Groundbreaking 2011 Silent Auction
Please join us for FIGMENT Groundbreaking on April 6! It’s a wine reception and FIGMENT art preview in a gorgeous 4,000-sf Hell’s Kitchen loft. We’ll reveal the winning design of the 2011 City of Dreams Pavilion for the first time anywhere… We’ll also present featured FIGMENT art for 2011 (including the sculpture garden and minigolf course), talk about where FIGMENT is headed next, and share delicious hors d’oeuvres.
The event will feature a silent auction with original art by some of New York City’s finest artists in all imaginable mediums — from paintings to photographs; from jewelry to a custom metal mirror and a custom skateboard. We will also raffle a phenomenal gift bag that includes goodies from BAM, Kate Raudenbush, Marc Whalen, Andreas Keller, Ted Nemeth, Maria Hupfield, Robin Kline, Jen Upchurch, Chris Niederer and Annie Vainchenker. You may also to take away your own portrait drawn on the spot by Barnaby Ruhe, our in-house artist for the evening doing live portraiture. The evening’s proceeds will help make FIGMENT 2011 possible — so come ready to celebrate and promote an abundance of creativity!
We are happy to give you a sneak peek of our 2011 Groundbreaking Silent Auction! On this page you will find all featured artists and their work.
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Groundbreaking 2011 Silent auction features the following artists and works:
Artist: Adrian Buckmaster
Title: Irene Valentine (photograph, 13 x 19″)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Summer’s End (photograph, 13 x 19″)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
New York City photographer Adrian Buckmaster shoots beautiful studio art in the day and then heads out in the evening to capture the many colors of nightlife. He has a knack for seeing the perfect moment, and because of this, his subjects appear as richly textured, complex people instead of one-dimensional models. Buckmaster lives his life fully and humbly, and the mirror of his camera allows us to enjoy this perspective in the environments he finds himself in.
Artist: Bayard X
Title: CYGNET 2010 (2010, inflatable sculpture, ripstop nylon, hand screened polyester, thread and fan, approx. 36 x 36 x 24″)
Starting bid: $500
Bidding increment: $50
Bayard lives and works in Jersey City. His inflatable sculpture “Touch” was featured on Governors Island in the summer-long exhibition of the 2010 FIGMENT Terrace Sculpture Garden.
Artist: Bill Kennedy
Title: Honey Trapped (2011, 15 individual photographs, signed and numbered, 8 x 10″ each (framed); overall dimensions 51 x 38″)
Starting bid: $100
Bidding increment: $25
Bill Kennedy held his first camera at ten, before there was a D in SLR. He pressed a button. He took a picture. He eventually learned the rest of the buttons. Kennedy currently lives in Brooklyn, working on various photo and video projects.
Artists: Chris Niederer and Alex Roediger
Title: Exquisite Weapons (2010, panel, 26 x 34″)
Starting bid: $100
Bidding increment: $25
Chris Niederer creates architecturally designed ultramodern home furnishings, exhibit design and art. Digital fabrication techniques (laser, CNC) allow the creation of striking and unique modular and biomimetic forms. Though trained as an architect, Chris’ interest in the multi-faceted world of experience design has led him to branch out, and work as an interactive artist, exhibit designer, information designer, branding strategist, and furniture designer, among other things. He is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Alex Roediger is a mixed media visual artist. He creates spontaneous, cartoon-inspired drawings and absurdist texts. With the help of digital tools he formalizes these into large scale paintings and collages. His work contains funny and surprising proclamations on anxiety, sexuality, relationships and mortality. He is a member of Dust Art Collective and is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Artist: Doug Sanford
Title: Winter Barns (photograph)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Award winning ex-military/combat intelligence photographer Doug Sanford’s work has been seen in magazines such as Rolling Stone, People, and Cosmopolitan, as well as in national ads for a variety of clients including Boeing, Coca-Cola, Hershey’s, and Discovery. His images are evocative, emotional, edgy or moody, blending conceptual and visual elements seamlessly. Doug has received numerous ADDY and Art Director awards, and was also recognized by Parsons School of Design with the World Image Award for Fine Art Photography. His commercial work is represented through Barry Soorenko at Photogroup Inc.
