Select Artworks from the Passport to the Arts Silent Auction
All proceeds benefit Friends of the High Line
HOPE GANGLOFF
Future Location of a Williamsburg Luxury High Rise, 2006
- Ink/clay-coated paper
- 14 x 18 inches
- Value: $2,000
- Opening bid: $800
- Courtesy of the artist and Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
Born in Amityville, New York, and educated at Cooper Union, painter and illustrator Hope Gangloff has been the subject of solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Rome, and participated in numerous group shows, most recently at Guild and Greyshkul in New York. Gangloff lives and works in New York City.
DANIEL MERRIAM
On the Go, 2008
- Limited Edition Giclée on canvas
- 36 x 24 inches
- Signed and numbered 16/100
- Value: $2,400
- Opening bid: $800
- Courtesy of the artist and Animazing Gallery, New York
Maine native Daniel Merriam began his career by studying mechanical and architectural design at the Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute before turning his focus to fine art. He has had more than one hundred exhibitions throughout the world. In 1998, selections from a decade of the artist’s work were published by Monarch Editions in “The Art of Daniel Merriam: The Impetus of Dreams.”
GREG DRASLER
New Year Hats Studies: Fedora, 2008
- Pencil on paper
- 10 x 16 inches
- Value: $1,000
- Opening bid: $500
- Courtesy of the artist and Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York
Waukegan, Illinois native Greg Drasler has been the subject of many solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Public collections include the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and the Krannert Art Museum at Champaign, Illinois. Drasler has both a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He is an assistant professor at Pratt Institute and has also taught at Princeton University.
BRIAN FINKE
Untitled (Cheerleading #59), 2001
- Signed and numbered 2/10, verso
- Chromogenic print - 20 x 16 inches, sheet
- 15 x 15 inches, image
- Value: $1,500
- Opening bid: $500
- Courtesy of the artist and ClampArt, New York
Brian Finke is a fine arts, documentary, and commercial photographer who lives and works in New York. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions across the country, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Worcester Art Museum, among others. His most recent book, “Brian Finke: Flight Attendants” was published by powerhouse Books. Finke received a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.
ROLAND FLEXNER
Untitled, 2000
- Ink on paper
- Image size: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches
- Value: $3,000
- Opening bid: $1,000
- Courtesy of the artist and D’Amelio Terras, New York
Born in Nice, France, Roland Flexner’s work is the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, among others. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions worldwide. Flexner lives and works in New York City.
ASUKA OHSAWA
Octo Love, 2009
- 7.25 x 9 inches
- Gouache on paper
- Value: $999
- Opening bid: $333
- Courtesy of the artist and Horton & Liu
Born in Torrance, California, Asuka Ohsawa lives and works in Brooklyn. She received a B.F.A. from California State University, Long Beach and an M.F.A. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Ohsawa’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the National Japanese American Historic Society, San Francisco, and the Asian American Arts Center, New York, among others.
NAYLAND BLAKE
Lop, 2009
- Teak, vinyl, paint, brass, wire
- 1 of a limited edition of 10, signed by the artist
- Value: $2,000
- Opening bid: $1,500
- Courtesy of the artist and Location One, New York
Brooklyn-based artist, writer, educator, and curator Nayland Blake has been widely exhibited throughout the world, including solo shows at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the University Art Museum in Berkeley, and the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston. Blake’s work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and The Whitney Museum, New York, and the DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, among others.
ADIA MILLET
Birth of Bardo, 2009
- Signed c-print
- 10 x 13 inches
- Value: $1,200
- Opening bid: $500
- Courtesy of the artist and Mixed Greens, New York
The work of Los Angeles native Adia Millet has been featured in various exhibitions nationwide, including the “Greater New York” exhibition at P.S. 1 Contemporary Center in Long Island City and “Freestyle” at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Millet received a B.F.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. She divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.
MAC PREMO
Double Happiness, 2006
- Mixed-media assemblage
- 3 1/2 x 5 x 13 1/2 inches
- Value: $4,500
- Opening bid: $2,000
- Courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
Collagist, animator, director, and carpenter, Mac Premo has been featured in exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, and Belfast, North Ireland, among other cities. He was born in Washington, D.C. and received a B.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. Premo lives and works in Brooklyn.
DAVID HERBERT
Screwj, 2009
- 17 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
- Pencil on paper
- Value: $2,800
- Opening bid: $1,400
- Courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, New York
Born in Seattle, Washington, David Herbert received a B.F.A. from the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and an M.F.A. from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. His sculpture, drawings, and videos have been featured in solo and group exhibits in the United States and abroad. He lives and works in New York.
PHOEBE WASHBURN
Condiment Box for Hippies Who Drink Coffee and Count Calories By the Sea, 2008
- Wood, plexi, clips, Sweet'n Low, sea urchin shells
- 17.25 x 12 x 3.5 inches
- Value: $4,000
- Opening bid: $1,500
- Courtesy of the artist and Zach Feuer Gallery, New York
Phoebe Washburn has participated in numerous group and solo shows around the world. She was featured in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, and awarded the 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in the category of sculpture. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, she received a B.F.A. from Newcomb College, Tulane University in New Orleans and an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She lives and works in New York City.
YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE
Climate S*** Drawing 1, 2008
- Four-color lithographic print together with silk screen glaze, collaged with fabrics and foils and -die cut Somerset radium white satin, 330gsm
- 13.5 x 20 inches
- Edition of 200
- Value: $375 (includes exhibition catalogue)
- Opening bid: $150
- Copyright the artist
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York
