Pierre Vermeulen

South African | 1992

Pierre Vermeulen is a South African Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1992. Their work is currently being shown at Whatiftheworld, Cape Town. Numerous key galleries and museums such as PSM Gallery have featured Pierre Vermeulen's work in the past.Pierre Vermeulen's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 339 USD to 7,770 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2019 the record price for this artist at auction is 7,770 USD for Hair Orchid Sweat Print Verdigris Layer No.2, sold at Strauss & Co., Cape Town in 2022.

Pierre Vermeulen in the news

In 黑料不打烊鈥檚 artist press archive, Pierre Vermeulen is featured in , a piece from ARTnews in February 2024.

At Auction

Notable Lots

That It Came, Proves It Will Go - Pierre Vermeulen

That It Came, Proves It Will Go ,2023

By Pierre Vermeulen

Ensó ,2016

By Pierre Vermeulen

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Untitled (Sweat Print #8)

By Pierre Vermeulen

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Recent Auction Results

Hair Orchid Sweat Print, Blue - Pierre Vermeulen

Hair Orchid Sweat Print, Blue ,2022

By Pierre Vermeulen

+42%

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Hair orchid sweat print, yellow and vermilion with pink

By Pierre Vermeulen

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Hair Orchid Sweat Print - Pierre Vermeulen

Hair Orchid Sweat Print ,2020

By Pierre Vermeulen

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Current Exhibitions

Pierre Vermeulen: Bidden or Unbidden, Enter The Hot Dream

Whatiftheworld, Cape Town

Cape Town | South Africa

Feb 08,2025 - Aug 02,2025

Past Exhibitions

Fallow Ground

PSM Gallery

Berlin | Germany

Jan 18,2025 - Mar 01,2025

Vernacular Materiality

PSM Gallery

Berlin | Germany

Jan 18,2025 - Jan 29,2025

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Articles

ARTnews 16/02/2024

鈥淟et鈥檚 keep in touch,鈥� reads an inscription on a pink ceramic vessel by Cape Town鈥揵ased sculptor Githan Coopoo that has been placed near the entrance to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

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鈥� ..Vermeulen鈥檚 work evidences his meticulous exploration of presence and impermanence... 鈥�
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

鈥� ..Vermeulen鈥檚 medium of choice is his own sweat and hair, his method of application is both imprinting and painting... 鈥�
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

鈥� ..Vermeulen takes direction from the materiality of his chosen mediums, his practice revolves around the physical materials and performative process... 鈥�
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

鈥� ..Using the idea of gold, rather than gold itself, Vermeulen touches on an expansive history of the material in visual art, culture, and contemporary notions of consumer values... 鈥�
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town

鈥� ..In an chemical reaction, Vermeulen鈥檚 sweat essentially oxidises the gold-leaf imitate, a process that is intuitively and patiently timed by the artist... 鈥�
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SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town