Live and Silent Auction
Lot 1 Kim Adams
Truck Container IV, 2007
HQ-plastic models, 7" x 6" x 7"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $7,000
Senior Canadian artist Kim Adams has exhibited internationally for almost three decades. Adams' sculptures explore social structures, the connections between mobility and technology, and distinctions between life and art. Truck Container IV is a miniature sculpture that cleverly turns toys into an objet d'art. Adams is the 2012 winner of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Gershon Iskowitz Prize and is included in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition, “Oh, Canada.”
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
HQ-plastic models, 7" x 6" x 7"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $7,000
Senior Canadian artist Kim Adams has exhibited internationally for almost three decades. Adams' sculptures explore social structures, the connections between mobility and technology, and distinctions between life and art. Truck Container IV is a miniature sculpture that cleverly turns toys into an objet d'art. Adams is the 2012 winner of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Gershon Iskowitz Prize and is included in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition, “Oh, Canada.”
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
Lot 2 John Armstrong and Paul Collins
cache-misère: STRENGTH
THROUGH JOY, 2008-2012
Oil on C-print, 20" x 30"
Courtesy of the artists and
General Hardware Contemporary
Estimate: $2,300 framed
John Armstrong and Paul Collins have been collaborating artistically since 1999 to create engaging, witty multimedia works about everyday life and the mundane. cache-misère: STRENGTH THROUGH JOY is part of a series that imposes text in paint over humdrum photographic scenes, mimicking magazine editorial spreads with playfulness and irony. The artists have shown at venues as diverse as the Artothèque de Caen in France, the Kunsthalle Erfurt in Germany and Toronto's Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Additional information:
REVIEW The Mechanical Bride: Photo Factories by Vanessa Nicholas
GALLERY WEBSITE General Hardware
ARTISTS' WEBSITE John and Paul
THROUGH JOY, 2008-2012
Oil on C-print, 20" x 30"
Courtesy of the artists and
General Hardware Contemporary
Estimate: $2,300 framed
John Armstrong and Paul Collins have been collaborating artistically since 1999 to create engaging, witty multimedia works about everyday life and the mundane. cache-misère: STRENGTH THROUGH JOY is part of a series that imposes text in paint over humdrum photographic scenes, mimicking magazine editorial spreads with playfulness and irony. The artists have shown at venues as diverse as the Artothèque de Caen in France, the Kunsthalle Erfurt in Germany and Toronto's Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Additional information:
REVIEW The Mechanical Bride: Photo Factories by Vanessa Nicholas
GALLERY WEBSITE General Hardware
ARTISTS' WEBSITE John and Paul
Lot 3 Marc Bell
Remove, 2011
Mixed media, 14" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole
Estimate: $2,900 framed
London, Ontario-based cartoonist and multimedia artist Marc Bell has regularly published cartoons in newspapers and books since 2004. Remove, one of his fine-art collages, is a colourful, ingenious 3-D abstraction of the zany creatures, nonsense phrases and bizarre landscapes that populate his comics. Bell has been published by Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics, and has shown throughout Canada, as well as at Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York and BD Spirit in Paris.
Additional information:
FEATURE The Art of Compression: Comic Conversations by Kenton Smith
GALLERY WEBSITE Cooper Cole
Mixed media, 14" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole
Estimate: $2,900 framed
London, Ontario-based cartoonist and multimedia artist Marc Bell has regularly published cartoons in newspapers and books since 2004. Remove, one of his fine-art collages, is a colourful, ingenious 3-D abstraction of the zany creatures, nonsense phrases and bizarre landscapes that populate his comics. Bell has been published by Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics, and has shown throughout Canada, as well as at Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York and BD Spirit in Paris.
Additional information:
FEATURE The Art of Compression: Comic Conversations by Kenton Smith
GALLERY WEBSITE Cooper Cole
Lot 4 Karin Bubaš (live)
Woman at Pond, 2006
C-print, Edition 1/6, 60" x 60"
Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery
Estimate: $8,500 framed
Photographer Karin Bubaš attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design and bases her practice in Vancouver. Woman at Pond is part of a series entitled Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, which uses the style of 1950s and 1960s cinema to explore character psychology as it is reflected by the cultivated natural environment. Bubaš has exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris; she is represented by Monte Clark Gallery.
Additional information:
REVIEW Karin Bubaš by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
SEE IT Karin Bubaš: Return of the Hills People
GALLERY WEBSITE Monte Clark Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Karin Bubaš
C-print, Edition 1/6, 60" x 60"
Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery
Estimate: $8,500 framed
Photographer Karin Bubaš attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design and bases her practice in Vancouver. Woman at Pond is part of a series entitled Studies in Landscape and Wardrobe, which uses the style of 1950s and 1960s cinema to explore character psychology as it is reflected by the cultivated natural environment. Bubaš has exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris; she is represented by Monte Clark Gallery.
Additional information:
REVIEW Karin Bubaš by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
SEE IT Karin Bubaš: Return of the Hills People
GALLERY WEBSITE Monte Clark Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Karin Bubaš
Lot 5 Lucie Chan
Not Lost, not forgotten, 2006
Watercolour on watercolour paper,
8" x 10"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $500 framed
Guyanese-born Lucie Chan's politically engaged, haunting drawings and sculptures express themes of rootlessness, longing and ambiguity. Not Lost, not forgotten is part of a series of works entitled tears and in between, which addresses cultural loss from the point of view of an immigrant, and through a delicate motif of tears. Chan was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2010; she received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
FEATURE Rewind: Lucie Chan by Rebecca Roberts
Watercolour on watercolour paper,
8" x 10"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $500 framed
Guyanese-born Lucie Chan's politically engaged, haunting drawings and sculptures express themes of rootlessness, longing and ambiguity. Not Lost, not forgotten is part of a series of works entitled tears and in between, which addresses cultural loss from the point of view of an immigrant, and through a delicate motif of tears. Chan was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2010; she received her MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
FEATURE Rewind: Lucie Chan by Rebecca Roberts
Lot 6 Douglas Coupland (live)
The Pioneers, 2011
Acrylic and latex on canvas
over board, 72" x 72"
Courtesy of the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery
Estimate: $26,000
Renowned author and artist Douglas Coupland challenges ideas on Canadian identity and symbolism, while intuitively exploring the nature of what it means to live in the 21st century. The Pioneers analyzes sensations created by information technology that are common to today's Western mind. It is part of a series of paintings that also function as QR codes. Coupland is an alumnus of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and has exhibited internationally in New York, Beijing and London, UK.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
