Illuminate Gala & Auction 2023 Catalogue

The Audain Art Museum is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Liĺwat7úl (Lil’wat) Nation.

“WHAT IS THE HEART?...

...A FLOWER OPENING.”

WELCOME TO THE 2023

ILLUMINATE GALA & AUCTION

Photograph by RAEF.ca

The Illuminate Gala & Auction is among the most noteworthy cultural sector celebrations in British Columbia, and the Trustees and Staff of the Audain Art Museum (AAM) are grateful to all those involved. This catalogue features a wonderful selection of art that mirrors both the generosity of the contributing artists and collectors, as well as the vitality of the Province’s art scene. The funds raised allow the Museum to further develop its Permanent Collection, present the highest quality Special Exhibitions from around the world, and engage with children, adults, and seniors.

We are thankful to the Chair of the Illuminate Gala & Auction, Catherine Dangerfield, who has brought a truly inspiring level of energy to this year’s festivities. Nicola Wealth has taken a leading role as a highly valued Presenting Sponsor, while the AAM’s longtime friends at Heffel Fine Art Auction House continue to host a vibrant live auction experience. We are also grateful to our Gold Sponsor RBC Bank, Silver Sponsors Axiom Builders and Beedie Living, and Bronze Sponsor Jennifer and Eric Martin & Family. Similarly, our in-kind and event sponsors together with individuals and businesses that have donated to the Silent Auction are essential to our success. Each year, the return of a devoted group of volunteers on the Gala Committee is deeply appreciated, as well as those who volunteer their time to assist with the many tasks throughout the evening. Gala co-hosts Fred Lee and Gloria Macarenko are sure to create an atmosphere of excitement in Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Macdonald Ballroom.

Last year’s Illuminate Gala & Auction proved to be the most successful fundraiser in the Museum’s history, and we are confident that such an achievement can be surpassed with your support in 2023. Our optimism reflects the Museum’s ongoing accomplishments on the national stage including the recent acquisition of important works by Emily Carr, F.H. Varley, Lawren Harris, and Vikky Alexander. Meanwhile, Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob, on tour to Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Kelowna, alongside Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding, featuring nineteen contemporary artists, are excellent examples of the Audain Art Museum’s wide-ranging in-house productions. The After School Art program, BC Family Day celebrations, and Alta + Audain: Fine Dining Art Experience also represent a brilliant sampling of what the Audain Art Museum continues to offer to our many publics.

Enjoy this night of cultural celebration and generosity!

ROBERT BRUNO DR. CURTIS COLLINS Chair, Board of Trustees Director & Chief Curator Audain Art Museum Audain Art Museum

On behalf of Nicola Wealth, I’m pleased to welcome you to the 2023 Illuminate Gala & Auction.

Tonight, we are brought together by our common admiration and support for the Audain Art Museum. The arts are an essential component of a healthy community.

Every day, we are reminded that issues of diversity remain prevalent in our communities and society, and now, more than ever, how important the arts and creative expression play in addressing those issues.

The arts enrich our lives by providing a medium to share one’s culture and values. Through art, individuals are provided a bridge to their own ethos and an introduction to those of others; the result is a cultural connection, understanding, and appreciation for perspectives from around the world.

The Audain Art Museum plays a critical role in fostering a vibrant and cohesive community.

The efforts of this organization to bring the arts to our community cannot be realized without support. This work depends on funding, resources, and a supportive audience to survive.

We see the value in investing in the arts and in the future of our community. That is why Nicola Wealth is proud to, once again, present the Audain Art Museum’s Illuminate Gala. We join you tonight in raising the crucial funds that help bring world-class art to our community and support the artists who create it.

So, as you enjoy your evening, I encourage you to think about the impact that your support has on the arts and our community. Join us in supporting the Audain Art Museum and its mission to ensure the arts continue to thrive and inspire us for generations to come.

TIMOTHY CUFFE Vice President, Marketing Nicola Wealth

CHAIR

Catherine Dangerfield COMMITTEE

Sue Adams

Christine Boyle

Geneviève Ciebien

Lyndon Cormack

Celia Dawson

Nicholas Dhaliwal

Ainsley Heffel

Amy Mac

Charley McIntyre

Lauren Meeker

Jim Moodie

Justine Nichol

Naomi Pitt

Mónica Reyes

Robyn Ziebell

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C., Founder

Rob Bruno, Chair

Kyra Audain, Officer

Neil Chrystal, Officer

Tom Gautreau, Officer

Jim Moodie, Officer

Mayor Jack Crompton

Ola Dunin-Bell

Councillor Cathy Jewett

Geoff Plant K.C.

