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Inside Front Cover Jacob Williams, Pink Moon Waxing or Strawberry Shortcake’s Fruity Ass, 2007 (detail) Title Page Nicole Rodriguez, Snowpocalypse, 2010 (detail) Back Cover Paul Steffens, Untitled, 2011 (detail)
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SteveN Agin Chambers St. Icon, 2011 Oil on wood. 48 x 96 inches
Steven Agin, painter, American, born 1951. Phillips specialist and consultant on Toy Art. Art History and Studio prof. of Art and, artist rep. UNC/Ma.1976, CCNY/BS 1973
William Cambpell Void (table), 2011 Oak, steel, hand applied finish. 28 x 40 x 60 inches
William Campbell is a carpenter, cabinetmaker and woodworker that lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. A third generation craftsman, born in 1978, he seeks to achieve a clean and minimal design presence. Having worked for some of the more prestigious furniture makers in New York City, he has moved on to create his own work from a clear and thoughtful perspective. William considers himself lucky to be able to count all of his friends on one hand and is perpetually disappointed that William Jackson Fratesi is one of them.
Jonathan Casella Untitled (vase), 2011 18 x 24 inches (approx. due to shape)
The artist and musician, Katrina Lamb once said of Jonathan: “With the occasional glance, you make me want to be a boy repeatedly and it’s annoying. Boys will be boys and it’s fine any which way..... live it.”
Sean Cleary Zebra, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 24 x 24 inches
Sean Cleary moved to New York after receiving a bachelor’s degree in Art History from University of California to pursue a career in Fine Arts. He has worked at Christie’s, the Washburn Gallery and is now the New York Managing Director at Phillips de Pury & Company. Sean has participated in every staff art show since 2003.
Thomas Costa Untitled, 2011 Oil and pigment on canvas. 48 x 24 inches
Tom Costa was born in 1979 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, and an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Tom Costa’s work has grown from a painting practice to include music, sculpture, and installation, as he has pursued dynamics that are at once personal and universal. He has exhibited in New York, L.A., Copenhagen, and other major cities. Tom Costa lives and works in Brooklyn.
Randy Costanza Labtop photographs, 2011 Diasec mounted. 16 x 20 inches
Randy Costanza was born in Pittsburgh, PA and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. He owned a cat, that was named “Dude�, who died the day he was hired at Phillips. Maybe this was some kind of sign.
David D’Ostilio Debt Dollars, 2011 Pen on $20 bill. 2 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches each.
The series titled Debt Dollars is first and foremost about money. Drawing world leaders on legal tender is the catalyst to get people to think about money in a broader context than the manner in which they earn it and where they are going to spend it. The intention is to think about America’s debt, who influences it? Who does it affect? How does one effect change? I have attempted this by going outside the law and defacing government property. The goal is to influence many people on an everyday level in a cheap and subliminal way.
Bill Driscoll Miracles Await, 2011 Brush and ink on paper. 51 x 79 inches
Bill Driscoll was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended the Columbus College of Art and Design and Ohio State University. For twenty years he has worked in museums and related fields as an art handler and exhibit installer-building dinosaur skeletons at Chicago’s Field Museum, and feverishly handling the masterworks collection of paintings for MoMA and the Guggenheim. His own work is a composite of styles that have recently come together in a large, black and white, brush and ink format culling classic paintings, comics and graphic novels. His subject matter emanates from a whirling, undisciplined well of random ideas that focuses on everything from politics and environmental issues, to simple flights of fancy.
dx and rx (me), 2012 Video. 1920 x 1080p
DX and rx are multimedia artists currently appropriating art, music, film and tv history, and mashing it together. influences include john lennon, the beatles, kraftwerk, van gogh, warhol, zeppelin, bruce lee, mlk, banksy... their work has been commissioned by, and featured in or on bbc, comedy central, newsweek, and rolling stone, amongst others.
DX Warholium, 2011 Inkjet on canvas. 42 x 42 inches
Dick Evans Untitled (Ceremonial Objects), 2011 Mixed media. 54 x 74 1/2 x 25 inches
Ryan Falkowitz 05/06/11(10:24:00)(Giacometti), 2011 Approx. 375 Offset Lithographs, Plexiglas, steel. Approx. 33 x 16 x 4 inches (without support)
b.1976, Long Island, NY. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Peter Fankhouser Poor Animal, 2011 Video, TRT 3:06 min, Looped.
Mark Ferkul Untitled (While You Were Out), 2011 Digital print on Plexiglas. 36 x 36 inches
Mark Ferkul is one of Phillips de Pury’s summer interns in the Contemporary Art and Photographs department. He is currently studying Fine Art at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Melissa Finch The Peak, Switzerland 2006 Photograph (shot with 35mm on archival paper. 24 x 36 inches
Melissa Finch is a Canadian stylist and singer. She has lived and worked in the UK, Germany and France. Her New York performances have included the New Museum, The Knitting Factory, Santos Party House and Make Music New York. Melissa currently resides in Harlem, New York.
Anna Furney Untitled, 2010 Acrylic on canvas. 8 1/2 x 11 inches
Elena Mercedes Getto Married on a trial basis‌, 2008 C-prints. Various dimensions
Brent Johnston D00m, 2011 Arcyrlic on canvas. 40 x 62 inches
Brent William Johnston has worked at Phillips for about two years. He is interested in slime and swamps.
BarretT Langlinais Untitled, 2011 Chromira print. 11 x 14 inches
Barrett Langlinais was born in New Iberia, Louisiana in 1969. He studied photography at the University of Louisiana (BFA 1994) and The Art Institute of Chicago (MFA 1998). He has exhibited at venues such as The Brooklyn Academy of Music and Sean Kelly Gallery in New York; Gallery 312, The Terra Museum of American Art and the Evanston Art Center in Chicago; and San Francisco Camera Work. He has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Columbia College and SAIC. Reviews of his work have been published in Camera Work: A Journal of Photographic Arts, C: International Contemporary Art and the New Art Examiner.
Barry Ledoux After Schwitters, 2009 Copper, rivets, oil stick, flourescent pigment, screen. 48 x 33 x 9 inches
Cary Leibowitz Two coffee mugs, 2011
Cary Leibowitz, a third generation Fluxus artist with pop tendencies continues to make art against his better judgement.
11 oz white ceramic. Edition of 72.
He is younger than Madonna but older than Ricky Martin.
Peter Mandradjieff Indigo, 2008 Oil on linen. 8 x 11 inches
Peter Mandradjieff lives and works in New York. He received an MFA in painting from Columbia University in 2009 and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University 2001. His paintings have been included in the group exhibitions: Addicted to Highs and Lows, curated by Richard Aldrich, Bortolami Gallery, New York (2011) Columbia University Thesis Exhibition, curated by Regine Basha, Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York (2009) DiSoRgAnizEd, curated by Jacob Robichaux, at Museum 52, New York (2008) and Earth Becomes You, curated by Abe Orden, at SongSong, Vienna (2007).
Ferran Martin Granada, 2008 Multimedia installation. Dimensions variable
Stephanie Max Tips (in three parts), 2011 Acrylic on wood panel. 12 x 38 inches
S is for strength T is for tenacity E is for everlasting love P is for patience H is for hope A is for always smiling! N is for never frowning! I is for island paradise E is for everything and MORE!
M is for MEMORIES A is for attitude X is for X-treme!
SteveN MosIer Aftermath #1, 2011 Mixed media, athletic gear, white vinyl. Dimensions variable
Raised in Motown, my fascination of pop culture, sports and auto design started at a very young age. I entered art school as a painter, and exited as a graphic designer. Right out of school I re-educated myself while working in the Dutch design and art world. I mix mediums together, always looking for the right concoction that gives an introduction of who I am and where I’ve come from.
Gianni Mele General Weaponry, 2009-2011 Multimedia
Gianni Mele received his B.A. in Art History from The University of Arizona in 2005 and his M.A. in Contemporary Art and Theory in 2008 from The University of Manchester with Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York City. In addition to his active career as Senior Operations Manager at Phillips De Pury & Co., Gianni is also the 2009 and 2011 award winning Nike sneaker designer. His works include the reappropriation of classic Nike sillouhettes such as the Air Force 1, Dunk Low and Hi, Air Max 1, Air Max 90, Air Max 95, Hyperdunk, Zoom Kobe 5 and Zoom Kobe 6.
Charles Nunn The Escape Plan, 2011 Latex enamel, oil enamel, spray paint. 72 x 94 inches
Born in Louisville, Kentucky 1979. Earned a B.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2003. These works are improvisational and inspired by the streets and life in New York City.
Daniel Oglander Thomas Moores Wife, 2008 Mixed media-carbon transfer and acrylic on panel. 58 x 30 inches
Daniel Oglander is a 26 year old Nashville native who is currently living in Brooklyn. Daniel attended “Art School” his entire life by growing up in a family of artists who nurtured his creativity (Daniel’s mother is a potter, his father an abstract artist and his brother a mixed media artist). Daniel’s art hinges on his ability to discover new material. He doesn’t buy his images; they are all either from books or photos found in abandon buildings or on the street. “It is as if I am breathing new life into a moment someone left behind.” When asked what he loves about art he stated, “Art is my outlet for selfexpression, it satisfies my need to generate something that defines me. No amount of words can ever express my feelings. I have to speak with my hands.”