SEE IT Douglas Coupland: Group Portrait in Circles by Mariam Nader
SEE IT Douglas Coupland: Mom and Dad
GALLERY WEBSITE Daniel Faria
ARTIST WEBSITE Douglas Coupland
Acrylic and latex on canvas
over board, 72" x 72"
Courtesy of the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery
Estimate: $26,000
Renowned author and artist Douglas Coupland challenges ideas on Canadian identity and symbolism, while intuitively exploring the nature of what it means to live in the 21st century. The Pioneers analyzes sensations created by information technology that are common to today's Western mind. It is part of a series of paintings that also function as QR codes. Coupland is an alumnus of Emily Carr University of Art and Design and has exhibited internationally in New York, Beijing and London, UK.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
SEE IT Douglas Coupland: Group Portrait in Circles by Mariam Nader
SEE IT Douglas Coupland: Mom and Dad
GALLERY WEBSITE Daniel Faria
ARTIST WEBSITE Douglas Coupland
Lot 7 Julia Dault (live)
New Moon Drag, 2012
Acrylic on canvas, oil on vinyl, 24" x 18"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $10,000
Brooklyn-based Julia Dault received her MFA from Parsons. Dault paints in the tradition of abstract expressionism, defying the constraints of the genre by creating texture and movement with inventive tools such as cotton balls, rags, rubber combs and tree branches—instead of brushes. Dault's sculptural work was recently featured at New York's New Museum triennial “The Ungovernables.” She has exhibited at London's White Cube Gallery, and at the Gwangju and Marrakech Biennales.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Julia Dault
Acrylic on canvas, oil on vinyl, 24" x 18"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $10,000
Brooklyn-based Julia Dault received her MFA from Parsons. Dault paints in the tradition of abstract expressionism, defying the constraints of the genre by creating texture and movement with inventive tools such as cotton balls, rags, rubber combs and tree branches—instead of brushes. Dault's sculptural work was recently featured at New York's New Museum triennial “The Ungovernables.” She has exhibited at London's White Cube Gallery, and at the Gwangju and Marrakech Biennales.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Julia Dault
Lot 8 Michael Dumontier
Untitled (bottle 02), 2011
Acrylic on MDF, 7" x 12" x 0.75"
Courtesy of the artist and MKG 127
Estimate: $1,400
A founding member of The Royal Art Lodge, Michael Dumontier works in sculpture, painting and collage. His objects are simple, but rich in both humour and intelligence, underlining the deadpan, slapstick qualities of minimalism and conceptualism. The bisection of the whimsical Untitled (bottle 02) suggests both its contents and the sea on which it might have been cast adrift. Dumontier lives in Winnipeg, and has shown in Toronto, New York, Paris and London.
Additional information:
REVIEW Michael Dumontier: From Miffy to Minimalism by Alison Gillmor
REVIEW Michael Dumontier: Drawing on Minimalism, and Maturity by Bill Clarke
GALLERY WEBSITE MKG 127
ARTIST WEBSITE The Paintings of Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber
Acrylic on MDF, 7" x 12" x 0.75"
Courtesy of the artist and MKG 127
Estimate: $1,400
A founding member of The Royal Art Lodge, Michael Dumontier works in sculpture, painting and collage. His objects are simple, but rich in both humour and intelligence, underlining the deadpan, slapstick qualities of minimalism and conceptualism. The bisection of the whimsical Untitled (bottle 02) suggests both its contents and the sea on which it might have been cast adrift. Dumontier lives in Winnipeg, and has shown in Toronto, New York, Paris and London.
Additional information:
REVIEW Michael Dumontier: From Miffy to Minimalism by Alison Gillmor
REVIEW Michael Dumontier: Drawing on Minimalism, and Maturity by Bill Clarke
GALLERY WEBSITE MKG 127
ARTIST WEBSITE The Paintings of Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber
Lot 9 Brendan Fernandes
Dada Talkie II, 2010
Neon on Plexiglas frame, Edition 1/3 and artist's proof, 36" x 20" x 2.5"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $6,500
Toronto and New York-based artist Brendan Fernandes boldly questions the dissemination and commodification of immigrant cultures. Dada Talkie II plays with the exotification of African masks by contemporary society and by early 20th-century modernism. Fernandes has shown at Gallery Seven Art Limited in Delhi, at Art in General and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and at Toronto's Nuit Blanche. He is featured in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition “Oh, Canada,” and was shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2010.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Brendan Fernandes: The Nature of Culture by Pandora Syperek
NEWS Sobey Finalists 2010: Brendan Fernandes
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Brendan Fernandes
Neon on Plexiglas frame, Edition 1/3 and artist's proof, 36" x 20" x 2.5"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $6,500
Toronto and New York-based artist Brendan Fernandes boldly questions the dissemination and commodification of immigrant cultures. Dada Talkie II plays with the exotification of African masks by contemporary society and by early 20th-century modernism. Fernandes has shown at Gallery Seven Art Limited in Delhi, at Art in General and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, and at Toronto's Nuit Blanche. He is featured in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition “Oh, Canada,” and was shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2010.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Brendan Fernandes: The Nature of Culture by Pandora Syperek
NEWS Sobey Finalists 2010: Brendan Fernandes
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Brendan Fernandes
Lot 10 Tim Gardner (live)
Garibaldi, 2012
Watercolour on paper, 10.5" x 13.5"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $20,000 framed
Celebrated watercolourist Tim Gardner lends his virtuosic technique to ordinary yet endearing subject matter. Garibaldi demonstrates the artist's talent for realism and snapshot-like renderings, while at the same time addressing sublime themes such as the relationship between humans and their environment. He has exhibited at London, UK's National Gallery, as well as at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. He is represented by 303 Gallery in New York and by Stuart Shave/Modern Art in London, UK.
Additional information:
FEATURE Tim Gardner: Studio Lives by Noah Becker
SEE IT Tim Gardner/BGL: Hello, Again
GALLERY WEBSITE 303 Gallery
Watercolour on paper, 10.5" x 13.5"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $20,000 framed
Celebrated watercolourist Tim Gardner lends his virtuosic technique to ordinary yet endearing subject matter. Garibaldi demonstrates the artist's talent for realism and snapshot-like renderings, while at the same time addressing sublime themes such as the relationship between humans and their environment. He has exhibited at London, UK's National Gallery, as well as at the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. He is represented by 303 Gallery in New York and by Stuart Shave/Modern Art in London, UK.
Additional information:
FEATURE Tim Gardner: Studio Lives by Noah Becker
SEE IT Tim Gardner/BGL: Hello, Again
GALLERY WEBSITE 303 Gallery
Lot 11 Graham Gillmore (live)
Op Ed (First Version), 2008
Oil and enamel on panel, 56" x 48"
Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery
Estimate: $19,000
Vancouver's Graham Gillmore is recognized internationally for his enamel and oil paintings, which combine routered text, unusual textures and vibrant colours. Op Ed's pattern is asymmetrical and mesmerizing, with visceral, gestural swipes of blue, yellow and white. Gillmore has shown at the Vanina Holasek Gallery in New York, Galería Fúcares in Madrid, and is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Ghent Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He is represented by Monte Clark Gallery.