Stuart Rempel

Chantal Shah

Ben Smith

Martha Sturdy

Carol Tsuyuki

Xwalacktun O.B.C.

Emmy Lee Wall

Nancy Wilhelm-Morden K.C.

SPONSORS

PRESENTED BY

GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSOR Jennifer and Eric Martin & Family

LIVE AUCTION SPONSOR

SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR

FINE ART DELIVERY SPONSOR

PLANNING & DESIGN BY

DECOR SPONSOR

WINE SELECTION SPONSOR

DESIGN & BRANDING SPONSOR

PRINT SPONSOR

PROUDLY HOSTED BY

OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO FOUNDATION’S PERMANENT

“All beings are flowers blooming in a blossoming universe.”

—SOEN NAKAGAWA

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Andrea Zwack

Andrew King

Angela Perzow

Anonymous

Barrie Reid

Brian Mendieta

Carmine Boskovich

Carole Taylor

Catherine Konantz

Catherine Coviello

Cathryn Wilson

Celia Dawson

Cheryl Burian

Colin Gibson

Colin McIver

Denise Brown

Donald McInnes

Duane Jackson

Eric Martin

Gary Huebner

Goldie Alam

Jan Ballard

Jeff Mooney & Suzanne Bolton

Joanna Cavill

John Legge

Leah O’Neill

Lisa Geddes

Lyndon Cormack

Mandy Simmons

Mike McDonough

Nancy Wilhelm-Morden

Nico Buss

Peter Bonner

Peter Finley

Rick Gustavson

Rob Bruno

Sharlene Ludwig

Sharon Cooper

Shauna Trieb

Steven Bruk

Susan Mendelson

Tamara Bustos

Tony Ma

heartfelt thank you to the Illuminate Circle Donors who have contributed to Audain Art Museum engagement activities that encourage a love of art for all.

SATURDAY APRIL 22, 2023

Proudly hosted by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

EMCEE

Fred Lee & Gloria Macarenko

AUCTIONEER

Robert Heffel

Heffel Fine Art Auction House

DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT

Macdonald Ballroom

6 to 7pm Cocktail Reception & Auction Preview

+ Live Auction preview & Silent Auction bidding

+ Acclaimed photography, The Collective You

+ Sparkling wine, cocktails, and canapés

7 to 10pm Dinner, Entertainment, & Live Auction

+ Cultural Ambassador, Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre

+ Dance Performance, Arts Umbrella

+ Acrobatic Performance, CircusWest

+ Robert Bruno, Chair, Board of Trustees

+ Michael Audain

O.C., O.B.C., Founder, Audain Art Museum

+ Dr. Curtis Collins

Director & Chief Curator, Audain Art Museum

+ Catherine Dangerfield

Gala Committee Chair

+ Live Auction

Heffel Fine Art Auction House

10pm to Late Signature After Party

ENTERTAINMENT

ARTS UMBRELLA

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.

Our 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 Montréal.

CIRCUSWEST

CircusWest is a one stop hub for all things circus on the West Coast. Since 1985, CircusWest has taught and performed circus throughout western Canada. Most recently, CircusWest has been featured at the Vancouver Opera Festival, Chilliwack Arts Centre, Revelstoke Arts Centre, and in venues throughout Vancouver with their shows Fireflight—Supernatural Circus, Cupid, A Circus Love Story, and James & the Giant Circus Peach. CircusWest performs at fairs, festivals, corporate events, and theatres and produces two original theatrical circus productions yearly. CircusWest is excited to share its distinct West Coast approach to circus as we celebrate our region and the amazing creatures that call it home.

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.

With a limited number possible during the event timeline, portraits will be available for advance purchase only, in support of the evening’s fundraising goals.

“The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”

—HARRIET ANN JACOBS

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.

LIVE AUCTION

Advance bidding opens

Thursday, March 23 at 5pm 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 22, 2023.

For at-home bidding, the 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 20, 2023.

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.

SILENT AUCTION

Bidding opens

Thursday, April 13 at 10am PDT.

