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TABLE OF CONTENTS Supported by CHAIR’S WELCOME 4 DIRECTOR’S INTRODUCTION 5 COMMITTEE LIST 6 HOW TO BID 7 ARTIST INDEX 10 LIVE AUCTION 14 The Contemporary Art Society exists to develop CHARITY LOT 30 public collections of contemporary art across the UK. SILENT AUCTION 32 PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS 106 AUCTION INFORMATION 108 HOW TO PLACE AN ABSENTEE BID 110 This catalogue is published on the Designed by modernactivity occasion of the LEAP! Auction, Printed by Mortons ABSENTEE BID FORM 111 a Contemporary Art Society fundraising event ISBN 978-0-9571793-0-1 CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS 113 Wednesday 29 February 2012 Contemporary Art Society Farmiloe Building, 11–15 Emerald Street, London WC1N 3QL 34 St John Street, London +44(0)20 7831 1243 www.contemporaryartsociety.org 1 The House of Boucheron is honoured to be the sponsor of the 2012 Contemporary Art Society Gala Dinner. Boucheron and the Contemporary Art Society share a long tradition in UK that dates back over 100 years. Boucheron was created by Frederick Boucheron in 1893, he was the first jeweller to open a boutique on the Place Vendome, Paris, and just 45 years later he launched his first boutique on Bond Street. Over these 100 years, Boucheron has been connected to a wide range of artists including; La Belle Otero, Sarah Bernhardt, Marcel Proust, René Lalique, Jean Cocteau, Sacha Guitry, Françoise Sagan, and more recently, Alexander McQueen. Boucheron’s unique craftsmanship has been recognised internationally, for its savoir-faire and metiers d’art, with the House described as a ‘jeweller of light’. It is fitting that Boucheron was the first jeweller to incorporate the ground breaking art movements of Art Nouveau and Art Deco in its jewellery creations. Today Boucheron is pleased to promote emerging creativity in the UK and begin a new chapter in the long history of the House of Boucheron. LONDON : 164, NEW BOND STREET | HARRODS | SELFRIDGES 0 20 7514 9170 | www.boucheron.com 3 CAS_200x310_4compo_UK.indd 1 16/01/12 16:21 One Night Only! EVENT CHAIR'S DIRECTOR'S WELCOME INTRODUCTION he circus has appealed to artists for centuries, from Anything can happen at the circus! The contents of he Contemporary Art Society is a national charity support of this event, to make a lasting contribution to TWatteau to Hockney, from Picasso to Calder. They your wallets, for instance, could be transformed into many Tthat fundraises to purchase and place new works of how the story of the history of art is captured in public have been inspired by the celebration of physical feats exciting new artworks if you are successful in the auction. contemporary art in museums and galleries across the UK collections for audiences today and tomorrow. of acrobatics and fire-eating and elephants balancing With this fundraiser, as always, the Contemporary Art Society for audiences to enjoy. Founded over 100 years ago, we have This year’s event — LEAP! — takes its inspiration on drums, or the exploration of human error and vice, or brings to your attention the exciting work of prominent played a unique role in building inspirational collections from the idea of the circus and has been chaired for the the fascination with the freakish and darkly eccentric. established artists as well as younger emerging artists of modern and contemporary art for audiences — of all second year by one of our Trustees, Sarah Elson, with the Magic, deception, and transformation whose careers you can become a part ages and background — across the incredible support of a Committee of are both revered and mocked in circus of as you witness their development. As country. In doing so, we ensure the leading collectors and philanthropists. It antics, where a clown will either stare Chair of LEAP! I can say that a ringmaster widest possible access to the art of our has been the greatest pleasure to work in wonderment at the acrobat spinning is only as good as his circus troupe, and times — an enduring legacy for future closely with Sarah once again on our twenty-five plates or stumble right into I have been fortunate indeed to have generations, which now exceeds more fundraiser. Her tremendously creative him, causing the whole spectacle to an energetic and highly skilled one. The than 8,000 works gifted through the and intelligent way of working with the collapse in a noisy calamitous crash. good will, imagination, and generosity of support of our members and patrons. Committee has levered the goodwill and Art, too, thrives on this see-sawing my Committee have been the foundation Throughout our history, we generosity of all of its members, as well between the absurd and the inspired, for this event. My thanks go to each one have always used our independent as countless artists and gallerists who the grotesque and the dazzling. individually and to the group as a team, curatorial eye to spot talent and to have kindly supported