Additional information:
SEE IT Graham Gillmore: Family Matters by Richard Rhodes
SEE IT Graham Gillmore: Rejection Letters Redux
GALLERY WEBSITE Monte Clarke Gallery
Oil and enamel on panel, 56" x 48"
Courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery
Estimate: $19,000
Vancouver's Graham Gillmore is recognized internationally for his enamel and oil paintings, which combine routered text, unusual textures and vibrant colours. Op Ed's pattern is asymmetrical and mesmerizing, with visceral, gestural swipes of blue, yellow and white. Gillmore has shown at the Vanina Holasek Gallery in New York, Galería Fúcares in Madrid, and is in collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Ghent Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He is represented by Monte Clark Gallery.
Additional information:
SEE IT Graham Gillmore: Family Matters by Richard Rhodes
SEE IT Graham Gillmore: Rejection Letters Redux
GALLERY WEBSITE Monte Clarke Gallery
Lot 12 Martin Golland
Monstera Deliciosa, 2009
Oil on canvas, 60" x 50"
Courtesy of the artist and Birch Libralato
Estimate: $6,500
Ottawa-based painter Martin Golland creates works that fuse architectural spaces, seen abstractly, with organic and sensual brushwork. The result is equally disorienting and enthralling. Monstera Deliciosa is a lush oil painting that turns seeming disorder into an engrossing, colourful landscape. Represented by Birch Libralato in Toronto, Golland has exhibited at Felix Ringel Gallery in Düsseldorf and at the Miami Pulse Contemporary Art Fair.
Additional information:
REVIEW Martin Golland
GALLERY WEBSITE Birch Libralato
ARTIST WEBSITE Martin Golland
Oil on canvas, 60" x 50"
Courtesy of the artist and Birch Libralato
Estimate: $6,500
Ottawa-based painter Martin Golland creates works that fuse architectural spaces, seen abstractly, with organic and sensual brushwork. The result is equally disorienting and enthralling. Monstera Deliciosa is a lush oil painting that turns seeming disorder into an engrossing, colourful landscape. Represented by Birch Libralato in Toronto, Golland has exhibited at Felix Ringel Gallery in Düsseldorf and at the Miami Pulse Contemporary Art Fair.
Additional information:
REVIEW Martin Golland
GALLERY WEBSITE Birch Libralato
ARTIST WEBSITE Martin Golland
Lot 13 Robert Hengeveld
Cocked Cuckoo, 2011
Mixed media, 10" x 6" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $850
Toronto-based multimedia and installation artist Robert Hengeveld creates compelling works that marry reality with fiction, while placing viewers somewhere in between. Cocked Cuckoo illuminates these margins, using the titular bird as a playful, off-kilter reference to the cuckoo clock. Hengeveld has exhibited at Mercer Union in Toronto, the Khyber Centre for the Arts in Halifax and Mulherin + Pollard in New York.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Robert Hengeveld
Mixed media, 10" x 6" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $850
Toronto-based multimedia and installation artist Robert Hengeveld creates compelling works that marry reality with fiction, while placing viewers somewhere in between. Cocked Cuckoo illuminates these margins, using the titular bird as a playful, off-kilter reference to the cuckoo clock. Hengeveld has exhibited at Mercer Union in Toronto, the Khyber Centre for the Arts in Halifax and Mulherin + Pollard in New York.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Robert Hengeveld
Lot 14 Patrick Howlett
there, 2012
Watercolour on wall (site specific), 8.5" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Susan Hobbs Gallery
Estimate: $1,200
Purchaser is responsible for travel costs for the artist: approximately $150 return from London, ON to Toronto
One of the most innovative artists working in Canada today, Patrick Howlett combines action and abstract painting. For a new series of watercolours, Howlett paints directly onto the wall of a space—the work purchased in this auction will be personally installed by Howlett in the buyer's home—with forms and colours inspired by a Google Image search of the pre-selected title. Howlett received his MFA from the University of Victoria and is represented by Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.
Additional information:
SEE IT Patrick Howlett: Possibly Real by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Susan Hobbs
ARTIST WEBSITE Patrick Howlett
Watercolour on wall (site specific), 8.5" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Susan Hobbs Gallery
Estimate: $1,200
Purchaser is responsible for travel costs for the artist: approximately $150 return from London, ON to Toronto
One of the most innovative artists working in Canada today, Patrick Howlett combines action and abstract painting. For a new series of watercolours, Howlett paints directly onto the wall of a space—the work purchased in this auction will be personally installed by Howlett in the buyer's home—with forms and colours inspired by a Google Image search of the pre-selected title. Howlett received his MFA from the University of Victoria and is represented by Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.
Additional information:
SEE IT Patrick Howlett: Possibly Real by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Susan Hobbs
ARTIST WEBSITE Patrick Howlett
Lot 15 Daniel Hutchinson
Above and Below a Grey Storm, 2012
Oil on panel, 30" x 40"
Courtesy of the artist and Angell Gallery
Estimate: $3,500
Toronto-based Daniel Hutchinson is known for his glistening, textural oil paintings, which capture architectural space and natural landscapes with special attention to sky and sea. Hutchinson uses a monochrome palette, articulating sublime forms through striations and brush marks. He received his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and was a semi-finalist in the 2009 and 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competitions.
Additional information:
NEWS RBC Canadian Painting Competition semifinalists announced
GALLERY WEBSITE Angell Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Daniel Hutchinson
Oil on panel, 30" x 40"
Courtesy of the artist and Angell Gallery
Estimate: $3,500
Toronto-based Daniel Hutchinson is known for his glistening, textural oil paintings, which capture architectural space and natural landscapes with special attention to sky and sea. Hutchinson uses a monochrome palette, articulating sublime forms through striations and brush marks. He received his MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and was a semi-finalist in the 2009 and 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competitions.
Additional information:
NEWS RBC Canadian Painting Competition semifinalists announced
GALLERY WEBSITE Angell Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Daniel Hutchinson
Lot 16 Nestor Kruger
Ουρανός, 2012
Dubplate, pigment print on paper, Edition 1/3, 24" x 23.5" x 0.125"
Courtesy of the artist and Katzman Kamen Gallery
Estimate: $2,200 framed
Toronto-based Nestor Kruger's Ουρανός is part of a project addressing our solar system. The work is double sided, featuring an image of Uranus taken by Voyager 2 in 1986. On the reverse side there is an image of the face of Uranus turned away from the sun. Kruger has exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York, and Toronto's Power Plant. He received his MFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
SEE IT Nestor Kruger: Geezus
GALLERY WEBSITE Katzman Kamen Gallery
Dubplate, pigment print on paper, Edition 1/3, 24" x 23.5" x 0.125"
Courtesy of the artist and Katzman Kamen Gallery
Estimate: $2,200 framed
Toronto-based Nestor Kruger's Ουρανός is part of a project addressing our solar system. The work is double sided, featuring an image of Uranus taken by Voyager 2 in 1986. On the reverse side there is an image of the face of Uranus turned away from the sun. Kruger has exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver, the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York, and Toronto's Power Plant. He received his MFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
SEE IT Nestor Kruger: Geezus
GALLERY WEBSITE Katzman Kamen Gallery
Lot 17 Maskull Laserre
Oracle, 2011
Wood, 23" x 19" x 2"
Courtesy of the artist and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
Estimate: $2,400
The sculptures of Montreal-based Maskull Lasserre address structures of authority, class and value in nostalgic, allegorical and humourous ways. Oracle, an anatomically correct jaw carved into the corner of a picture frame, is a delicate yet slightly sinister imposition on an everyday object. Lasserre has exhibited throughout Canada, and at the New York Museum of Arts and Design. He completed his MFA at Concordia University.
