Colette aka Lumiere, Laborataire Lumiere (Logo), SIGNED Sticker, 2011. Size: 6.5 x 5 inches — For Sale
From the very start of her career in the 1970s, Colette was a much-noted presence in the New York art world. It was a time of radical change brought on by the advent of pop art, when a new generation felt free to break the rules that traditionally separated fine art and popular culture. Colette worked without inhibition. Acting out an inner-world of fantasies she began making photographic self-portraits, creating soft fabric environments in which she was often a crucial living presence, and exhibiting self-referential hybrid works that combined sculpture, painting, and photography. By the mid-1980s she was famous here and in Europe for performances in which she slept in store windows and art spaces, street paintings for which she was once arrested, and forays into fashion and music that worked equally well in boutiques, nightclubs and museums.
Colette can now boast of fifty-five years of nonstop creativity and hundreds of exhibitions in the United States and Europe. Gallery 98 has gathered here a sampling of ephemera and small-scale works to spotlight a few of the many highlights of this prolific and influential artist.
Painting The Streets of SoHo, 1973
Colette, “The Ear” Street Piece I #8 Spring St and West Broadway – New York, Sept. 1973, from the series Postcards From the Story of my Life, Photo with Handwritten Caption on Paper (only the photo is shown in the detail above). Size: 10 x 7 inches — For Sale
Colette Lives in her Installation, Cologne Art Fair, 1977
Colette, “Ancorra-tu” living in a space for six days with all my personal belongings, Cologne Art Fair, 1977, from the series Postcards From the Story of my Life, Photo with Handwritten Caption on Paper (only the photo is shown in the detail above). Size: 10 x 7 inches — For Sale
Performing in the Window of the Boutique Fiorucci, 1978
Colette, Justine of Colette is Dead Co., Fiorucci, SIGNED Postcard, 1978. Size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches — For Sale
Attends moi J’arrive, Limited Edition CD, 1998
Colette, Attends moi J’arrive (Hold On! I’m On My Way), SIGNED and Numbered (1/10) CD,1998. Size: 5.5 x 5 inches — For Sale
Snow Globe with Self-Portrait for Attends moi J’arrive
Colette, Snow globe with self-portrait, promotion for Attends moi J’arrive (Hold On! I’m On My Way), 1998. Size: 5 x 3 inches — For Sale
Art, Objects, Memories, Household Items, Souvenirs, 1992
Colette, The House of Olympia Goes to Berlin… Colette (Olympia) Cleans House… And Escapes to Berlin, top image: Self-Portrait with Potato, Flyer, 2002. Size: 11 x 8.5 inches — For Sale
A Gold Potato Paperweight from the House of Olympia
Colette, A Gold Potato Paperweight from the House of Olympia, SIGNED by Colette, November 2009. Size: 4 x 3 inches
Colette, Photo by Curt Hoppe, 2011
Curt Hoppe, Colette, Printed on Canvas and Signed by the Photographer Hoppe, 2011. Size: 8.5 x 8 inches — For Sale
Colette’s Story in Under 2 Minutes
Ever Wanted to Sleep for a Living?, a video short by Cole Berry-Miller, 2024. Running time: 1:36min