Bids can be made at audaingala.com

Silent auction bidding closes on Saturday, April 22 at 11pm PDT.

LIVE AUCTION

Forest for the Trees

2023, oil on canvas

50 x 70 in, 127 x 177.8 cm

Value $9,700

Donated by the Artist

Lot #01

LEVI NELSON

Levi Nelson is an artist from the Lil’wat Nation in Mount Currie, British Columbia. He recently received his undergraduate degree from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, with a focus on the Visual Arts. He was selected to partake in the Audain Art Museum’s Emerging Artist Program presented by RBC in 2019. Nelson has received the John C. Kerr Chancellor Emeritus Award for Excellence in Visual Arts (2021) and the IDEA Art Award (2018). His work is held in the Audain Art Museum Collection and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation Art Collection. Nelson now resides in New York City where he is working towards his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

Nelson’s work can best be described as contemporary First Nations art, in which he fuses elements and ideas concerning Indigeneity with pop culture imagery through the traditional Western practice of oil painting, in addition to mixed media; integrating silkscreen, paint, and collage on canvas. Nelson’s Sliced series marks a turn toward a focus on shape and colour. His composition is broken into several fragments running vertically across the canvas. Each uneven stripe feels like a piece of a larger composition that has been torn away and combined to create this larger work. The viewer can identify various forms, such as eyes, that have been ‘sliced’ in order to create this energetic combination of shape and colour. The white stripe still present acts as a split in the composition and serves to emphasize the vibrancy of the surrounding hues.

Artist Levi Nelson pictured in the studio, working on a similar painting to Forest for the Trees from his Sliced series.

Mappe Monde (Synapses)

2022, oil on linen

On verso signed and dated 36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm

Value $20,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery

Lot #02

LANDON MACKENZIE

Landon Mackenzie is a nationally recognized artist, admired for her large-scale paintings and works on paper. Mackenzie grew up in Toronto, where she was exposed to impressive collections of non-representational paintings which came to influence the large, vibrant, abstracted paintings she has become known for. Trained in Halifax and Montreal, she had a key role in teaching painting for three decades at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her work is held in cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Audain Art Museum. Mackenzie has received several awards for her contribution to the visual arts, including the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts (2017). Landon Mackenzie is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto.

Mackenzie’s works represent psychological and physical experiences through a vortex of spots, lines, nets, bubbles, and dots, making use of various combinations, layers, and patterns to represent the world. This work revisits an earlier series she made called Neurotransmitter, but here Mackenzie playfully engages the idea of a cross between a ski trail map and a subway diagram. Calling it Mappe Monde (Synapses), it refers to early maps that depict double hemispheres. The composition which shows a tangle of interconnected lines and dots can resemble neurons and allude to the parenthetical ‘Synapses’ in the title. They radiate out from the two centres in the canvas, creating a sense of movement and frenetic energy.

AUCTION

RUSSNA KAUR

Russna Kaur was born in Toronto and currently lives and works in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Kaur completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Waterloo in 2013 and a Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2019. Her work is held in numerous collections including the Audain Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Surrey Art Gallery, and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. Kaur is the recipient of the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize (2020) and the IDEA Art Award (2020). She was awarded the Gathie Falk Visual Arts Scholarship (2019), the University Women’s Club of Vancouver Graduate Scholarship (2017), and an Audain Faculty of Art Graduate Teaching Fellowship (2018).

Kaur’s large-scale and multi-surface paintings are developed through explorations of colour, text, digital sketches, and mixed media. Her paintings are often made up of several modular fragments, a choice that Kaur believes reflects her varied life experiences. Painting allows Kaur to piece all of these experiences together. The lines laid on top of her composition represent the common thread that weaves together all of life’s distinct moments. In After it is no longer visible in the sky, Kaur lays thickly painted lines of varying width atop a magenta background to create a piece that can take different forms depending on how its separate components are assembled.