Anibal Padrino Decoy, 2011 Oil on canvas. 36 x 48 inches
Venzil Peterson Overview of Reliquary Installation, 2000-2009Â Various resins, dirt, aluminum and wood. 23 x 106 inches (Size adjustable)
David (Venzil) Peterson was born in Santa Rosa, California and was transplanted to Brooklyn, New York at the tender age of eight. He received his BFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase College of Art. He is a recipient of a McDowell Artist Traveling Grant and The Nessa Cohen Grant, and his work has been shown in a number of group exhibitions, including the G.V.A.C. gallery in Greenpoint, Abc No Rio in the Lower East Side, and Local Project Gallery in Long Island City. David’s work strives to explore conceptual and physical parallels in an effort to suggest meaning between seemingly unrelated subjects. Visit www.davidpetersonsculpture.com to see more of his work.
Jay Rice Untitled, 2011 C-print. 36 x 48 inches
This is the first photographic series exhibition by Jay Rice, and the most recent since his 12 painting exhibition in May 2010. The beginning of an on-going series of basketball hoops/courts that bring awareness to inherent power/energy of their area and space by negating obstructions or deconstructive deteriorations. Also apparent is the social critique of popular gaming and the loss of competitive athletics. Rice’s body of work incorporates painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography. Their conceptual aesthetics thematically circumscribing male Americana. The works invite an accessibility through inherent cultural commonalities and gain cognitive in-site through investigation. An experiential position expressing this interaction’s maturation of ideas, from the conjured nostalgia to immediate contemporary critiques.
Adam Rizer Bells≥ Band.
The instrumental group BELLS≥ was formed in November, 2009 in the flurry of activity surrounding drummer Zach Barocas’ appearance with his old band, Jawbox, on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Joined by guitarists Chris Ernst and Steve Shodin, and bassist Adam Rizer (The Oxford Collapse), they all currently live and rehearse in Brooklyn.
Nicole Rodriguez Snowpocalypse, 2010 Digital color coupler print. 10 x 15 inches
Nicole Rodriguez is a self taught portrait photographer living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
Robert Rogan 3 Musketeers, 2011 Graphite on paper. 5 x 8 inches
Robert Rogan was born in 1976. He graduated Pratt Institute with B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1998. He continued his studies earning a certificate from Tamarind Institute in 2001. Currently, he lives in Brooklyn and continues to draw, paint, print, write and be creative.
Robert Schmaltz Prosthetic Rupture, Medusa, 2010-2011 Inkjet print on letter paper 5 pieces, 8 1/2 x 11 inches - Edition of 10.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE IN VARIOUS FORMS, FROM THE TEXT TO THE IMAGE, AND IN SPEECH TO THE OBJECT, AGAINST A MOVEMENT THAT SYTEMATICALLY REMOVES RATHER THAN CHALLENGES THE INDIVIDUAL, A RUPTURE OCCURED AS A RESULT OF DELERIUM. AUTOMATION INTERPRETATION, THOUGHT AND PERCEPTION CONFRONTING NOT A SILENCE RATHER AN OVERLOAD OF INFORMATION – TOO MANY ANSWERS INVERTING THE SILENCE (HYPERSILENCING), REFLECTING A DISAPPEARANCE THAT IS SPOKEN THROUGH. PARADOXICALLY THERE AND NOT THERE, AWARE OF THIS CONDITION, OF NOT MERELY BEING CIRCUMCRIBED BY THE WORLD, BUT CHANNELING IT, (THE ENCODED HOST) PASSES WITH STRANGE PERSISTENCE.
Robert Sciasci Boxes, 2009-2011 Canvas, resin and paint. Dimensions variable
Robert Sciasci studied painting and sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. His work has been shown all over the United States, including Abington Art Center, California Museum of Art, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, and the Frick Fine Art Galleries at the University of Pittsburgh. His work is part of the permanent collections of Edward Albee, and the Edward F. Albee Foundation, Lambert Collection, William Katz, Rick Merenchic and Sara Vogt. Robert Sciasci currently lives in New York City.
Adam Sipe You Know (3), 2011 iPhone collage. Dimensions variable
Adam Sipe lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a BFA from Penn State University and an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.
Melissa Skluzacek Revival, 2008 Steel, polystyrene, 3d printed objects, sound. 84 x 24 x 40 inches
Melissa Skluzacek is a sculptor and musician living in Brooklyn, NY. Skluzacek completed her MFA in visual art and MA in art history at Purchase College. Skluzacek completed numerous public and private commission works in Minneapolis, MN prior to moving to New York. She is the recipient of a Jerome Foundation Grant and has had her work exhibited nationally. Her work has been presented at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art and Nueberger Museum. Melissa Skluzacek’s sculptures and video address landscape and our place within it. This relationship is mediated by our physical experience within these spaces as delineated by our desire to control and comprehend the landscape.
