2013 auction final-1

Daniel Barrow
(photo of Daniel Barrow, artwork image unavailable) This artwork was commissioned for the Images Festival Auction
Daniel Barrow has exhibited widely in Canada and abroad. He has performed at The Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), PS1 Contemporary Art Center (New York), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), The International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s TBA festival, and the British Film Institute's London Film Festival. Barrow is the winner of the 2010 Sobey Art Award. He is represented by Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto. Foot Massage pencil on paper, 9"x12" Starting bid: $650 http://www.danielbarrow.com Deanna Bowen
Deanna Bowen is a descendant of the Alabama and Kentucky born Black Prairie pioneers of Amber Valley and Campsie Alberta. She is a Toronto based interdisciplinary artist whose work has been exhibited internationally in numerous film festivals and galleries. She has received several grants in support of her artistic practice. Current works have been shown at the Images Festival of Film, Video & New Media, the Art Gallery of Peterborough, and the Art Gallery of York University. Her commissioned eighteen minute performed oral history sum of the parts: what can be named has shown at the Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, the Oberhausen Film Festival, and the Nasher Museum of Contemporary Art at Duke University. The Paul Good Papers exhibition includes the premiere presentation of a 24-­‐minute looping video projection based on Good's recording of school integration attempts in Notasulga, Alabama in 1964. The work exposes the Klan's involvement and opposition to Notasulga school integration attempts by highlighting the beating of novice broadcast reporter Vernon Merritt III. A series of related photos and reproductions provide additional contextual framing about the Notasulga events, whilst simultaneously framing the seemingly isolated American incident within Canadian current events. Paul Good at Notasulga (2012, 24:00 minutes, B&W, Super 16mm/HD on DVD) Starting Bid: $250 http://www.deannabowen.ca *NOTE* This DVD is for personal use only, no public performance rights are given or implied. Public screenings include but are not limited to: cinema, gallery, museum, festival, internet, or any such event where the public can view the work whether by admission or free. Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Egoyan has directed a dozen full-­‐length films, several television episodes, and a few shorter pieces. His early work was based on his own material, and he received some notice for the film Exotica (1994), but it was Egoyan's first attempt at adapted material that resulted in his best-­‐known work, The Sweet Hereafter (1997), which earned him universal critical acclaim and Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1999, Atom Egoyan was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The film Ararat (2002) generated much publicity for Egoyan. After Henri Verneuil's French-­‐
language film Mayrig (1991), it was the first major motion picture to deal directly with the Armenian Genocide. Ararat later won the Best Picture prize at the Genie Awards. Egoyan's Chloe, grossed $3 million in the United States theatrically and became one of the higher-­‐grossing specialty films in the United States in 2010. His latest film Devil's Knot stars Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth and opens theatrically in early 2014. Egoyan has won four awards each at the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. “Dear Sandra,” A beautiful limited edition book (2010), published by Volumina Artbooks (Torino, Italy) Signed by the artist. 9" x 9" Hardcover. http://www.volumina.net/egoyan/ Egoyan reinterprets the Luchino Visconti's masterpiece Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa (Sandra of a Thousand Delights, Golden Lion at the Venice Festival in 1965). The artbook, which is numbered and signed by the author (edition of 300), contains unpublished b/w 35mm photos shot on scene, digital colour photographs shot on site 40 years later, graphic interventions based on film posters, and an hand-­‐
written letter by Egoyan to the main character, Claudia Cardinale. The volume is 200 pages long with English and Italian text. An alabaster slate adorns the cover. Starting Bid: $500 http://www.egofilmarts.com/ Jean-Paul Kelly
