ARTATTACK! Catalogue 2014

presenting sponsor

Art Attack! an auction in support of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

Janus

by Winne TrUOng

Thursday, November 6, 2014

presenting sponsor

Art Attack!

BMO Financial Group is proud to return as the presenting sponsor for this year’s ARTATTACK!. The funding and promotion of the arts in Canada is an important priority for BMO, and we are especially pleased to be able to bring the visual arts together with the theatre arts for this evening in support of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

Respect for the individual and differing viewpoints, inclusion, and diversity are the fundamental values that shape the productions that Buddies in Bad Times stages. They are also values shared by BMO — values that shape our success.

We, at BMO, look forward to building on the strength of our ongoing partnership with Buddies in Bad Times so that we can continue to make the voices and experiences of often marginalized people in our community be heard.

BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE

an auction in support of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

hosted by DIANE FLACKS* resident curator CHRIS IRONSIDE tuck shop curator KEITH COLE guest curators ALEX McLEOD, APRIL HICKOX, G N’ S PROJECTS, SUZANNE CARTE auctioneer CHARLENE NERO Special Guests Fay Slift, DJ Mary Mack, Regina the Gentlelady, Kyle Travis Young, Shane MacKinnon, Rebecca Leonard, Diana Lopez Sotto, Lara Ebate, Judy Virago, Mother Trouble & Father Titus Nuance, Belle Jumelles, Johnny B Good

SPECIAL THANKS Winnie Truong, Fernanda Ferria at Akau, Kelly & Sonja at Akasha Art Projects, Lindsey Cassel, Alison Cruickshank, Lorilynn, Kero & Phil at Xtra, Mary Tremonte, Dimitri at Image Foundry, our steering committee, staff, volunteers, and all of the people who have generously donated the items up for bids tonight

cover art Janus by WINNIE TRUONG official tuck shop bags by ALISON SNOWBALL production manager CHARISSA WILCOX lighting designer ADRIEN WHAN graphic design DEREK AUBICHON steering committee CHRIS IRONSIDE, FRANCISCO ALVAREZ, JOHN AUSTIN, KEITH COLE, MANDY McNEIL, MARK AIKMAN

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Welcome to

Art Attack!

This is an important night for us — thank you all for being here.

ARTATTACK! is not only our biggest fundraiser, it is also our chance to introduce you to some exceptional artists and showcase the amazing talent that our community has to offer. Each year, I am overwhelmed by the incredible generosity of our community, and by how willing people are to give their time and energy to ensure this night is a success.

This event would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of so many people.

I want to thank all the artists, curators, local businesses, and individuals who donated to tonight’s event. Buddies is committed to remaining accessible to our entire community and I am confident that everyone, at any budget, will be able to find some treasure to take home.

I want to acknowledge the Buddies staff, board, volunteers and the auction steering committee that have devoted countless hours to this event. It takes a lot of work to put ARTATTACK! on and these are the people who made tonight happen. You have my ongoing gratitude for the time, passion and imagination that you have put into this event.

I also want to express thanks to all our sponsors, and especially our Presenting Sponsor, BMO Financial Group, whose support and commitment to ARTATTACK! has been a crucial part of our success.

And thank YOU for continuing to support Buddies. When I say we really couldn’t do it without you, I mean it wholeheartedly.

Enjoy the evening!

Brendan Healy Artistic Director

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ABOUT BUDDIES in Bad Times Theatre Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is Toronto’s leading destination for artistically-rigorous, alternative theatre and a world leader in developing queer voices and stories for the stage. Every year, tens of thousands of people come through our doors to see a play, attend a community event, or have fun with their friends on a Saturday night. Our youth programs provide a safe and empowering space for queer youth to express themselves and discover their community. On our stage, the voices of the marginalized are raised to a level on par with the best in the world.

For all these reasons and more, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is an indispensable part of our community.

For over 35 years, Buddies has challenged and inspired audiences with innovative, cutting edge, and award-winning queer artistic programming. With the support of our community — people like you — we have made an unparalleled contribution to the acceptance and celebration of queer lives in Canada and advanced the possibilities of the theatre into bold new territory. As we move forward together, we will continue to deliver vital programming and services to our city, to provide a home for queer expression, and to bring you the very best theatre our city — and our world — has to offer.

It is thanks to you that this work is possible. ARTATTACK! is a vital source of funding for our artistic programs, which increasingly rely on donor support. So please, bid early and bid often!

HOW YOU HELP Thanks to your support, Buddies is able to strengthen and empower our queer community through a diversity of activities: • An Artist Residency Program that fosters the development of independent and emerging voices in queer performance by providing free space, as well as artistic, administrative, and technical support.

• A commitment to affordable ticket prices — among the lowest in the city — ensuring that everyone has access to the arts.

• A Queer Youth Arts Program that provides training and performance opportunities for young queer artists.

• Hundreds of free tickets to youth, community groups, and newcomers.

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Art Attack! LIMITED EDITION PRINT

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WINNIE TRUONG Janus 2014 pencil crayon on paper 16” x 16” edition of 20 exclusive to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre price: $500 Buddies is thrilled to offer a commissioned limited-edition series of prints from internationally-celebrated artist Winnie Truong. Each print is hand-embellished by the artist and comes framed courtesy of Akasha Art Projects.

Winnie Truong lives and works in Toronto where she received her BFA from OCAD University.

Working exclusively in pencil crayon, Truong’s practice continues to explore the possibilities of large-scale drawing and the expressiveness of hair as subject in her art. Truong has been featured in numerous art publications, blogs, and magazines. Her work can be seen in the N.Y Times, the cover of Hi-Fructose Magazine and in Walk The Line: Art of Drawing. She has been shown at Volta fair N.Y., and Art Toronto. Her work is in the collection of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in KA, Bank of Denmark, and Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto. winnietruong.com

artwork courtesy of the artist and ESP (Erin Stump Projects), Toronto framing courtesy of Akasha Art Projects printing by Image Foundry

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Curator statements CHRIS IRONSIDE Just when you thought ARTATTACK! couldn’t get any better…it does!

This year’s curatorial line-up of April Hickox, Alex McLeod, G N’ S PROJECTS (Gwendolyn Healey & Sean D’Andrade) and Suzanne Carte is pure magic! That magic extends to the diverse and exciting collection the curators have worked to bring together, which showcases some of Canada’s most talented emerging, mid-career and established artists.

