One of the most influential drummers of the last decades, he has undoubtedly been Lars Urlich, Danish known for being a composer, founder and drummer of ‘Metallica’.
But double bass drumming is not the only passion of Urlichwho is turning 59 today, also art, a hobby that the musician has never hidden and that he has even shown openly throughout his career.
His taste and passion for art is something he inherited from his father.ey that he developed at the same time as his skills with percussion, and that is that when he went on tour with the band, he used to take advantage of his free time to go through the galleries in search of new works.
It was then that through auctions he began to acquire his own pieces, some even that had belonged to his family whenor he was young but they had sold themselves.
“We had art all over the house when I was a kid. It has been one of my passions for 20 years. It is an area where I can be myself. It’s not like being in ‘Metallica’ or being the drummer in a rock band,” Urlich said in an interview with Stereo Warning.
Even the drummer has pointed out that being out of ‘Metallica’ with a completely different hobby has benefited him.
“I am accepted for who I am in artistic circles. I love going to art spaces, galleries and auction houses. It’s great because it has nothing to do with Metallica. It is my sanctuary,” Urlich acknowledged.
One of the first pieces he acquired was from one of the pioneers and now icons of pop art.Andy Warhol, a lithograph of three apples that his parents They sold after their divorce and Urlich was able to recover.
But one of the peak moments of his collecting was when he saw in it the opportunity to make a profit, especially for the great and representative work he owned.
It was the “Untitled (Boxer)”, of the late painter, and representative of popular art with his graffiti Jean Michel Basquiat.
“Of course it’s a bit of an embarrassing time to sell, but I’ve always taken chances,” the musician told the newspaper, he said in 2008. Urlich to the New York Times before auctioning the work through Christie’s.
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But Ulrich, in addition to being a well-known collector, has also earned a reputation as an excellent auctioneer.six years earlier, in 2002 he sold five works by Basquiat for auction, which included “Profit I” (1982) which he sold for $5.5 million, so “Untitled (Boxer) after selling for $12 million It was the work for which the artist has paid the most money. (With information from El Universal)
