Illuminate Gala & Auction 2022 by audaingala

2 0 2 2

PRESENTED BY

The Audain Art Museum is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Skwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Liĺwat7úl (Lil’wat) Nation.

“ WHEN THE PATH REVEALS IT SELF, FOLLOW IT.” — CH ERY L S T R AY ED

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

WELCOME TO THE 202 2

I LLUMINATE GAL A & AUCTION

Audain Art Museum

RAEF.ca photography

CONTENTS

WELCOME

GAL A COMMIT TEE & BOARD OF TRUSTEES

SPONSORS

AUDAIN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION

EVENING PROGRAM

ENTERTAINMENT

HOW TO BID

LIVE AUCTION

PRIZE DRAW

ONLINE AUCTION

AUCTION CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SALE

F RO M T H E DI R E C T O R & C H AI R OF T H E BOAR D

On behalf of the Trustees, Staff and Members of the Audain Art Museum (AAM), we would like to issue a heartfelt welcome to the annual Illuminate Gala & Auction. The works of art in this catalogue are an integral part of the event and it gives us pleasure to present them for your consideration. Visual arts play an essential role in our quality of life and this institution is pleased to serve communities throughout the Sea to Sky Corridor. We are thankful to the Illuminate Co-Chairs Maggi Thornhill and Kevin Mazzone, who have elevated the level of excitement and engagement around this year’s event. The support of Presenting Sponsor Nicola Wealth is deeply appreciated, while the participation of Heffel Fine Art Auction House ensures a dynamic evening for all. At the core of this fundraiser are the contributions of artists and collectors for whom we want to express our sincere gratitude. Those individuals and businesses that have donated to the Online Auction are also key to such a fundraising effort. Additionally, a committed group of volunteers and staff ensures a wonderful experience for guests that is enhanced by a magnanimous group of supporting sponsors, in-kind donors and generous Live Auction bidders. Last year’s virtual Illuminate Gala & Auction proved to be the most successful fundraiser in the AAM’s six-year history, however we are confident that our return to an in-person event will surpass such a momentous achievement. The Museum is forging ahead with its vision to offer visitors a “transformative experience” in appreciating both historic and contemporary art. In November of 2021, the installation of James Hart’s The Three Watchmen along with Xwalacktun’s and Levi Nelson’s The Great Flood on Blackcomb Way in Whistler marked a brilliant addition to the Permanent Collection. Likewise, the institution’s reputation as a venue of international consequence was confirmed over the winter via the Special Exhibition Riopelle: The Call of Northern Landscapes and Indigenous Cultures organized by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The Audain Art Museum’s future is full of potential, and as we regain momentum in moving past the pandemic you can be part of this ongoing project for cultural betterment.

SUE ADAMS

D R . CURT I S CO L L I N S

Chair, Board of Trustees Audain Art Museum

Director & Chief Curator Audain Art Museum

Audain Art Museum

FRO M NI COL A WEALT H

As modern society continues to struggle with issues of diversity, art connects people with their own culture and an appreciation of others from around the world. This connection is essential to nurturing strong and unified communities. We see the importance of the Audain Art Museum’s vision of sharing our local and global art with their visitors and the role this plays in developing a culturally rich society. Nicola Wealth is dedicated to supporting the advancement of cultural diversity in our communities. With this in mind, we work to foster a culture of giving by empowering and supporting a variety of philanthropic initiatives in the arts. We have a great appreciation for the Audain Art Museum and the organization’s commitment to curating and presenting unparalleled art exhibitions. The experience delivered in this space is extraordinary; which is why we are honoured to present the Illuminate Gala and Art Auction in support of the Audain Art Museum, their remarkable collection, and their contribution to cultivating a vibrant cultural community.

DAVID SUNG President Nicola Wealth

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

CO M M I T T E E

CO-CHAI RS

BOA R D O F T RU S T E ES

Kevin Mazzone Maggi Thornhill

Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C., Founder Sue Adams, Chair Rob Bruno, Vice-Chair & Treasurer Neil Chrystal, Officer Jim Moodie, Officer Kyra Audain Mayor Jack Crompton Tom Gautreau Councillor Cathy Jewett Kevin Mahon Geoff Plant Stuart Rempel Chantal Shah Kim Spencer-Nairn Martha Sturdy Carol Tsuyuki Xwalacktun O.B.C. Nancy Wilhelm-Morden

COMMI T T EE Sue Adams Pepe Barajas Lindsay Cathcart Genevieve Ciebien Lyndon Cormack Merilea Creighton Nicholas Dhaliwal Flora Ferraro Lisa Nielsen Geddes Liz Harris Ainsley Heffel Nicole Majorkiewicz Mira Malatestinic Charley McIntyre Alison Meredith Jim Moodie Naomi Pitt Michelle Ratcliffe Robyn Ziebell

Audain Art Museum

James Hart Shaman (detail) 2016, Bronze sculpture Artist proof 3/3 Edition of 8, signed Donated by the Artist

SPONSOR S

PRESENT ED BY

GOLD SPONSOR S

SI LVER SPONSOR S

Audain Art Museum

LIVE AUCTION SP ONS OR

ONLINE AU CT IO N S P ONS OR

DESIGN & B RAN DIN G SP O N SO R

FINE A RT DE LIVE RY SP ONS OR

FINE ART IN SURAN CE S P ONS ORS

P RIN T SP O N SO R

WINE S E LE CTION SP ONS OR

E VE NT COORDIN AT IO N S P ONS OR

P RO UDLY H OS T ED BY

AUDAIN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION Our sincere thanks to the generous donors who have contributed to the Audain Art Museum Foundation’s permanent endowment fund.

