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marlene dietrich in dr. no’s ludovico clinic (dr. baby’s erzland) • watermill summer benefit 2008
watermill summer benefit 7. 26. 08
dianne benson // irving benson // pierre
bergé // giancarla berti // janna bullock
william i. campbell // alain coblence, esq.
dorothy
cullman
//
hélène
david-weill
lisa dennison // lisa de kooning // simon de
pury // carlton dewoody // charles fabius
board of directors
jolmer d. gerritse // philip glass // susan d.
goodman // gabriele henkel // holm keller
jan kengelbach // lummi u. kieren // william
kornreich // ann lewis // sylvia mazzola
maeera mougin // lyndon olson, jr. // joël
ornstein // tatiana platt // katharine rayner
rich silverstein // roberta sherman // stanley
stairs, esq. // robert wilson
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giorgio armani // pierre bergé // christophe
de menil // christoph eschenbach // betty
freeman // philip glass // donna karan // thomas
krens // annie leibovitz // gérard mortier
board of advisors
jessye norman // maren otto // michael otto
claude pompidou (in memoriam) // lou reed
isabella rosselini // richard serra // cindy
sherman // tom waits // richard von weizsäcker
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marina abramovic // marie-claude beaud
jonathan safran foer // alanna heiss
dr. jürgen kluge // xavier le roy // albert
selection committee
maysles // michael morris // gérard mortier
ida nicolaisen // john rockwell // christoph
schlingensief // richard sennett // nike
wagner // robert wilson
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maeera
mougin,
chair
//
maria
pessino
honorary chair // ruth appelhoff // dianne benson
michael braverman // chip dineen // eileen
ekstract // kimberly goff // roberta o. hunter
tom kochie // jack l. larsen // laurie lambrecht
community board
susan lazarus-reimen // lys marigold//christophe
de menil // sara nightingale // geoffrey nimmer
clifton nordmeier // elka rifkin // carole
rosenberg // mark d. shug // elizabeth
debarto skinner // jonathan snow
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marina
abramovic
mikhail
baryshnikov
//
bernard
//
ross
arnault
bleckner
kathleen brennan & tom waits // chuck close
bob colacello // alan cumming // merce
cunningham
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philippine
de
rothschild
marianne faithfull // carrie fisher // renée
honorary chairs
fleming // philip glass // nan goldin // zaha
hadid // jenny holzer // iman & david bowie
donna karan // harvey keitel // calvin klein
jeff koons // annie leibovitz // richard meier
jessye norman // isabella rossellini // diane
von furstenberg // dita von teese // rufus
wainwright // roger waters // dianne wiest
lisa anastos // wallis annenberg // susan baker
& michael lynch // kelly behun & jay sugarman
giancarla & luciano berti // lea carpenter
brokaw // henry buhl // janna bullock
jean-paul claverie // paula cooper & jack
macrae // lisa de kooning // eileen & richard
ekstract // roger ferris // barbara goldsmith
gary
hattem
//
anne
hearst
mcinerney
& jay mcinerney // dorothy lichtenstein
benefit chairs
louise blouin media // gabriella maione & joël
artists in residence 2007-2008
ornstein // alison mazzola // julie & bruce menin
maynard monrow // montblanc // greg moyer
leslie negley // brooke & daniel neidich
glenn oakley // maren otto // katharina ottobernstein & nathan bernstein // marsha &
jeffery perelman // lisa & richard perry // maria
pessino // tatiana & campion platt // rolex
leila & melville straus // christine wächtercampbell & william i. campbell // xounts
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marlene dietrich in dr. no’s ludovico clinic - dr. baby’s
erzland // meese is one of the prominent protagonists of
the younger german art scene. there is nothing he does not
do, from painting to sculpture, installation, performance, set
every year, the watermill center invites four to six
design, directing, and playwriting. the prolific artist views
international artists to create a number of spectacular
art as completely independent of human influence. he has
site specific installations. in keeping with the mission
stated, “art is its own motive force, its own drive, its own
of the watermill center, the artists work together with
instinct, its own reality, its own politics and its own confusion.
robert wilson and summer program participants
for art, human sensibility is simply not relevant.” his works are
to realize large works and performances, from
artists in residence
summer 2008
curators : dmitry komis
and jörn weisbrodt
filled with references to history, literature, pop culture and
initial concepts to physical realization. this focus
on cooperation and the formation of international
networks sets the watermill residencies apart from
many residency programs: it fosters the exchange
of artistic ideas and gives participating artists
international exposure. at the same time, many of
the program participants have the unique possibility
of working closely with and learning from artists
who can already look back on a body of work and
first successes.
jonathan meese
visual artist
and performer
the art world. his archeo-family consists of every dictator in
history and fiction as well as the great geniuses that have
all changed our history. he plays with them like toys of an
angry child, de-demonizing them and leaving behind an
ever-changing fantastic arrangement of his props. meese
is creating an installation on the site and in the building of
watermill, taking over the pristine spaces designed by wilson
and creating a vibrant hybrid of two artistic minds that both
tend towards the “gesamtkunstwerk”. the exhibition will be
on view to the public through august 10th. please visit www.
watermillcenter.org for further information. the exhibition is
made possible through the generous support of meese’s
berlin gallery, contemporary fine arts.