Additional information:
SEE IT Maskull Lasserre: Playing to Extremes
GALLERY WEBSITE Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
ARTIST WEBSITE Maskull Lasserre
Wood, 23" x 19" x 2"
Courtesy of the artist and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
Estimate: $2,400
The sculptures of Montreal-based Maskull Lasserre address structures of authority, class and value in nostalgic, allegorical and humourous ways. Oracle, an anatomically correct jaw carved into the corner of a picture frame, is a delicate yet slightly sinister imposition on an everyday object. Lasserre has exhibited throughout Canada, and at the New York Museum of Arts and Design. He completed his MFA at Concordia University.
Additional information:
SEE IT Maskull Lasserre: Playing to Extremes
GALLERY WEBSITE Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain
ARTIST WEBSITE Maskull Lasserre
Lot 18 Jed Lind
Builders Forms, 2012
Silver gelatin print, Edition 2/3 and artist's proof, 19.5" x 15.25"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $2,500 framed
Builders Forms is one work from Jed Lind's recent exhibition at Jessica Bradley Inc. in Toronto entitled “Concrete Island,” which brilliantly investigated human dependency on the automobile, and the relationship between nature and the man-made. In 2011, Lind completed a commission for the Toronto Sculpture Garden; he has shown extensively in Canada and internationally. Lind received his MFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Additional information:
FEATURE Jed Lind: Navigating Time by Robert Fones
SLIDESHOW Jed Lind: New Romanticism Redux
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Jed Lind
Silver gelatin print, Edition 2/3 and artist's proof, 19.5" x 15.25"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $2,500 framed
Builders Forms is one work from Jed Lind's recent exhibition at Jessica Bradley Inc. in Toronto entitled “Concrete Island,” which brilliantly investigated human dependency on the automobile, and the relationship between nature and the man-made. In 2011, Lind completed a commission for the Toronto Sculpture Garden; he has shown extensively in Canada and internationally. Lind received his MFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Additional information:
FEATURE Jed Lind: Navigating Time by Robert Fones
SLIDESHOW Jed Lind: New Romanticism Redux
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Jed Lind
Lot 19 Marianne Lovink
Toxin, 2012
Aqua-resin, pigment, steel, 11" x 11.5" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery
Estimate: $3,800
Toronto sculptor Marianne Lovink is influenced by biology, natural-history texts, cellular-microscopy images and medical journals. Her labour-intensive practice has recently acquired a sense of playfulness: the colour in Toxin—relatively new to her work—is a sensual rather than empirical addition. An alumnus of Queen's University, Lovink has exhibited across Canada, the US and the UK.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Olga Korper Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Marianne Lovink
Aqua-resin, pigment, steel, 11" x 11.5" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery
Estimate: $3,800
Toronto sculptor Marianne Lovink is influenced by biology, natural-history texts, cellular-microscopy images and medical journals. Her labour-intensive practice has recently acquired a sense of playfulness: the colour in Toxin—relatively new to her work—is a sensual rather than empirical addition. An alumnus of Queen's University, Lovink has exhibited across Canada, the US and the UK.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Olga Korper Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Marianne Lovink
Lot 20 Corwyn Lund
Bokeh Mirror (Portrait Ellipse), 2011
Security glass, mirror, Artist proof from edition of 3, 40" x 27"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $4,400
Toronto-based visual artist Corwyn Lund's multimedia works tend to be interactive, creating dynamic relationships between the body and its environment. Bokeh Mirror (Portrait Ellipse) engages viewers with a dreamy, indistinct reflection of themselves. Lund has exhibited at the Havana Biennial in 2003, and has participated in shows in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the US. He is an alumnus of the University of Alberta.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Corwyn Lund
Security glass, mirror, Artist proof from edition of 3, 40" x 27"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $4,400
Toronto-based visual artist Corwyn Lund's multimedia works tend to be interactive, creating dynamic relationships between the body and its environment. Bokeh Mirror (Portrait Ellipse) engages viewers with a dreamy, indistinct reflection of themselves. Lund has exhibited at the Havana Biennial in 2003, and has participated in shows in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and the US. He is an alumnus of the University of Alberta.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Corwyn Lund
Lot 21 Annie MacDonell
Past_Future, 2012
C-print, Edition 1/5, 13" x 10"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $1,000 framed
Annie MacDonell is a rising Toronto artist with an interest in cinema and image-making, as well as in materials and their placement and display in gallery and museum settings. Past_Future is part of a larger work exhibited this year at the Art Gallery of Ontario that addresses time, history and progress. (The hand seen here was rescued from an old fortune-telling machine.) MacDonell has shown in Toronto, New York and Paris and received her MFA from Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France.
Additional information:
REVIEW Annie MacDonell by Sharon Switzer
CANADIAN ART SCHOOL Annie Macdonell, Multidisciplinary Artist
GALLERY WEBSITE Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Annie MacDonnell
C-print, Edition 1/5, 13" x 10"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $1,000 framed
Annie MacDonell is a rising Toronto artist with an interest in cinema and image-making, as well as in materials and their placement and display in gallery and museum settings. Past_Future is part of a larger work exhibited this year at the Art Gallery of Ontario that addresses time, history and progress. (The hand seen here was rescued from an old fortune-telling machine.) MacDonell has shown in Toronto, New York and Paris and received her MFA from Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, France.
Additional information:
REVIEW Annie MacDonell by Sharon Switzer
CANADIAN ART SCHOOL Annie Macdonell, Multidisciplinary Artist
GALLERY WEBSITE Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Annie MacDonnell
Lot 22 Kelly Mark
Not Fragile, 2012
Powder-coated sheet steel, Plexiglas,
LED lights and electronics, Edition 4/25 (plus 5 artist proofs), 12" x 12" x 2"
Courtesy of the artist and Paul M. Conway Editions
Estimate: $2,500
Toronto conceptualist Kelly Mark's sharply clever practice consists of readymade objects, videos, performances and sculpture. The title of Not Fragile can be interpreted as a comment on the new status of the art object—which may be comprised of any material, and is not necessarily the result of extensive labour. Mark's work is featured in numerous permanent and corporate collections across Canada; she has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Power Plant.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Concrete Contemporary Auction: Testing the Market for New Canadian Art by Leah Sandals
SEE IT Kelly Mark: Asocial Media
ARTIST WEBSITE Kelly Mark
Powder-coated sheet steel, Plexiglas,
LED lights and electronics, Edition 4/25 (plus 5 artist proofs), 12" x 12" x 2"
Courtesy of the artist and Paul M. Conway Editions
Estimate: $2,500
Toronto conceptualist Kelly Mark's sharply clever practice consists of readymade objects, videos, performances and sculpture. The title of Not Fragile can be interpreted as a comment on the new status of the art object—which may be comprised of any material, and is not necessarily the result of extensive labour. Mark's work is featured in numerous permanent and corporate collections across Canada; she has exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Power Plant.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Concrete Contemporary Auction: Testing the Market for New Canadian Art by Leah Sandals
SEE IT Kelly Mark: Asocial Media
ARTIST WEBSITE Kelly Mark
Lot 23 Serge Murphy
Soutien à la nuit I, 2011
Ink on paper, 30" x 22"
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie René Blouin
Estimate: $2,300 framed
Montreal-based Serge Murphy has been a sculptor and video artist for decades. Most recently, he turned to watercolour for a 50-piece series. These works, including Soutien à la nuit I, show simple shapes—some black, some in saturated colours—that explore the paradoxical relationships between abstraction and representation, and transparency and materiality. Murphy has shown internationally and throughout Canada, including at the 2008 Québec Triennial.