I would like to thank April, Alex, G N’ S PROJECTS and Suzanne for your curation and commitment — I could not have done this without you. To all of the artists who have donated work, thank you. ARTATTACK! and the success it has become is not, and could never be, possible without your support and generosity. I am forever grateful to Winnie Truong for saying, “yes” two years in a row — last year as a curator and this year for creating the absolutely stunning ARTATTACK! Limited Edition Print. Thank you.

I look forward to seeing you all on November 6th with a cocktail, made by Patricia, in one hand and a paddle raised high in the other in support of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre!

Chris Ironside is a Toronto-based artist working in drawing and photography. He is interested in representations of masculine ideals and identity through performance, documentation and the staged image. His work has been exhibited throughout North America and has appeared in several publications, including a set of commissioned drawings for Headmaster Magazine and a featured article on his photographic series, Mr. Long Weekend, in Issue 114 of C Magazine. He currently teaches photography in the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) at the University of Guelph where he is the recipient of the 2012-2013 College of Arts Sessional Teaching Excellence Award. chrisironside.com | instagram.com/chris.ironside

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KEITH COLE Somebody once asked me why Buddies doesn’t do more

If my memory serves me correctly, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

plays about the joys of a gay lifestyle. After all, we now have

and its merry company of ne’er do wells, moved into this building

gay marriage…. what is left to be political about?

at 12 Alexander Street, 20 years ago in 1994 — despite suspicion,

Naturally, my head exploded.

doubt and of course, homophobia. Long Live This Building!

Enjoy yourself tonight while you are in this celebratory setting.

As we progress and become increasingly mainstream and

But please always remember that people fought hard to win this

more about assimilation and less about liberation, I like to

space ­— a space that is often taken now, for granted.

imagine that there are still some of us who remain slightly disconnected. Present, in the here and now, but just a tiny bit isolated from those who want to forget those filthy bad old days and just keep moving forward for the sake of the children.

How very modern, indeed. Should we not hold a little space for the contrary? Specifically, the artist who is at odds with the conventional. The artist who remembers those “embarrassing

My thanks go out to my fellow ARTATTACK! committee members, the staff and Board at Buddies, all of tonight’s volunteers, Alison Snowball and her beautiful tuck shop bags and you, the ARTATTACK! attendee. My biggest thanks are for the 2014 tuck shop artists. Thank you for your creativity and generous spirit. Stay Weird. Keep Art Evil.

days” when Buddies had sex dungeon parties full of deviants,

Keith Cole’s art practice collides the worlds of theatre, dance,

fringe dwellers and sexual outlaws dressed in leather regalia

film and performance. He has appeared in films, television

refusing to be rescued by the forward thinking, optimistic

and performance events worldwide and is a recipient of a

community members of the time. The Rock Hudson Memorial

Harold Award (1999) a National Tap Dance Award (2004), the

Tuck Shop was named for those who resist normalization. Rock

Roberto Ariganello Award (2007) a Dora Award Nomination

Hudson is remembered as a troubled man. History regards him

for Outstanding Male Performance in a Musical (2008) a Pink

as a problem — a difficult part of the past that must be shuffled

Triangle Award (2000), XTRA! Magazine Mouthiest Queer Activist

away into an isolated memory. Confined to yesterdays when

Award (2010) and a few grants and academic scholarships. In

certain people did “those types of things.” With the tuck shop, I

2010 Keith Cole was a leading contender in Toronto’s Mayoral

suggest we resuscitate the spirit of Rock Hudson and embrace

Election. He placed 8th in the overall election putting him in

his vigor. Drag him out of the murky waters of the not-so-distant

the top 10 of well over 80 candidates. He has written for FUSE

past and place him firmly back into the spotlight he so justly

Magazine, KAPSULA Magazine, The Dance Current, XTRA!

deserves.

dailyxtra.com and Fab Magazine. As an independent scholar

The Tuck Shop is slightly clandestine. Open only once a year for a few hours at ARTATTACK! It is a magical realm that holds secrets and treasures. Encoded, coded and decoded works of art that can only be found in an environment created at Buddies. A shop for the covert, conspiratorial and adventurous

his research work explores gossip, hearsay and rumours within the contemporary art world. He continues to work on and perform his performance piece “No Way Out” based on the dazzling career of Sean Young. For more info... just ask around.

situated slightly off the fixed path. A path that Rock Hudson frequented.

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Curator statements ALEX McLEOD

G N’ S PROJECTS

I selected five artists whose work exist in a state of conversion,

There is no overriding theme to this collection of work apart

between emulation of materiality & immateriality.

than we believe that these artist are all amazing in their own

Born in Scarborough, McLeod has exhibited worldwide

right. We believe that Buddies is an important part of our

including MASS MOCA (USA), Joshibi Art Museum (Japan),

community’s development and we want to be able to help

The Museum of Contemporary Canadian art (Canada)

fundraise for their next amazing season in any way we can.

and University Waikato (New Zealand). He is currently

G N’ S PROJECTS is the studio name of the collaborative

working on his tenth solo show to be presented at Division Gallery Toronto in 2015. McLeod’s prints and animations are in the collections of The Bank of Montreal, The Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank, The Art Gallery of Surrey and MOCCA. alxclub.com

husband and wife team, Gwendolyn Healey and Sean D’Andrade. In the short time that they have been collaborating they were noted in Toronto Life magazine for their work with The Society, have had solo shows in Toronto, been included in group shows internationally, and had their work acquired by The Bruce Bailey Collection. Coming up this year they have been commissioned to design two rooms

APRIL HICKOX I am very pleased to be part of ARTATTACK! this year — Buddies is the best! I want to thank the ever gracious

at Sunny Brook Hospital to create a comforting environment for parents that have recently lost a child. gnsprojects.format.com

arts community and in particular the artists who have generously donated work at my request. It is always a pleasure to engage with artists in the community and have them respond to a wonderful cause. I have selected artists who work in many media, all of whom I have admired for many years; artists who I believe are completely committed to their respective practices and who continue to make cutting edge work with just a little dash of the quirky.

SUZANNE CARTE With gracious donations from artists Brendan Fernandes, Heather Cassils, Francisco-Fernandes Granados, Jose Angeles, Kirsten McCrea and John Monteith, this collection of works strives to honour Buddies in Bad Times’ incredible 35-year history of queer performance and artistic excellence by investigating the linkage of visual art and performance.