After it is no longer visible in the sky 2022, acrylic, spray paint, sawdust, cut canvas on canvas and wood panel On verso signed and dated 68 x 48 in, 172.72 x 121.9 cm; 3 components various sizes

Value $10,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of W Projects Lot #03

JOE FAFARD

Joe Fafard, born in 1942, lived most of his life in small rural communities in Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Manitoba and Pennsylvania State University, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts, respectively. Fafard was widely recognized as being at the forefront of his practice, and his contributions to the arts have significantly raised the profile of Saskatchewan on the national stage. His work is held in numerous collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Glenbow Museum, and the Mackenzie Art Gallery. Fafard was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (1981), was awarded the Architectural Institute of Canada Allied Arts Award (1987), received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2002), and earned the Saskatchewan Arts Board Lifetime Achievement Award (2007).

In the mid 1980s, Fafard shifted to bronze as his primary sculptural medium. Fafard’s work in bronze became his trademark and is displayed across Canada. Fafard imbued a sense of playfulness in his depictions of the everyday. His insight and humour characterized his portraits of neighbours, farm animals, wildlife, and famous artists that he came to respect. This piece, Jimenez, is a horse in mid-gallop. The horse balances his hind legs on a small rock slab while his front legs are lifted up. This, coupled with the movement in his mane and tail, prompt the viewer to envision an imagined backdrop of wide-open plains.

Jimenez

2014, bronze sculpture with powder-coating

Signed and dated

Edition 3/7

22 ¼ x 32 x 8 in, 56.5 x 81.3 x 20.3 cm

Value $28,000

Donated by The Estate of Joe Fafard, courtesy of Heffel Fine Art Auction House and JVGallery.ca

Lot #04

Lacey Jane Wilburn is a contemporary artist most notable for her work as a muralist and oil painter. Wilburn studied Fine Art at MacEwan University in Edmonton and then graduated from Montreal’s Concordia University in 2016. She has received several awards and scholarships including the Yves Gaucher Prize in Studio Arts (2016), the D.L. Stevenson Colour Scholarship for Academic Excellence (2014), and the Francis Henderson Klingle Scholarship for Fine Art (2009). Wilburn currently resides in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and is completing a Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Wilburn specializes in narrative portraiture, creating “intimate glimpses into moments of sincerity in everyday life.” Her piece, Sleepless, is a living room scene washed in a teal blue light. An overstuffed armchair is the focal point of the composition, placed directly in the centre of the room and between two windows which provide columns of bright light that beam into the space. The glass table in the foreground reflects this light beautifully, and splashes of red throughout the composition move the viewer’s eye around the room. This is a scene many of us are familiar with. A dark room you wander into when you cannot sleep, illuminated only by the lights outside. Through her use of colour and composition, Wilburn creates a stillness and silence that encapsulates those sleepless nights.

LACEY JANE WILBURN

Sleepless 2022, oil on canvas

On verso signed 60 x 60 in, 152 x 152 cm

Value $9,600

Donated by the Artist

Lot #05

Paint Crest (White)

2023, acrylic and oil on linen

On verso signed and dated 20 ½ x 15 ¾ x 2 ⅝ in, 52.1 x 40 x 6.7 cm

Value $21,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Daniel Faria Gallery

Lot #06

ANDREW DADSON

Andrew Dadson is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media including painting, photography, and installation. Central to Dadson’s work is, as he describes, a “deep interest in the social contracts shaping the natural environment, from which he creates artworks that investigate and reflect on the landscape and highlight a constantly changing environment.” His practice focuses on questioning where boundaries begin and end. Dadson lives and works in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. His work is held in such notable institutions as the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Audain Art Museum. He is represented by Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, and Galleria Franco Noero, Torino. Recently, Dadson’s work was included in Out of Control: The Concrete Art of Skateboarding at the Audain Art Museum.

Dadson’s practice is characterized by his thick handling of paint, as seen in Paint Crest (White). He often begins with undercoats of bright colours, and topcoats of black or white. These layers are scraped, pushed, and dragged, then piled on again. In this series, he scrapes layers of paint toward each of the four edges of a stretched canvas, such that the excess paint forms a ridge in relief. This technique creates the effect of the canvas being ripped back to reveal a bright white undercoat, with the bold painted hues being relegated to the borders of the composition.

AUCTION

DANA CLAXTON

Dana Claxton is an internationally recognized artist whose work in photography, film, video, and performance art explores social and political issues, as well as spiritual and cultural life. Her work is held in public and private collections, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada, the Seattle Art Museum, and the Audain Art Museum. She resides in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and is a member of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation located in Southwest Saskatchewan. Claxton has received numerous awards, including the VIVA Award (2001), the YWCA Women of Distinction Award (2019), the Scotiabank Photography Award (2020), and the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2020).

