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Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Rainbow Room, New York ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 1 Alyson Shotz Black Fold #7, 2017 Hand crushed and painted aluminum with painted steel base 32 x 24 x 20 in. (81.3 x 60.1 x 50.8 cm) Black Fold #7, a lively monochromatic sculpture by artist Alyson Shotz, is part of the artist’s Black Fold series, which she describes: …comes out of my long-standing interest in folding, and the potential energy that is created by folding a flat sheet of material. The Black Fold sculptures are inspired by the notion of matter being crushed inside of a black hole or neutron star. This series began with folded metal origami-inspired sculptures, but as I progressed, I became more interested in crumpling and crushing, which I see as a chaotic form of folding. I fold and crush and unfold and re-crush these sculptures many times, changing the inherent malleability of the metal and its shape. The crumpled folds are created by force and the materiality of the metal itself. I don’t control or predetermine their shape. Shotz’s Mirror Fence, 2003 (refabricated 2014), is part of Storm King’s permanent collection and is one of the Art Center’s most celebrated works. It was featured in Storm King’s 50th Anniversary exhibition, 5+5: New Perspectives, in 2010. Shotz was commissioned to make a permanent work at Stanford University, Three Fold, 2013, that hangs from the second floor ceiling of the Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge. She has also been commissioned to make site-specific sculptures for private collections and public spaces, and her work is found in numerous major museums and collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Estimate: $16,000 – $30,000 Courtesy of the artist and Derek Eller Gallery For more information about the Storm King Art Center Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction, or if you would like to submit a pre-bid, please call Amanda Burris at 845.534.3115 x7105 or Amy Zaltzman at 845.534.3115 x7109 or email [email protected] ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 2 Chakaia Booker Blurred Emotions, 2007 Wall relief, Rubber tires and wood 30 x 30 x 14 in. (76.2 x 76.2 x 35.6 cm) Chakaia Booker works almost exclusively with recycled tires—slicing, twisting, stripping, weaving, and riveting rubber and radials to create and exaggerate the textures, prickled edges, and torqued forms of her radical refashioning. Whether she is creating small-scale wall reliefs resembling ballistic blowouts, provocative pedestal sculptures, or colossal landscape-like tableaux, Booker transforms tires—iconic symbols of urban waste and blight—into extraordinary compositions of renewal. This wall relief, Blurred Emotions, demonstrates the artist’s mastery over her chosen medium, as the strips of rubber tires expressively explode and curve off the wall, making visible the powerful emotions suggested by the title. Storm King showcased Booker’s work in a solo exhibition in 2004, and the monumental sculpture, A Moment in Time (2004), is now part of its permanent collection. In 2010, the artist created a new large scale sculpture, Foci (2010) (30 x 8 x 8 ft.), featured in Storm King’s 50th Anniversary exhibition, 5+5: New Perspectives. In addition to Storm King’s collection, Booker’s work can be found in numerous national and international permanent collections, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C.; the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, among others. Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 Courtesy of the artist For more information about the Storm King Art Center Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction, or if you would like to submit a pre-bid, please call Amanda Burris at 845.534.3115 x7105 or Amy Zaltzman at 845.534.3115 x7109 or email [email protected] ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 3 Four Prime, Center Orchestra Tickets for “Springsteen on Broadway” Making his Broadway debut, American icon and twenty-time Grammy award winner Bruce Springsteen will perform an intimate, solo set at the Walter Kerr Theater on Broadway in New York City. Enjoy four center orchestra tickets* to experience this once-in-a-lifetime show! Known for his powerful and poetic lyrics, Springsteen has been called “one of the greatest music storytellers of our time.” Springsteen has said that he wanted to do a show that was “as personal and as intimate as possible.” In Springsteen’s own words, “My show is just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music.” Don’t miss out on this unique experience to be captivated by a true American treasure! *Tickets are available for a performance between January 9 and January 20, 2018. Estimate: $6,000 - $10,000 Courtesy Debby and Rocco Landesman For more information about the Storm King Art Center Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction, or if you would like to submit a pre-bid, please call Amanda Burris at 845.534.3115 x7105 or Amy Zaltzman at 845.534.3115 x7109 or email [email protected] ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 4 Huma Bhabha Untitled, 2017 Ink and Pastel on Paper 14 ⅞ x 11 in. (37.8 x 28 cm) Though Huma Bhabha’s practice spans printmaking, collage, drawing, and photography, she is probably best known for her arresting sculpture, which she has exhibited both nationally and internationally since the early 1990s. Bhabha’s large-scale bronze work, The Orientalist (2007), is on display at Storm King for its 2017 season. Born in 1962 in Karachi, Pakistan, and now living and working in Poughkeepsie, New York, Bhabha employs found materials to create textural and often figurative two- and three- dimensional works that question traditional art historical portrayals of the human form—reinventing the bust, the reclining figure, or the portrait. In this vibrant yet ominous pastel and ink drawing, a horned demon-like face, scratched out from gestural purple, black, and white lines, peers confrontationally from a glowing red background. In addition to being featured in All the World’s Futures, curated by Okwui Enwezor at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, Huma Bhabha’s work can found in numerous prestigious private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, among others. Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York For more information about the Storm King Art Center Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction, or if you would like to submit a pre-bid, please call Amanda Burris at 845.534.3115 x7105 or Amy Zaltzman at 845.534.3115 x7109 or email [email protected] ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 5 Johnny Swing Storm King Bench 2017 Welded nickel coins 64 x 16 x 20 in. (162.56 x 41 x 51 cm) Made exclusively for Storm King’s 2017 Annual Gala and Live Auction from thousands of carefully- welded nickel coins, this is the first bench ever created by Johnny Swing, whose Butterfly Chair (2002) and Nickel Couch (2001) are amongst Storm King visitors’ favorite interactive works. Swing spends months hand- crafting the thoughtfully-designed biomorphic shapes of these unique seats in foam and epoxy resin to ensure that guests can sit comfortably in them. As part of the design process, Swing describes: …nickels are welded together on top of the mold, and when that part of the process is complete, the result appears like a delicate lace shell. The next step in the process is adding the structure and legs to the bench, which is a free form process and often the most entertaining for me in the shop. Hours of intensive labor yield a playful and seemingly weightless surface for Swing’s furniture. In addition to Storm King Art Center, Swing’s work can be found at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, and other collections. His work has also been on view in numerous museum exhibitions, including most recently at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Long House Reserve, East Hampton; and the Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Estimate: $25,000 - $50,000 Courtesy of the artist and R & Company For more information about the Storm King Art Center Annual Gala Dinner and Live Auction, or if you would like to submit a pre-bid, please call Amanda Burris at 845.534.3115 x7105 or Amy Zaltzman at 845.534.3115 x7109 or email [email protected] ANNUAL GALA DINNER AND LIVE AUCTION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK Lot 6 Siah Armajani Tomb for Adorno, 2012 Felt pen and metal on graph paper Unframed: 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm) Framed: 41.2 x 27.25 (104.6 x 69.2 cm) With nearly one hundred projects realized internationally since the 1960s, Siah Armajani is recognized as a leading figure in conceptualizing the role and function of public art. A comprehensive retrospective of the artist’s work will be on view at the Walker Art Center September through December 2018 before travelling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, opening February 2019.
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