April Hickox is a lens based artist, teacher and independent

Through the representation of action and movement, these

curator who lives on the Toronto Islands. April’s work is based

works focus on performativity in capturing the engagement

in narratives, with a broad range of approaches to subject,

and experience of feminism, gender, dance, theatre and

with an affinity to landscape, encompassing history,

even geometry.

memory, and site. She is also interested in photographing the people who work to nurture our environments.

Supported by all levels of funding throughout her career she has exhibited nationally and internationally. She is an active community leader, the founding director of Gallery 44 Center For Contemporary Photography, and a founding member of Tenth Muse Studio, and Artscape. April is a member of the curatorial committee for Art with Heart, a fundraiser for Casey House, and an associate professor of photography at the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) in Toronto. aprilhickox.com

Suzanne Carte is a curator and art critic. Her exhibitions have appeared across Canada and Australia, and her critical writing has been published in Magenta Magazine, Art Writ, and Huffington Post. After working for the Blackwood Gallery and the Art Gallery of Mississauga, she joined the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) in 2008 as Assistant Curator. Within Suzanne’s independent practice, she has curated exhibitions in public spaces, artist-run centres, commercial and public art galleries including You Cannot Kill What Is Already Dead, All Systems Go!, Under New Management, MOTEL and Man’s Ruin. Suzanne sits on the Board of Directors for Images Festival, the largest festival in North America for experimental and independent moving image culture. She holds an MA in Contemporary Art History from Sotheby’s Art Institute in New York and a BFA from the University of Windsor. suzannecarte.com

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LIISA MORTON Jon & Jerry, New Jersey curated by G N’ S PROJECTS 1997 | silver gelatin print | 14” x 11” | edition 4 of 25 estimate: $500 Liisa Morton is a documentary photographer. Her series, “All Hopped Up”, was shot in California & at various Rockabilly & Hot Rod shows around the U.S. She is currently working on a series documenting the lives of artists. liisamorton.blogspot.ca artwork courtesy of the artist ERIN FINLEY Rafa Buddies’ Pick 2011 | watercolour and pencil crayon on paper | 21” x 26” estimate: $1,050 Erin Finley is a drawing-based artist whose work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum (New York City); MoCCA (Toronto); La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Arts (Burgundy); École Polytechnique (Paris); and Sarah Lawrence College (New York City). She has received grant support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. Erin Finley teaches drawing at OCAD University. erinfinley.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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SAB MEYNERT Resigning to Joyous Eternity curated by Alex McLeod 2014 | ink and gouache on 330lbs Arches paper | 22” x 22” estimate: $1,300 Lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. Sab’s work uses abstract

SONJA SCHARF Impermanence

symbology to convey sequential narratives of visceral experi-

curated by April Hickox

ences. These experiences take shape within the relationships

2002 | chromogenic print mounted on dibond with

between objects and their environments. Sab is inspired

face-mount on Acrylite | 24” x 30” | edition 1 of 5

by the multidimensional connections between life and its various transfigurations, both corporeal and incorporeal. sabmeynert.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

estimate: $950 German born, Toronto based photographer Sonja Scharf began her photographic career in 1990 after graduating from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Specializing in commercial and fashion photography, Sonja transitioned to Fine Art in 2000. Working in Tableau Vivant style, Scharf references historical paintings in her work, inspired by the Old Master’s such as Caravaggio, Titian and Vermeer as well Rossetti of the the Pre-Raphaelite period. Researching extensively the set and costumes of the period, a part of Scharf’s creative process is designing and sewing the costumes as well as the creation of props for each scene. akashaart.com artwork courtesy of the artist

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CHARLES PACHTER The Painted Flag

AMY SWARTZ My Mind is a lot Like a Hummingbird curated by April Hickox 2014 | mixed media drawing on rag paper | 14” x 11” estimate: $500 Amy Swartz is an artist and educator living and working in Toronto. She creates highly detailed and meticulously crafted collections in sculpture and drawing. Her work explores the idea of obsession — not only in the practice of art, but also in humanity’s general perception regarding our control over nature, life, and death. As RM Vaughan wrote “Swartz makes even the tiniest deaths meaningful (and, yes, morbidly funny).” Her work has been showcased in Canadian Art Magazine, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Now and Grid Magazines among other publications. Her installations have been funded through the Toronto and Ontario Arts councils and have been exhibited in Toronto’s Angell Gallery and numerous solo exhibitions in artist-run centers such as the Cambridge Galleries and Thunder Bay’s Definitely Superior. Amy teaches Contemporary drawing at OCAD University. amyswartz.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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Buddies’ Pick 1981 | lithograph | 30” x 16” | edition 25 of 50 estimate: $1,300 One of Canada’s leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. Born in Toronto, he studied art history at the University of Toronto, French literature at the Sorbonne, and painting and graphics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. His work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the McMichael Gallery. He is represented in public and private collections throughout Canada, and internationally. He has held solo exhibitions in France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and India. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, holds honorary doctorates from Brock University, OCAD University, and the University of Toronto where he is a Senior Fellow at Massey College. His images of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag are icons of Canadian contemporary art. cpachter.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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JOSE ANGELES Ihearplastic JOHN MONTEITH Tableau #27 curated by Suzanne Carte 2014 | wax and pigment on drafting film | 12” x 17” estimate: $1,600 John Monteith was born in 1973 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada and graduated in 2008 from the MFA program at Parsons The New School for Design. Monteith’s work has been represented internationally in a number of collaborations, solo, and group exhibitions at the Tate Modern, X Initiative, PS 1, The DUMBO Art Center and San Art among other venues. In 2011 Monteith was the resident artist at CAT Cologne, in Cologne, Germany and will be a resident fellow this year at Kunsthalle Roveredo.

Monteith’s work is featured in a number of international private and corporate collections including the TD Bank Canada, the I3 Investors Group, and The New School in New York. His press and publications include Art In America, Charley, C Magazine, October 135, The Huffington Post, K-48, Petit Mort: Recollections of a Queer Public, The New Yorker, and Toronto Life.