Claxton’s photographs often juxtapose Indigenous traditions and contemporary Western imagery to reflect on the legacy of colonialism. Study for a Protest 2 features two female figures who were part of Re/Matriate, a collective dedicated to the positive representation of Indigenous women in media. This pose, in which the two women are walking together, was inserted into another work by Claxton, Muckamuck Strike Then and Now (2018), which speaks to the 1978 Union protest against Muckamuck Restaurant. By hand-colouring the ribbons in the skirt and the beaded art on the necklace, Claxton emphasizes the placement of these contemporary figures into a moment in history. In doing so, she forms a trans-generational link between Indigenous women of the past and present.

Study for a Protest 2

2016, inkjet print

Edition 1/3

90 x 72 in, 228.6 x 182.9 cm

Framed

Value $34,500

Donated by the Artist

Lot #07

IAN WALLACE

In the Museum (The Peter Halley Series)

1990, photolaminate with acrylic on canvas

On verso signed 60 x 60 in, 152 x 152 cm

Value $80,000

Donated by Ken & Lorraine Stephens

Lot #08

Ian Wallace is a British-born artist currently living and working in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. A pioneering figure of photo-conceptualism, 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). Wallace was also the most recent recipient of the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts (2022) for his contribution to visual arts in Canada.

This is a single canvas work from an early series entitled In the Museum (The Peter Halley Series), which shows partial views of an installation of works by the New York painter Peter Halley. As is the case for most of Wallace’s works, it consists of a photographic image laminated onto the center of gessoed canvas bordered on either side by acrylic paint. The photographic image shows an installation of a couple of abstract paintings by Peter Halley on a museum wall. Only a partial view of the paintings is revealed. With the photographic image in the centre, a narrow border of deep grey acrylic paint is on the left and a slightly wider border of white acrylic paint is on the right. Impressed by the work of Peter Halley, Wallace wanted to reference it without appropriating Halley’s work. Wallace focused his view on the wall space between the works, so that only the lateral edges of his adjacent works are visible. This oblique reference to well-known works by other artists characterizes Wallace’s strategy for the Museum Series

DANNY SINGER

Kincaid 2004, archival inkjet print

Edition 2/5

23 x 117 in, 58.4 x 297.2 cm

Framed

Value $15,000

Anonymous Donor Lot #09

Danny Singer is a Vancouver-based photographer residing on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. He is largely influenced by traditional documentary photography, but uses contemporary techniques to record small towns in Canada’s western Prairie provinces and the American Midwest. His photographs are presented as panoramas which are often composed of up to one hundred forty conjoined sequential images. Singer’s work can be found in public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Glenbow Museum.

In Singer’s photographs, each structure on the street is photographed to appear directly in front of the viewer, creating an unusual perspective with multiple vanishing points. Each piece is an accurate representation of the entire main street, including the scale of the architecture. The large size of this finished print allows viewers to immerse themselves in the fine details. Through his work, Singer encourages viewers to question physical relationships between diverse structures and the spaces between them, as well as between the town and the land it rests on. Singer’s works are celebratory expressions of Western culture. This piece, Kincaid, depicts the main street of Kincaid, Saskatchewan on a summer day. The blue of the sky is mimicked in the light blue of several of the buildings on the main street, creating a sense of quiet monotony synonymous with small towns on the Canadian Prairies.

ALLAN SWITZER

Allan Switzer is a multi-disciplinary Calgary-born artist whose work explores the concepts he studied as a Philosophy student at York University. Additionally, Switzer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University, Montreal. The use of text within his work continues to appear in various forms as an exploration of visual language. Switzer’s work has been exhibited across Canada at Monte Clark Gallery, Espace 502, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, and Mónica Reyes Gallery. He is currently represented by Mónica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver.

Switzer’s Omen is a 24 karat gold-plated piece that reads, “Sinister Hunch of an Indeterminate Nature.” He has been working with gold since the early 2000s. This large scale work by Switzer is a continuation of his practice in text-based work that alludes to the dripping fonts used in horror movie poster advertisements of the 1970s and 80s. The text font was created specifically for this body of work and is now known as the “schlop” font. This is one in a series of cryptic phrases that Switzer presents in the form of wall sculpture.

