Christie's BOUND TO FAIL. Post-War, Contemporary Art. Maurizo Cattelan, Marcel Duchamp, Adolf Hitler

New York, Rockefeller Plaza,  8 May 2016.

Post-War & Contemporary Art. Seven rule-breaking artists who have redefined the meaning of art, ahead of a special curated sale on 8 May 2016.

Bound To Fail is a curated capsule sale of Modern, Post-War and Contemporary art that explores the theme of failure, with the understanding that failure
for any artist is the risk that they take when pushing boundaries and challenging the concept of fine art and commercial success. 
Comprised of 39 works by major artists including Maurizo Cattelan, Jeff Koons, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Marcel Duchamp, Martin Kippenberger,
Mike Kelley and Richard Prince, the sale focuses on artists who are known for having pursued a singular creative vision, which sometimes comes at
the expense of critical acclaim or commercial success.
Conceived by Christie’s Loic Gouzer, the sale takes its name from the Bruce Nauman sculpture Henry Moore, Bound To Fail, a cast of the artist’s
bound hands that channels the anxiety of constrained artistic expression. ‘So much has been written about the commercial success of the auction
market in recent years, we felt it was time to explore the flip side of that from a curatorial standpoint,’ says Gouzer. ‘Taken together,
this capsule auction shines a spotlight on works that have purposefully pushed the envelope of what the art market would be willing to call ‘successful’
in the pursuit of creating something new and ground-breaking.’
Below, we look at seven artists featured in the sale who broke the rules to redefine the meaning of art.