V IS IO NARY FOUNDERS $1 ,000 , 0 0 0 +

PR IN CIPAL FO U N DE R S $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $499,999

Chrystal Family Norman & Joan Cressey Tom & Teresa Gautreau Stephen Jarislowsky C.C., G.O.Q. & Gail Jarislowsky Yoshiko Karasawa Onni Group

Andrew Mahon Foundation Suzanne Bolton & Jeff Mooney C.M. David, Patsy, Ryan & Joshua Heffel Robert, Jennifer & Ainsley Heffel Michael O’Brian Family Foundation Ralf & Helga Schmidtke Peeter & Mary Wesik Family

DIS TINGUI SHED FOUN D ER S $500,00 0 – $ 999,999 David Aisenstat Jacques & Margaret Barbeau Robert & Fatima Bruno Sam & Sally Grippo Whistler Blackcomb Foundation

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

AU DAI N ART M U S E U M FO U N DAT I O N

FO U N DERS $1 00,000 – $ 249,999 Bob & Sue Adams Allard Family American Friends of Whistler Fenya Audain Kyra Audain Axiom Builders David Jacques Findlay Barbeau Paul & Amanda Barbeau Dale & Suzanne Barron Allen W. Bell & Dr. Ola H. Dunin-Bell Peter Bentley O.C., O.B.C. & Sheila Bentley Blenheim Trust Peter Brown O.B.C. & Joanne Brown Fred & Marian Bucci Christopher Foundation Cameron and Constance Cope Donald Ellis Fred Fountain C.M. & Elizabeth Fountain Genest Family Goudge Family Foundation Rick & Lauren Ilich Jake Kerr C.M., O.B.C. & Judy Kerr

Audain Art Museum

Hassan Khosrowshahi O.C., O.B.C. & Nezhat Khosrowshahi George & Karen Killy Phil Lind C.M. Maché Family John & Rebecca Mackay Kevin & Jo-anne Mahon Eric & Jenny Martin Family McKercher Family Stuart & Della McLaughlin John & Dana Montalbano Jim & Doria Moodie Bob & Elisa Morse Christopher & Shelley Philps Resort Municipality of Whistler Robert H. Lee Foundation Seymour Investment Management Jeffrey Shier & Signy Eaton Carole Taylor O.C., O.B.C. Thornhill Family VBCE – Tony Ma Family Jack & Susy Wadsworth Yosef Wosk O.C., O.B.C. Charles & Dale Young

—VINCENT VAN GOGH

E V E N I N G P RO G R AM

SATURDAY APRIL 23, 2022 Proudly hosted by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

EMCEE

AUCTIONEER

Fred Lee

Robert Heffel Heffel Fine Art Auction House

DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT Macdonald Ballroom 6 to 7pm

Cocktail Reception & Auction Preview + Live Auction preview & Online Auction bidding + Acclaimed photography, The Collective You + Immersive musical experience, Karla Sax + Sparkling wine, cocktails and canapés

7 to 10pm

Dinner, Entertainment, & Live Auction + Cultural Ambassador, Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre + Dance Performance, Arts Umbrella + Trustee Welcome + Dr. Curtis Collins Director & Chief Curator, Audain Art Museum + Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C., Founder, Audain Art Museum + Live Auction

10pm to Late Signature After Party + DJ Chloé

Audain Art Museum

—VINCENT VAN GOGH

E V E N I N G P RO G R AM

SATURDAY APRIL 23, 2022 Proudly hosted by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

EMCEE

AUCTIONEER

Fred Lee

Robert Heffel Heffel Fine Art Auction House

DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT Macdonald Ballroom 6 to 7pm

7 to 10pm

10pm to Late Signature After Party + DJ Chloé

Audain Art Museum

“IN THE MIDS T OF DARKNESS, LIGHT PERSIS T S.”

— M A H AT M A G A N D H I 22

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

E N T E RTAI N M E N T

ARTS UMBRELL A

Sophisticated, dedicated, and inspired. The Arts Umbrella Dance Company (AUDC) is a pre-professional repertory company based in Vancouver, BC. The company rehearses and performs new, innovative works by leading North American and European choreographers. The company’s broad-based performance and touring opportunities, along with rigorous technical training, prepare AUDC members for dance education at the university level or a career with professional dance companies. Dancers from AUDC are lauded for their professionalism and dedication, going on to join companies across North America and Europe, including Ballet BC, Netherlands Dance Theatre (The Netherlands), Gothenburg Opera Dance Company (Sweden), and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal.