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anita dube (born 1958 in lucknow, india; lives and works in
new delhi) emerged as a sculptor from the indian radical
painters and sculptures association. formed in the early
baba anand (born 1961 in srinagar, kashmir; lives and
1980’s, dube and other artists of the association fought
works in new delhi, paris, and new york) works in a
against the tame portrait style of popular art in india at
unique collage style, whereby applying glitter, sequins,
the time with a self-styled movement rich in social and
crystals and other shiny materials, he transforms vintage
political consciousness. dube’s work utilizes found objects
bollywood posters and oleographs of hindu deities from
as a way to weave narratives deeply rooted in history and
static emblems of nostalgia into a kitschy celebration of
memory, often reflecting on the space between private and
icons both terrestrial and spiritual. from his background
public labor. her conceptually rigorous works comment
in fashion design, anand takes a stylish approach to
baba anand
visual artist
contemporary indian portraiture, creating works that are
as seductive and irreverent as they are meditative. for the
summer benefit, anand has created his most ambitious
installation yet, collaborating with indian poster artists
from delhi to create a dramatic re-dressing of watermill’s
knee façade in the spirit of his favorite bollywood poster.
baba anand has had numerous exhibitions worldwide,
with shows in new delhi, mumbai, london, new york and
paris. his most recent exhibition, “g’ds & demig’ds,” is
currently on view at lio malca gallery, new york.
on the industrial and the corporeal, investigating ideas of
anita dube
visual artist
individual and communal loss and regeneration. in a 2003
essay, philippe vergne described dube’s work as having
“developed an aesthetic language that privileges sculptural
fragment as a cultural bearer of personal and social
memories, history, mythologies and phenomenological
experiences.” for the summer benefit, dube has created a
tent-like installation that is as inviting as is it foreboding,
with a surprising wax element that has become a staple
of dube’s work. anita dube has been the subject of many
notable exhibitions worldwide, including the 51st venice
biennale and 7th havana biennale, and most recently, a
solo exhibition at bose pacia gallery, new york.
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founded in the summer of 1995, shakespeare’s wild sisters
jd samson (born 1978, cleveland, ohio; lives and works in
group owes its name to the fictional character in virginia
ny), who has been called “an icon of nerdy cool” by the new
woolf’s novel “a room of one’s own,” endeavored to liberate
york times, is best known as the androgynous member
women’s talents from the oppression of patriarchy. limiting
of the feminist electropunk band le tigre. along with le
itself to no specific issues or conventional aesthetics, swsg
tigre, she is also a member of the band the new england
takes materials from all arts, creating original theatrical
roses and a member of electro-punk artist peaches’ live
works, which have been brought to participate in many
band, the herms, with radio sloan and samantha maloney.
theater festivals in taiwan as well as overseas for years.
samson is also the co-founder of the conceptual dance
in addition to the study of movements, director, wei,
group “dykes can dance,” which performs unannounced,
jd samson
dj
choreographed dance routines around new york. in
2003, she released ‘jd’s lesbian calendar,’ a collaboration
shakespeare’s wild
sisters group
theater group
incorporates modern literature interpreted into her works as
inspirational resources, especially from the legacy of female
artists and writers. wei’s partner and co-director, wang chia-
with photographer cass bird, which was followed up in
ming, expands the limit of empty space and the definition of
2006 with ‘jd’s lesbian utopia,’ a calendar documenting
theater as total art, by collaborating with artists from cross
samson’s travels around the u.s. in an rv (shown at deitch
genres, such as dancers, filmmakers, symphony orchestra,
projects last year). also in 2006, samson appeared in john
visual artists, academic acrobats, underground bands, music
cameron mitchell’s celebrated shortbus as “jid”, a patron
players and even dj and vj. performances will be made in
of the shortbus club. most recently samson has been
collaboration with this year’s watermill participants to make
working with le tigre bandmate johanna fateman on a
a series of “looped” performances. shakespear’s wild sister’s
remix project titled men.
stay at the watermill center is made possible through the
tapei cultural center of teco in new york.
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research workshop to develop
ana cruz &
paulo diegues vieira
collaborations with a new arts
foundation and arts school in
almada, portugal.
development of a community
alan prohm :
the bodybuilding project
disciplined training in various forms: acting, martial arts,
through
artists
from
finland,
france,
staging and design develop-
drumming, song and dance, meditation — some drawn
from the east, and some from the west. u theatre’s home
ritual
mediation and movement with
mexico, canada and america.
founded in 1988, u theatre’s rigorous aesthetic depends on
u theatre of taipei
theater group
transmission
fall 2007
artist residencies
chevaux legers :
juliette
is on laochuan mountain, an hour’s drive from taipei. u
ment of a play based upon
marquis de sade, as adapted by
brazilian artists.
theater will demonstrate excerpts from their fascinating
making of a documentary film
choreographies.
oona spengler :
inside the watermill center
capturing the everyday life and
creation inside the watermill
center during fall residencies.
the south wing :
the gospel according
to jack vitrolo
scripting and staging development of a new work examining
the individual’s relationship to
the health care establishment.