www.photogroup.com
www.dougsanford.com
Artist: Isabelle Garbani
Title: BayRidge (ink on plastic bags, 5 x 7″)
Starting bid: $100
Bidding increment: $25
Title: McKinley (ink on plastic bags, 12 x 12”)
Starting bid: $500
Bidding increment: $50
Isabelle Garbani received an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2004 and has since been exhibiting her work throughout New York and the Northeast. Among her exhibitions are Arte! Beaux?Arts! Kunst! at Payne Gallery in PA, Figureworks Gallery in Brooklyn in 2007, the Third Annual Summer Exhibition at the New York Academy of Art in 2009, and Younger Than Moses at the Benrimon Gallery in NYC in 2010. Her second solo exhibit is scheduled in 2011 at BoxHeart Gallery in Pittsburgh.
“I want to say one word to you. Just one word… Plastics.” – Mr. McGuire, The Graduate
Artist: James Sheehan
Title: Receipt (watercolor on paper, 2 5/8 x 11 3/4″, 15 x 21″ (framed))
Starting bid: $200
Bidding increment: $50
James Sheehan studied art at the University of California, Berkeley, and received his MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and Rome, Italy. His solo exhibits have been seen in Brooklyn, Zürich and Quebec. His works have hung on the walls of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The National Academy of Design Museum in New York, the Contemporary Art Factory in Tokyo, Japan, the Haus der Kunst Museum in Münich, the Veletrzni Palace Museum in Prague and Gallery 400 in Chicago.
Artist: Joel E. Traylor III
Title: Conversation Peace (limited edition print, 16×20”, matted)
Starting bid: $25
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Blossom Remix (limited edition print, 16×20”, matted)
Starting bid: $25
Bidding increment: $25
Years ago Joel E. Traylor III wanted to be a musician. And then a writer. When scales and chords confused and words fell short he found himself bursting with form and color. That was in 1996. Hundreds of paintings later he still thrills at the creative process: part determination, part happy accident. As a native of the D.C. area Traylor has participated in art festivals in the mid-Atlantic region. If you look for him at Eastern Market on Capitol Hill on a weekend you just might find him.
www.jetgallery.com / www.joeltraylor.com
Artist: Jon Coffelt
Title: Powder Blue Cosmos on Space Blue Field (2010, acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12”)
Starting bid: $250
Bidding increment: $100
Title: Horizontal Multi-Stripe (acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48”)
Starting bid: $5,000
Bidding increment: $250
Coffelt’s career began in the fashion industry designing clothing and fabric. His career as a painter was launched when Jim Mitchell commissioned him to paint over 100 works for the Parisian Department Store chain. In 1989 Coffelt received the “Outstanding Ten Year Alumnus Award” from Southern Institute. Coffelt was the inaugural artist at Space One Eleven when it opened in 1989 in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 to 1996, Coffelt served as editor and publisher of Alabama Art Monthly, a first-of-its-kind art magazine in the state. His work has been shown across the United States and in overseas exhibits.
Artist: Linda Byrne
Title: Lighterage Pier/afternoon sky (oil enamel paint on wood, 30 x 16”)
Starting bid: $500
Bidding increment: $100
Linda Byrne has been in demand as a traditional handwork production artist for more than twenty-five years, primarily for packaging and branding companies in the graphics industry. Linda has been showing her art consistently in juried and curated exhibitions since 1992. Recent shows include Upcycle through the Newark Arts Council and Repurposed Rethought at the Ocean City Arts Center, New Jersey, and at Green Spaces in New York City. Over the years, she has received 5 artist residencies, and was the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Grant and the Barbara Hurd and Stephen Dunn Sculpture Award.