Monteith has been awarded grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and the Toronto Arts Council. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany. oborncontemporary.com artwork courtesy of the artist and O’Born Contemporary framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

curated by Suzanne Carte 2012 | inkjet photo print | 24” x 30” | edition 3 of 8 estimate: $600 Jose Angeles is an emerging queer artist currently residing in Toronto, ON Canada. Many of his work concerns popular culture and mainstream ideologies. They serve either to criticize or explore subject matter within those fields. Gender is one of the main subject matters that he explores in his work. He challenges its form, which serves to criticize why its structure is of concern in Western society. Beauty is also a key topic in his work. Here the artist dives into the world of narcissism which has ruled pop culture and media for many years. In addition to the theme of beauty, the artist also explores aesthetic theory to answer why such practices and ideologies exist. His expertise surrounds the realm of photography and photo-manipulation, part of his practice is working with photography beyond the printed process, and here the artist alters the traditional print into alternative forms. jecasi.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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BRENDAN FERNANDES The Working Move: Rest curated by Suzanne Carte 2012 | digital archival print | 24” x 16” | edition 3 of 6 estimate: $3,000 Born in Kenya of Indian descent, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to Canada in 1989. He completed the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art (2007) and earned his MFA (2005) from The University of Western Ontario and his BFA (2002) from York University in Canada. He has exhibited internationally and nationally including exhibitions

MICHAEL VICKERS

at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Art

Lockett

and Design New York, Art in General, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, The National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Mass MoCA, The Andy Warhol Museum, the Art Gallery of York University, Deutsche Guggenheim, The Bergen Kunsthall, Manif d’Art: The Quebec City Biennial, The Third Guangzhou Triennial and the Western New York Biennial through The AlbrightKnox Art Gallery. He was a finalist for the Sobey Art Award Canada’s pre-eminent award for contemporary art (2010), and was on the longlist for the 2013 prize. He was recently awarded a Robert Rauschenberg Residency Fellowship. Fernandes is based between Toronto and NY. brendanfernandes.ca artwork courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary, Toronto framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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curated by G N’ S PROJECTS 2014 | spray paint on anodized aluminum | 17.5” x 17” x 4” estimate: $1,200 Michael Vickers completed his BA in Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa and an MA in Art History at the University of Toronto in 2013. Select recent exhibitions include; Push and Pull, Mercer Union and That Same Small War Within You, Truck Gallery, Calgary (2013) (solo). Michael lives and works in Toronto, his work investigates materiality the poetic and seductive qualities of form. michaelvickers.org artwork courtesy of the artist

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TRISTRAM LANSDOWNE Storm curated by Alex McLeod 2014 | watercolour on paper | 14” x 20” estimate: $2,600 Tristram Lansdowne (b.1983) is a Toronto-based artist who

STEPHEN ANDREWS Treasure Trail curated by April Hickox 2014 | pencil crayon on Mylar | 7” x 10” on 18” x 24” paper estimate: $1,900

works in a variety of media, primarily watercolour, to explore

Stephen Andrews was born in 1956 in Sarnia, Ontario Cana-

ideas of permanence and function in relation to landscape.

da. Over the last twenty five years he has exhibited his work

Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art & Design in

in Canada, the U.S., Brazil, Scotland, France and Japan. He

2007 he has exhibited across Canada and the U.S. Recent

is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of

exhibitions include Contemporary Drawing from the National

Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Belkin Art Gallery, the

Gallery of Canada, Saskatoon; the touring exhibition Ecotopia;

Schwartz Collection, Harvard as well as many private collec-

Empire of Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art;

tions. His work deals with memory, identity, technology and

Provisional Futures, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. He was a

their representations in various media including drawing, ani-

semi-finalist in the 2011 RBC Painting Competition and in 2013

mation and recently painting. stephenandrewsartist.com

his work was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada. le-gallery.ca

artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

artwork courtesy of the artist and LE Gallery framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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HEATHER CASSILS Pin Up from the Magazine Lady Face Man Body, No. 2 curated by Suzanne Carte 2011 | inkjet photo print | 11” x 17” | edition of 10 estimate: $2,000 Cassils’ received an MFA in 2002 for Art and Integrated Media, from the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles and is one of the founding members of the performance group the Toxic Titties (2000-2010). Recently Cassils was written up in Artforum Magazine in the December ‘Best of 2013’ issue and received a MOTHA award (Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art) for Best Solo Show of 2013. Recent exhibitions include: a solo show at Trinity Square Video (Toronto, 2014), solo show at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (NY, 2013), screening at the ICA (UK, 2013), and performances at The National Theater Studio (UK, 2013), Rutgers University (NY) and Stanford University (CA). Cassils’ work has been featured in many museums and galleries around the world, including The National Theater; J. Paul Getty Museum’s Pacific Standard Time at LACE, the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (2012); and Ronald Feldman Fine Art in New York (2013). Upcoming events for Cassils include being an inaugural artist in residence at the Art Gallery of York University (Canada, 2014) and a “Thinker in Residence” at the SPILL International Performance Festival (UK, 2014). heathercassils.com artwork courtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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ROMAS ASTRAUSKAS XXX curated by G N’ S PROJECTS 2013 | acrylic and cement dye on canvas | 37” x 46” estimate: $2,500 Romas Astrauskas, an MFA graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York, is a Toronto-based artist and writer. His paintings, sculptures and collages have been exhibited widely throughout the city, including shows at Greener Pastures, Clark & Faria, Clint Roenisch, LE Gallery and No Foundation (Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art). Most recently, he has contributed work to the exhibition One, and Two, and More Than Two, curated by Micah Lexier at Toronto’s Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.romas-austrauskas.blogspot.ca artwork courtesy of the artist and Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects

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MARYANNE CASASANTA An Image Expressed Like The Juice of A Lemon

RAJNI PERERA SPY

Buddies’ Pick 2014 | photograph | 12.5” x 18” | edition 1 of 5

curated by Alex McLeod 2014 | mixed media | 15” x 24”

estimate: $600

estimate: $475

Maryanne Casasanta’s visual art practice considers the exchange between art and the commonplace, and the space between objects and their documentation. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design University (2005) and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Guelph (2014). Maryanne has had a feature exhibition at the Toronto Image Works Gallery for Contact Photography Festival (2013), and group showings at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Art Institute of Chicago, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art in Winnipeg and at O’Born Contemporary, Xpace Cultural Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Power Plant, and Gallery TPW in Toronto. maryannecasasanta.com