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compositional
collaborationtown
development
creation of a new collage of
and recording of contemporary
theatre and performance art
art song cycle for cross-cultural
based upon waiting for godot,
chamber orchestra, electronics,
influenced by the architecture
reuben butchart
computer sampling and voices,
and surroundings of the water-
teamed up with acclaimed
mill center facility.
poet john carroll and 6 of new
york city’s most eclectic multiinstrumentalists.
staging and script development
kate mueth
of molly bloom’s final soliloquy
from james joyce’s ulysses.
winter 2007
artist residencies
revival and documentation of
spring 2008
artist residencies
elke luyten :
three pillar project
historical corporeal mime pieces,
including two by etienne decroux,
the originator of the field.
the anglo-american joint research
project of new york university and
the london school of economics
sixth annual nylon graduate
student conference
sociology
departments
camille morin :
over, again
under
staging
the leadership of sociologists
richard sennett (member of the
watermill selection committee)
creation of an interactive play.
development
microsystème:
genoa 01
and craig calhoun.
a
killing of a young demonstrator
at the genoa 2001 g8 summit,
developed by a french-american collaborative team.
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of
touring piece based upon the
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development of a staging piece
that combines a physical score
theater mitu :
drc (or how i learned
to act in eight steps)
from
the
1918
wiene/mayer/
janowitz silent film the cabinet
of dr. caligari and acting styles
of eight innovators of 20th
century drama.
development of a new collaborreal circus & terra nova :
atomic city
ative team and piece with artists
from america, denmark, sweden
and germany for production at
la mama, new york city.
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anthony allen // dianne benson // paula cooper
charles cowles // christophe de menil // lisa dennison
simon de pury // stephanie french // susan d.
goodman // dmitry komis // joseph kraeutler
auction committee
maïa morgensztern // s a r a
nightingale
annie ohayon // jenny schlenzka // carsten
s i e b e r t // c h r i s t i n e w ä c h t e r - c a m p b e l l
christian
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w a s s m a n n // j ö r n
weisbrodt
the silent auction starts at 6:00 pm in the auction
tent on the west terrace. all bids are final and binding
and must be placed on the bid sheets available next
to the art works together with a signature, printed
name, and telephone number. bids below the stated
reserve price cannot be considered. the silent auction
ends at 10:45 pm sharp, at which point the foundation
will announce the winning bidders for all lots.
absentee bids can be placed over the phone with
dmitry komis at 646-750-3368, by fax at 631-7264525, or by email at dmitry.komis@robertwilson.
as every year, simon de pury will preside over a
com up to 2 pm on july 26th. please note that bids
silent auction
will start at the reserve price, and increments of
live auction
special live auction for a limited number of excep-
$200 will be placed on behalf of the absentees
tional lots during dinner. all bids during the live
over the course of the evening.
auction are binding and final.
art works can be picked up after payment in full
by check or credit card after 11 pm on july 26th or
between 12 noon and 6 pm on Sunday july 27th at
the watermill center.
alternatively, works can be delivered free of charge
to addresses in the hamptons and new york city.
for all other destinations, shipping can be arranged
at cost through the foundation. please arrange
deliveries with the art and auction manager, dmitry
komis (see information above).
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lvmh/moët hennessy.louis vuitton
bacardi u.s.a., inc.
watermill center thanks our generous sponsors
château mouton rothschild
auctioneer: simon de pury of phillips de pury & company
peroni
voss artesian water of norway
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auction catalog 2008
aes & f // russian, 1955 (a), 1958 (e), 1957 (s), 1956 (f), action half life episode 1 #13, 2004
lambda print on ilfoflex, ed. 4/5 31.5 x 39.4 inches, courtesy of the artists
matthew barney // american, 1967, drawing restraint 9: toya, 2006
c-print in self lubricating plastic frame, 26 x 22 x 1 1/4 inches, ed. 17/25 + 5 aps
courtesy of the artist
$17,500
$15,000
lot 1
lot 2
james nares // british, 1953, untitled, 2008
oil on linen, 14 x 11 inches, courtesy of the artist and paul kasmin gallery