Audain Art Museum

E N TE RTAI NMENT

K ARL A SA X

Karla Sax is an international artist based in Vancouver, Canada. She plays live sax over jazz, top-40, house, and lounge tracks for private parties and special events. She has been featured in the New York Couture Fashion Week, and opened for John Legend at a private event in Reno. Find her in London, Mallorca, Cabo, The Cayman Islands, New York, and Reno, along with Vancouver’s most popular clubs, hotels, and private functions.

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

E N T E RTAI N M E N T

THE COLLECTIVE YOU Founded in 2009, The Collective You is one of Vancouver’s leading photography, event and lifestyle companies. Their services are sought after internationally, and over the past few years the team has been invited to London, Paris, Istanbul, Marrakesh, Los Angeles, and New York to capture special moments of some of the most influential people in the world at weddings, private events and fashion shows. Tonight they bring you the timeless luxury of black and white portraiture.

Audain Art Museum

—KHALIL GIBRA N

AU C T I O N DE TAI L S

HOW TO BID

Register to bid at audaingala.com To register a bid, the bidder will be required to provide their name, contact details, and credit card information.

LI VE AUCT I O N

Advance bidding opens Sunday, April 17 at 10am PDT Advance bids can be made at audaingala.com Live Auction artworks will be auctioned in the lot order in which they appear in this catalogue on Saturday, April 23, 2022. For at-home bidding, Audain Art Museum would be pleased to provide a dedicated telephone bidder. To make arrangements for telephone bidding, please contact development@audainartmuseum.com before 12pm PDT on April 22, 2022. Absentee Bidding is also available. The Auctioneer will execute bids on your behalf during the Live Auction. To place a confidential Absentee Bid prior to the event, please contact development@audainartmuseum.com.

ONLI NE AUCT ION

Bidding opens Sunday, April 17 at 10am PDT Bids can be made at audaingala.com Online auction bidding closes on Sunday, April 24 at 10am PDT.

Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

FRED HER ZOG

Canadian National Pier 1959, Archival pigment print Edition 14 of 20 40 x 30 in (101 x 76 cm) Framed Value $5,200 Donated by Equinox Gallery Lot #01

Fred Herzog, born in Germany in 1930, immigrated to Vancouver, BC in 1953, where he became known for his vibrant and colourful photographs of the city. They are complex, mysterious, and capture daily life as Herzog observed it. Focusing his camera on storefronts, neon signs, billboards, cafes, and crowds of people, he used the architecture of the street as a framework for human interaction. Throughout his career, he worked primarily with Kodachrome slide film. His use of colour was unusual in the 1950s and 1960s, when most fine art photographers were producing work almost exclusively in black and white. Herzog did not attain fame during his most productive years, but later his work was celebrated as a precursor to the colour photographers of the 1970s. He was featured in several exhibitions, including at the National Gallery of Canada and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and was the recipient of the Audain Prize (2014). This photograph is a view of the Canadian National Pier from 1959. A man in an overcoat is seen in the foreground walking toward the pier, with the snow-capped North Shore Mountains peeking up in the background of the image. This brightly coloured and layered view of the pier is a nod to Herzog’s early days in Vancouver as a seaman and captures a scene from a bygone era. 28

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

SCOT T SUEME Rose, Rose, Thorn, Bud 2021, Acrylic on wood 61 x 49 in (155.3 x 125 cm) Framed Value $8,000 Donated by the Artist Courtesy of Gallery Jones Lot #02

Scott Sueme is a Canadian artist raised in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. He has exhibited throughout Canada, as well as internationally, including New York, San Francisco, Miami and Cape Town. Sueme’s paintings are rooted in an exploration of materiality – principally, the quality and perception of colour. In his work, colour manifests as an abstraction of various elements of life, interacting to recall memories, capture the passage of time, or connect with the subconscious. Sueme’s hard-edge painting techniques create a subtlety of depth that reveals a new resonance to colour and an admission of the human hand. Through an intimacy of material interaction, his works act as small records of larger lived experiences and a conversational catalogue of human imprints. Rose, Rose, Thorn, Bud calls to practices of mindfulness. The title of this work is a conversational game, termed by Canadian author Neil Pasricha. “Rose” represents something in your day that was positive, “thorn” something challenging, and “bud” something to look forward to. Sueme uses this game as an exercise in his studio, with friends, or at home, as a way to reflect on what has happened during the day through a balanced approach. By committing to the game consistently, intention slowly shapes gratitude, and counters our tendencies to focus on the negative aspects of a day, and in time, a life. Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

ANGEL A GROSSMANN

Angela Grossmann is a Vancouver-based artist whose recent work embodies gender and body politics. While still a student at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1985, she was introduced as one of the Vancouver Art Gallery’s “Young Romantic” painters most likely to influence the course of painting in that decade. Since then, she has continued to be a force in the Canadian art world. Her work has been exhibited widely across Canada,the United States, and Europe. It is in numerous public and private collections, including the Audain Art Museum's Permanent Collection. Grossmann is a co-founder of the Portfolio Prize Foundation, an organization which financially supports emerging artists. Grossmann’s Athena is a slightly abstracted female figure viewed from behind. The image has an inherent romance demonstrated in the figure’s form, the gold color scheme, and its texture. Warmth emanates from the piece, drawing the viewer closer. Douglas Coupland describes Grossmann’s work as material about “people who have been forgotten but have been preserved somehow. She gives their lives an arc, a trajectory, a mobility, a meaning.”

