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/

Jin-Me Yoon

Title: The dreaming collective knows no history (U.S. Embassy to Japanese Embassy, Seoul)

Medium: video still, C-print on archival paper

Dimensions: 12” x 41”

Date of Production: 2007

Gallery Representation: Catriona Jeffries

Estimated Market Value: $3500

Bio:

Jin-Me Yoon is a vital member of the Vancouver art community as well as an active participant in international art discourse. For the past two decades Yoon’s work has contributed to ongoing discussions of place and identity.

Recent video work by the artist explores the interrelationship between bodies, cities and history in an accelerated globalized era. Currently, Yoon lives and works in Vancouver where she teaches at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. She has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally.