Lot 192
NATHAN COLEY (SCOTTISH B. 1967) §
THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE
Scottish Contemporary & Post-War Art
Auction: 25 August 2011 at 10:00 BST
£1,000
Description
Signed, inscribed and dated 2011 verso, graphite on paper
Dimensions
70cm x 50cm (27.3in x 19.5in)
Footnote
Sold to benefit the Govanhill Baths Community Trust.
This unique piece was created exclusively to aid the Baths Trust; to support the restoration of the pool where the artist learned to swim. It takes its name from his 2007 Turner Prize show exhibit, currently installed outside the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2 in Edinburgh. Coley superimposed the positions of the lightbulbs which spelled out the illuminated message in his installation piece and drew the resulting assembly, effectively encapsulating the message in one abstract dot matrix character.