this event. We are In commissioning 45 artists because they have coordinated their secure works for collections when they full of admiration and gratitude to Sarah to respond to the idea of circus, skills and talents to bring artists, guests, are still affordable. Damien Hirst had and the Committee for their committed we were convinced that the subject sponsors, ideas and contacts together to barely graduated from Goldsmith’s and industrious work on realising resonates in contemporary practice. make a wonderful evening for us all. when we purchased the first work by LEAP! We are particularly delighted to Performance, disguise, role-playing and I am also grateful to the staff of the him to enter Tate’s collection in 1991, be working with Boucheron our lead entertainment — all elements common Contemporary Art Society for their hard several years before he won the Turner sponsor this year for the fantastic to the circus — are incorporated in the work, not just on the fundraiser, but on all Prize. Countless artists who are now support they offer the Contemporary Art work of many artists today. In any era they do to ensure a thriving and dynamic household names — Bacon, Freud, Society and to Sotheby’s who have been of unrelenting uncertainty and political organisation. Working with them as Chair Gauguin, Hepworth, Matisse, Moore, such a generous partner in recent years. instability, artists are often the first to of the event and as a Trustee is a joy Picasso, Spencer — are in regional Once again, this event could not have find fitting visual metaphors. Anything and privilege. Paul Hobson, our Director, collections because of our continuing Our been possible without the continued Is the circus an apt reflection is an inspiration to us all for the way he mission to acquire works during the support of the participating artists of what’s going on in the world? Or can happen combines his intuitive feel and enthusiasm past century. Annual and galleries — the majority of whom is it a refuge? There are a number of for quality with a practical and highly Our Annual Fundraiser provides have been so generous as to create figurative works, for example, that intelligent measure of the challenges to vital funds for our mission and in doing new works for the auction in return for seem to explore the paradox of the at the circus! meet. Finally, we at the Contemporary so supports living artists — often early Fundraiser a modest commissioning fee from the circus entertainer — one being the Art Society are most especially grateful in their career when they need support Contemporary Art Society. performer’s happy, colourful and effortless appearance, to our lead sponsor, Boucheron. The support of this company, and recognition most — and has a provides vital We hope you have a great evening. the other, a lonely interior life and the hard labour required so well known for the creativity, elegance and quality of its direct inspirational and educational We rely on your generosity — so please, to sustain the deception. Other works make reference to jewellery, adds a special lustre to our fundraiser. impact on millions of people who visit funds for our if you see a work you love, give it a good symbols and stock characters of the circus: harlequin LEAP! takes place on the 29th of February — a museums across the UK. It provides home. You can feel confident of making patterns, rings, red noses and striped tights. Along the serendipitous and magical date when a whole extra day an opportunity for you, through your a smart purchase for a great cause! way tonight, do not be surprised if you are distracted by is added to the year. This truly extra-ordinary evening is a mission... some astonishing side shows. bonus — rare, unexpected and delightful. Enjoy it! SARAH ELSON PAUL HOBSON Trustee, Contemporary Art Society Director, Contemporary Art Society 4 5 Thank you! How to Bid COMMITTEE The live auction, conducted by Oliver Barker, Senior International Specialist at Sotheby’s, London will take place at approximately 9.30pm. Lots 1 — 9 inclusive, described on p.14 — p.29 of this catalogue, will be sold in the live auction. All art works on p.320 — p.103 (Lots 10 — 45) will be sold in the silent auction Myriam Blundell * Philippa Bradley * Hugo Brown throughout the evening. In order to bid in the silent auction, guests use their personalised login on the iBid hand sets on the dinner tables. Full instructions Daniela Colaiacovo * Beth Colocci on how to use these can be found on p.109. Laurence Coste * Sarah Elson (Chair) * Antje Geczy Joanna Gemes * Linda Grosse Kira Heuer * Paul Hobson * Isabelle Hotimsky Linda Keyte * Audrey Klein Zachary Leonard * Fatima Maleki * Valeria Napoleone Beatriz Nasr * Olga Ovenden Midge Palley * Veronique Park * Francoise Sarre Rapp Ellen Shapiro * Dasha Shenkman Mark Stephens * Tot Taylor * Cathy Wills Astrid Wolman * Dina Wulfsohn Anita Zabludowicz * Anna Zaoui Absentee Bidders..

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