18th Sep, 2025 18:00

Urban & Contemporary Art

Lot 242

Lot 242 - Faile (Collaboration), 'Glimmering Shadows - Box 26', 2008

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Faile (Collaboration), 'Glimmering Shadows - Box 26', 2008

Sold for £1,625
Estimated at £500 - £800

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Condition Report

In very good condition/artist's condition
No knocks, chips or cracks to the box
Slight wear and tear across the edges of the box, as is expected with the material used
No sign of paint loss or restoration

Faile (Collaboration), 'Glimmering Shadows - Box 28', 2007, unique acrylic and silkscreen ink on wood, titled and dated to the Lazarides Gallery Label affixed to the interior; 50 x 30 x 20cm

Auction: Urban & Contemporary Art, 18th Sep, 2025

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Faile

Since 1999, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have collaborated under the name FAILE (an anagram of “a life”) to create kinetic, image-saturated paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations. Their democratic street style features fragmented mash-ups of comic book and cartoon characters, advertising and propaganda slogans, bright patterns and colors, and historical and pop cultural references. At the beginning of their career, FAILE’s work appeared on the streets as stickers, posters, and stenciled images. Since then, the duo has enjoyed exhibitions at Tate Modern, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Brooklyn Museum, the Central Academy of Fine Art Museum in Beijing, and the Mima Museum in Brussels, among other institutions. FAILE has also produced large-scale murals and staged participatory public interventions in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Lyon, France—further blurring the lines between “high” and “low” culture.