robert wilson // american, 1941, VOOM Portrait, Kool (Snow Owl), 2006
65’’ plasma screen, music by peter cerone, courtesy of the artist
$7,000
$100,000
lot 3
lot 4
enoc perez // puerto rican, 1967, nautical club la habana, 2008
watercolor on paper 30 x 22 inches, courtesy of the artist and mitchell-innes & nash
antony gormley // british, 1950, inside, 1989
earth and rabbit skin glue on paper, 28 x 38 inches
courtesy of galerie thaddaeus ropac, salzburg-paris
$18,000
$15,000
lot 5
lot 6
gedi sibony // american, 1973, untitled, 2008
hollow door fragment, 12 x 28.5 inches, courtesy of the artist and greene naftali gallery
gabi hamm // german, 1956, untitled #11/05, 2005
oil on plywood, 23 31/50 x 17 7/10 inches
courtesy of arndt & partner berlin/zurich
$6,000
$17,000
lot 7
lot 9
robert wilson // american, 1941, einstein chair, 1976
galvanized pipe, steel sheet over wood armature, artist proof 1/1 (indoor/outdoor version)
89 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches, courtesy of the artist
ron protas // american, 1955, marlene dietrich deep bow in swan coat, 1970
c-print, ed.2/20, 16 x 20 inches, courtesy of the artist
$75,000
$10,000
lot 9
lot 10
© 2008 the willem de kooning foundation / artists rights society, ny
willem de kooning // dutch/american, 1904-1997, table and chair (graham II), 1971
lithograph, ed. 58/66, 30x 38 1/8 inches, courtesy of lisa de kooning
miquel barceló // spanish, 1957, untitled, 2007
mixte on paper, 13 x 9.5 inches, courtesy of the artist
$8,000
$25,000
lot 11
lot 12
laurie anderson // american, 1947, the hudson at night, 2005
inkjet print, 24 x 16.5 inches, courtesy of the artist
matthias weischer // german, 1973, o.t. (zeichnung), 2007
charcoal on paper, 10 x 10 inches, courtesy of galerie eigen + art leipzig/berlin
$2,000
$2,800
lot 13
lot 14
neo rauch // german, 1960, untitled, 2007
india ink on paper, 8 x 12 inches, courtesy of galerie eigen + art leipzig/berlin
gao xingjian // french, 1940, serenite nocturne,2005
china ink on paper glued on paper, 29 x 28 inches, courtesy of the artist
$28,000
$25,000
lot 15
lot 16
terrence koh // canadian (born in china), 1980, two great wheels, 2008
pencil and crayon on archival paper, 30 x 22 inches each
courtesy of the artist and peres projects, berlin and los angeles
lou reed // american, 1942, fingers of god, 2005
archival pigment print, ed. 1/9, 16 x 20 inches, courtesy of the artist and steven kasher gallery
$7,500
$2,800
lot 17
lot 18
angela bulloch // canadian, 1966, night sky print: dog star.2, 2008
2 pigment prints on pure cotton hahnemuehle paper ed. 1/3, 20 x 20 inches each
courtesy of the artist
hedi slimane // french, 1968, london birth of a cult. untitled, 2005
black and white print, aluminum, plexiglass, ed. 2/5 + ap, 49.2 x 69.7 inches
courtesy of galerie almine rech, bruxelles-paris
$9,700
$13,500
lot 19
lot 20
thomas ruff // german, 1958, maschinen, 1185, 2003
c-print and diasec, ed. 1/5, 58 1/3 x 45 1/2 inches,
courtesy of the artist & david zwirner gallery, ny
jonathan meese // german, 1970, napoleon II, 2006
bronze, ap 1/1 (ed. 3), 26 1/3 x 19 1/3 x 14 1/4 inches,
courtesy of contemporary fine arts, berlin
$38,000
$120,000
lot 21
lot 22
michael portnoy // american, 1971, one spore six (mount analogue), 2008
wood, carved die, felting wool, part of a page from mount analogue
7 x 4 1/5 x 2 inches, courtesy of the artist
peter angelo simon // american, opening night, the civil wars, rome opera house, 1984
archival pigmented print, ed. 5/25, 12 x 18 inches, courtesy of the artist
$1,200
$1,500
lot 23
lot 24
gio black peter // guatemalan, 1979, sgt. j.r. don’t give up!
acrylic and oil pastel on nyc subway map, 32.5 x 23 inches
courtesy of the artist
jeff muhs // american, 1966
the things that steve gave me: the book & the bottle, 2008
concrete, an aa book, and a gin bottle, 19 x 11 x 9 inches, courtesy of jeff & beth mcneill muhs
$3,200
$8,000
lot 25
lot 26
golden classic dv
this 5 year old golden palomino mare is registered in the arabian horse association half
arabian registry. she is a descendant of bask, the most famous arabian of all time.
included with this mare are two free breedings of the buyer’s choice of national champion
stallions, ultimate bay or psyc it ritz, for a total of three horses.
the lucky winner will also receive a seven-night vacation at the blue moon ranch in texas
where they will pick a mate for golden clasix.
during the trip to texas the winning bidder will receive two vip tickets to the famous cattle
baron’s ball (as made famous by the tv show dallas), the world’s largest benefit for the
american cancer society.
buyer will be responsible for board and expenses
of breeding, along with transportation charges for the horse and its progeny.
