sales of contemporary and historic textiles and fiber art at SOFA of recent origin York were also brisk. Gail Martin Gallery, novel York, sold Peter Collingwood's "Macro Gauze 3D" made of linen with carbonized iron rods, offered at $5,000. Also selling at Gail Martin was "Allegria" by the agency of Polly Barton, made of silk warp and weft ikat with painted warp and rubbed coloring liquor pigment offered at $16,000. Other top fiber sales:

* Synderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, sold "Bird" by the agency of Soonran Youn, a cotton Plexiglass stop up offered for $8,500; and "Pigment with Athena w/Golden Aegis," cotton and gold thread upon linen by Marilyn Pappas, proffered for $8,500.

* Lea Sneider Fine Arts, novel York, sold Kazuko Saeki's "Tapestry Wave Relief," presented at $5,000.

* Tai Gallery / Textile Arts of Santa Fe specializing in Japanese bamboo arts, sold "Sign of the Wind" by the agency of Nagakura Kenichi, offered at $16000; and "Spring" by dint of Honda Syoryu, offered at $12000

one time again, the high quality of secondary market pieces at SOFA novel York proved to be the lock opener factor in successful sales: