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Contemporary Auction
Glenn Ligon, Stranger Study #10, 2011. Oil stick and gesso on canvas, 40 x 30 inches.
Retail: $200,000. Opening bid: $200,000.
About the Contemporary Auction
An auction to benefit the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the Contemporary Auction is both
online at virtual auction house Paddle8 from April 9 through April 23, 2015, and on-site at CAM on
April 23, 6:00–8:30 pm. Works by over 75 emerging and renowned artists, including Nicole Eisenman,
Sayre Gomez, Glenn Ligon, Oliver Osborne, Lari Pittman, and Kasper Sonne, are featured in this benefit
for CAM’s cutting-edge exhibition program. Organized by the Museum’s curators, the auction consists
of a variety of media, including painting, photography, textile, and sculpture, with retail values ranging
from $500 to $200,000. Participating artists receive fifty percent of the proceeds, allowing CAM to
feature some of their most emblematic work and to thank them for contributing so generously.
Online
View the artwork at paddle8.com/auction/camstl from April 9, 2015, 9:00 am CST, to April 23, 2015,
8:30 pm CST.
On-site
View the artwork in-person and bid through Paddle8 at CAM, Thursday, April 23, 6:00–8:30 pm.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Valet parking. RSVP required. Contact Kristyn Brown
at [email protected] or 314.535.0770 x217.
All dollar amounts are in US dollars (USD).
Participating Artists
Olga Balema
Davide Balliano
Andrea Bergart
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Samantha Bittman
Andy Boot
Derek Paul Boyle
Isaac Brest
Alice Browne
Jonas Burgert
Robert Burnier
Matteo Callegari
Debora Delmar
Luke Diiorio
Antoine Donzeaud
Harm van den Dorpel
Nicole Eisenman
Morten Løbner Espersen
Ryan Estep
Leo Gabin
Jeffrey Gibson
Daniel Giles
Sayre Gomez
Nicolás Guagnini
Sheila Hicks
EJ Hill
Ryan Kitson
Nsenga Knight
Thomas Kratz
Takuro Kuwata
Strauss Bourque-Lafrance
Andrew Laumann
Sam Leach
Glenn Ligon
Roman Liška
Jonas Lund
Alexander May
Anthony McCall
Landon Metz
Narcissister
Anne Neukamp
Erik Niedling
Alex Olson
Oliver Osborne
Arthur Ou
Jennifer Packer
Peles Empire
Pennacchio Argentato
Iman Person
Lari Pittman
Zak Prekop
Puppies Puppies
Jon Rafman
Ken Ragsdale
Josh Reames
Marco Rios
Kenny Rivero
Arcangelo Sassolino
Arlene Shechet
Adam Parker Smith
Greg Parma Smith
Kasper Sonne
Michael Staniak
Jesse Stecklow
Despina Stokou
Kianja Strobert
Chris Succo
Peter Sutherland
Robert Swain
Mark Verabioff
Artie Vierkant
Julia Wachtel
Andrew Norman Wilson
Margo Wolowiec
Eric Yahnker
Samira Yamin
Liat Yossifor
Robert Zungu
Olga Balema
Untitled, 2014
Mixed Media
16 x 31 x 23 ½ inches
Retail: $4,000
Opening bid: $2,000 TBC
Courtesy Galerie Fons Welters
Davide Balliano
UNTITLED (UNTITLED_1732 for internal and archival purposes), 2015
Plaster, gesso, and lacquer on wood board
36 x 48 inches
Retail: $5,500
Opening bid: $2,750 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Andrea Bergart
Slop Town, 2014
SolarFast and acrylic on canvas
19 x 13 inches
Retail: $1,800
Opening bid: $500
Courtesy the artist, American Contemporary, NYC and Valentin, Paris
Jean-Baptiste Bernadet
Untitled (Citrico V), 2015
Oil on canvas in artist’s frame
32 x 28 inches
Retail: $10,000
Opening bid: $6,500
Courtesy the artist and American Contemporary, New York, and Valentin, Paris
Samantha Bittman
Untitled, 2014
Acrylic on handwoven textile
18 x 15 inches
Retail: $2,800
Opening bid: $1,400 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Andrew Rafacz Gallery
Andy Boot
grass, 2013
Acrylic paint, sticker on canvas
35 ½ x 27 ½ inches
Retail: $4,300
Opening bid: $2,100
Courtesy Croy Nielsen, Berlin
Derek Paul Boyle
Drag Painting (Western Ave.), 2015
Asphalt, dirt on primed canvas
24 x 36 inches
Retail: $4,000
Opening bid: $3,000
Courtesy the artist and Smart Objects, Los Angeles
Isaac Brest
Comprehensive Game Plan, 2015
Painter’s tape on dry wall in artist’s frame
72 x 48 inches
Retail: $10,000
Opening bid: $5,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist and The Still House Group, New York
Alice Browne
Setting, 2013
Oil on canvas
23 ½ x 21 ½ inches
Retail: $1,800
Opening bid: $900 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Jonas Burgert
Disappears and Flees, 2015
Oil on canvas
35 x 31 inches
Retail: $50,000
Opening bid: $25,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Blain|Southern, London
Robert Burnier
Movante Pli, 2015
Primer on aluminum
22 x 27 inches
Retail: $5,000
Opening bid: $2,000
Courtesy the artist and Andrew Rafacz, Chicago
Matteo Callegari
Metal Dance, 2014
Oil on canvas
86 x 64 inches
Retail: $14,000
Opening bid: $8,000
Courtesy Federico Vavassori, Milan, and Ramiken Crucible, New York
Debora Delmar
Whole Sale Anthropometry III, 2015
100% cotton fabric, bleach print
75 x 57 inches
Retail: $6,000
Opening bid: $3,000
Courtesy the artist; ltd, Los Angeles; DVVE, Berlin; and Mon Cheri, Brussels
Luke Diiorio
ttylenol (tacoma), 2015
Pigment, bleach, and graphite on hand folded linen, canvas, and jute
40 x 30 inches
Retail: $7,000
Opening bid: $5,000
Courtesy the artist
Antoine Donzeaud
Untitled PE (CARING 05), 2014
Wood, polythene, acrylic, and aerosol paint
78 x 40 x 2 ½ inches
Retail: $5,000
Opening bid: $2,500
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Valentin, Paris
Harm van den Dorpel
Untitled Assemblage (canvas), 2011
Digital UV print on hand-cut synthetic glass, spray paint
33 x 37 x 33 inches
Retail: $5,000
Opening bid: $1,000
Courtesy the artist and Wilkinson Gallery, London
Nicole Eisenman
Untitled, 2012
Woodcut
25 x 19 inches
Retail: $3,500
Opening bid: $1,750
Courtesy the artist and Koenig & Clinton, New York
Printed in collaboration with Marina Ancona, 10 Grand Press
Morten Løbner Espersen
Horror Vacui # 1716, 2014
Stoneware and glazes
19 ½ x 15 x 13 inches
Retail: $10,500
Opening bid: $4,500
Courtesy the artist
Ryan Estep
Untitled, 2015
Sterilized dirt from CAM foundation on canvas
84 x 60 x 1 ½ inches
Retail: $22,500
Opening bid: $11,250 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Leo Gabin
Out Here Vining, 2014
Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
80 ¾ x 59 inches
Retail: $25,000
Opening bid: $12,500 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Peres Projects, Berlin
Jeffrey Gibson
From Here, 2014
Acrylic and graphite on deer hide over wood panel
17 x 9 ½ inches
Retail: $12,000
Opening bid: $8,000
Courtesy the artist and Marc Strauss
Daniel Giles
Free, 2013
Tape and sharpie marker on cardboard
24 x 38 inches
Retail: $900
Opening bid: $600
Courtesy the artist
Daniel Giles
Untitled (Scrap #5), 2013
Ink on tracing paper
17 x 23 inches
Retail: $900
Opening bid: $700
Courtesy the artist
Sayre Gomez
Untitled Painting in Cerulan Over Ultramarine, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Retail: $6,000