Additional information:
SEE IT Dessin à dessein: Well Drawn by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Galerie René Blouin
ARTIST WEBSITE Serge Murphy
Ink on paper, 30" x 22"
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie René Blouin
Estimate: $2,300 framed
Montreal-based Serge Murphy has been a sculptor and video artist for decades. Most recently, he turned to watercolour for a 50-piece series. These works, including Soutien à la nuit I, show simple shapes—some black, some in saturated colours—that explore the paradoxical relationships between abstraction and representation, and transparency and materiality. Murphy has shown internationally and throughout Canada, including at the 2008 Québec Triennial.
Additional information:
SEE IT Dessin à dessein: Well Drawn by Richard Rhodes
GALLERY WEBSITE Galerie René Blouin
ARTIST WEBSITE Serge Murphy
Lot 24 Alain Paiement
Polyspheres, 2012
Digital inkjet print, Edition 1/3, 36.5" x 49"
Courtesy of the artist and Katzman Kamen Gallery
Estimate: $7,500 framed
Montreal's Alain Paiement uses multiple photographs to create single images that often question perspective, composition and symbolic order. Polyspheres is a collage of spheres arranged to mimic bubbles in water; each sphere is a world of its own, but also co-exists with others in a vibrant conglomeration. The first Quebec artist to show at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, Paiement has exhibited internationally for over two decades. Recent solo shows include the Matthieu Foss Gallery in Mumbai, Espace photographique Contretype in Brussels, and the Darling Foundry in Montreal.
Additional information:
FEATURE The Scotiabank Photography Award: Looking for the Big Shots by David Balzer
FEATURE Only the Precarious by Gary Michael Dault
GALLERY WEBSITE Katzmen Kamen Gallery
Digital inkjet print, Edition 1/3, 36.5" x 49"
Courtesy of the artist and Katzman Kamen Gallery
Estimate: $7,500 framed
Montreal's Alain Paiement uses multiple photographs to create single images that often question perspective, composition and symbolic order. Polyspheres is a collage of spheres arranged to mimic bubbles in water; each sphere is a world of its own, but also co-exists with others in a vibrant conglomeration. The first Quebec artist to show at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art, Paiement has exhibited internationally for over two decades. Recent solo shows include the Matthieu Foss Gallery in Mumbai, Espace photographique Contretype in Brussels, and the Darling Foundry in Montreal.
Additional information:
FEATURE The Scotiabank Photography Award: Looking for the Big Shots by David Balzer
FEATURE Only the Precarious by Gary Michael Dault
GALLERY WEBSITE Katzmen Kamen Gallery
Lot 25 Sasha Pierce
Cycle, 2011
Oil on linen, 21" x 16"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $6,000
Toronto-based Sasha Pierce is inspired by textures, particularly fabric, when she makes her luscious abstract paintings. Cycle is comprised of tiny strands of oil paint on linen, creating a unique tapestry and an optical delight. Pierce was a finalist in the 2009 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, receiving Honourable Mention, and has exhibited extensively. Cycle was recently featured at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art's summer group show, “trans/FORM.”
Additional information:
NEWS RBC Canadian Painting Competition semifinalists announced
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Sasha Pierce
Oil on linen, 21" x 16"
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Bradley Inc.
Estimate: $6,000
Toronto-based Sasha Pierce is inspired by textures, particularly fabric, when she makes her luscious abstract paintings. Cycle is comprised of tiny strands of oil paint on linen, creating a unique tapestry and an optical delight. Pierce was a finalist in the 2009 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, receiving Honourable Mention, and has exhibited extensively. Cycle was recently featured at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art's summer group show, “trans/FORM.”
Additional information:
NEWS RBC Canadian Painting Competition semifinalists announced
GALLERY WEBSITE Jessica Bradley Inc.
ARTIST WEBSITE Sasha Pierce
Lot 26 Public Studio (Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky)
Highway 1, 2012
Laser-cut archival inkjet print, Edition 1/3, 41" x 60"
Courtesy of the artists and O'Born Contemporary
Estimate: $8,000 framed
Elle Flanders, an Israeli-born filmmaker and artist, and Tamira Sawatzky, a Winnipeg-raised architect and artist, formed Public Studio in 2009. The duo works in installation, photography and film. Highway 1 is part of Road Shots, a series that records the physical and political identity of Palestinian and Israeli roads. The captivating photographs are engraved with laser-cut lines evoking Islamic architecture. Public Studio has been featured at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the 2011 CONTACT Photography Festival.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE O'Born Contemporary
ARTISTS' WEBSITE Public Studio
Laser-cut archival inkjet print, Edition 1/3, 41" x 60"
Courtesy of the artists and O'Born Contemporary
Estimate: $8,000 framed
Elle Flanders, an Israeli-born filmmaker and artist, and Tamira Sawatzky, a Winnipeg-raised architect and artist, formed Public Studio in 2009. The duo works in installation, photography and film. Highway 1 is part of Road Shots, a series that records the physical and political identity of Palestinian and Israeli roads. The captivating photographs are engraved with laser-cut lines evoking Islamic architecture. Public Studio has been featured at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the 2011 CONTACT Photography Festival.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE O'Born Contemporary
ARTISTS' WEBSITE Public Studio
Lot 27 Amanda Reeves
Untitled 07 2011, 2011
Acrylic on board, 30" x 30"
Courtesy of the artist and plm Gallery
Estimate: $3,000
Torontonian Amanda Reeves' meticulous, delicate paintings show no trace of brushwork. In Untitled 07 2011, a rich palette produces a subtle, layered and tonally complex work; thin, crisply formed shapes recede and emerge from a blue-green background like a school of minnows in a lake. Reeves was shortlisted for the 2008 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, and exhibited at Art Chicago's Canadian Pavilion in 2011.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE p|m Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Amanda Reeves
Acrylic on board, 30" x 30"
Courtesy of the artist and plm Gallery
Estimate: $3,000
Torontonian Amanda Reeves' meticulous, delicate paintings show no trace of brushwork. In Untitled 07 2011, a rich palette produces a subtle, layered and tonally complex work; thin, crisply formed shapes recede and emerge from a blue-green background like a school of minnows in a lake. Reeves was shortlisted for the 2008 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, and exhibited at Art Chicago's Canadian Pavilion in 2011.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE p|m Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Amanda Reeves
Lot 28 Jade Rude
You Look Great, 2011
Gold mirrored acrylic, adhesive vinyl, archival gator-board (backing), Edition 4/10, 24" x 20" x 0.13"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $850