A Sri-Lankan born artist whose work floats between Western and Immigrant culture, Rajni’s work is an East-West dialogue of ideas, concerning immigrant identity issues (being an immigrant), female sexuality (being a woman), and science fiction and fantasy (being someone who enjoys science fiction and the dreams behind the genres). Currently cross-translating between the visual languages of Indian miniaturist art, Blaxploitation, and the images produced by the Hubble Deep Field Telescope, the work becomes a record of impossible discoveries and mythical creations. rajniperera.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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KIRSTEN McCREA

CASSANDRA CRONENBERG

Madonna, from the series Sheroes: League of Legendary Ladies

Dark Series

curated by Suzanne Carte

curated by G N’ S PROJECTS

2012 | acrylic on 4-ply archival mat board | 37.5” x 40”

2011 | acrylic on wood | 24” x 24”

estimate: $2,500

estimate: $500

Kirsten McCrea is a Canadian artist known for her collabora-

Cassandra Cronenberg is a painter, writer and filmmaker

tive art endeavours and patterned drawings. Named one of

living in Toronto. She has an Honours BA in East Asian Stud-

the Top 30 Under 30 artists in Canada by Blouin Artinfo, her

ies from McGill University and a BA in Psychology from York

work has been exhibited in Toronto’s AGO, Montreal’s Musée

University. She has worked as an Assistant Director in Feature

des Beaux Arts, and many other galleries, and has appeared

Film for 10 years, written for Eye Magazine, Vice Magazine and

in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Jux-

the Volumina Art Book Chromosomes and has been a part

tapoz (online), and Canadian Art. When not painting on her

of numerous group and solo painting exhibitions. She is cur-

own she collaborates with the drawing initiative En Masse and

rently getting ready to launch two projects: her debut Novella

with the art publisher Paper Pusher. In 2008 she founded the

DOWN THE STREET with Quattro Books at the Toronto Interna-

affordable art subscription Papirmass, which has sent 30,000

tional Book Fair in the fall of 2014, and BETWEEN a painting and

art prints to people around the world for the low price of $5.75

music collaboration with Italian Composer Ivan Iusco to be

each, including postage. She lives with her husband and col-

exhibited in Italy in the fall of 2014. Cassandra recently wrote,

laborator Jp King. hellokirsten.com

directed, produced and acted in her first short film CANDY,

artwork courtesy of the artist

which had its world premiere at TIFF2013. Her first published work of fiction was published in Canadian Voices Volume II. Her first published portrait was published in Misunderstandings Magazine #16. artwork courtesy of the artist

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ALEJANDRO SANTIAGO Bruce Dow with Nathaniel Bacon Buddies’ Pick 2014 | photograph | 30” x 20” estimate: $2,000 Alejandro Santiago was born in Puerto Rico and was raised in Miami, FL. Alejandro’s photography career began at 18 when he documented the U.S. tour of rock band 311. He studied

ASHLEE MARCUS Games Night Buddies’ Pick 2014 | textile: counted cross-stitch, freestyle embroidery | 12” x 12”

digital design at the Parsons School of Design in New York

estimate: $575

City. He has assisted photographer David Lachapelle. His

Ashlee Marcus is a Needlework Artist currently working and re-

photographs have appeared in Maclean’s Magazine, Photo District News, The Globe & Mail, Now Magazine, and Fab. alejandrosantiagophotography.com

siding in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. She was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario before spending fifteen years studying and working in Toronto. In that time she received a Bachelor of

artwork courtesy of the artist

Fine Arts Special Honours Degree from York University’s Depart-

framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

ment of Theatre, and had the opportunity to work with some of the city’s top Artists and Designers. Ashlee is a member of the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada and exhibited some of her work this past spring at the EAC Annual Members Exhibition in Ottawa. ashleemarcus.com artwork courtesy of the artist

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ALLANAH VOKES Mr. January Buddies’ Pick 2014 | collaged Playgirl magazines | 36” x 36” RACHEL MacFARLANE A Face I Can’t Remember curated by Alex McLeod 2014 | oil on Mylar on wood panel | 16” x 20”

Allanah Vokes is a Sarnia-based artist working in collage, drawing and sculpture. Her recent work explores the themes of public and private, disguise and exposure, focusing on revealing

estimate: $1,200

or obscuring information or imagery that is charged, discom-

Rachel MacFarlane received her BFA, at Ontario College of Art

at the University of Guelph and has shown at Zavitz Gallery.

and Design in 2008 as the drawing and painting medalist, and a Certificate of Advanced Visual Studies from OCAD Florence, Italy

forting or intimate. She is entering her final year in Studio Art allanahvokes.com

Satellite program in 2009. Solo exhibitions of her work have been

artwork courtesy of the artist

presented at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto (2011, 2013), the

framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

Howard Park Institute, Toronto (2012) and Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (2013). MacFarlane’s work has been included in many group exhibitions including the Triangle Arts Association NYC; Studio 21, Halifax; Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Sales + Rental Gallery); Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto; X Pace, Toronto; Beaver Hall, Toronto; among others. Her work is included in the collections of Scotiabank, The Donovan Collection at St. Michaels College at the University of Toronto & numerous private collections. She has been the Robert Pope Artist in Residence at NSCAD University in 2014, a resident artist at the Triangle Artists Workshop, NYC in 2010, and a visiting artist at Cow House Studios, Ireland in 2012. MacFarlane is currently living and working at the Banff Centre and is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto. She is attending Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts in the fall as an MFA Candidate. metiviergallery.com artwork courtesy of the artist and Nicholas Metivier Gallery

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FRANCISCO-FERNANDO GRANADOS & MANOLO LUGO Study of The Ballad of __________ B curated by Suzanne Carte 2013 | fine art inkjet print on Hahnamühle paper | 24” x 16” | artist proof estimate: $600 Francisco-Fernando Granados is a Toronto-based artist, writer and educator working in performance, video, drawing, cultural criticism, teaching, and curatorial practice. He has performed and exhibited nationally and internationally in venues including Vancouver Art Gallery, LIVE (Vancouver), Neutral Ground (Regina), Darling Foundry (Montreal), Harbourfront Centre, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Gallery TPW (Toronto), Defibril-

NATHAN SMITH Dolly at 30

lator Gallery (Chicago), Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico City),