Opening bid: $3,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles
Nicolás Guagnini
Death in Venice, 2014
Vitrified glazed ceramic, book (Carpaccio, Editions d’Art Albert Skira [1958])
9 x 6 x 5 ½ inches (ceramic); 75 x 7 x 6 ½ inches (book)
Retail: $8,000
Opening bid: $4,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Bortolami, New York
Sheila Hicks
Battle of Omaha, 2000
Paper and linen
14 ½ x 19 ¼ inches
Retail: $20,000
Opening bid: $14,000
Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York
EJ Hill
A Lesson, 2012
Archival pigment print
30 x 20 inches
Edition 1 of 3
Retail: $1,500
Opening bid: $1,000
Courtesy the artist and Commonwealth & Council
Ryan Kitson
, 2014
Painted ceramic, Frisbee, enamel
25 x 14 inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $900
Courtesy the artist
Nsenga Knight
A Guide To The Last Rite, 2011
Lithography
6 panels: 6 ½ x 6 ½ inches each
Edition 2 of 25
Retail: $200
Opening bid: $150
Courtesy the artist, published by Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Kratz
Hip, 2013
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
37 3/8 x 33 ½ inches
Retail: $5,000
Opening bid: $3,900
Courtesy Croy Nielsen, Berlin
Takuro Kuwata
Avalanche, 2014
Porcelain, stone
11 ¾ × 13 ¾ × 13 ¼ inches
Retail: $12,000
Opening bid: $9,600
Courtesy the artist and Salon 94, New York
Strauss Bourque LaFrance
Big Nose, Bad Day, 2014
Plexiglas, plastic mesh, spray enamel
40 x 30 x 2 ¼ inches
Retail: $6,000
Opening bid: $3,000
Courtesy the artist and Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
Andrew Laumann
Untitled (Savage), 2015
Methylcellulose, paper, canvas, wood
30 x 40 inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $1,800
Courtesy the artist and Signal Gallery, New York
Sam Leach
Baboon Colony, 2015
Oil and resin on wood
13 ½ x 18 ½ inches
Retail: $13,000
Opening bid: $6,500 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney
Glenn Ligon
Stranger Study #10, 2011
Oil stick and gesso on canvas
40 x 30 inches
Retail: $200,000
Opening bid: $200,000
Courtesy the artist; Luhring Augustine, New York; and Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Roman Liška
Dazzle Painting (Black LXXX), 2015
Foamed rubber on linen
47 x 35 inches
Retail: $5,600
Opening bid: $4,900
Courtesy the artist; Duve Berlin; and Mallorca Landings, Palma De Mallorca
Jonas Lund
Flip City 23, 2014
Digital painting on canvas, gel medium and GPS tracker
50 x 40 inches
Retail: $7,500
Opening bid: $3,000
Courtesy the artist and Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Alexander May
Untitled, 2014
Scratched sheet rubber and aluminum enamel resin mounted on wood panel
32 x 50 ½ inches
Retail: $12,700
Opening bid: $8,000
Courtesy Balice Hertling Gallery, Paris
Anthony McCall
Study for Breath III, 2015
Charcoal on paper
8 ¼ x 11 ¾ inches
Retail: $3,500
Opening bid: $1,750 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Landon Metz
Untitled, 2014
Dye on canvas
48 x 60 inches
Retail: $11,000
Opening bid: $7,000
Courtesy the artist and James Fuentes Gallery, New York
Narcissister
Untitled (diamond necklace), 2012
C-print, Edition 1 of 2 + 1 AP
40 x 30 inches
Retail: $4,000
Opening bid: $2,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Anne Neukamp
Untitled (Transfer), 2015
Acetone transfer on paper
39 3/8 x 27 ½ inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $3,000