courtesy of marilyn hoffman/hoffman international properties
www.magnificentproperties.com
bonnie lynch // american, 1956, huelo vessel, 2006
clay, graphite & wax, 10 x 28 x 28 inches, courtesy of the artist
$120,000
$4,500
lot 27
lot 28
pierre amrouche // french, 1948, haida mask in breton studio, 2003
c-print, ed. 1/5, 7 1/2 x 11 inches, courtesy of the artist
nils folke anderson // american, 1971, untitled, 2008
corian, ed. 4/13, dimensions variable (6 linked squares, each measuring 9 x 9 inches)
courtesy of the artist
$3,000
$3,500
lot 29
lot 30
mona hatoum // palestinian, 1952, hand made paper, 2003
handmade paper, ed. 8/20, 18 1/2 x 14 inches
courtesy of the artist and alexander and bonin, ny
valentin carron // swiss, 1977, blood ritual, 2005
polystyrene, fiberglass, acrylic resin, paint, 39 3/8 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches
courtesy of the artist and galerie eva presenhuber, zurich
$4,800
$23,000
lot 31
lot 32
dianne blell // american, 1943, courting the beloved, 2000-07
archival pigment photograph printed on hahnemuhle etching paper, ed. 2/8
24 x 18 1/2” image, 34 x 28 1/2” frame, courtesy of the artist and charles cowles gallery, ny
andrey bartenev // russian, 1969, multistereolamp/ portrait of madonna, 2008
unique print on metallic paper, 31 1/2 x 18 1/10 inches, courtesy of the artist
$5,000
$1,600
lot 33
lot 34
slava mogutin// russian, 1974, jesse aka steven (from nyc go-go), 2008
archival duraflex print, ed. 2/10, 20 x 16 inches, courtesy of the artist
james bidgood // american, 1933, dreaming, 1963
digital c-print 15 x 15 inches, ed. 6/25
courtesy of the artist and clampart gallery
$2,500
$1,200
lot 35
lot 36
ian dawson // british, 1969, 161 elements, 1998
plastic, 114 x 63 x 98 inches, courtesy of the frank cohen collection
brian kenny // american, 1982, big mouth invasion, 2008
acrylic, marker on vintage american shooting target, 34.6 x 22.8 inches
courtesy of the artist
$3,500
$5,000
lot 37
lot 38
maaria wirkkala // finnish, 1954, manuscript, 2000
3 steel boxes, glass, snail shells, postcards
dimensions variable (each box measuring 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches), courtesy of the artist
onorato & krebs // swiss, 1979, devil (from the whole shebang), 2008
wood, flexible polyurethane, courtesy of the artists and swiss institute, nyc
$2,500
$6,000
lot 39
lot 40
hope atherton // american, 1974, reindeer, 2007
watercolor, charcoal and acrylic on paper, 19 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches
courtesy of the artist and bortolami gallery
tim eitel // german, 1971, karton, 2008
silkscreen, ed. 33/35, 19.7 x 15.7 inches, courtesy galerie eigen + art leipzig/berlin and pace
wildenstein
$6,000
$3,000
lot 41
lot 42
spencer tunick // american, 1967, miami beach 4 (sagamore), 2007, 2007
c-print mounted between plexi, ed. 7/20, 24 x 30 inches, courtesy of the artist
torben giehler // german, 1973, upnorthtrip, 2002
acrylic on canvas, 30 1/3 x 30 1/3 inches
courtesy of arndt & partner berlin/zurich
$5,500
$12,000
lot 43
lot 44
janet cardiff and george bures miller // canadian, 1957 (cardiff), 1960 (bures miller)
study for the murder of crows, 2006
photogravure, ed. 16/24, 22.6 x 29.1 inches
courtesy of the artists
paolo canevari // italian, 1963, colosseum burning, 2008
graphite on paper, 53 x 41 inches, courtesy of the artist
$ 2,500
$7,800
lot 45
lot 46
linda lynch // american, 1958, split horizon, III, 2007
pastel pigment on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 inches, courtesy of the artist
oleg kulik // ukrainian, 1961, the holy family, 2004
metallic photo mounted on aluminum, ed. 5/9, 86 4/5 x 47 1/4 inches
courtesy of xl gallery
$2,800
$50,000
lot 47
lot 48
jeff bark // american, 1963, swan, 2007
c-type print 41 1/3 x 32 1/3 inches, ed. 3/8, courtesy of the artist
jen denike // american, 1971, circle around a star, 2007
c-print, ed. 2/3, 8x10 inches, courtesy of the artist and smith-stewart
$15,000
$1500
lot 49
lot 50
stephanie dost // german, 1980, untitled, 2008
mixed media on canvas, 27.5 x 39.4 inches
courtesy of the artist and christian ehrentraut, berlin
peter hujar // american, 1934, phillip glass ensemble spring tour, 1987
silver gelatin print, 16 x 16 inches, courtesy of dianne benson
$6,000
$2,000
lot 51
lot 52
mica i. marder // american, 1980, untitled (white owl #3), 2008
mixed media on paper, 30.5 x 22.5 inches, courtesy of the silas marder gallery
sabina streeter // german, 1959, je ne joue plus, 2001
charcoal on paper, 64 x 42 inches, courtesy of the artist
$1,800
$5,000
lot 53
lot 54
rufus wainwright // american, 1973, comissioned portrait by the singer/songwriter
winning bidder will also receive two vip tickets and backstage passes to “last song of
summer,” a benefit concert with performances by rufus wainwright and jessye norman that
will take place at watermill on august 30th, 2008.