Omen

2006-2023, 24 karat four times gold plated, water-jet cut steel 43 x 32 in, 109.2 x 81.3 cm; two components

Value $30,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Mónica Reyes Gallery

Lot #10

Value $8,000

Donated by Andy Sylvester & Daina Augaitis

Lot #11

GORDON SMITH HOUSE DINNER & TOUR EXPERIENCE

You and your guests are invited to experience this unique addition to the 2023 Illuminate Gala Live Auction. The ultimate in exclusivity, the evening will feature an al fresco dinner for 8 at the iconic Smith House in West Vancouver.

Designed by Erickson/Massey in 1964 for the renowned Canadian artist Gordon Smith and his wife Marion Smith, this private residence is synonymous with West Coast Modernism and is an exceptional destination for a truly unparalleled dining experience.

On arrival, you and your guests will be immersed in a tour of art and architecture led by celebrated curator Daina Augaitis. Then, seated at the edge of the forest, you will partake in an Italian-inspired, locally sourced feast, passionately prepared by gallerist Andy Sylvester and complemented by finely selected wines. You will finish the evening in the artist’s studio with tastings from Gordon Smith’s legendary scotch collection.

Come adorned in the most creative outfit in your closet and become part of the longstanding artistic tradition of the Smith House.

Photography by Ezra Stoller—Esto, courtesy of arthurerickson.com

LYLE XOX

Lyle XOX’s arresting photographs span a broad range of salient subject matter, from the serious to the satisfyingly frivolous, with several stops along the way. Given the prevalence of the “mask” in his photographs, the existential inquiry into the nature of the self is a strong undercurrent throughout Lyle’s practice.

Working with the fact that guise is a given in this image-saturated age in which we are all curating our own identity, Lyle embraces representations of the self through storytelling. His characters, all of whom are self-portraits, form a troupe of players that are icons and iconoclasts, mythical figures and other worldly creatures, caricatures, and originals. His incorporation of a variety of forms of expression contributes to the dissolution of expectations around gender, class, time, and place. All of the elements used to adorn the subject are the detritus of the modern world which create beautiful, expressive photographs that ask thoughtful questions about how we define ourselves in a sea of images and excess.

Lyle XOX has been featured in numerous international publications, including ArtNet, Vogue Italia, Surface, V, New York Times, L’Officiel, DAZED, Montecristo, and many others. In 2019, he released a book, published by Rizzoli in New York, titled Lyle XOX: Head of Design. He has given artist talks in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City, Taiwan, and Amsterdam. In addition, Lyle XOX collaborated with renowned musician and performer FKA Twigs, created a campaign for the prestigious South Korean eyewear brand, Gentle Monster, and completed commissions for luxury brands Comme Des Garçons and Maison Margiela. Lyle is represented by Gallery Jones in Vancouver.

Twisted Sister 2021, archival pigment print Edition 1/3

65 x 49 in, 165.1 x 124.5 cm

Framed

Value $22,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Gallery Jones

Lot #12

DEMPSEY BOB

Dempsey Bob is a Northwest Coast woodcarver and sculptor from Terrace, British Columbia. He is of Tahltan and Tlingit ancestry and is of the Wolf Clan. Bob began carving in 1969, studying under Haida carver Freda Diesing. He eventually helped found the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Arts in honour of his mentor and to guide the next generation of Indigenous artists. His work is held in esteemed institutions, including the National Gallery of Canada, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Royal British Columbia Museum, and the Audain Art Museum. His work is carried by Equinox Gallery in Vancouver. He has received several awards, including an Aboriginal Art Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2021), and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (2013). Currently, Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob, organized by the Audain Art Museum and McMichael Canadian Art Collection, is on tour across Canada.

Bob works primarily in wood to create bowls, masks, totem poles, and other works, mostly in the Tlingit style. Eagle Human Spoon is carved out of alder wood and depicts an eagle resting on top of two human faces whose body creates the handle of a deep spoon. The eagle is known by his long beak which curves downwards towards the bridge of the human’s nose. The human faces feature Bob’s signature wide mouths and slanted, drooping eyes. This piece is an example of Bob’s progression from traditional masks to his experimentation with nontraditional forms and functions. His mastery of the medium is evident in the smooth lines and delicate curves of this piece.

Eagle Human Spoon

2010, alder wood

On verso signed and dated 16 x 5 x 4 in, 40.8 x 12.4 x 9.7 cm

Value $25,000

Donated by Eric Savics

Lot #13

Unfold 2021, charcoal dust and red mesh

62 x 38 in, 157.5 x 96.5 cm

Framed

Value $29,000

Donated by the Artist

Lot #14

MARIE KHOURI

Marie Khouri, who was born in Egypt and raised in Lebanon, creates work that is rooted in a sense of dislocation and the search for a sense of place. As an immigrant who has spent time in Europe, the Middle East, and Canada, Khouri’s work speaks to a diverse audience. Khouri completed her sculpture training at l’École du Louvre in Paris. In the last 15 years, Khouri has exhibited extensively in Europe and North America. She has over 25 public artworks in Canada and abroad, and was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National Du Mérite (2021).

This piece, titled Unfold, is a multimedia work in which bright red mesh wiring is affixed to a painted black canvas. The work is derived from a public art sculpture the artist completed for Polygon Homes in 2020, titled Unfold. While visiting the site, Khouri noticed many children’s toys in the balconies of their homes. She intended for the abstract red mesh flowers in her work to relate to this atmosphere of playfulness. Having discovered this new medium, Khouri began experimenting and completed a body of work with this red mesh, which is in fact recycled mesh that she has collected along with discarded wire and barbed wire.

Winter Scene at Alexander Falls

2022, pigment print with matte UV laminate

On verso signed

Edition 1/6

64 x 64 in, 162.6 x 162.6 cm

Framed

Value $15,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Monte Clark, Vancouver Lot #15

KARIN BUBAŠ

Karin Bubaš, born in 1976 in North Vancouver, lives and works in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. She studied at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and graduated in 1998. Bubaš has exhibited nationally and internationally, most notably in Paris, Brussels, and Washington D.C. Known for her photographs, collages, and drawings, Bubaš explores the construction of gender in both fashion and art. Her practice is a conceptual interrogation of media that sets up an intersection between photography, film, advertising, and high art. In this hybrid space, she often stages women and asks questions about their role in the history of representation. Bubaš is represented by Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver. In the fall of 2023, Bubaš will have a solo exhibition at the Audain Art Museum.

Karin Bubaš’s Winter Scene at Alexander Falls explores the interpretation of landscape as sublime, yet frightening. The viewer, as well as the subject in the photo, is left vulnerable to nature’s power, represented here within the rapid movement of the waterfall and the unique zig-zagging pattern of the ice, water, and rocks. This photograph was taken at Alexander Falls, just south of Whistler, BC. The image largely plays on the contrast between light and dark. This contrast is compounded by the softness of the snow against the jagged hardness of the ice and rock. Nodding to the atmospheric vistas painted by J. M. W. Turner, such as The Falls of the Reichenbach, Winter Scene at Alexander Falls is also reminiscent of the photography of Ansel Adams, in which he references tourist attractions within a landscape.

HEILTSUK ARTIST

This pair of paddles dates to the latter part of the 19th century and offers excellent examples of Heiltsuk Nation art being produced at that time in Old Bella Bella. Each paddle has been carefully carved and features t-shape grips, beautifully tapered shafts, and thin blades that end in pointed tips. Such aesthetic qualities confirm that these two pieces are not utilitarian in nature and stem from more elaborate ceremonial type paddles often used by high ranking Indigenous officials.

The black and red painted areas on both sides of each paddle are identical and feature the head of a killer whale on the blade rendered in traditional Northwest Coast formline design, followed by a circular blow hole and a dorsal fin that extend from the throat along the shaft. Cross hatching and parallel lines complete the marine mammal design that reaches to the grip. Heiltsuk artists have been creating such magnificent graphic and sculpted works for thousands of years and other prominent ceremonial and trade items include ladles, bowls, bentwood chests, and seats. A number of highly respected artists emerged from the Old Bella Bella community in the late nineteenth century including: Chief Robert Bell (1859-1904), Enoch (d.1904), Captain Carpenter (1841-1931), General Dick (1822-1902), and Daniel Houstie (1880-1912).