Courtesy the artist
Erik Niedling
Untitled #3 (Pyramid Paintings), 2014
Soot on canvas
32 x 23 inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $1,500
Courtesy Exile Gallery, Berlin / New York
Alex Olson
Untitled, 2015
Oil and modeling paste on gessoed paper
17 x 14 inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $2,500
Courtesy the artist; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; and Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Oliver Osborne
Sign (Black), 2015
Silkscreen on primed linen
63 x 45 inches
Retail: $11,500
Opening bid: $7,000
Courtesy the artist and Vilma Gold, London
Arthur Ou
Untitled (Delta Sigma), 2014
Archival pigment print on rag paper
22 x 30 inches
Retail: $6,000
Opening bid: $2,750
Courtesy the artist and Brennan & Griffin, Los Angeles
Jennifer Packer
Chrysanthemums, 2015
Oil on canvas
12 x 9 inches
Retail: $3,000
Opening bid: $1,500 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Peles Empire
Duo 4, 2014
A3 color copies
114 x 78 inches
Retail: $3,800
Opening bid: $1,500 TBC
Courtesy the artists and Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
Pennacchio Argentato
Alternate Future 880#, 2015
Acrylic resin, paint, steel
53 ½ x 38 ½ x 4 inches
Retail: $5,500
Opening bid: $3,500
Courtesy the artists
Iman Person
Melia, 2015
Ink on paper
7 x 10 inches
Retail: $600
Opening bid: $350
Courtesy the artist
Lari Pittman
The State of the Interior, Today! #1, 2012
Cel-Vinyl, aerosol lacquer and gesso on wood panel
21 ¾ x 17 ¾ inches
Retail: $65,000
Opening bid: $45,000
Courtesy the artist and Regan Projects, Los Angeles
Zak Prekop
Untitled, 2014
Oil on linen
10 x 12 inches
Retail: $4,000
Opening bid: $1,200
Courtesy the artist and Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles
Puppies Puppies
Untitled, 2013
Video
Dimensions variable
Open edition, with certificate
Retail: $1,500
Opening bid: $500
Courtesy the artist
Jon Rafman
Lheebroek, Westerveld, DR, Nederland, 2009, 2009
Archival pigment print
64 x 40 inches
Retail: $ 12,000
Opening bid: $6,000
Courtesy the artist and Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
Ken Ragsdale
Night, 2005
Archival pigment print, edition 5 of 5
7 ½ x 24 inches (image)
Retail: $2,000
Opening bid: $900
Courtesy the artist and The Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn
Ken Ragsdale
The Hundred Acre Wood, 2014
Archival pigment print, edition 2 of 5
19 x 28 inches (image)
Retail: $2,400
Opening bid: $1,000
Courtesy the artist and The Frontroom Gallery, Brooklyn
Josh Reames
(Untitled), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 16 inches
Retail: $1,500
Opening bid: $400
Courtesy the artist
Marco Rios
Untitled (Teardrop #1), 2013
Wood, glass, and silk
14 x 11 inches
Retail: $7,000
Opening bid: $3,500 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Kenny Rivero
The Church is Empty, 2014
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Retail: $3,500
Opening bid: $2,500
Courtesy the artist
Arcangelo Sassolino
I.U.B.P., 2015
Steel, rubber, PVC, air
25 ½ x 29 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Retail: $14,000
Opening bid: $5,000
Courtesy the artist
Arlene Shechet
Lump and Bump, 2015
Glazed ceramic, plaster
12 7/8 x 6 ¼ inches
Retail: $9,000
Opening bid: $2,500
Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York
Adam Parker Smith
Bottom 21, 2014
Foam, Belt, Formica, and Bungee