Athena 2022, Oil and gold leaf on mylar 77 1/2 x 42 in (196.9 x 106.7 cm) Framed Value $25,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #03 30

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

RODNE Y GR AHAM

Artist in his Studio 2008, Transmounted C-Print Edition 10 of 20 35 x 30 in (89.1 x 76 cm) Framed Value $12,000 Donated by Ken Stephens Lot #04

Rodney Graham was born in Abbotsford, BC in 1949. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1971 and lives and works in Vancouver. Graham is best known for his striking photographic conceptual work. He represented Canada at the 47th Venice Biennale, Italy (1997) and among awards he has received are the Gershon Iskowitz Prize, Toronto, Canada (2004), the Kurt-Schwitters-Preis, Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Germany (2006), and the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts (2011). Rodney Graham was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada (2016) for his contributions to Canadian contemporary art. In this photograph Graham sits in a chair staring directly at the viewer. He sports disheveled hair and is holding a wooden spoon and washboard. He sends the viewer a cheeky message, giving us “the finger” with his right hand. He has chosen an innocuous background in order to make the subject of the photograph even more prominent. Graham often acts as the protagonist in his photographs, where he captures scenes that transform mundane observations into deliberately posed vignettes. Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

JAMES RUDOLPH A beautiful hand carved and painted model totem pole with three figures that is attributed to the famed Tlingit artist James Rudolph of Juno, Alaska. Rudolph was a prolific carver over the course of his lifetime from 1858 to 1933, and much of his output featured such a synthesis of Northwest Coast monumental art.

Mosquito & Frog Model Pole c. 1910, Carved wood painted black and blue 16 1/2 x 4 in (42.1 x 10.1 cm) Value $8,500 Anonymous Donor Lot #05 32

This miniature pole features a mosquito rendered with an elongated proboscis and flat wings that are accented in black, red, and blue tones. The figure stands on a frog with tiny blue rings on its back and a curious countenance. Beneath the frog is a human head with elongated eyes and a broad mouth. Such a careful stacking of figures alongside the angular style carving are the most distinctive qualities of this historic piece. 2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

DORIA MOODIE

Doria Moodie is a Whistler-based artist with a special interest in the bears of British Columbia. She is best known for her large-scale, intimate portraits of these impressive animals in their natural habitats, which she has studied through many visits around the province and personal encounters. Moodie is an associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA) and a founding member of Whistler Out-of-Bounds Artists. Moodie’s position as the official artist and a board member of the Grizzly Bear Foundation allows her to advocate for the protection of grizzlies in Western Canada. In this painting, a grizzly holding a salmon in his mouth is surfacing out of the water. The grizzly captures the viewer with a warm and docile gaze that provides a sharp contrast to the glint of claw that pokes out of the water, reminding the viewer of the power of the creature. The brightly coloured red and green salmon pops against the more muted tones in the rest of the piece. The painting was inspired by a photo taken by John E. Marriott, one of Canada’s best-known wildlife photographers and conservationists, and used with his permission.

Success 2022, Acrylic on canvas Signed & dated on verso 55 1/2 x 55 1/2 in (141 x 141 cm) Framed Value $8,000 Donated by the Artist Courtesy of Mountain Galleries Lot #06 Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

JAMES HART

James Hart is one of the Northwest Coast’s most accomplished artists. He is an exceptional carver of sculptures and totem poles, as well as a skilled jeweller and printer. Hart comes from a long line of Haida chiefs who were also carvers, and has worked with renowned artists Robert Davidson and Bill Reid. His bronzes, such as The Audain Art Museum’s The Three Watchmen, recently installed along Blackcomb way, can be found in collections throughout the world. Hart was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2003 and received a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013. He is also the most recent recipient of the Audain Prize (2021). James Hart’s Shaman is based on an original cedar sculpture of a Shaman figure that stands at the front of Hart’s The Dance Screen (The Scream Too) (2018). The figure is meant to ensure the cyclical return of the salmon that surround the entire work. The Shaman figure is holding a rattle in his right hand, and has his left hand up in a “stop” motion, as a warning to viewers about the destruction of the salmon population in BC. This bronze is distinct in its jade patina and beautifully detailed curls on the back of the Shaman figure’s head, as well as the thin pattern on his headpiece. Shaman is captured in bronze, a material with which Hart is considered a leader among Haida artists. 34

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

Shaman 2016, Bronze sculpture Artist proof 3/3 Edition of 8, signed 47 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 14 3/4 in (121.2 x 51.9 x 37.3 cm) Value $150,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #07 Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

Ovoid Felts 2021, Stitched felt 47 1/2 x 44 in (121 x 112 cm) Framed Value $10,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #08

