Western Front Art Auction 2010: The New Deal

This is the preview site where you can see works that will be on auction at the Western Front's 37th Annual Gala and Art Auction on March 6th, 2010.

The Western Front is located at 303 East 8th Avenue in Vancouver, BC. Tickets are $150 and include dinner and beverages. To reserve a seat call 604-876-9343 or email admin@front.bc.ca.

The theme of the auction is "The New Deal".

Information about and images of the works will be added here in upcoming days so check back.

Among the participating artists are: Sonja Ahlers, Sonny Assu, Heremy Hof, Khan Lee, Damian Moppett, Judy Radul,Marina Roy, Erin Shirreff, Ian Skedd, Reece Terris, Elizabeth Zvonar, Donato Mancini, and others.

Further information: http://front.bc.ca/

Erin Shirreff

Title of the work:  Untitled

Medium:  Silver gelatin photograph

Dimensions:  16 x 20 inches

Date of Production:  2009

Edition #:  1/3

Gallery Representation:   Lisa Cooley, New York, NY

Estimated Market Value:    $1800 USD

Erin Shirreff lives and works in New York City. She holds an MFA from Yale University (2005) and a BFA from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Recent exhibitions include Landscapes, Heads, Drapery, and Devils at Lisa Cooley, Broken Thorn Sweet Blackberry at Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Some Thing Else at Peter Blum, all in New York, the Dark Fair at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, and a solo booth for Frame at the 2009 Frieze Art Fair. In 2010 she will exhibit at Shane Campbell Gallery in Chicago and in the Front Room at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. Her work has been reviewed in Frieze, the New Yorker, and Time Out and is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.