Untitled : After a Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man is a Fundraising Edition by Paul Chan. Chan’s wooden-handled knife is modeled after the one brandished by the young Caravaggio in Derek Jarman’s 1986 film of the same name, dramatizing the torrid and scandalous life of the 16th century painter. Each knife is engraved with the text “Nee Spe Nee Metu” meaning “No Hope No Fear” and comes wrapped in canvas with a signed letterpress title card.

Paul Chan (b. 1973) is a political activist and artist born in Hong Kong and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. He received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Bard College. Chan’s work spans media from charcoal drawings, public performance to video projections, and sculptures. In 2010, Chan founded the experimental publishing house, Badlands Unlimited. Chan’s work often originates from contemporary political events and policies, such as the U.S. sanctions which forbid American citizens from working in Iraq. Paul Chan won the Hugo Boss Prize and has shown work internationally, including at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Cycladic Art in Greece, Portikus in Frankfurt, and Serpentine Gallery in London. Paul Chan lives and works in New York.