During the latter part of the twentieth century, the Heiltsuk played a crucial role in the revival of ocean-going cedar canoes through their participation in water bound journeys to Expo 86 in Vancouver and the Paddle to Seattle in 1989. Currently, New Bella Bella or Waglisla has a population of 1,400 and is the largest community on the Central Coast of BC north of Queen Charlotte Strait.

Pair of Paddles

Late 19th century, wood painted with black and red pigments

54 x 4 9/10 in, 137.2 x 12.4 cm

Value $12,000

Anonymous Donor

Lot #16

SHAWN HUNT

Shawn Hunt is a Vancouver-based artist of Heiltsuk, French, and Scottish descent. He completed a diploma in studio art from Capilano College and received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia, majoring in sculpture and drawing. Hunt apprenticed with his father, Heiltsuk artist Bradley Hunt, from whom he learned wood and jewelry carving. Hunt also apprenticed with Coast Salish painter Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun from 2012 to 2015. Hunt creates abstract, surreal, and sculptural artwork based on Heiltsuk Cosmology that often references contemporary Indigenous life. Hunt combines his knowledge of traditional design and motifs to question issues of subversion, preconception, and fluid meanings. Hunt is represented by Equinox Gallery in Vancouver.

Shawn Hunt’s The Philosopher uses free floating elements of Northwest Coast formline design as well as characters from clan crests and Heiltsuk mythology to create a sculptural assemblage. He is influenced by Cubism and the work of Pablo Picasso, who in turn was influenced by Northwest Coast design. In The Philosopher, an eagle and raven make up the majority of the face, while the form of a frog creates the ear. Hunt uses bold colours, an off-centre composition, and a stark white background to pull focus towards the one central figure. Hunt pushes these elements together to create a portrait from the spirit world.

The Philosopher

2022, acrylic on canvas

On verso signed and dated 48 x 36 in, 121.9 x 36 cm

Value $16,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Equinox Gallery Lot #17

SHOORA MAJEDIAN

Shoora Majedian is a Vancouver-based artist originally from Tehran, Iran. In her works, Shoora examines “personal and social memories influenced by her childhood in Iran and her experiences pre- and post- migration.” She completed a Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2021. In 2022, she was the recipient of the prestigious Joe Plaskett Award for emerging Canadian painters. Her work has recently been shown at the Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles.

The title of this piece, Two Suns in Veils, speaks to two women on the left side of the composition. They are dressed in burkas, a requirement of women in Iran. Meanwhile, the man in the foreground of the image glides through the water with no shirt on, unencumbered by the swathes of fabric that envelop the two women behind him. This piece highlights the difference between the male and female experience in a country controlled by religious leaders. The title alludes to the idea that the women are like the sun—bright, warm, extremely powerful—and yet they are shrouded while others are permitted to roam confidently uncovered.

Two suns in veils

2022, oil on canvas

24 x 20 in, 60.96 x 50.80 cm

Value $9,500

Donated by the Artist

Lot #18

DORIA MOODIE

Spring is in the Air

2022, acrylic on canvas

On verso signed 60 x 60 in, 152.4 x 152.4 cm

Framed

Value $8,660

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Mountain Galleries

Lot #19

Doria Moodie is a Whistler-based artist with a keen interest in the bears of British Columbia. She is a strong advocate for BC bears (black bears, spirit bears, and grizzlies) and has spent many occasions observing them in the wild. She is best known for her large-scale, intimate portraits of these impressive animals in their natural habitats. Moodie is an Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA) and a founding member of Whistler Out-of-Bounds Artists, as well as the official artist and member of the board of the Grizzly Bear Foundation. Moodie’s intimate portraits are held in private collections around the world.

In this painting, two grizzlies take a stroll in a spring meadow. They both seem to be enjoying the warmth of spring and the insects buzzing in the air. One insect in particular, a dragonfly, takes center stage in the composition. Its presence alludes to a symbiosis between creatures in the wild. While the mama bear gazes up at the sky, seemingly sniffing the new scents in the air, the cub stares directly at the viewer, inviting us into his world. Moodie’s signature gentle eyes remind us that these are peaceful animals, simply enjoying a warm spring day. The cub’s back paw pokes up from the grass, reminding us that they are on the move.

“ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THINGS ABOUT THE FLOWERS

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“THE EARTH LAUGHS IN FLOWERS.”

—RALPH WALDO EMERSON

“The bloom may be brief but the memory of its beauty will last a lifetime.”