Lot 204
A DAIMLER CAR DOOR §
PART OF THE ENTIRE CAR DECORATED BY JIM LAMBIE, FOR COMME DES GARÇONS (2006)
Auction: 15 August 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
Decorated using vinyl tape
Dimensions
124cm x 90cm x 17cm (48.75in x 35.5in x 6.75in)
Footnote
Note: Jim Lambie was commisioned by SWG3 in Glasgow and Comme de Garçons to make work for their Glasgow Guerilla Pop Up Store in 2006. On one side of the shop was a wedding vehicle rental service. Lambie elected to use a white Daimler which he decorated using his trademark vinyl tape in a paisley pattern. This is a remaining part of that car.
Note: In his early years, Jim Lambie was heavily involved with the local music scene in his native Glasgow and studied Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art. These interests are reflected in his work, which is normally filled with references to music, pop culture and art history. Lambie's art shows a deep understanding and fascination with the psychological impact of colour, space and form. His work has been compared to the readymade due to the way he manipulates and embellishes everyday objects.
In 2006, Lambie and artist Benedict Radcliffe were commissioned by Comme Des Garçons to design vehicles for their Guerrilla Pop Up store in Glasgow. On one side of the shop was a motorcycle breakers and on the other was a wedding vehicle rental service. This door panel is from a white Daimler Limousine that Lambie covered with a vinyl Paisley print for the Pop Up.
The paisley pattern was made popular in the mid and late 1960s due in part to The Beatles and the Summer of Love 1967. The fluidity and psychedelic nature of the paisley print, which covered the entire car, muddles the viewer's perception of movement and space. Lambie has said of his work that 'covering an object somehow evaporates the hard edge off the thing and pulls you toward more of a dreamscape. The hard, day-to-day, living edge disappears.' Through the manipulation of colour, space and form, this piece is a fine example of the way in which Lambie plays with psychology and optical perceptions in this work.
Lambie was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2005 and lives in NY and Glasgow.