Buddies’ Pick

Kulturhuset (Stockholm), and Theatre Academy at the Univer-

2014 | oil on panel | 16” x 20”

sity of the Arts (Helsinki). A recipient of the Governor General’s Silver Medal for academic achievement upon graduating

estimate: $500

from Vancouver’s Emily Carr University in 2010, he completed a

Nathan Smith was born in Louisville, KY and graduated from

Masters of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto in 2012. He

the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1999. He showed ex-

is a member of the 7a*11d International Performance Festival

tensively in group shows in Baltimore, Boston and New York

Collective. francisco-fernando-granados.blogspot.ca

before moving to Canada in 2004. Since then, he has primar-

artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

ily exhibited at the O’Connor Gallery and at informal salons in his patron’s homes. Nathan’s work is focused on the subject of Mythology both of the Greek and Americana sort. He also likes painting dog portraits in his spare time. His paintings can be found in private collections across Canada, the United States and the U.K. artwork courtesy of the artist

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JAMES FOWLER Autumn in Toronto curated by April Hickox 2009 | acrylic on canvas | 24” x 24” estimate: $1,100 James Fowler is a Toronto based artist whose primary practice MAURICE VELLEKOOP

intersects the traditions of landscape painting, cartography

Men Hard At Work

and geometric abstraction. jamesfowlerart.com

curated by April Hickox

artwork courtesy of the artist

1997 | watercolour on paper | 11” x 15” estimate: $1,100 Maurice Vellekoop is a Toronto illustrator and comic book artist whose work has appeared in major magazines, advertising, and his own books, in over a nearly thirty year career. Clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, American Vogue, Wallpaper, Abercrombie and Fitch, and The Walrus. Maurice is currently at work on a graphic memoir titled “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together”, to be published by Pantheon Books in 2016. “Cockadoodle”, Maurice’s first solo show in over fifteen years, opened in Manchester, England as part of Manchester Pride in August of this year. It then traveled to Liverpool as a feature of the annual Homotopia Festival for the month of November. Maurice lives on Toronto Island with his partner, writer and editor Gordon Bowness. mauricevellekoop.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

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BRETT DESPOTOVICH Singularity (study) EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH

curated by G N’ S PROJECTS

Barcelona

2014 | drawing on aluminized polyester | 12” x 17”

2004 | photograph | 14” x 18” | edition 1 of 10

estimate: $1,600

estimate: $1,500

Brett Despotovich is based out of Toronto, where he recently

Edward Lucie-Smith’s photographs have been the subject of solo

ticipated in several group exhibitions at Afterhours Projects

exhibitions in London, Brussels, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Rome, Bologna, Istanbul, Helsinki, Stockholm, Kuala Lumpur, St Petersburg, Ljubljana, Rio de Janeiro and Skopje. A book of his photographs, ‘Flesh & Stone’, was published in October 2000. His work as a photographer is included in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; the New Or-

had his first solo exhibition at 944 Queen St W. He has also par(2014) and XPace Gallery (2006, 2010). Brett is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, and is currently the head of gallery operations at MOCCA. brett-despotovich.com artwork courtesy of the artist framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

leans Museum of Art; the Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio; the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, the Frissiras Museum, Athens, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, and the City Art Gallery, Helsinki. edwardlucie-smith.info artwork courtesy of Anthony + Russell

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LAUREN PELC-McARTHUR Things Happen In a Flat Boiler Room curated by Alex McLeod 2013 | acrylic and oil on canvas | 18” x 24”

Portrait of a Young Man (Dash Snow) Buddies’ Pick

estimate: $700

2010 | graphite on paper | 14” x 19”

Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art University in

estimate: $1,300

2012, Pelc-McArthur has been making work that is engaged with post-digital discourse while being very much rooted in the history of abstract, post war painting. Her paintings (both digital and oil), animations and net art are a response to total engrossment and dependency on technology. She is fascinated by techno paranoia, file and image degradation on a computer, cultural obsessions with humanizing machines, and failure and mistakes as distinctly human traits in tandem with the mass trend of Glitch and Glitch Aesthetics. Vaguely human forms and natural landscapes are emblazoned with tubes and wires. The subjects in her work are half-formed and not in clear

Brian Rideout is a Toronto-based artist, working primarily in painting and drawing. Rideout’s work repurposes contemporary imagery (sourced from the internet and photography), positioning it within the realm of art history and continuing the narrative that originated with traditional European history painting. Born in Peterborough, Rideout studied Visual Art at Georgian College before moving to Toronto. Rideout has exhibited across Canada including exhibitions at Mercer Union, PFOAC211, Coatcheck Gallery, Butcher Gallery and ARTSPACE. brianrideout.ca

vision, as if the viewer were moving very fast as they view the im-

artwork courtesy of the artist

ages. The titles of her works read like snippets of multiple con-

framing courtesy of Akau Framing & Art

versations on a busy street. laurenpelcmcarthur.com artwork courtesy of the artist

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The Rock Hudson memorial Tuck Shop Part queer art salon and part gift shop, this is a chance for aspiring collectors to take home some amazing treasures from 20 of Toronto’s hottest artists. The shop will be selling original sets of multiples and limited edition prints at set prices throughout the night. That means no getting outbid at the last minute ­­— just pick out the items you want, and they will be waiting for you when you check out at the end of the evening.

The Rock Hudson Memorial Tuck Shop is the brainchild of legendary local artist Keith Cole, and brought to you with the assistance of your official Tuck Shop Visual Merchandiser Shannon Cochrane.

Every purchase at the Tuck Shop is sent home in a hand-made, one-of-a-kind bag courtesy of Alison Snowball. Alison is an artist, theorist, and writer, born and based in Toronto.

Drawing on past experience as an Equities Trader for TD Securities, her theoretical interests in abstraction, language, and political economy tend to influence her artistic practices, and inevitably, vice-versa. Her work has been exhibited widely in Toronto, including at the AGO and at Xpace Cultural Centre. Her writing has appeared in Kapsula and her ‘tweethis’ is available on Twitter @immaterealities. Alison holds an MA in Contemporary Art History from OCAD U and a BComm from Dalhousie University, and she works as the Import Export Coordinator at Museumpros Art Services.