courtesy of the artist
$6,000
lot 55
baba anand // indian, 1961, marlene marlene, 2008
swarovski crystals and mixed media collage on vintage poster, 65 x 49 inches
courtesy of the artist
$25,000
lot 56
kathe burkhart // american/dutch, 1958, eat shit: from the liz taylor series (after weegee), 2001
serigraph print, ed. 70/80, 22 x 15 inches, courtesy of the artist
brian alfred // american, 1974, vietnam, 2006
paper collage, 9 x 12 inches, courtesy of the artist
$1,000
$3, 000
lot 57
lot 58
vladimir dubossarsky & alexander vinogradov // russian, 1964 & 1963, soldier of luck, 2005
47x 57 inches, oil on canvas, courtesy of the artists
köken ergun // turkish, 1976, i, soldier, 2008
20 x 30 inches, ed. 1/7 + ap, courtesy of the artist
$25,000
$1,200
lot 59
lot 60
christine rebet // french, 1971, ladies trouble, 2006
colour ink on paper, 7 x 11 1/4 inches, courtesy of the artist
chitra ganesh // american, 1975, untitled, 2007
mixed media on vellum, 13 4/5 x 16 9/10 inches
courtesy of the artist and thomas erben gallery, ny
$1,800
$2,100
lot 61
lot 62
michael bilsborough // american 1979, big enough for the both of us, 2007
graphite on paper, 18 x 24 inches, courtesy of the artist
$1,200
lot 63
fabian marti // swiss, 1979, white power I, 2006
ink jet print on paper, ed. 2/5 +2 ap, 45 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches
courtesy of galerie peter kilchmann, zurich
$6,350
lot 64
lisa yuskavage // american, 1963, kathy thinking, 2008
lithograph on dark paper, ed. tp2, 39 x 31 inches,
courtesy of the artist and david zwirner gallery, ny
alice o’malley // american, 1962, kembra, nyc, 2001, 2001-2008
silver gelatin print, edition #4/10, 14x11 inches, courtesy of the artist
$8,000
$2,000
lot 65
lot 66
fabien verschaere // french, 1975, fire, 2008
acrylic on canvas, 38 x 57 inches, courtesy of the artist
wong jung choi // korean, 1976, pink toe, 2008
acrylic paint on plexiglass, 24 x 18 inches, courtesy of blair voltze clark
$8,000
$2,400
lot 67
lot 68
cat chow // american, 1973, tassel, 2008
a single length of zipper, 24 x 24 x 9 inches, courtesy of the artist
assume vivid astro focus // brazilian, 1968, a very anxious feeling (bucket and tool), 2007
3d silkscreen on wrapping paper, bucket & tool, dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist and john connelly presents
$5,000
$3,000
lot 69
lot 70
jordan wolfson // american, 1980, untitled, 2008
silkscreen on paper, ed. 9/12, 10 x 62 inches
courtesy of the artist and pruesspress/rental gallery
$3,500
lot 71
lawrence beck // american 1962 , sterling forest waterlilly VI, 2007
archival pigment print mounted on dibond, ed. 1/5, 61 x 81 inches
courtesy of the artist and sonnabend gallery
$23,600
lot 72
jonathan monk // british, 1969, i can tell the time by the look on your face, 2008
watercolor and plastic mirror on canvas, 9.4 x 11.8 inches
courtesy of the artist and galleri nicolai wallner
ann craven // american, untitled, 2007
watercolor on paper, 15 x 11 inches
courtesy of galleria paolo curti / annamaria gambuzzi & co
$8,000
$3,000
lot 73
lot 74
ilya & emilia kabakov // american, (born in russia) 1933, the cows, 1994
offset print, ed. 54/100, 12 4/5 x 17 1/3 inches, courtesy of the artists
vidya gastaldon // french, 1974, last gate, 2007
watercolor, color pencil and pencil on paper, 11 x 18.8 inches
courtesy of the artist
$2,000
$3,300
lot 75
lot 76
christa parravani // american, 1977. nancy knapp, 2007
c-print, ed. 2/5, 32 x 40 inches, courtesy of the artist and sara tecchia roma new york
$3,200
lot 77
workshops & producers
zheng he (working title) u-theater of taipei
an homage to suzushi hanayagi for an exhibition
concept workshop developing a new project
of american art and asia at the guggenheim
based on the 15th century chinese explorer.
museum
einstein on the beach/new york city opera lead
abramovic/manchester international festival and
commissioner
eno,
new york city opera concept workshop for the
theatre du chatelet and others, pomegranate
development of a new performance work based
arts, producer. workshop preparing the revival of
on the biography of marina abramovic // katja
philip glass and robert wilson’s 1976 masterpiece
kabanova/narodni divadlo, prague concept and
for a november 2009 premiere at the nyco,
design workshop for a new staging of janacek’s
european tour through cities such as amsterdam,
opera for the national theater in prague for june
paris, milan, london to follow in 2010 // visions of
2010 // hakamé / jed wheeler, montclair state
the frontier/ivam valencia curatorial and design
theater and maeera mougin development of
workshop for an exhibition on the theme of
story and concept for a theatrical project based
frontiers for july 2009 // orfeo/teatro alla scala
on the shipwreck of the circassian off the coast
staging workshop for monteverdi’s first opera for
of the eastern tip of long island // installation
a september 2009 premiere at la scala in milan,
for hans christian andersen/royal danish library,
italy, conducted by rinaldo allesandrini with
christina back design concept for an exhibition of
the choir and orchestra of la scala // suzushi
andersen’s notebooks at the royal danish library
hanayagi (working title)/works and process at
in collaboration with designer and watermill
the guggenheim museum concept workshop for
alumna christina back
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with
het
muziektheater,
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// the life and death of marina
research project research for a thesis on the
history of projects at watermill/ krisztina rosner
(hungary) and katarina mikulikova (slovakia)
lift your voice an exploration of the potential
of every human voice/helga davis
marcelle
cervená // patrick bensard // enric ruiz-geli
dan stern // marina abramovic
(us)
//
shakespeare’s
wild sisters (republic of china) an avant-garde
sarah ziebell // michael schindhelm // sona
guest lectures
lashley-davis
(us) and
site-specific work created in collaboration with
programs
this celebrated troupe and the watermill center
participants // skin meat bone, the wesleyan
project a remounting of this 1994 collaboration
between
robert
wilson
and
composer
alvin
lucier, rethought in a site-specific version located