CHARLENE VICKER S Charlene Vickers is an Anishinaabe artist based in Vancouver. She graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and received an MFA from Simon Fraser University. Her painting, sculpture, and performance works explore memory, healing, and embodied connections to ancestral lands. Charlene was the recipient of the VIVA Award (2018). In this piece, Vickers uses the traditional ovoid forms used in Northwest Coast art to create colourful felted animals on a stark, white background. In Ovoid Felts, she depicts an octopus, two whales, an owl, frog, tadpole, three eyes, and a bird. This piece is distinct in its bold stitching, bright colours, and playful tone. Her homemade and craft aesthetic is without pretention and infused with concepts of ‘embodied territory,’ the idea that wherever she goes, she carries with her a part of her history and where she is from. 36

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

X WAL ACK TUN

Sea to Sky Yo-Yo 2020, Acrylic paint on pine 67 1/2 x 26 x 6 in (171.2 x 65.5 x 15 cm) Value $6,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #09

Born in 1958 in the town of Squamish, Xwalacktun (Rick Harry) is of Squamish (Coast Salish) and Kwakwaka’wakw ancestry. He received his artistic training at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and Capilano University, and worked with sculptors Bill Koochin and Gerhard Class. While Xwalacktun was in art school, there was no First Nations training, and when he began to make work upon graduation, it was in a Northern rather than a Coast Salish style. Eventually he began to explore Coast Salish design for himself, a process he describes as “finding his own way and looking at designs, and looking at similarities, not just in Squamish or Coast Salish but in other art, to kind of piece things together.” He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) and the Order of British Columbia (2012) for his many contributions to various communities. The overall shape of this free-standing pine sculpture is that of a killer whale’s dorsal fin. One side features a rendering of an eagle head carved in bas-relief with black acrylic paint delineating its beak and feathers, while the pupil of the eye is demarked with a metallic paint. Among the Squamish peoples, the eagle is symbolic of the local Sea to Sky environment, as well as being a sign of good luck. The other side of the sculpture features a supernatural being in the form of a thunderbird head that has a metallic iris, while the entire rendering is set off against a copper oxide-like background as a reference to wealth. This work was created by Xwalacktun at the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver in 2021, and his signature in the form of an incised bear claw is located on the lower right part of the thunderbird image. Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

PAUL WONG Paul Wong, an award-winning artist and curator, is celebrated

Eternity (Yellow & Pearl White) 2022, Neon 36 x 41 in (91.5 x 103.9 cm) Value $23,000 Donated by Colin Taylor & family & the Artist Lot #10 38

for his innovative multimedia works, performance installations, photography, and public art projects. Much of his work has been influenced by the New York Pop Art scene of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly Andy Warhol’s creations. In his work, Wong explores themes of cultural and sexual identity, memory, death, and the consumption of contemporary media. For his significant contributions to video and visual arts, he received the Bell Canada Award in Video Art (1992), the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art (2005), and the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts (2016). This piece, Eternity, is yellow neon mounted on a steel box painted in Pearl White automobile paint. The neon glass is bent into the shape of the Chinese character for ‘Eternity.’ Wong likes to think of neon as drawing with light, and is inspired by the animated neon signs that he grew up with in Vancouver’s Chinatown. He uses neon, a material typically used for advertisements and signage, to create works of art. 2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

NUU - CHAH-NULTH ARTIST This fine double woven conical cedar bark hat of circa 19th century is a good example of an art making tradition on the Northwest Coast that dates back thousands of years. The inner red cedar bark is normally harvested in the spring and then dried over the course of a year. The bark is then cut into strips and thoroughly soaked in water. A number of different weaving techniques are used to form hats, baskets, vests, and rugs.

Basketry Hat c. 19th century Double woven painted with black, red, blue and green 6 3/4 x 13 in (15.9 x 33.2 cm) Value $15,000 Anonymous Donor Lot #11

Audain Art Museum

This particularly rare piece was created by an unknown Nuu-chah-nulth artist and has a tightly woven exterior conical shape reinforced by a separate interior cap so that the entire hat fits snugly on the wearer’s head. One side of the hat is adorned with hand-painted eyes and a nose in black, blue, and green. The other side depicts an entire face, most likely of a supernatural being, which is rendered in black, blue, red, and green. Its mask-like eyes, circular nostrils, and large teeth present an arresting countenance, while both faces are separated by red and black paw-like images rendered in a classic formline design method.