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1. JOHN ABRAMS Derrida 2011 | oil on panel | 6” x 8” 1 available at $200

5. DENNIS DAY Colour Study (Second Hand) 2011 | chromira print | 25” x 14” 1 available at $200

2. MICHAEL CAINES Purgastoria 2007 | screen print on paper | 17” x 11” 3 available at $200 each

6. PAUL DOTEY Green Speedo 2014 | screenprint | 11” x 17” 1 available at $50

3. SARAH CREAGEN Moving Bones 2014 | graphite and ink on paper 14” x 11” 1 available at $125

7. PAUL DOTEY Red Trunks 2014 | screenprint | 11” x 17” 1 available at $50

4. SARAH CREAGEN Pants 2014 | graphite and ink on paper 9” x 12” 1 available at $100

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8. BENJAMIN EDELBERG Fort of Faggorty (After K.C) 2014 | collage and watercolour 11” x 14” 1 available at $50 9. BENJAMIN EDELBERG Faggoblimpp 2014 | collage and watercolour 11” x 14” 1 available at $50

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10. BARR GILMORE The Elixirs of Life Coasters from ‘The Colour Barr’ 2011 | set of 8 printed and letterpressed cocktail coasters 3 sets available at $10 each 11. ANDREW HARWOOD Pink Lobster 2 2012 | house paint and glitter on board | 8” x 14” 1 available at $50 12. LOGAN MACDONALD Daddy Bear 2009 | ink drawing on paper | 10” x 7” 1 available at $200 13. HUMBOLDT MAGNUSSEN Caribou Cuddle 2013 | silkscreen print | 9” x 12” 1 available at $30

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14. LORNA MILLS Linguini Primavera 2013 | lentucular print | 5” x 5” 1 available at $200 15. ELIJA MONTGOMERY The Other F Word 2011 | handmade paper, screen print, thread | 17” x 24” 1 available at $200 16. GARRY-LEWIS JAMES OSTERBERG Merry Fucking Christmas 2012 | photography on card stock with envelope | 4” x 6” 3 available at $10 each 17. GARRY-LEWIS JAMES OSTERBERG Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell 2009 | photograph | 11” x 14” edition 1 of 5 1 available at $125

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18. GARRY-LEWIS JAMES OSTERBERG Blah, Blah, Blah 2009 | photograph | 11” x 14” edition 1 of 5 1 available at $125

23. TRIXIE & BEEVER (BBJ) StonewallTO 2014 | digital print, glitter, resin, wood 10” x 8” 2 available at $100 each

19. SASHA PIERCE Study for Danzer’s 7 Fold Original 2013 | inkjet on mulberry paper 5” x 7” 1 available at $20

24. MARY TREMONTE DJ Mary Mack Pack 2014 | tank top, bandana, pocket square, and 3 badges 1 set available at $50

20. CHRISTOPHER ROULEAU Pretty and Witty and Gay 2014 | screen print | 9” x 12” 1 available at $50

25. JOHN WEBSTER Sissydude Head Topper 2013 | mixed media 1 available at $50

21. JOHN SASAKI An Obsolete Calendar Towel Embroidered with an Identical, Future Calendar Year, 1996/2052 2014 | embroidery on vintage textile 16” x 23”

26. MARGAUX WILLIAMSON I Could See Everything: The Paintings of Margaux Williamson 2014 | book, autographed

22. TRIXIE & BEEVER (BBJ) Rock Hudson Cufflinks 2013 | glass, media, findings | 1” 1 pair available at $40

2 available at $25 each

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SIlent Auction AA.

SWEAT A sexy workout package that includes a three-

Sheraton Center Toronto Hotel, along with two tickets to

class pass for Downward Dog Yoga Studio, and an

the February 3rd, 2015 performance of Don Giovanni at

Addicted to Sweat gift pack from Hard Candy Fitness

the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, courtesy

that includes one-month membership for you and a

of the Canadian Opera Company and dinner for two at

buddy, complimentary fitness profile, and your choice

Sassafraz in Yorkville.

AM.

Photo, a fabulous contemporary art magazine engaged

AN.

Front Door Organics.

and innovative design, plus a one-year subscription to

AD.

AO.

AP.

show in the 2014/15 Season at both Theatre Passe Muraille and the Tarragon Theatre, two tickets to se-

four at Sassafraz in Yorkville.

lect dates at the Stratford Festival and Soulpepper’s

HOT AND STEAMY A six-month VIP membership to

2015 season, two complimentary tickets to one perfor-

Steamworks, along with a free room, locker, and

mance of either Pygmalion, Light up the Sky, or Lady from the Sea as part of the Shaw Festival 2015 season,

other goodies.

AF.

and two complimentary tickets to Small Axe, running

ON THE ROAD A Motorola Roadster2 Bluetooth speaker

Jan 18-Feb 1, 2015 at The Theatre Centre in co-pro-

phone for your car, courtesy of Rogers Business Solutions.

AG.

CINEFILE A Benefactor Membership to InsideOut that includes 16 free screening tickets to the 2015 InsideOut

duction with Project: Humanity.

AQ.

premium alcohol fire gel, courtesy of Andrew Colwell.

other fun perks. Plus, a 10-Ticket Pack to the 2015 edition of HotDocs — North America’s largest documentary fes-

AR.

nights out at Oasis Aqualounge, Toronto’s premiere

ries from Canada and around the world.

adult playground, with passes to three of their upcoming queer and trans positive parties, and a Good For Her

MADE A set of custom designed and printed cushions,

Fun Pack including a Fun Factory Dolly Vibrator, Good For

server for your next house party.

AK.

Her Massage Oil, an Uberlube silicone lube travel kit, and

KEGGER A vintage car outfitted with two kegs of beer from Steamwhistle, along with glasses and a handsome

AJ.

LADIES NIGHT Fill your social calendar with some sexy

tival, conference and market, featuring 200 documenta-

courtesy of MADE. AI.

LIGHT MY FIRE A pair of InFlame ceramic fire burners for your patio or garden, complete with two bottles of

Toronto LGBT Film & Video Festival and a bunch of

AH.

DRAMA GEEK An amazing pack of tickets to Toronto’s best theatre companies, including two tickets to any

DOUBLE DATE Four Tickets to any show in Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2014/15 Season, plus dinner for

AE.

SHUTTERBUG A Sanyo Xacti personal camcorder, courtesy of Rogers Business Solutions.

WINTER GLAMOUR A luxury hand-knit, 100% wool scarf from Dylanium Knits.

LOCAVORE A set of packages with fresh, local, organic food delivered right to your front door, courtesy of

in all things photographic, with breath-taking visuals Canadian Art Magazine.

FACE A collection of high-end beauty essentials from MAC Cosmetics.

ART LOVER Four General Admission Passes to the Art Gallery of Ontario, a one-year subscription to Prefix

AC.

STAYCATION One night’s complimentary stay at the

hour pole dancing lesson from Kitty Neptune, a ten-

of specialty class.

