NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Ancient
Art, one of the world's leading dealers in well-provenanced
antiquities, has proven that the treasures of our past are
compatible with modern masters, with their innovative display at
the Salon Art and Design fair at the Park Avenue Armory. The
Phoenix display pairs seven iconic
works of modern art side-by-side with classical antiquities.
The unique pairings include works by Robert Rauschenberg with a Roman marble statue
of a goddess, Marc Chagall and Serge
Poliakoff with a geometric Greek stylized bronze horse,
Max Ernst and Marino Marini with a Greek black glazed vase,
and Fernand Leger's "Le Fleur" with European Bronze Age fibulae.
Phoenix Co-Founder Hicham
Aboutaam stated, "The juxtapositions of antiquities and
modern art are not meant to suggest that contemporary artists
literally drew upon antiquities in their composition, but rather to
show that great art goes very well with great art across the ages"
– referring to a particular Andy Warhol "Campbell's Soup Box" dated 1985 which was the
very first special order by the Campbell's Soup Company to Andy Warhol to commemorate its transition
from Soup Can to Soup Box. This large 3D executed painting (of a
series to follow) of the Chicken Soup Box, coming from the previous
prestigious collection of the Campbell Soup Company, can be seen on
the wall next to another masterwork of a Roman bust. Mr.
Aboutaam noted that this is a perfect prelude for the upcoming
Warhol retrospective organized by the Whitney Museum of American
Art on Nov. 12 to celebrate his 90th birthday.
The Salon Art and Design fair will be open from Nov. 8-12, 2018, stand B5.
ABOUT PHOENIX ANCIENT ART
With galleries in New York City
(Electrum) and Geneva, Switzerland, Phoenix Ancient Art is one of the
world's leading dealers in rare and exquisite antiquities with a
focus on Greek and Roman, Near Eastern and Egyptian art. Its
works of art have been acquired by world-class museums around the
world, as well as by private collectors. Phoenix Ancient Art is a
second-generation family business that was founded by Sleiman
Aboutaam in 1968 and continues today under the leadership of
his sons, Hicham and Ali
Aboutaam.
For more information
contact info@phoenixancientart.com or visit
www.phoenixancientart.com.
Media Contact:
Alexander Gherardi
Electrum, Agent for Phoenix Ancient Art
212-288-7518
Liam Ben Zur / Zach Kouwe
Dukas Linden Public Relations
liam@dlpr.com / zkouwe@dlpr.com
212-704-7385
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