Avenir Art Auction In aid of Jerwood Charitable Foundation Wednesday 2nd September Viewing 12 - 6pm Live Auction 6- 8pm The Groucho Club 45 Dean Street London W1D 4QB
Welcome to the inaugural Avenir Art Auction, a charity auction for young and emerging artists in aid of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. What started as a small idea brewing in my mind during long nights and early mornings, has become a reality thanks to the support of The Groucho Club, Sotheby’s, Daniel Ford International and the committee members; Marine Tanguy, Kate Bryan, Greta Bellamacina, Julia Royse and Niru Ritman. Artists in the early stage of their career need a solid platform and extra support to develop their skills, exposure and of course they need to sell. It is our sole aim at Avenir Magazine to provide a stepping stone for these artists, and each success story is gradually becoming the norm. Co-curated by Marine Tanguy, we have put forward some of the best young emerging artists today. To establish the auction as an environment for cross-disciplinary discussion, each artist has explored a different medium, with a distinct and in many ways personal narrative. Furthermore, all these artists are under 30 years old and they all hail from contrasting cultural backgrounds.
Wish to bid on the unsold works? Please send an email to auction@avenirmagazine.com requesting more information.
The funds raised will go towards the development of a specific arts project that will advise, educate and support emerging artists at Jerwood Charitable Foundation. A huge thank you to the lovely Georgina Gold our auctioneer, and Sotheby’s for their wonderful support. We are extremely lucky and grateful to have the expertise of Georgina who has taken time out of her busy schedule to support this auction. A special thank you to Duggie Fields for the donation of his work and support for emerging artists. The Avenir Art Auction would not be the same without the participating artists, our partners and the lovely collectors seasoned and new, young and old. I would like to thank our sponsors Daniel Ford International, London’s prestigious property search and acquisitions agents who will be sponsoring the Avenir Art Auction for the next two years.
Vanessa Power Chair of Avenir Art Auction Publisher of Avenir and Avenir Africa Magazine
Vanessa Power Avenir Magazine
Supporting emerging artists is one of the most rewarding and enlightening experiences as a gallerist. I believe that we are all children of our time, and so, by helping the next generation as well as our generation, we can contribute – even if it is only on a small scale – to the history of art. Contemporary artists are necessary to society. They question our society conceptually as much as they challenge it visually. By helping to structure the careers of the artists of tomorrow, we can serve talent over the growing commercialisation of the art world. The Avenir Art Auction highlights this purpose in its ability to gather an impressive crowd of devotees, including some of the leading influencers in the art industry. I am extremely honoured to have assisted with the curation of this auction, and am looking forward to a whole series of them in the future.
Marine Tanguy
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Nikolas Ventourakis Systematic Portrait 1.a, 2014 Edition 2 of 5 C-type print - matte Mounted and framed (archival), 95cm x 70cm
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Scarlett Bowman PE12 Composite, acrylic and pigment, 89 x 63 cm
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Jelena Bulajic ‘Mica’, 2015 Mixed media on linen, 30 x 22cm
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Lina Viktor ‘Syzygy’, 2015 Pure 24 karat gold, acrylic, sumi ink, gouache, print on matte canvas, 132 x 101.6 cm
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Sang Woo Kim Untitled Acrylic, plaster, and resin on canvas, 76 x 10cm
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Sang Woo Kim Untitled Mixed media on canvas, 76 x 10cm
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Tristan Pigott ‘A Couple’ Oil on Linen, 80 x 120.65cm
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Babajide Olatunji Tribal series, 2015 Charcoal and pastel on paper, 40 x 50cm
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Ewa Wilczynski ‘Celestial Bodies’ Oil and gold on canvas, 155 x 175cm
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Ewa Wilczynski ‘Avenir African wax selfie’ Oil and wax on canvas, 30 x 25cm
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Claire Luxton Limited Edition of 10, 2013 Signed 310 gsm Hahnemuhle German Etching paper print, 42 x 42 x 0.3cm
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Jennifer Abessira SnowFlakeMyriam & Le Pink Void Elastique Project Lambda C-type print, LED lightbox, 100 x 75cm
Artists
Scarlett Bowman
Ewa Wilczynski
Tristan Pigott
Jennifer Abessira
Lina Viktor
Nikolas Ventourakis
Babajide Olatunji
Jelena Bulajic
Duggie Fields Icons and Ideals, 2009 - 2015 Pigment print on A2 saunders archival satinenhanced paper, 18� x 13�
Partners
Avenir Magazine is a contemporary arts and culture publication with a sole focus to provide a much needed platform for emerging artists, across various art mediums including fashion, and literature. Its diverse content also includes travel, architecture, design and music, shedding a light on new contemporary talent and emerging cultural scenes. Avenir continues to support early stage creatives through projects such as the Avenir Art Auction and the Int’l exhibition Yellow Sun; The New Contemporaries co-curated by Marine Tanguy, which takes place in Nigeria this October. Jerwood Charitable Foundation is a UK registered charity dedicated to imaginative and responsible funding of the arts, supporting artists to develop and grow at important stages in their practice. The aim of its funding is to allow artists and arts organisations to thrive; to continue to develop their skills, imagination and creativity with integrity. It works across art forms, from dance and theatre to literature, music and the visual arts. In the visual arts, Jerwood Charitable Foundation’s major initiative is Jerwood Visual Arts, a contemporary gallery programme of exhibitions, awards and events based at Jerwood Space, London, which tours nationally with visits of over 59,000 a year. Jerwood Visual Arts commissions and showcases the work of talented emerging artists, makers and designers, and aims to make connections and provoke conversations within and across visual arts disciplines. www.jerwoodcharitablefoundation.org www.jerwoodvisualarts.org
Sponsors
Auctioneer
Daniel Ford International is an independent buying consultancy acting solely for the Buyer. We specialise in the acquisition and structuring of property transactions for our clients, be it for personal or investment purposes. Our services begin from establishing a brief to handling the search and acquisition process, right down to completion. Daniel Ford International continues to show its support to the arts by contributing to the growth and development of emerging artists.
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