Artist: Lindsey Shevkun
Title: Jungle Eyes (acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36”)
Starting bid: n/a
Bidding increment: n/a
Title: Verde (acrylic and metal on canvas, 30 x 24”)
Starting bid: n/a
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Lindsey E. Shevkun is a visual artist, who primarily works with acrylic paints while incorporating a variety of mediums into her work. In addition, she currently serves as an art educator at an urban high school in New Jersey, where she spearheads the mural arts program she founded in 2008. Her formal training has roots on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean as she lived and trained in Rome, Italy as part of her undergraduate studies from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Artist: Marc Whalen
Title: Angkor Wat Sunrise, Cambodia (2007, photograph, matted and framed, 8 x 10”)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Halong Bay, Vietnam (2006, photograph, matted and framed, 16 x 20”)
Starting bid: $75
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Lower Mekong Delta, Vietnam (2006, photograph, matted and framed, 16 x 20”)
Starting bid: $75
Bidding increment: $25
Photographer and creative director Marc Whalen has an award-winning career in media and commercial art. He has worked for publishing brands, such as Condé Nast, Hearst and Time Inc., as a graphic designer, photographer and illustrator. Whalen is one of the sponsors of TEDxEAST. His work was acquired by the Library of Congress for their permanent archive. He has strong ties to the underground art scene in New York City, with a 22-year exploration of street art and the NYC nightlife. “The ultimate accomplishment of a successful creative project is when the outcome inspires more creativity.”
Artist: Molly Crabapple
Title: Limited Edition Art Monkey Print (signed and numbered, 13 x 19”)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Molly Crabapple is an artist and comics creator (New York), known for her hyper detailed, Victorian inspired style. Her clients include Red Bull, SXSW, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times who called her “a downtown phenomenon.” Her work has been compared to “a limerick shared amongst good company in a Victorian parlor” by Associated Press. Crabapple and her projects have been profiled by The New York Times, HOW Design, and NPR, and she has spoken at the Museum of Modern Art and in universities and museums from Helsinki to Sao Paolo.
Artist: Ryan McGinness
Title: Growing Handplants (2007-08, silkscreen on skateboard, approx. 8 x31.5”; edition of 500 numbered and signed by the artist)
Starting bid: $250
Bidding increment: $50
Ryan McGinness is known for his original extensive vocabulary of graphic drawings which use the visual language of public signage, corporate logos, and contemporary iconography. He creates paintings, sculptures, and environments. Concerned with the perceived value of forms, McGinness is interested in assuming the power of this anonymous aesthetic in order to share personal expressions. His work is in the permanent public collections of MoMA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cincinnati Art Museum, MUSAC in Spain, and the Misumi Collection in Japan. McGinness is currently living and working in Manhattan.
Artist: Sky Davison
Title: Fanfare (10 x 13”)
Starting bid: $150
Bidding increment: $50
Title: A Mind is a Terrible Thing (22 x 48”)
Starting bid: $300
Bidding increment: $50
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and currently residing in Brooklyn, New York, Davison has been developing himself as a modern day renaissance man. His history of graffiti, writing and model building as an adolescent, led to a career in industrial and graphic design. Davison’s interests were sparked in not just design, but painting, illustration, furniture building, and writing. He has earned two international design awards, holds two product design patents, an inventory of freelance work developed for companies such as Cannondale, Nike, and Philips Consumer Electronics Company, and experience as co-owner of a prestigious design consultancy.
www.studiobarrage.com/skydavison.html
Artists: Katherine Gressel & Jeremy Reed
Title: Framing the Ideal City I (2010, permanent marker on tyvek, recycled vintage frame, 28 x 41”)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Framing the Ideal City II (2010, permanent marker on tyvek, recycled vintage frame, 25 x 40”)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Katherine Gressel and Jeremy Reed co-designed and built “Pallet City” for the 2010 FIGMENT Terrace season?long sculpture garden. This piece was taken directly from the Pallet City gallery and was done with audience participation on the FIGMENT NYC 2010 opening weekend. The artists hung blank pieces of tyvek paper in vintage frames and attached magic markers to the frames. Visitors were prompted with the question, “What is your idea of an ideal city?”, leading to this creative graffiti expression.
Katherine Gressel is a Brooklyn-based artist and curator, who currently serves as Programs Manager at Smack Mellon Gallery in DUMBO and has taught and led community arts projects in a variety of settings.
Jeremy Reed is a LEED accredited professional architect, active in the AIA, and sits on the board
of the CCNY Architecture Alumni Association. He currently works as a practicing architect for Morris Adjmi Architects, and previously worked at Richard Dattner Architects.
