Pulse: That Reminds Me

MIAMI—Of the hundreds of works on display at Pulse this year, a few call to mind pieces by other, more famous artists—sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. Here are a few particularly notable ones.

1. Andreas Leikauf, This is not the end (2007), at Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
$12,000. Unsold.

In the way it mixes a vintage monochromatic scene with text, this well-painted work by a young Austrian artist has a Mark Tansey-meets-John Baldessari appeal.

2. James Rieck, The Auctioneer (2007), at Lyons Wier Ortt, New York
$16,000. Sold

The view of a suited man whose head has been cropped out might first look like a Roy Lichtenstein rip-off—all those benday dots in the background! But it’s really a painting based off a photograph of Tobias Meyer of Sotheby’s standing in front of a real Roy, part of Rieck’s series that slyly addresses the art market's madness.

3. Thomas Wrede, Drive in Restaurant, 2007, at Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
$7,500, edition of three. Unsold

You’ll think this piece is a Gregory Crewdson photograph because of its dramatic lighting and eerily stagey quality, but Wrede actually does everything in miniature; he photographed this scene with toy-size props in an abandoned coal mine.

Ted Loos is executive editor of Art+Auction. His wine column "In the Cellar" appears on ARTINFO every other Wednesday.