22 x 24 x 28 inches
Retail: $2,100
Opening bid: $500
Courtesy the artist and David Lewis Gallery, New York
Greg Parma Smith
Chinese Snake MTA 2013 #1, 2013
Acrylic, metallic leaf, and collage on aluminum composite panel
22 ½ x 31 ½ inches
Retail: $7,000
Opening bid: $3,500
Courtesy the artist and David Lewis Gallery, New York
Kasper Sonne
BAD (CAM), 2015
Volcanic ash exfoliator, water and UV acrylic on canvas in aluminum frame
60 x 48 x 2 inches
Retail: $16,500
Opening bid: $12,000
Courtesy the artist
Michael Staniak
DATA_456, 2014
M-Disc, resin and acrylic on canvas, steel frame
48 x 36 inches
Retail: $16,500
Opening bid: $8,250 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
Jesse Stecklow
Untitled (Fly tapes: Potential Derivatives), 2015
Archival pigment print mounted to aluminum in chemical tray
15 x 10 ¾ x 1 inches
Retail: $3,500
Opening bid: $1,750 TBC
Courtesy the artist and M+B Gallery, Los Angeles
Despina Stokou
Orange Depress, 2012
Oil on canvas
12 x 9 inches
Retail: $2,500
Opening bid: $ 1,250 TBC
Courtesy the artist; Derek Eller, New York; and Eigen+Art, Berlin / Leipzig
Kianja Strobert
Two Palettes, 2014–15
Paper maché, acrylic, ink and graphite on paper
38 x 38 inches (irregular)
Retail: $8,000
Opening bid: $4,000
Courtesy the artist and Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
Chris Succo
ALL ENDINGS HAVE A SONG [0215], 2015
Oil and lacquer on linen, in artists frame
47 2/3 x 35 ¾ inches
Retail: $11,500
Opening bid: $5,900
Courtesy the Journal Gallery, New York, and Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
Peter Sutherland
The Declined Card, 2015
OSB, Ink jet on perforated vinyl, and matte medium
4 x 6 feet
Retail: $9,000
Opening bid: $4,500
Courtesy the artist and The Still House, New York
Robert Swain
Hal, 2013–14
Acrylic on cotton duck canvas
36 x 36 inches
Retail: $8,000
Opening bid: $4,000
Courtesy the artist
Mark Verabioff
Untitled ( Marxism and Art: Beware of Facist Broism), 2015
Page tare, ink, spray paint, metallic tape
11 ½ x 9 ¼ inches
Retail: $1,250
Opening bid: $800
Courtesy the artist
Artie Vierkant
Exploit Drawing No. 3, 2014
Enamel on vellum
45 x 36 inches
Retail: $8,000
Opening bid: $4,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist and Mesler / Feuer, New York
Julia Wachtel
Untitled (Kneeling Girl), 2015
Oil on wood panel
18 x 24 inches
Retail: $10,000
Opening bid: $8,000
Courtesy the artist
Andrew Norman Wilson
Uncertainty Seminars, 2014
HD video
12:55 minutes
Edition 3 of 3 + 2AP
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $2,000 TBC
Courtesy the artist
Margo Wolowiec
Untitled, 2015
Handwoven polyester, cotton, dye sublimation ink, fabric dye mounted on linen
28 x 38 inches
Retail: $10,000
Opening bid: $8,000
Courtesy the artist and Anat Ebgi Gallery
Eric Yahnker
Side-Eyed Hawk, 2015
Colored pencil on paper
20 ½ x 20 ½ inches
Retail: $4,000
Opening bid: $2,000
Courtesy the artist
Samira Yamin
Geometries XX, 2014
TIME magazine
14 ¾ x 10 ½ inches
Retail: $3,000
Opening bid: $1,500
Courtesy the artist
Liat Yossifor
Parts, 2015
Oil on linen
18 by 14 inches
Retail: $4,500
Opening bid: $2,250
Courtesy Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery, New York
Robert Zungu
Untitled “O”, 2014
Metal deposits and enamel ink on wood board
18 x 24 inches
Retail: $2,000
Opening bid: $900
Courtesy the artist and Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis