Berkshire


<p>Dream of having a Chapman Brothers, Julian Opie or a Boy George original hanging on your wall? Now is your chance, and you won&#8217;t need to sell a vital organ to afford it. The annual <strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Art On A Postcard auction (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163?page=1&amp;pageSize=60" target="_blank">Art On A Postcard auction</a></strong>, in aid of the Hepatitis C Trust, ends tomorrow, and you can bid on 277 lots – many by world famous artists.</p>



<p>This is usually a secret auction, held in London, with only your art nose (and those telltale high bids to guide you). This year, it&#8217;s going online, you know what you&#8217;re bidding on and Newbury-based auction house, <a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163?page=1&amp;pageSize=60" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Dreweatts (opens in a new tab)">Dreweatts</a> is running the show. </p>



<p>Alongside the biggest names, look out for pieces by Molly Brocklehurst, Lucy Bryant, Eliot Lord and Heath Kane. The auction end on Thu 9 Jul at 2pm, to give you an idea of what is one offer, here&#8217;s our 10 lots to watch… </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/e732df3b-e9e1-4bba-8e66-abd401174b7a" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="JULIAN OPIE (opens in a new tab)">JULIAN OPIE</a>, DEER 3, LOT 50</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="703" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3-703x500.jpg" alt="Art on a Postcard Julian Opie Deer 3 thick black outline of a deer" class="wp-image-28565" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3-703x500.jpg 703w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3-300x213.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3-150x107.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3-768x546.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Julian-Opie-Deer-3.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px" /></figure>



<p>Artist Julian Opie rose to the higher ranks of the art world in the 80s and was famously commissioned to create Blur&#8217;s <em>Best of </em>album cover in 2000. Opie also created an LED projection for U2&#8217;s Vertigo world tour, and in 2008 he designed the set for Wayne McGregor&#8217;s ballet <em>Infra</em>. Basically, the man&#8217;s a big deal. <em><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Deer 3 (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/e732df3b-e9e1-4bba-8e66-abd401174b7a" target="_blank">Deer 3</a></strong></em> sold for £2,400 but his work sells in the tens of thousands.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="JAKE AND DINOS CHAPMAN (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/d47556cc-25d5-4562-afa3-abde0121f3db" target="_blank">JAKE AND DINOS CHAPMAN</a>, SOLAR ANUS, LOT 276</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="353" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Chapman-Brothers-Solar-Anus-353x500.jpg" alt="Jake and Dino Chapman Solar Anus Art on a Postcard red smiley face with colour rays" class="wp-image-28567" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Chapman-Brothers-Solar-Anus-353x500.jpg 353w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Chapman-Brothers-Solar-Anus-212x300.jpg 212w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Chapman-Brothers-Solar-Anus-106x150.jpg 106w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Chapman-Brothers-Solar-Anus.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px" /></figure>



<p>Turner nominated (but lost to Grayson Perry), Jake and Dinos Chapman are often described as the <em>enfants terrible</em> of BritArt. They kicked off their careers as Gilbert and George&#8217;s assistants, found fame as part of the Young British Artists in the 1990s, alongside Emin and Hirst and have a talent starting wars of words with journalists. But their work is super collectable – an old masterpiece sold at auction for £39,000, once manipulated by the Chapman Brothers later sold for £750,000. <strong><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Solar Anus (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/d47556cc-25d5-4562-afa3-abde0121f3db" target="_blank">Solar Anus</a></em></strong> sold for £750.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/0ab52d7e-cae6-47a2-b8b0-abde0121f563" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="BOY GEORGE (opens in a new tab)">BOY GEORGE</a>, UNTITLED, LOT 277</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="355" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Boy-George-Postcard-355x500.jpg" alt="Art on a Postcard Boy George blue and black clown piece" class="wp-image-28566" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Boy-George-Postcard-355x500.jpg 355w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Boy-George-Postcard-213x300.jpg 213w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Boy-George-Postcard-107x150.jpg 107w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Boy-George-Postcard.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px" /></figure>



<p>Boy George is man who wears a lots of hats – singer, songwriter, DJ, fashion designer, writer and ex con. So artist seems a natural next step and he made his world art debut in Monaco (posh). Now he is making his Art On A Postcard debut, with an <em><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Untitled (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/0ab52d7e-cae6-47a2-b8b0-abde0121f563" target="_blank">Untitled</a></strong></em> piece. The winning bid was a whopping £3,200. But one of his previous charity sketches sold for £4,300, outselling Angle of the North artist Antony Gormley.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/c76f25cd-d84e-4ff4-8663-abd401197f1d" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="LIAM ASHLEY CLARK (opens in a new tab)">LIAM ASHLEY CLARK</a>, A BUNGALOW WITH BOOBS FOR ROOF TILES, LOT 154</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="360" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Liam-Ashley-Clark-A-Bungalow-with-Boobs-360x500.jpg" alt="Black outline drawing of Bungalow with boobs for roof tiles by rising star artists ?????" class="wp-image-28555" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Liam-Ashley-Clark-A-Bungalow-with-Boobs-360x500.jpg 360w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Liam-Ashley-Clark-A-Bungalow-with-Boobs-216x300.jpg 216w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Liam-Ashley-Clark-A-Bungalow-with-Boobs-108x150.jpg 108w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Liam-Ashley-Clark-A-Bungalow-with-Boobs.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></figure>