L IVE AUCT I ON

They Train Them Young c. 1990, Encaustic on canvas 61 x 55 in (154.7 x 139.5 cm) Framed Value $25,000 Donated by Heffel Fine Art Auction House Lot #12

TONY SCHERMAN Tony Scherman was born in Toronto in 1950, but spent the majority of his childhood and young adult life in Europe before returning to Canada in 1976. Rather than engaging in the Pop Art and Conceptualism that was prevalent in the 1970s, Scherman chose to pursue image and figuration, working exclusively in the encaustic technique. Portraiture has become the primary subject matter in his paintings and works on paper. He has had more than one hundred solo exhibitions across Canada, the United States, and Europe. His work is represented in thirty public collections across Canada and internationally. In this piece, the lone figure is caught in a moment and portrayed against an abstract, textured surface, which allows the viewer to fill in the child’s story. The layered brush strokes and drips combined with the wax technique create a unique surface whose texture can only be truly appreciated up close. Scherman’s subjects are often in the process of emerging from borderless backgrounds, and this sense of emergence echoes the intention of the Artist, always on the verge of discovery as a painting builds. 40

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

REECE TERRIS Reece Terris is a Vancouver-based artist who is best known for his large-scale experiential installations. Terris has a history of major constructions, including a six-story apartment-like setting built for the Vancouver Art Gallery (2009). Terris graduated from Simon Fraser University (2006) and received a VIVA Award (2010). He has exhibited his work at public and artist-run galleries across Canada for over twenty years. Reece Terris’s Bridge depicts the framed arch sculpture connecting his house to his neighbour’s on McSpadden Avenue. The photograph captures the view of the bridge from an alley in East Vancouver and speaks to the social circumstances of the era. By walking across Terris’s Bridge, private spaces are exposed. “It tells you something about your neighbourhood,” Reece said. “You see that your neighbours essentially have the same things that you do though they all made their decisions separately.” A subtle critique of social and civic governing structures, the installation came to symbolize communication and connection. Bridge (Front Yard View) 2006, Archival pigment print Edition 1 of 3 75 x 59 in (191 x 150 cm) Framed Value $15,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #13

Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

DESIRÉE PAT TER SON

Anomaly iii 2020/2021, Metallic print mounted to dibond Signed & dated on verso Edition 1 of 12 48 x 42 in & 48 x 22 in (122.5 x 106.5 & 122.5 x 55.5 cm) Value $10,000 Donated by the Artist Lot #14 42

Desirée Patterson is a Vancouver-based photographer. Key themes in her work include sustainability, environmental issues, social justice, and humanity’s dystopic relationship with nature. Through visual art, the organization of public events, and by conducting community-engaged projects, Patterson feels that she can transcend societal barriers and incite change. Patterson has had seven solo exhibitions and has participated in forty-four group exhibitions between Canada and the United States. The Anomaly series fuses Patterson’s glacial photographs with dual layers of colour. The resulting hot and cold binary images highlight the fragility of these glaciers and foreshadow the impending climate crisis. The compositions are produced as asymmetric diptychs. The colour scheme references climate graphs that communicate climate recordings to represent global warming trends over time. As an artist and activist, Patterson seeks out the beauty of the world in which we live in order to remind us that it is worth saving. 2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

IAN WALL ACE Ian Wallace is a British-born artist currently living and working in Vancouver, BC. A pioneering figure of photoconceptualism, Wallace is best known for his works that combine photography and painting, a technique he has explored for the past three decades. In 2004, Wallace received a Governor General’s Award and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (2012). Since the early 1980s, Wallace’s work has referred to three primary “locations”—the studio, the museum, and the street—that give focus to the themes in his imagery. In these ongoing series of work, his use of photography has been instrumental in confronting the issue of representation and subject matter in relation to abstract and monochrome painting. In this example from the studio series, the photograph documents the actual production of the artwork itself, as a “work in progress”, and thus as a self-reflexive imaging that has been a central issue for the discourse of modernism in pictorial art.

Work in Progress (Table and Wall) 2013, Photolaminate with acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in (121.9 x 91.4 cm) Value $45,000 Donated by the Artist Courtesy of Catriona Jeffries Gallery Lot #15 Audain Art Museum

L IVE AUCT I ON

JACK SHADBOLT

From the Entrance of the Vancouver School of Arts; (on verso) Abstract Composite 1946 & 1961, Watercolour on paper (on verso) acrylic on paper signed & dated 39 x 31 in (100 x 79 cm) Framed Value $7,000 Donated by Tom & Teresa Gautreau Lot #16 44

Jack Shadbolt was one of Canada’s most renowned painters and a pivotal figure of the Modernist movement in postwar British Columbia. Shadbolt became known for his concept of gestural abstraction. He was named Officer of the Order of Canada (1972) and Officer of the Order of British Columbia (1990). In 1987 he and his wife Doris Shadbolt established the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts (VIVA) to support and recognize the achievement of artists in British Columbia. An intriguing double-sided work, Shadbolt’s From the Entrance of the Vancouver School of Arts; (on verso) Abstract Composite offers two completely distinct styles. One side of the piece is a muted watercolour of the Vancouver School of Arts, framed by an archway and seen from the top of a staircase. The other is an abstract whose bright yellow and black colours create bold contrast and are reminiscent of the style of Shadbolt’s quintessential butterflies. 2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

L I V E AU C T I O N

TIM GARDNER Since the late 1990s, American-born Tim Gardner explored a North American middle-class world of masculinity through the mediums of watercolours, pastels, and oil paintings. Internationally recognized for his hyper-realistic paintings, Gardner often depicts his subjects engaged with natural and urban environments. He has exhibited his work internationally at such institutions as The National Gallery, London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kunsthalle Basel, and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Canada, among others. This watercolour presents a scene of road workers during the construction of Highway 1, which runs across BC. Road Workers near Invermere is quintessentially British Columbian, and captures an ordinary moment of an ordinary day for two co-workers. Gardner paints in a loose realism, using soft colours to capture a hazy summer day.