Jean-­‐Paul Kelly (born London, Canada, 1977) creates videos, drawings and photographs that are often displayed together. His work has shown at Scrap Metal (Toronto), The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto), Mercer Union (Toronto), Cambridge Galleries and Tokyo Wonder Site. Screenings include the Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen and Migrating Forms (New York). "This artwork is part of an ongoing series of gouache paintings, "Figure-­‐ground". I showed some of these during my Images exhibition in April and thought this would be a logical addition. Each work in the series is a painted translation of a preexisting image where various formal details in the original source guide a perceptual transposition. This image is a translation of the second-­‐to-­‐final frame of Chris Marker's Sans Soleil. -­‐JP Kelly "Figure-­‐Ground (a built-­‐in grain of indestructibility)" Gouache and graphite on grid paper, 11 x 17 inches (12 x 18 inches framed), 2013 Starting bid: $800 http://www.jeanpaulkelly.com Adam Kraweski
Adam Krawesky started photographing people on the streets of Toronto in the summer of 2002. At first, he was hesitant to approach strangers with a camera, so he instead approached them with a concession; he asked to photograph them with their hands covering their faces, to assuage his own fear of confrontation and the stranger's suspicion of the lens., The result, in this brief but telling body of work, are portraits of people with hands that can't lie, of fashions and clothing that do not deceive, of hairstyles, hats and the ornamentation of jewelry, of surroundings and backgrounds that inform and color the character of their primary subjects. What I notice is the truth that comes through from the hands and the postures of the people behind them. The play-­‐acting of hiding reveals more than a common portrait might ever reveal., — Jim Casper title: col1563 12"x18", c-­‐print Starting bid: $500 http://inconduit.com/ Annie MacDonell
Annie MacDonell is a Toronto-­‐based visual artist who works with photography, film, sculpture, installation, and other media. She received a BFA from Ryerson University's School of Image Arts in 2000, followed by graduate studies at Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, in Tourcoing, France. She has exhibited and screened works across Canada and internationally. Recent solo shows include the Art Gallery of Windsor, the Art Gallery of Ontario and Mercer Union Gallery, in Toronto. She has participated in group exhibitions at The Power Plant, Toronto, Mulherin & Pollard, New York, Le Grand Palais, Paris and the 2012 Daegu Photo Biennale, in South Korea. In 2012 she was long-­‐listed for the Sobey Art Award and short-­‐listed for the Grange Prize. She teaches in the photography program at Ryerson University and her work is represented by Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art. Untitled from the series "The Present is the Past of the Future and Future of the Past", 12" x 16", C-­‐print mounted to Plexi. Edition of 5, 2012 Starting bid: $750 http://www.anniemacdonell.ca Guy Maddin
This artwork was commissioned for the Images Festival Auction
Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films, which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Maddin's films are often set in his home-­‐town of Winnipeg and are usually set in abstract 20th century historical periods. Themes in Maddin's films frequently include unrequited love, murder, Soviet Russia, homoeroticism, incest, dismemberment and the workings of human impulse and subconscious. His 2007 film My Winnipeg received the award for Best Canadian Feature Film from the Toronto International Film Festival, Best Documentary from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Canadian Film from the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, and Best Experimental Documentary from the International Urban Film Festival, Tehran. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, in 2012 “The Song of All Seas” 2013. Collage on paper, 8 ½ x 11”, Framed and signed by the artist. Starting Bid: $750 Hazel Meyer
Hazel Meyer is an artist and sports enthusiast based in Toronto, Canada. Committed to both a socially engaged and material-­‐based practice she negotiates them primarily through creating installations that become environments for performance, workshops and amateur athletics. She holds a BFA from Concordia University (Montréal), an MFA from OCAD University (Toronto), and is presently the junior correspondent for the Ponytail Express sports broadcast. Intestinal Realness latex paint and tempera on paper 36cm by 43cm, 2013 Starting bid $350 http://www.hazelmeyer.com Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine was recently seen in in the theatrical biopic Jobs portraying John Sculley, the man who fired Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) from the company he founded. Earlier this year Modine starred in the fact-­‐based science