The Toronto-based artist Jade Rude creates work that exists in the liminal space between art and design, while employing perception-shifting tactics to playfully examine the relationship between reality and representation. You Look Great is not only a positive declaration and bold statement of our times but also literally commands viewer participation. In addition to Canada—including a group show at MOCCA—Rude has exhibited in the US, England, Japan and Columbia as well as MAMBA in Buenos Aires.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jade Rude
Gold mirrored acrylic, adhesive vinyl, archival gator-board (backing), Edition 4/10, 24" x 20" x 0.13"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $850
The Toronto-based artist Jade Rude creates work that exists in the liminal space between art and design, while employing perception-shifting tactics to playfully examine the relationship between reality and representation. You Look Great is not only a positive declaration and bold statement of our times but also literally commands viewer participation. In addition to Canada—including a group show at MOCCA—Rude has exhibited in the US, England, Japan and Columbia as well as MAMBA in Buenos Aires.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jade Rude
Lot 29 Danny Singer
Winter Field Panorama, 2010
Archival inkjet print, Edition 2/7, 19" x 83"
Courtesy of the artist and TrépanierBaer
Estimate: $6,500 framed
Vancouver photographer Danny Singer documents Prairie towns in Canada and the US in his Main Streets project, which combines several images of each town's main street in a single panorama of all the town's significant buildings. Winter Field Panorama is a composite of six photographs of a field in Saskatchewan. Singer has shown across North America, and is included in numerous permanent collections, among them those of the National Gallery of Canada and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Additional information:
REVIEW Small Beneath the Sky by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
SEE IT Danny Singer: Songs of Place
GALLERY WEBSITE TrépanierBaer
ARTIST WEBSITE Danny Singer
Archival inkjet print, Edition 2/7, 19" x 83"
Courtesy of the artist and TrépanierBaer
Estimate: $6,500 framed
Vancouver photographer Danny Singer documents Prairie towns in Canada and the US in his Main Streets project, which combines several images of each town's main street in a single panorama of all the town's significant buildings. Winter Field Panorama is a composite of six photographs of a field in Saskatchewan. Singer has shown across North America, and is included in numerous permanent collections, among them those of the National Gallery of Canada and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Additional information:
REVIEW Small Beneath the Sky by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo
SEE IT Danny Singer: Songs of Place
GALLERY WEBSITE TrépanierBaer
ARTIST WEBSITE Danny Singer
Lot 30 Flavio Trevisan
Yonge Circuit, 2012
Acrylic on millboard and MDF, 56.5" x 14" x 1"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $5,500
Toronto-based Flavio Trevisan lets his schooling as an architect influence his practice. Yonge Circuit is a clever sculptural work that shows the famous Toronto thoroughfare as a vertical line, its width defined by the routes one must take in order to avoid the street and, yet, still travel its length. Trevisan is represented by Diaz Contemporary in Toronto; he has exhibited at Art Mûr in Montreal and Musée d'art Joliette in Quebec.
Additional information:
SEE IT Flavio Trevisan: Studies of a New Past
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Flavio Trevisan
Acrylic on millboard and MDF, 56.5" x 14" x 1"
Courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary
Estimate: $5,500
Toronto-based Flavio Trevisan lets his schooling as an architect influence his practice. Yonge Circuit is a clever sculptural work that shows the famous Toronto thoroughfare as a vertical line, its width defined by the routes one must take in order to avoid the street and, yet, still travel its length. Trevisan is represented by Diaz Contemporary in Toronto; he has exhibited at Art Mûr in Montreal and Musée d'art Joliette in Quebec.
Additional information:
SEE IT Flavio Trevisan: Studies of a New Past
GALLERY WEBSITE Diaz Contemporary
ARTIST WEBSITE Flavio Trevisan
Lot 31 Laurel Woodcock
cloud, 2011
Neon, Edition 3/3, 17" x 30"
Courtesy of the artist and MKG 127
Estimate: $5,500
Toronto-based Laurel Woodcock makes work about the structure and complexity of human language and symbolism. The archetypal shape of cloud is a metaphor for the Internet—engaging physically with light and darkness, and referencing both illumination and ignorance. Woodcock has exhibited throughout Canada, has screened films in Bulgaria and Spain, and received her MFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
REVIEW In Review: Laurel Woodcock by John Marriott
GALLERY WEBSITE MKG 127
ARTIST WEBSITE Laurel Woodcock
Neon, Edition 3/3, 17" x 30"
Courtesy of the artist and MKG 127
Estimate: $5,500
Toronto-based Laurel Woodcock makes work about the structure and complexity of human language and symbolism. The archetypal shape of cloud is a metaphor for the Internet—engaging physically with light and darkness, and referencing both illumination and ignorance. Woodcock has exhibited throughout Canada, has screened films in Bulgaria and Spain, and received her MFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University.
Additional information:
REVIEW In Review: Laurel Woodcock by John Marriott
GALLERY WEBSITE MKG 127
ARTIST WEBSITE Laurel Woodcock
Lot 32 Etienne Zack
Rigger, 2010
Ink and gouache on paper, 9" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Equinox Gallery
Estimate: $1,800 framed
Acclaimed Los Angeles/Vancouver painter Etienne Zack's overcrowded canvases and drawings, such as the still-life Rigger, are surreal, absurd and existential, questioning the nature of form and composition, as well as the roles of contemporary art and artists. Zack is featured in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition, “Oh, Canada,” has exhibited internationally, and is in numerous collections. In 2010, he won the RBC Canadian Painting
Competition.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Etienne Zack's Object World by Robin Laurence
SEE IT Dzama, Martineau and Zack: A Montreal Hat Trick by Mina Lee
GALLERY WEBSITE Equinox Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Etienne Zack
Ink and gouache on paper, 9" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist and Equinox Gallery
Estimate: $1,800 framed
Acclaimed Los Angeles/Vancouver painter Etienne Zack's overcrowded canvases and drawings, such as the still-life Rigger, are surreal, absurd and existential, questioning the nature of form and composition, as well as the roles of contemporary art and artists. Zack is featured in the current Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition, “Oh, Canada,” has exhibited internationally, and is in numerous collections. In 2010, he won the RBC Canadian Painting
Competition.
Additional information:
FEATURE Mass MoCA on the Great White North by Richard Rhodes
FEATURE Etienne Zack's Object World by Robin Laurence
SEE IT Dzama, Martineau and Zack: A Montreal Hat Trick by Mina Lee
GALLERY WEBSITE Equinox Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Etienne Zack
New Auction Item for 2012
Lot 33 Art Trip (live)
The Canadian Art Foundation is delighted to offer this exclusive art trip to New York City!