Road Workers near Invermere 2010 Watercolour on paper signed & dated 22 x 25 1/2 in (55.9 x 64.8 cm) Framed Value $27,000 Donated by the Artist Courtesy of Monte Clark Gallery & 303 Gallery Lot #17

Audain Art Museum

THANK YOU T O IAN AN D SAN DY P EN N FO R FAC I L I TAT I N G THE LIVE AU C T IO N P RE VIEW IN VA N CO U V E R

PRIZE DR AW Saint Laurent Vancouver is proud to offer a luxury shopping experience valued at $4,000 CAD. Redeemable at the Vancouver Thurlow Street boutique, Saint Laurent welcomes you and your guests for a personalized evening to discover the latest collections for both men and women. For an opportunity to win this unique experience, please visit audaingala.com. Only 250 tickets are available at $100 per entry. Audain Art Museum

“ART IS A HARMONY PARALLEL WITH NATURE.”

— PAUL CÉZ A N N E 48

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

O N L I N E AU C T I O N L I S T O F DO N O R S

122 West Adele Campbell Fine Art Air Canada Flight Operations Team Alta Bistro AnnaLena Après Pass Gibbons Whistler Armchair Books Astrid Cameron Kent Bach & Co. Ballet BC Bard on the Beach Barry Sonnenfeld Bearfoot Bistro Benjamin McLaughlin Blackcomb Helicopters Black Rock Oceanfront Resort Bob & Sue Adams Brenna Quan - Floral Designer Britt Janyk Burrowing Owl Estate Winery Canadian Wilderness Adventures Caramba Restaurant CBN Enterprises Ltd. Chi’s Creations Chris Kent Skiing Christina Nick Coastal Mountain Excavations Ltd. Combo Camps Copper Cayuse Outfitters Core Community Pilates Cornucopia Crystal Lodge David Goudge Dr. Mary Pines, Innate Wellness Duer / Tom Gautreau Ecoasis Eliott John Wilkes, RMT Escape! Whistler Fairmont Chateau Whistler Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club

Audain Art Museum

122west.ca adelecampbell.com altabistro.com annalena.ca gibbonswhistler.com/memberships whistlerbooks.com astridsfinefoods.com bachandco.ca balletbc.com bardonthebeach.org bearfootbistro.com mountaingalleries.com blackcombhelicopters.com blackrockresort.com bigskygolf.ca brennaquan.com burrowingowlwine.ca canadianwilderness.com carambarestaurant.com c-b-n.ca chiscreations.com cnick.ca coastalmountain.ca combocamps.com coppercayuseoutfitters.ca corecommunity.ca whistlercornucopia.com crystal-lodge.com ourinnatewellness.com duer.ca ecoasis.com eliottrmt.com escapewhistler.com fairmont.com/whistler whistlermountaingolf.com

“ART IS A HARMONY PARALLEL WITH NATURE.”

— PAUL CÉZ A N N E 48

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

O N L I N E AU C T I O N L I S T O F DO N O R S

Audain Art Museum

O N L INE AUCT I ON L IS T OF DONORS

Fairmont Vancouver Airport Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant Get The Goods Hawksworth Restaurant Group Herschel Supply Company Hilton Whistler Resort & Spa Hollow Tree Homecoming Humphrey Cosmetic Dermatology Hyatt Regency Vancouver Ian Wallace Jennifer Heffel of HB Design Joanna Baxter Kahuna Paddleboards Katherine Moffat R.Ac Ken Stephens Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. Liv Haley Long Beach Lodge Resort Maggi Thornhill Maverick Post Group Meadowfoam Products Inc. Mikel Grant Jewellery Mission Hill Family Estate Mountain Chic Hair Lounge Nicklaus North Golf Course Nita Lake Lodge Old Spaghetti Factory One Wednesday Pacific Sands Beach Resort Pan Pacific Whistler Patina Home Interiors Paul Wong Picnic Whistler Pique Newsmagazine Powder Mountain Cat Skiing Prompt + Parcel Quails’ Gate Winery

fairmont.com/vancouverairport-richmond/ farlamhall.co.uk getthegoods.ca hawksworthrestaurant.com herschel.ca hiltonwhistler.com hollowtree.ca homecomingcandles.com humphreyderm.com hyatt.com hbvancouver.com ilovelf.com kahunapaddleboards.com theacukat.com leithwheeler.com livhaley.com longbeachlodgeresort.com maggithornhill.com maverickpostgroup.com meadowfoamproducts.com mikelgrantjewellery.com missionhillwinery.com mountainchicwhistler.com nicklausnorth.com nitalakelodge.com oldspaghettifactory.ca onewednesdayshop.com pacificsands.com panpacificwhistler.com patinahomeinteriors.com paulwongprojects.com picnicwhistler.com piquenewsmagazine.com powdermountaincatskiing.com promptandparcel.ca quailsgate.com

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

O N L I N E AU C T I O N L I S T O F DO N O R S

Quattro RBC Red Door Bistro Rimrock Café Ron Denessen Sam Weston Scandinave Spa Whistler Sea Island Golf Performance Center Stittgen Fine Jewelry Summit Lodge Boutique Hotel Tammy Flynn Seybold The Collective Kitchen The Lazy Gourmet The Mexican Corner Restaurant The Raven Room The Spa at Whistler The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler Tofino Towel Company Vail Resorts EpicPromise Vallea Lumina & The Adventure Group Vancouver Art Gallery Vancouver Whitecaps FC Warren Steven Scott Whistler Home Hardware Whistler Medical Aesthetics Whistler Racket Club Whistler Valley Quiltersʼ Guild Whitecap Alpine Wild Blue Restaurant & Bar Woodside Travel

Audain Art Museum

quattrorestaurants.com rbcgranfondo.com/whistler/ reddoorbistro.ca rimrockcafe.com rondenessen.ca scandinave.com seaisland.com/performance-center stittgen.com summitlodge.com tammyflynnseybold.com thecollectivekitchen.ca lazygourmet.ca themexicancorner.ca theravenroom.ca thespaatwhistler.com westinwhistler.com tofinotowelco.com whistlerblackcomb.com tagwhistler.com vanartgallery.bc.ca whitecapsfc.com warrenstevenscott.com homehardware.ca whistlermedicalaesthetics.com vmywrc.ca whistlerquilters.com whitecapalpine.ca wildbluerestaurant.com woodsidetravel.com

AUCTION CONDITIONS & TERMS OF SALE L IVE AUCT ION The highest bidder acknowledged by the Auctioneer shall be the purchaser. The Museum or auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid. In the event of any dispute between bidders, or in the event of doubt on the Audain Art Museum’s part as to the validity of any bid, the Auctioneer will have the final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the property in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, at the discretion of the Museum, its sales record is conclusive. Each lot is subject to a reserve. If bids are below the reserve value of the lot offered, the Auctioneer may withdraw the lot from sale. L IVE A N D ON L IN E AUCT ION S Bids entered are binding. All sales are final, the purchaser will be required to pay all applicable taxes. No purchase can be returned, refunded or exchanged. The AAM reserves the right to withdraw any property before sale and assign any lot to an auction item. PAY M EN T S A N D R ECEIPT IN G Payments for Online Auction items will be processed electronically upon the closing of the Online Auction, all applicable taxes, with the exception of items greater than $10,000, are included in the purchaserʼs bid. 7% PST will be added to items that exceed $10,000. Invoices will be issued to Live Auction buyers at the final price as acknowledged by the Auctioneer. 7% PST will be added to all invoices. Auction items will not be released to purchasers until payment has been received. ON L IN E AUCT ION PICK UP Successful bidders must arrange to pick up Online Auction items within 30 days following the event, starting at 11am PDT on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Successful bidders must pick up Online Auction items from the Museum in Whistler, BC. Complimentary delivery is not offered

2022 Illuminate Gala & Auction

AU C T I O N CO N DI T I O N S & T E R M S O F SAL E

for Online Auction items. Shipping may be arranged at the cost of the successful bidder. To schedule your pick up or to arrange shipping, please contact shop@audainartmuseum.com or 604.962.0413 ext. 104. LIVE AUCT ION PICK UP OR CO M P L I M E N TARY D E L I V E RY Complimentary delivery is generously sponsored by Denbigh Fine Art Services for Live Auction artworks. C LOSIN G OF AUCT ION S The Live Auction lots will close in sequence as they appear during the Live Auction. The Online Auction will close the day following the event—Sunday, April 24 at 10:00am PDT. ACK N OWL ED GEM EN T These Conditions and Terms of Sale as well as the purchaserʼs and the Museum's respective rights hereunder shall be governed by and constructed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia. By bidding at this auction, online, by agent or other means, the purchaser shall be deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia. Neither the Museum nor the Auctioneer shall be responsible for the acts of omission of its employees, agents, nor any carriers or packers of purchased lots. All lots are sold “as is.” P R IZ E D R AW (CON T ES T ) T ER M S & CO N D I T I O N S The winner of this item must answer a skill-based question before being given their prize. If they cannot answer this correctly, a new winner will be chosen. The winner must be over the age of 19. The winner cannot be living in Quebec. A release form will be sent to the winner. No purchase necessary. Entries can be submitted by mailing the Audain Art Museum, 4530 Blackcomb Way PO Box 5, Whistler, BC, V8E 1N3.

Audain Art Museum

“SHADOW IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT, MERELY THE OBS TRUCTION OF THE LUMINOUS RAYS BY AN OPAQUE BODY.”

— L EON A R D O DA VINC I

4350 Blackcomb Way PO Box 5 Whistler, BC Canada V8E 1N3 604 962 0413 audainartmuseum.com audaingala.com Charitable Registration Number 84648 0739

CON CE P T & D ES I G N

TOOLBOX toolboxdesign.com