<p>Liam Ashley Clark is the one to watch. This Norfolk-based artist was selected as a 2019 Bloomberg New Contemporary and included in the Saatchi Art Rising Stars report of the same year. His work is a careful blend of humour and political commentary, largely in painting, drawing and photography. His contribution to the Art On A Postcard auction is a single-storey version of a piece he created in 2018 – <em>A House With Boobs For Roof Tiles</em>. <strong><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="A Bungalow With Boobs For Roof Tiles (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/c76f25cd-d84e-4ff4-8663-abd401197f1d" target="_blank">A Bungalow With Boobs For Roof Tiles</a></em></strong> sold for £100</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/96536827-a447-435d-995b-abd40118d96b" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="CARL MOORE (opens in a new tab)">CARL MOORE</a>, NEON BULL, LOT 123</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="716" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull-716x500.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-28561" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull-716x500.jpg 716w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull-300x209.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull-150x105.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull-768x536.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Carl-Moore-Neon-Bull.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px" /></figure>



<p>Carl Moore makes work that sits on that fine line between comedy and tragedy. Animals pretending to be other animals, dripping in paint that start to resemble a barcode. It&#8217;s pretty much how we look when decorating out houses. Carl contributed three postcards to the auction. <strong><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Neon Bull (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/96536827-a447-435d-995b-abd40118d96b" target="_blank">Neon Bull</a></em></strong> sold for £150.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/d79f4676-4bf9-49c5-8981-abd4011928b5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="WHATSHISNAME (opens in a new tab)">WHATSHISNAME</a>, HAPPY POPEK BALLOON DOG, LOT 138</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="720" height="492" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog-720x492.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-28560" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog-720x492.jpg 720w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog-300x205.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog-150x103.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog-768x525.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Whats-HIs-Name-Balloon-Dog.jpg 850w" sizes="(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /></figure>



<p>If you love Jeff Koons and managed to see his stunning exhibition at the Ashmoleon in Oxford, you might see a passing resemblance to his balloon dog here. Satirical artist Whatshisname (aka Sebastian Burdon) fuses the digital and the traditional to create something far more provocative – balloon dogs playing with a ball, pooing and, um, doing it doggy style. <strong><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Happy POPek Balloon Dog (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/d79f4676-4bf9-49c5-8981-abd4011928b5" target="_blank">Happy POPek Balloon Dog</a></em></strong> sold for £180.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/22d88c8e-7302-4522-abdf-abd401181e1f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="MOLLY BROCKLEHURST (opens in a new tab)">MOLLY BROCKLEHURST</a>, GARDEN PARTY, LOT 89</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="359" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst-359x500.jpg" alt="Molly Brocklehurst artist green and red blocks of colour with retro image of children playing" class="wp-image-28569" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst-359x500.jpg 359w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst-215x300.jpg 215w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst-108x150.jpg 108w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst-768x1071.jpg 768w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Molly-Brocklehurst.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px" /></figure>



<p>Figurative artist Molly Brocklehurst is another Saatchi Art rising star and also appeared in the Maddox Gallery&#8217;s Top 10 Women To Watch. Her muted colour palette and nostalgic subjects blue the lines between past and present, fact and fiction. Molly has created four pieces for the auction. <em><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Garden Party (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/22d88c8e-7302-4522-abdf-abd401181e1f" target="_blank">Garden Party</a></strong></em> sold for £160. Her larger piece sell for £3K-£4k.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="KEV MUNDY (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163?page=3&amp;pageSize=60" target="_blank">KEV MUNDAY</a>, DUCK TANGLE, LOT 147</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="358" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Kev-Mundy-Duck-Tangle-358x500.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-28571" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Kev-Mundy-Duck-Tangle-358x500.jpg 358w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Kev-Mundy-Duck-Tangle-215x300.jpg 215w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Kev-Mundy-Duck-Tangle-107x150.jpg 107w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Kev-Mundy-Duck-Tangle.jpg 715w" sizes="(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px" /></figure>



<p>Happy-go-lucky Kev Munday will undoubtedly bring a smile to your face with his unique style that defies age and offers up a distinctly off-the-wall approach. Using an assortment of mediums, from marker pens to digital art, Munday finds his inspiration from Japanese <em>kawaii</em> graphics, South American tribal art and the sheer energy and movement of colour. He has two lots here and bidding for <strong><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Duck Tangle  (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163?page=3&amp;pageSize=60" target="_blank">Duck Tangle </a></em></strong>is currently at £220.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/8fdd4822-e8c3-4dd1-a142-abd4011853a2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="NASSER AZAM (opens in a new tab)">NASSER AZAM</a>, QUEEN, LOT 99</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="347" height="500" src="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Nasser-Azam-Queen-347x500.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-28563" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Nasser-Azam-Queen-347x500.jpg 347w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Nasser-Azam-Queen-208x300.jpg 208w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Nasser-Azam-Queen-104x150.jpg 104w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/berkshire/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/07/Nasser-Azam-Queen.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px" /></figure>



<p>The Queen&#8217;s shielding at Windsor Castle and she&#8217;s a woman you won&#8217;t find slobbing out on the sofa in a pair of joggers. British contemporary artist Nasser Azam&#8217;s mixed coronavirus collage of Her Maj make this a highly prised lot. Nasser&#8217;s semi-abstract style of painting has been compared with that of Willem de Kooning. He painted activist Malala Yousafzai&#8217;s official portrait and has led art expeditions to the Antarctica and space. <em><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Queen (opens in a new tab)" href="https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7498/drewea1-10163/lot-details/8fdd4822-e8c3-4dd1-a142-abd4011853a2" target="_blank">Queen</a> </strong></em>sold for £850.</p>



<p><strong><em>Got your cultural groove on? Read our <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Blaggers Guide To Buying Art (opens in a new tab)" href="https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/home/interiors-home/buying-art-for-home/https://berkshire.muddystilettos.co.uk/home/interiors-home/buying-art-for-home/" target="_blank">Blaggers Guide To Buying Art</a></em></strong></p>


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