This two-day trip for four people is an opportunity to experience some of New York’s most exciting art establishments and events, in style and comfort.
The highlight of this exceptional trip is private plane transport to New York during the Frieze New York art fair in May 2013, along with a two-night stay at a five-star hotel. An expert-led tour of the fair will give you the opportunity to learn about the current trends, artists and galleries at one of the art world’s best art fairs. As an added bonus, a specialist will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest operating fine-art auction houses.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
• Pilatus PC-12 private plane from Toronto to New York; return provided by Air Sprint Private Aviation (travel dates between May 9 and 12, 2013, to be confirmed with successful bidder)
• Ground transportation to and from the airport, to and from the fair and to Sotheby’s
• Two-night accommodation (two rooms) at the Plaza Hotel—a fi ve-star hotel overlooking Central Park—provided by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
• Tickets to Frieze New Yor
• A guided tour of Frieze New York
• A behind-the-scenes tour of Sotheby’s auction house
• And more!
Estimate: $19,500
This two-day trip for four people is an opportunity to experience some of New York’s most exciting art establishments and events, in style and comfort.
The highlight of this exceptional trip is private plane transport to New York during the Frieze New York art fair in May 2013, along with a two-night stay at a five-star hotel. An expert-led tour of the fair will give you the opportunity to learn about the current trends, artists and galleries at one of the art world’s best art fairs. As an added bonus, a specialist will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest operating fine-art auction houses.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
• Pilatus PC-12 private plane from Toronto to New York; return provided by Air Sprint Private Aviation (travel dates between May 9 and 12, 2013, to be confirmed with successful bidder)
• Ground transportation to and from the airport, to and from the fair and to Sotheby’s
• Two-night accommodation (two rooms) at the Plaza Hotel—a fi ve-star hotel overlooking Central Park—provided by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
• Tickets to Frieze New Yor
• A guided tour of Frieze New York
• A behind-the-scenes tour of Sotheby’s auction house
• And more!
Estimate: $19,500
Lot 34 Jamie Campbell (live)
An Image Idea of a Tree, 2011
Digital C-print, Edition 2/4, 37.5” x 30”
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $1,600 framed
Toronto-based photographer Jamie Campbell is known for his whimsical and ethereal tableaux that address themes of vulnerability and desperation. In An Image Idea of a Tree, the artist bathes a tree with otherworldly light, in a manner that recalls 19th-century “spirit photography” and, thus, the photographic fakery of ghosts. Campbell has exhibited at Kathleen Cullen Fine Art in New York and, recently, at the 2012 CONTACT Photography Festival.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jamie Campbell
Digital C-print, Edition 2/4, 37.5” x 30”
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $1,600 framed
Toronto-based photographer Jamie Campbell is known for his whimsical and ethereal tableaux that address themes of vulnerability and desperation. In An Image Idea of a Tree, the artist bathes a tree with otherworldly light, in a manner that recalls 19th-century “spirit photography” and, thus, the photographic fakery of ghosts. Campbell has exhibited at Kathleen Cullen Fine Art in New York and, recently, at the 2012 CONTACT Photography Festival.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jamie Campbell
Lot 35 Ray Fenwick
Y YES, 2011
Acrylic and gesso on raw canvas, 60" x 50"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $1,800
Ray Fenwick is a Winnipeg-based artist, author and illustrator. His clever use of language, fonts and absurdist humour—typically found in his comics and illustrations—finds a translation onto canvas with Y YES, in which letters are defamiliarized as abstract forms. Fenwick has exhibited at Giant Robot in New York and at Katharine Mulherin in Los Angeles. He recently performed at the opening of the “Oh Canada” exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and is an MFA candidate at the University of Manitoba.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Ray Fenwick
Acrylic and gesso on raw canvas, 60" x 50"
Courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
Estimate: $1,800
Ray Fenwick is a Winnipeg-based artist, author and illustrator. His clever use of language, fonts and absurdist humour—typically found in his comics and illustrations—finds a translation onto canvas with Y YES, in which letters are defamiliarized as abstract forms. Fenwick has exhibited at Giant Robot in New York and at Katharine Mulherin in Los Angeles. He recently performed at the opening of the “Oh Canada” exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and is an MFA candidate at the University of Manitoba.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Ray Fenwick
Lot 36 Lee Henderson
The Emptiness: Calla Lily #1 (after Mapplethorpe), 2011
b/w HD video, silent, Edition 1/3 and artist's proof, variable; seamless loop (monitor not included) | view video
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $1,200
Lee Henderson's multidisciplinary practice concerns globalization, mass culture, Zen Buddhism, and themes of impermanence and mortality. The Emptiness: Calla Lily #1 (after Mapplethorpe) is part of The Emptiness, a series exploring the death-haunted vanitas tradition through various media. Henderson received his MFA from the University of Regina and is based in Toronto. He has exhibited internationally, and his work is in the collections of the Mendel Art Gallery and The Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, Colorado).
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Lee Henderson
b/w HD video, silent, Edition 1/3 and artist's proof, variable; seamless loop (monitor not included) | view video
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $1,200
Lee Henderson's multidisciplinary practice concerns globalization, mass culture, Zen Buddhism, and themes of impermanence and mortality. The Emptiness: Calla Lily #1 (after Mapplethorpe) is part of The Emptiness, a series exploring the death-haunted vanitas tradition through various media. Henderson received his MFA from the University of Regina and is based in Toronto. He has exhibited internationally, and his work is in the collections of the Mendel Art Gallery and The Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, Colorado).
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Lee Henderson
Lot 37 Jimmy Limit
No Party, No Jokes, No Fun, 2011
Letterpress, Edition 2/3, 8.5" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $750 framed
Toronto-based artist and zine author Jimmy Limit's photographic practice explores themes of ruin and decay through the occasional framework of science fiction narratives. No Party, No Jokes, No Fun is one of only a few Limit letterpress works. Limit has exhibited throughout North America and in Paris; his commercial work has been featured in The New York Times and Frieze.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jimmy Limit
Letterpress, Edition 2/3, 8.5" x 11"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $750 framed
Toronto-based artist and zine author Jimmy Limit's photographic practice explores themes of ruin and decay through the occasional framework of science fiction narratives. No Party, No Jokes, No Fun is one of only a few Limit letterpress works. Limit has exhibited throughout North America and in Paris; his commercial work has been featured in The New York Times and Frieze.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jimmy Limit
Lot 38 Zeke Moores
Bronze Box (#6), 2011
Bronze, 12" x 14" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $5,000
With an intriguing background in blacksmithing and foundry, Newfoundland-born Zeke Moores addresses systems of value embedded in the objects that surround us. Bronze Box (#6) was created through a process called direct burnout: a cardboard box was disintegrated and replaced with metal. Moores was shortlisted for the 2011 Sobey Art Award and is an alumnus of the University of Windsor. He lives and works in Ontario.