throughout the watermill center with alvin lucier
(us), keith mcdermott (us) and tom hamilton (us)
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credits and acknowledgements
participants
abdi karza (indonesia) // adi nachmann (israel)
adrian madlener (belgium) // aleksandra baskine
(russia) // aj weissbard (usa) // alvin lucier (usa)
anastasia tasic (serbia & montenegro) // andré
gingras (canada) // andrey bartenev (russia)
andrew gilcrest (usa) // andrew ondrejcak (usa)
angela bonacci (usa) // annick lavalee-betty
(canada) // ann-christin rommen (germany)
beatriz minguez de molina (spain) // benjamin
schmidt (germany) // bernhard stippig (germany)
camille morin (france) // camille kiejman (france)
carlos soto (usa) // carsten siebert (germany)
charles chemin (france) // cheng liang tsai
(taiwan) // chia ming wang (taiwan) // chun-chen
chang (taiwan) // chris daubenberger (germany)
christina back (denmark) // christoph schletz
(germany) // christopher knowles (usa) // daniel
von behr (germany) // elisabetta di mambro
(italy) // ellen hammer (germany) // francesco
ducato (italy) // georgia oetker (england)
giuseppe frigeni (italy) // heng yin chou (taiwan)
huey yims leong (taiwan) // iju huang (taiwan)
ivar furre aam (norway) // jacques reynaud
(italy) // jaroslav bonish (czech republic) // jay
swoonsthornsawad (usa) // jennifer kaur (south
africa) // jennifer smith (usa) // jiun cheng liao
(taiwan) // johanna von rigal (germany) // jonah
bokaer (usa) // jonathan poole (england) // joying
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mei (taiwan) // katarina mikulikova (russia) // keith
mcdermott (usa) // konstantin fritz (germany)
lauren di giulio (usa) // laurent le bec (belgium)
lovis dengler (germany/indonesia) // luca nicora
(switzerland) // magdalena von behr (germany)
makram hamdan (lebanon) // maria papachristou
(greece) // marianna kavallieratos (greece)
mariano marquez (peru) // marie-eve nadeau
(canada) // marita isobel solberg (norway)
matteusz banasiuk (poland) // maxx schmidbauer
(germany) // meg harper (usa) // ming-sho tang
(taiwan) // mohammad gentille andilolo ‘ilenk’
(indonesia) // natalie hausler (germany) // nikitas
broukakis (greece) // nils haarmann (germany)
nina russi (switzerland) // nixon beltran (columbia)
noah khoshbin (usa) // oona spengler (france)
patrick james (usa) // patrizia frini (italy) // pavel
jiracek (germany) // philip brunke (germany)
rafau zawierucha (poland) // ryan purcell (usa)
sarah outhwaite (usa) // serge von arx (switzerland)
stephanie engeln (germany) // sue jane stoker (usa)
tien hung wang (taiwan) // tina rosner (hungary)
tom hamilton (usa) // tomek jeziorski (poland)
tsung lung cheng (taiwan) // urs schoenebaum
(germany) // vincent van randen (netherlands)
wan yi yang (taiwan) // yashi tabassomi (germany)
yuki kawahisa (japan) // zoe mackler (usa) // zowita
mustapha (malaysia)
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artistic director - robert wilson // executive director
carsten siebert // creative director watermill center
program director - sherry dobbin // summer
jörn weisbrodt // program director - sherry dobbin
program director - sue jane stoker // program
development - esther mcgowan // executive
associate - zoe mackler // program assistant
assistant & special events - tj witham // special
johanna von rigal // collection curator - noah
events and public relations - natascha theis
khoshbin // robert wilson’s watermill assistant
curator of the watermill collection - noah khoshbin
summer staff
bernhard stippig // building and grounds
bhwf staff
art and auction manager - dmitry komis
manager - nixon beltran // chefs - jennifer kaur,
technical manager & archivist - jason loeffler
zowita mustapha // technical director - daniel
accountant - kenji troelstrup // personal assistant to
von behr, vincent van randen // photographers
robert wilson - konstantin fritz // auction assistant
lesley leslie-spinks, georgia oetker, lovis dengler
brooke eberle // art and auction intern - olena
martynyuk // benefit assistant - alessa oelmann
benefit intern - jelena zec
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concept and design - robert wilson / jonathan
meese // curator of arts installations - dmitry
komis // producer - elisabetta di mambro
project managers - zoe mackler/johanna
von rigal // technical coordinators - daniel
marlene dietrich in
dr. no’s ludovico clinic
2008 benefit staff
von behr /vincent van randen // lighting and
nixon beltran // dianne benson // madison cox
design - a.j. weissbard, light designer - greg
aidan furlong of hamptons grass and bamboo
goff, assistant light designer/light supervisor
cathy & stuart foster // the limonius family of
sound
-
dynamic
productions
/
craig
sanogueira // event managers - natascha theis
buckley’s nursery // mike de rosa of eastland
gardening & landscaping
farms // marianna kavallieratos // ray smith
tj witham // pr - natascha theis / blake zidell
matko tomicic // geoffrey nimmer // whitmore’s
auction manager - dmitry komis // graphic
tree farm // holger winenga // larry lillie
design - camille morin / second sight art & color
angela bonacci
benefit photography - lesley leslie-spinks
caterer - olivier cheng catering and events
auction installation - christophe de menil /
dmitry komis / jacques reynaud // tent design
robert wilson / angela giannopoulos // sc3 group
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artist winner of the
2008 armani design prize
marie-eve nadeau
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bhwf thanks
aventis foundation // the brown foundation // lvmh /
irving benson // goldsmith foundation // william
moët hennessy.louis vuitton // robert w. wilson
kornreich // dianne benson // margherita di niscemi
laura lee w. woods // giancarla & luciano berti
louisa stude sarofim // katharina otto-bernstein &
the peter j. sharp foundation // the dorothy & lewis
nathan bernstein // dr. johann borwin lueth // the
b. cullman foundation // pierre bergé // the giorgio
alexander c. & tillie s. speyer foundation // robert
armani corporation // the karan weiss foundation
wilson stiftung // deutsche bank na // the martin
louise t. blouin macbain // lisa & richard perry
bucksbaum family foundation // lyndon l. olson jr.