Artist: Xtina Carbone and Alex Schuetz
Title: Helmeted (2008, linoleum cut print on paper, 4 x 6”; limited edition)
Starting bid: $25
Bidding increment: $25
Title: Herman (2008, linoleum cut print on paper, 4 x 6”; limited edition)
Starting bid: $25
Bidding increment: $25
Xtina Carbone is an auteur of the creative underworld. Classically trained in fine art, she broke free of traditional painting in favor of multi-dimensional performance art and fashion, bringing together her skills in costume construction, choreography, sound editing and multi-media installations. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2007, she has transferred these creative energies onto the stage once again with fire performance, belly dancing, and performance art direction with Scorch (2010) and debonair burlesque duo The Penny Treats. Her current work consists mainly of paintings in both oils and acrylics.
Artist: Kate Raudenbush
Title: Altered State Eagle Mirror Frame
Starting bid: $700
Bidding increment: $100
Sculptor Kate Raudenbush creates art as social dialogue. She mixes visual symbolism cross-culturally through history and mythology, geometry and architecture. Her sculpture Guardian of Eden is in the permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art. Kate has won six commissions for large-scale public sculpture from the Burning Man event, and has been featured on Current TV, The New York Times, CNN.com, The Village Voice, among others. Actively involved at The Nationals Arts Club and The Sculptor’s Guild in New York, Kate is also an advisory board member of the Black Rock Arts Foundation in San Francisco.
Artists: Barrie Cline & Dana Riseberg
Title: Untitled (ceramic, 10”)
Starting bid: $50
Bidding increment: $25
Potter Dana Riseberg and Barrie Cline collaborate on unusual ceramic vessels, pushing their functionality and equilibrium to the limit and maintaining an interesting tension between the divisions of craft and art. This formal tension between the sculptural excess and the symmetrical regularity of the pots, as well as how the work otherwise negotiates the craft/art boundary conceptually are areas we explore in terms of labor, the work’s market, and its potential role in collaborative pedagogical practice. The pots and their collaborative work together was recently featured at the Makers Faire.
barriecline.com
danariseberg.com
Artist: Wouter van Buuren
Title: Untitled (New York, October 2010) (2010, C-print mounted on aluminum, 30 x 30″)
Starting bid: $600
Bidding increment: $50
Wouter van Buuren makes photographic collages of landscapes and objects. He is particularly interested in the way we experience space. By merging multiple pictures into one large image he creates new spaces. Since 2006 Wouter has been creating ‘total landscapes’ in which multiple pictures visualize an entire scenery. To achieve this he climbs onto and then photographs from electricity towers, cranes, high rise buildings and bridges. Van Buuren lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Artist: Chassy Cleland
Title: (2011, burnt wood, etched brass and clock motor, approx. 12×12”)
Starting bid: $75
Bidding increment: $25
Chassy Cleland weaves together multiple stories out of history and mythology, with a goal of creating new insights. Cleland’s professional life revolves around the digital sphere, but he prefers to use interactions that are analog, including building blocks, zoetropes, simple mechanics and shadow puppets. Chassy Cleland was creator of The Watch and The Cave, honoraria installations in 2008 and 2009. Recently, he also created an installation for FIGMENT in NYC, and joined the Circle Arts Board of Directors.
Groundbreaking 2011 FIGMENT Magical Mystery Gift Bag
This bag contains 10 unique pieces donated by 10 unique artists. The gift bag and all its contents are raffled at Groundbreaking.The proceeds of this raffle will help realize FIGMENT 2011.
1 Raffle Ticket: $10
3 Raffle Tickets: $20
Here’s a hint what’s inside…
Necklaces by Annie Vainchenker (built2burn.com)
Stars by Jen Upchurch
Small vase by Robin Kline (www.klineware.com)
Eyeglass case by Ted Nemeth (www.tednemethdesigns.com)
Necklace by Kate Raudenbush (www.kateraudenbush.com)
Necklace by Chris Niederer (chrisniederer.net)
Undisclosed work by Maria Hupfield (www.mariahupfield.com)
BAM Tickets courtesy of Gillian Fallon/BAM (www.bam.org)
Perfume by Andreas Keller (andreaskeller.squarespace.com)
5×7” print by Marc Whalen (www.marcwhalen.com)