Additional information:
NEWS Sobey Art Award 2011: Excitement, and an Exhibition by Bryne McLaughlin
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2011/10/20/sobey_award_2011/
ARTIST WEBSITE Zeke Moores
Bronze, 12" x 14" x 8"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $5,000
With an intriguing background in blacksmithing and foundry, Newfoundland-born Zeke Moores addresses systems of value embedded in the objects that surround us. Bronze Box (#6) was created through a process called direct burnout: a cardboard box was disintegrated and replaced with metal. Moores was shortlisted for the 2011 Sobey Art Award and is an alumnus of the University of Windsor. He lives and works in Ontario.
Additional information:
NEWS Sobey Art Award 2011: Excitement, and an Exhibition by Bryne McLaughlin
http://www.canadianart.ca/online/features/2011/10/20/sobey_award_2011/
ARTIST WEBSITE Zeke Moores
Lot 39 Amanda Nedham
Like Milk & Blood VI, 2010
Graphite on watercolour paper, 22" x 15"
Courtesy of the artist and LE Gallery
Estimate: $1,800 framed
Emerging Toronto artist Amanda Nedham's series of graphite drawings, Like Milk & Blood, deals with themes of desire and subservience as they relate to the domination of animals by humans. Like Milk and Blood VI tells the story of Zarafa, the giraffe given to King Charles X of France by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in 1824. Nedham has exhibited in the US and Canada and is currently completing her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Le Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Amanda Nedham
Graphite on watercolour paper, 22" x 15"
Courtesy of the artist and LE Gallery
Estimate: $1,800 framed
Emerging Toronto artist Amanda Nedham's series of graphite drawings, Like Milk & Blood, deals with themes of desire and subservience as they relate to the domination of animals by humans. Like Milk and Blood VI tells the story of Zarafa, the giraffe given to King Charles X of France by Muhammad Ali of Egypt in 1824. Nedham has exhibited in the US and Canada and is currently completing her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Le Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Amanda Nedham
Lot 40 Susy Oliviera
Hot Wet Planet, 2011
C-print, Edition 1/5, 16" x 24"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $700 framed
Torontonian Susy Oliveira daringly renegotiates a variety of media. In her sculptural work, she brings the photograph and its associated acts of collage into three dimensions. In the deconstructed C-print Hot Wet Planet—a version of which was featured in Toronto's Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art's 2011 exhibition, “Ineffable Plasticity”—she creates an abstract tropical fantasia. Oliveira has exhibited at The Hole in New York, at Toronto's Nuit Blanche, and throughout Canada. She received her MFA from the University of Waterloo.
Additional information:
REVIEW The 'C' Word: Readymades Need Not Apply by Mariam Nader
SEE IT Susy Oliveira: Back to the Garden
SEE IT Susy Oliveira: Analog Authenticity
ARTIST WEBSITE Susy Oliveira
C-print, Edition 1/5, 16" x 24"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $700 framed
Torontonian Susy Oliveira daringly renegotiates a variety of media. In her sculptural work, she brings the photograph and its associated acts of collage into three dimensions. In the deconstructed C-print Hot Wet Planet—a version of which was featured in Toronto's Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art's 2011 exhibition, “Ineffable Plasticity”—she creates an abstract tropical fantasia. Oliveira has exhibited at The Hole in New York, at Toronto's Nuit Blanche, and throughout Canada. She received her MFA from the University of Waterloo.
Additional information:
REVIEW The 'C' Word: Readymades Need Not Apply by Mariam Nader
SEE IT Susy Oliveira: Back to the Garden
SEE IT Susy Oliveira: Analog Authenticity
ARTIST WEBSITE Susy Oliveira
Lot 41 Luke Painter
The Last Gasp of Sauron 2, 2011
Ink on paper, 14" x 12"
Courtesy of the artist and LE Gallery
Estimate: $1,200 framed
Multimedia artist Luke Painter's elaborate large-scale drawings of fictional landscapes recall older movements such as surrealism and Arts and Crafts. The Last Gasp of Sauron 2, made with India ink, is a typically hybrid scene, combining architectural elements and topiaries to suggest a dreamscape or stage set. Painter has an MFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University and has exhibited in Canada and internationally.
Additional information:
REVIEW Luke Painter: The Ornamentalist by Miriam Nader
GALLERY WEBSITE Le Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Luke Painter
Ink on paper, 14" x 12"
Courtesy of the artist and LE Gallery
Estimate: $1,200 framed
Multimedia artist Luke Painter's elaborate large-scale drawings of fictional landscapes recall older movements such as surrealism and Arts and Crafts. The Last Gasp of Sauron 2, made with India ink, is a typically hybrid scene, combining architectural elements and topiaries to suggest a dreamscape or stage set. Painter has an MFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University and has exhibited in Canada and internationally.
Additional information:
REVIEW Luke Painter: The Ornamentalist by Miriam Nader
GALLERY WEBSITE Le Gallery
ARTIST WEBSITE Luke Painter
Lot 42 Jennie Suddick
The Big Tree, 2011
Hand-tinted vintage postcard, commemorative stamps, 3.5" x 5.5"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $450 framed
Jennie Suddick is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist who examines issues of Canadian identity as seen through tourist kitsch. The Big Tree is a vintage, hand-tinted postcard, manipulated through various means. Here, of-the-moment artistic intervention meets with commemorative Canadian paraphernalia in a questioning of authenticity, and of acts of memorialization. Suddick has exhibited at the Art Gallery of York University and at Art Basel.
Additional information:
ARTIST WEBSITE Jennie Suddick
Hand-tinted vintage postcard, commemorative stamps, 3.5" x 5.5"
Courtesy of the artist
Estimate: $450 framed
Jennie Suddick is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist who examines issues of Canadian identity as seen through tourist kitsch. The Big Tree is a vintage, hand-tinted postcard, manipulated through various means. Here, of-the-moment artistic intervention meets with commemorative Canadian paraphernalia in a questioning of authenticity, and of acts of memorialization. Suddick has exhibited at the Art Gallery of York University and at Art Basel.
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ARTIST WEBSITE Jennie Suddick
Lot 43 Winnie Truong
In the Hood, 2011
Pencil crayon on paper, 15" x 12"
Courtesy of the artist and Erin Stump Projects
Estimate: $1,100 framed
One of the most promising young artists in Canada, Winnie Truong is a recent graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University. She received three major prizes in 2010, including the BMO 1st! Art Award. In the Hood, an exemplary pencil-crayon work, shows an androgynous figure's hair becoming a protective yet ostentatious hood. Truong has exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto and at Mulherin + Pollard in New York.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Erin Stump Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Winnie Truong
Pencil crayon on paper, 15" x 12"
Courtesy of the artist and Erin Stump Projects
Estimate: $1,100 framed
One of the most promising young artists in Canada, Winnie Truong is a recent graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University. She received three major prizes in 2010, including the BMO 1st! Art Award. In the Hood, an exemplary pencil-crayon work, shows an androgynous figure's hair becoming a protective yet ostentatious hood. Truong has exhibited at The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in Toronto and at Mulherin + Pollard in New York.
Additional information:
GALLERY WEBSITE Erin Stump Projects
ARTIST WEBSITE Winnie Truong
