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STILL ATTRACTIVE
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Another of Hazel Dooney's Big Pin-Ups, Miss February, went under the hammer at Menzies' auction of Australian and International Fine Paintings and Sculpture in Sydney, tonight. Painted in high gloss enamel on canvas, 214cm x 123cm, the final price paid was $A13,750, including the buyer's premium. This was an excellent result given the generally flat Australian secondary market. The auction house's pre-sale estimate was $A12,000 to $A16,000.
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HOT PIN-UPS
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
At Leonard Joel's Fine Art Auction in Melbourne, yesterday evening, two gouache on paper studies from Hazel Dooney's popular Big Pin-Ups series achieved good results, despite a recent flatness in the local art market. The final price for Miss June, 47.5cm x 32cm, was $A4,514 – a new high for a study ion this series and well above the auction house's pre-sale estimate (for both works) of $A1,800 to $A2500 – while Miss July, 47.5cm x 24cm, sold for $A2,196.
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MISS MAY GLOWS
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Hazel Dooney's Big Pin-Up: Miss May, 140cm x 210cm, sold for $A17,182 at Lawson-Menzies' Quarterly Fine Art Auction in Sydney on 13th February. Commissioned directly from Hazel's studio, it was the first time that one of her Big Pin-Ups, a series begun in 2010, has appeared in a sale room. The price exceeded the auctioneer's pre-sale estimate of $A12,000 and $A16,000.
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HAZEL DOONEY WITH BIG PIN-UP: MISS OCTOBER
2013 High gloss enamel on canvas, 197cm x 143cm. |
"Hazel Dooney isn’t for everybody and that’s what I always liked about her."
– Wired.com, USA, 2012
"...her work has become some of Australia’s most coveted. At once confronting, thought-provoking and unabashedly voyeuristic, her works flirt between the genres of pop, punk, erotica and just a hint of manga."
– Map, Australia, 2011
"Her work... has been the cause of much controversy, and her outspoken persona and direct involvement often blur the line between artist and art."
– Stated, USA, 2011
"Hazel personifies an alluring, punk rock, mischievous, genius artist... She is the outsider that everyone wants to be connected with."
– Obvious, USA, 2011
"Hazel Dooney grabs life by the shoulders and headbutts it... She is utterly uncompromising."
– The Zone, from The Age, Australia, 2010
"Dooney has both extraordinary depth as an artist and a sound painterly technique."
– Vogue Australia, Australia, 2007
"Hazel Dooney walks the razor's edge between respect and celebrity in today's artworld."
– Australian Financial Review, Australia, 2006
"These works carry the subversive and slick trademarks of contemporary consumer culture. Her work comes across as an intense exploration of personal eroticism filtered through a candy-coloured palette."
– The Sunday Age Agenda, Australia, 2004
"Peter Booth, Hazel Dooney... Jeffrey Smart are all members of a select breed of artist who, for the benefit of all concerned, cast a somewhat critical and even destructive eye over their artwork. These artists do not turn out bad art."
– The Weekend Australian, Australia, 2003
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