Lauren Sohn Untitled #3, 2010 Digital Inkjet Print. 20 x 30 inches
Thomas Spoerndle Along the Island 1, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 16 inches
Thomas Spoerndle was born in Akron,OH in 1984. He recieved a BFA with an academic emphasis in Visual Culture from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2007 and an MFA from Hunter College in 2010. He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions in New York and Ohio.
Paul Steffens Untitled, 2011 Mixed media. 18 x 12 inches
Paul Steffens is an artist who lives and works in Jersey City, N.J. He can be reached at PSteff2001@Gmail.com.
Nicholas Steindorf Re, re, 2011 Enamel, giclee print, and oil on canvas. Dimensions variable
Nicholas Steindorf is an interdisciplinary artist who lives in Brooklyn, NY. He has recently been featured in the book The Studio Reader, edited by Mary Jane Jacob and Michelle Grabner as well as in the accompanying exhibition “Picturing the Studio� at the Sullivan Galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago, co-curated by Michelle Grabner and Annika Marie. He is currently curating an exhibition for Kunz Vis Projects in Chicago that will open in October, entitled dream, in, the, act. During the month of August Nicholas will be attending ACRE Residency in Steuben, WI.
CK Swett Gently Used, 2011 Performance.
CK Swett, a California native and Duke University graduate, came to New York in the middle of the first decade of this century intending to write the great American novel. Instead, he went to work in the art auction world, where, among many pursuits, he makes films and serves as a tuxedo-clad charity auctioneer. CK collaborates on pretty much everything with his close friend Victor G. Jeffreys II, a North Carolinian by birth and a fellow Duke grad. When Victor isn’t structuring asset based loans with fine art as collateral, you might find him piecing together Alexander Calder inspired mobiles, photographing the beautiful and fabulous, and thinking of new ways to engage this city creatively. They both call north Brooklyn home.
Jonathan Thies Thirsty & Miserable, 2011 Aluminum, Synthetic rubber adhesive tape Dimensions vary with installation.
Jonathan Gordon Thies b.July 6, 1982 on a sinking frigate off the coast of Maine. Mr. Thies spent the first eighteen years of his life in Barrington, Rhode Island, he was a juvenile delinquent and spent frequent stints in a multitude of boy’s homes and juvenile detention centers. His early focus on art was cultivated in a RISD outreach program for troubled youth. After High School he attended The Hartford School of Art with a focus on Sculpture. In 2003 he left Hartford, Connecticut for Hollywood, California to oversee the production and filming of his first feature length film Dirty Deeds. Upon his return to Hartford he went on to win a multitude of awards and honors for his art work most notably the Kunst von Wolfgang Niedecken award for excellence, he squandered his prize money the following summer on a fishing trip up the Amazon. Mr. Thies currently lives and works in New York, New York and is an employee of Phillips de Pury & Co. He is currently working on a book of short stories and his second feature length film, Your Biggest Fan. He enjoys drinking martinis and swimming off the coast of Brooklyn, New York.
Jeff Velazquez Things Will Never Be the Same, 1999 Oil on wood. 22 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches.
Jeff stopped painting in 1999 after completing this work to concentrate on making motion pictures. He is thinking of returning to his first love soon.
Alipio Villaester Jr. The Instrumentalist, 2003 Oil and acrylic. 48 x 30 inches
Alipio Villaester Jr. started to develop his love for art at tender age of 10. He attended school of visual art and if not at work,he spends time singing, sketching and painting.
Justin Waldstein The Last Place on Earth, 2011 Oil on steel. Various sizes.
Justin Waldstein is a Brooklyn-based artist with a varied background in fine arts, design, photography and film. He has exhibited his work in galleries, museums, theaters and performance spaces in NYC and internationally. His projected images were shown at the Brooklyn Museum, The Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and at HERE Arts Center. This year he has had solo shows of works on paper and paintings in Manhattan. In drawings, paintings and live projections, he renders chance moments of resonant beauty, exhilaration, aspiration, glory and futility. His work reflects his upbringing in NYC, where he has observed and drawn people since childhood. Visit www.justinwaldstein.com to see more of his work.
Robert Weingart Ferran y Roberto, Roberto y Ferran, 2011 Polystyrene, sand, starfish, shells, feathers, watercolor on paper. Dimensions variable
Joey Weiss Jacket, 2011 Spray paint, hanger, jacket. Aproximate Dimensions: 2 x 7 x 20 inches
Joey Weiss was born in Denver, Colorado and received a BA from Bates College in Lewiston, ME. He moved to New York City in 2003 to complete an MFA from Parsons School of Design.
Marco Panella & Joey Weiss Better Graffiti, 2011 Video still, digital video.
Jacob Williams Pink Moon Waxing or Strawberry Shortcake’s Fruity Ass, 2007 Acrylic and collage. 86 x 116 inches
Jacob Williams, a sculptor and painter was born in October 30th 1975 in McArthur, California. He received his BA from Hunter College (June 2011). Williams currently lives and works in New York City.
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