gabriele henkel // maja hoffmann & stanley buchthal
neda young // ethel de croisset (in memoriam)
montres rolex s.a. // katharine rayner // philippine
laura
de rothschild // the scaler foundation // maximilian
the park avenue charitable fund // american
schneider (in memoriam) // betty freeman
friends of the paris opera and ballet // anne
the guttman family // agnes gund // joël &
randolph hearst // richard & marcia mishaan
gabriella ornstein // zora danon (in memoriam)
deutsche post stiftung/antje und klaus zumwinkel
christine wächter-campbell & william i. campbell
stanley stairs // simon de pury // the felix &
asher edelman // the annenberg foundation
elizabeth rohatyn foundation // andré bernheim
the rudin family foundation // marina eliades
christian eisenbeiss // the overbrook foundation
honorable earle & carol mack // richard d. and lisa
the soros family // giovanna mazzocchi // richard &
colburn // the rudin-dewoody family // bacardi
eileen ekstract // melville & leila straus // kathleen
u.s.a., inc. // elaine terner cooper (in memoriam)
begala & yves-andré istel // the simonds foundation
robert louis dreyfus // nancy negley // leslie negley
kimihiro sato // alfred richterich // and many
maren
other esteemed donors
otto
// the
new
york
state
urban
development corporation // hélène david-weill //
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pels
//
the
cowles
charitable
trust
2008 watermill participants // auction donors
jean-paul
claverie
//
stuart
foster
//
bruce
johnson // christophe de menil // maria pessino
katherine ross // baroness philippine de rothschild
rob simonson // bacardi u.s.a., inc. // michael
braverman // yong lim of a-z framing// franck
cursat // justin troust // allison roach // yara dewi
michael zilkha // kathleen shelton // denise saul
howe // prentis goodman // kurt macdonald
dorothy
mazzocchi
alison mazzola // lisa anastos // arthur wayne
thaddaeus ropac // franz wassmer // annaliese soros
stefano saccani // slatkin & co. // mensgroom
lichtenstein
//
giovanna
jolmer d. gerritse // maren otto // michael otto
program supporters
renny ramakers // p+y product // roger ferris
special thanks
dennis limonius // miriam-alexa leyser // doris
norbert platt // wolfgang hönninger // nina von
mampe // bruno brunet // nicole hackert // stefania
maltzahn // mark fletcher and tobias meyer
bortolami // nicole will // mike schreiber // blake
frederick eberstadt // mimi & peter haas fund
zidell // rosa and carlos de la cruz // elka rifkin
taipei cultural center of teco in new york // the
catalan center at nyu // roland berger stiftung
mutualart.com // claudia tomassini // jim morgo
michelle-isabelle stark // gene thompson // lisa
de kooning // amy schnichtel // meredith darrow
mary
ann
newman
//
louisa
pei-hsia
chien
collaborationtown // zannah mass // emily lange
megha ralapati // marc debe // lio malca
peggy siegal // darin pfeifer // is / industries
stationery // louise blouin media
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irving benson // dianne benson // elka rifkin
konstantin fritz // alison mazzola // nixon beltran
matko tomicic // richard and eileen ekstract
robert m. wilson // priscilla morgan // maria pessino
beth rudin dewoody // amy guttman // ronnie
guttman // simone guttman // kimberly goff
michael braverman // richard and mary lanier
cover
illustration by jonathan meese © 2008
pauline de grunne // lisa de kooning // neda young
thanks for the beech trees
don and holly loftus // marcia and richard mishaan
tom kochie p 5, 9, 110, 111, 117 // lesley leslie-
arlene bujese // dora frost // margy kerr // harry slatkin
george farias // sylvia mazzola // jay snyder
barbara slifka // nina gillman // estelle and cliff
photo credits
spinks - p 25 // felix grimm - p 10
watermill -p 6, 116 // camille morin - p 26
kimberly goff - 127
nordmeier // julie ratner // fern and lenard tessler
faith popcorn // lummi u. kieren // marylin rodan
elyse grinstein // jutta ferbers // lieselotte and
erik berganus // dr. frank hentschker // gabriele
lueth // elizabeth debarto skinner // maeera mougin
maita de niscemi
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