fiction/action/adventure film, Cat 8. Modine portrayed Deputy Police Commissioner Peter Foley in the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises – one of the top grossing films of all time. Matthew has developed and released several new media projects. His award-­‐winning limited edition book, Full Metal Jacket Diary has become the Full Metal Jacket Diary iPad App, a unique combination of narration, audio effects, original music, never-­‐before-­‐seen photos, personal letters, and more into a deeply immersive iPad app. Matthew also collaborated on the Punky Dunk Project a fun, interactive, bilingual, children's learning app. Full Metal Jacket Diary and Punky Dunk Project applications are available on iTunes. This artwork was generously donated by Charlotte Mickie
Photograph from Full Metal Jacket Diary, signed by artist Starting bid: $350 http://www.matthewmodine.com Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine was recently seen in in the theatrical biopic Jobs portraying John Sculley, the man who fired Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) from the company he founded. Earlier this year Modine starred in the fact-­‐based science fiction/action/adventure film, Cat 8. Modine portrayed Deputy Police Commissioner Peter Foley in the final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises – one of the top grossing films of all time. Matthew has developed and released several new media projects. His award-­‐winning limited edition book, Full Metal Jacket Diary has become the Full Metal Jacket Diary iPad App, a unique combination of narration, audio effects, original music, never-­‐before-­‐seen photos, personal letters, and more into a deeply immersive iPad app. Matthew also collaborated on thePunky Dunk Project a fun, interactive, bilingual, children's learning app. Full Metal Jacket Diary and Punky Dunk Project applications are available on iTunes. This artwork was generously donated by Charlotte Mickie
Photograph from Full Metal Jacket Diary, signed by artist Starting bid: $350 http://www.matthewmodine.com Nick Ostoff Toronto-­‐based Nick Ostoff graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1999. Since then, he has shown extensively throughout Canada and the United States and was a semifinalist in the 2005 RBC painting competition. Ostoff’s work is included in important corporate and public collections including: Royal Bank of Canada, Osler Hoskin and Harcourt, Kleinfeldt Mychjlowycz Architects, McCarthy Tetrault, Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Queen’s University) and Doris McCarthy Gallery (University of Toronto). Courtesy Diaz Contemporary Lights, 2007, oil on canvas, 24" x 18" Starting bid: $1000 http://www.diazcontemporary.ca/Artists_Ostoff.html Public Studio (Elle Flanders + Tamira Sawatzky)
Elle Flanders is an award-­‐winning filmmaker and artist based in Toronto. She was raised in Montreal and Jerusalem and holds both an MA in Critical Theory and an MFA from Rutgers University. Her work has been exhibited at museums and festivals internationally, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), TIFF, and the Berlin International Film Festival. Together with Tamira Sawatzky, she founded Public Studio, with recent works including: Kino Pravda 3G, What Isn't There, and Road Movie, Flanders is a PhD candidate in the Visual Arts Studio Program at York University, where she also teaches. Tamira Sawatzky is an award-­‐winning architect and artist working in Toronto. In addition to an ongoing architectural practice, her recent artwork includes: Kino Pravda 3G, What Isn't There, and Road Movie. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the Art Gallery at York University (AGYU) and Flux Factory in New York. Public Studio won the 2013 Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts Prize Courtesy O'Born Contemporary Untitled 3 (from Under the Last Sky) 20"x24", print, framed Starting bid: TBC http://www.publicstudio.ca Travis Shilling
Travis Shilling's paintings tell a story. A filmmaker and playwright, Travis' work reflects a rich imagination and exceptional skill. Travis' recent paintings juxtapose civilization and the animal world in a narrative dreamscape. His short film "Bear Tung", featuring Gary Farmer, was a selection in the 2011 National Museum of American Indian in NYC as well as the Santa fe independent film festival in October. Travis was born in Rama, Ontario: the second of two artist sons of acclaimed Aboriginal artist Arthur Shilling. Travis has exhibited since age 21 in Canada, Europe and the US. He travels between a studio in Rama and one in Toronto. the fox (from the series totem) 36"x 36", oil on canvas Starting bid: $1,500 http://www.travisshilling.com/