Impressive First Night On The Fine Art Auction For KeF!
Simon Rohlen, aka KeF!, with Fine Art Auction host Richard English prepare to drop the gavel on a Louis Vuitton handbag. By Thomas Leturgey The spectacular German artist KeF! experienced a good first night this weekend on the Fine Art Auction. Simon Rohlen, aka KeF! met with auction host Richard English in the Atlanta, Georgia home of the Fine Art Auction, a few minutes before 11 p.m. on Saturday night to talk about his metal sculpture, an experimental proof that made its debut on American television. English called the piece “substantial.” “They are all slightly different,” commented Rohlen on the first sculpture of the evening. The work, the only of its kind, immediately kicked off with a $1,500 bid, and then $1,800. “I’m excited to see this one,” said Victoria, British Columbia’s Nino Barrette, an art historian and expert. While Barrette commented about the piece, bidding shot up to $3,500 and then $3,800. Barrette and English discussed how this work wasn’t canvas, but...