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other fun samples!

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MUSIC LOVER The hottest tickets on Toronto’s musical calendar, including a pair of tickets to Opera Atelier’s

SET FIRE TO THE RAIN A set of InFlame stainless steel

production of Handel’s Alcina on October 28th or 31st,

fire burners for your patio or garden, complete with

2014 at the Elgin Theatre, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra’s

two bottles of premium alcohol fire gel, courtesy of

Baroque Misbehaving concert on Thursday April 23rd,

Andrew Colwell.

2015 at Trinity St. Paul’s, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

HEADMASTER. A six-pack of all issues of Headmaster, the biannual art magazine for man-lovers. That’s 57 projects spread out over 528 pages, all in a handsome slipcase to hold the collection.

with Wynton Marsalis on February 11th, 2015, courtesy of Massey Hall & Roy Thomson Hall, and all five 2014-2015 Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts.

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BOOKWORM A set of trans-positive children’s books

BA.

from Toronto author S. Bear Bergman, plus a gift pack

concert at Massey Hall on June 30 along with tickets to

from Glad Day Bookshop — the world’s oldest LGBT

the VIP afterparty with the band, plus a $100 gift certifi-

bookstore.

cate from The Keg Steakhouse and Bar.

QUEERAOKE A private DJ-hosted karaoke party in

BB.

Paddy’s Playhouse at Take a Walk on the Wildside.

AV.

their upcoming exhibition Introducing Suzy Lake and a

BC.

for event booking at Urban Gallery, courtesy of Urban

$200 worth of gift certificates for Passage Tattoo.

Gallery & Urban Source Creative Catering.

BD.

GO WEST One night’s accommodation in the signature

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artist-designed rooms at the Gladstone Hotel.

Theo Dimson.

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BRUCE WEBBER A framed promotional photo from

Merlin Years by Team Macho and The Unknown Portraits

Bruce Webber’s 1991 show at the Fahey/Klein Gallery

by Koyzndan

in Los Angeles.

FOR SELFIES A Fujifilm Instax Mini8 camera, courtesy of Dean Odorico.

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RETRO CHIC A framed poster from Toronto Workshop Productions’ Sweet Bird of Youth by iconic poster artist

COFFEE TABLE COUTURE A collection of fine art books from Magic Pony, including Fancy Action Now and The

GETTING SEX A new, signed copy of John Alan Lee’s 1978 book Getting Sex, courtesy of Lionel Collier.

Yasmine Louis.

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A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN A four-hour gallery venue rental

tificates for hand-printed t-shirts from Model Citizen, and

AW. PILLOW FIGHT An original silk-screened pillow by

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SUZY LAKE Four tickets to the Art Gallery of Ontario during copy of the exhibition catalogue.

ROUGH TRADE A gift certificate for a pair of Blundstone Boots from The Australian Boot Company, two gift cer-

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DINNER AND A SHOW Two tickets to the Pink Martini

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A NEW DO A cut and colour with stylist Mikah Styles.

How It Works REGISTER Be sure to register and pick up your BMO Bidding Paddle in the Ante Chamber as soon as you arrive. With your paddle, you can bid on any lot in our live and silent auctions.

EXPRESS CHECK OUT Spend less time in the checkout line by authorizing the purchase of your items to either your Visa or Mastercard when you register. Simply provide your credit card information when registering and items successfully bid on can be immediately purchased. All you have to do is pick them up at the end of the evening.

SILENT AUCTION The silent auction features a great collection of design treasures, cultural excursions, and sexy packages. You can bid as often as you like using the same bidder number you use for the live auction. The silent auction will close just before the end of the live auction (we will announce from the stage and take a short break to allow people to get in their final bids). The highest bid at the time of closing wins, so keep your eye on your favourites.

THE ROCK HUDSON MEMORIAL TUCK SHOP All items are available for purchase at set prices, which are listed in the catalogue and on display. Items can be purchased ‘cash-and-carry’ or put on account using the same bidder number you use for the live and silent auctions.

PAYMENT You can pick up and pay for your items any time throughout the evening in the Ante Chamber. Buddies accepts Visa, Mastercard, debit, and cash.

PAYING BY INSTALLMENT Buddies is now offering the option to pay for your purchases by planned monthly payments. Some restrictions apply ­— speak to a staff member at the registration desk for information and to set up a payment plan.

TAX RECEIPTS If the final purchase price is equal to or greater than 120% of the estimated value, the purchaser will be issued a charitable tax receipt for the difference between the estimate and the selling price.

CONDITIONS OF SALE Each lot contains an estimated value obtained from sources the ARTATTACK! steering committee believes to be reliable, but no representation or warranty as to the actual resale value is made or implied.

Estimate values include value of framing, where applicable. All sales are final. No purchase can be returned, refunded, or exchanged. All items are sold as is, as exhibited.

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Artist Index ALEJANDRO SANTIAGO . . . . . . . . . pg. 19 alejandrosantiagophotography.com

JOHN ABRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 johnabramscontemporaryart.com

ALLANAH VOKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 20 allanahvokes.com

JOHN MONTEITH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 13 oborncontemporary.com

AMY SWARTZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 12 amyswartz.com

JON Sasaki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 jonsasaki.com

ANDREW HARWOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26

JOHN WEBSTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 sissydude.com

ASHLEE MARCUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 19 ashleemarcus.com BARR GILMORE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 BENJAMIN EDELBERG. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 projectshape.com BRENDAN FERNANDES. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 14 brendanfernandes.ca BRETT DESPOTOVICH. . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 23 brett-despotovich.com BRIAN RIDEOUT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 24 brianrideout.ca CASSANDRA CRONENBERG . . . . . pg. 18 CHARLES PACHTER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 12 cpachter.com CHRISTOPHER ROULEAU. . . . . . . . . pg. 27 christopherrouleau.com DENNIS DAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 paulpetro.com EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 23 edwardlucie-smith.info ELIJA MONTGOMERY. . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 madebyelija.tumblr.com ERIN FINLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 10 erinfinley.com FRANCISCO-FERNANDO GRANADOS & MANOLO LUGO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 21 francisco-fernando-granados.blogspot.ca

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JOSE ANGELES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 13 jecasi.com KIRSTEN MCCREA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 18 hellokirsten.com LAUREN PELC-MCARTHUR . . . . . . . pg. 24 laurenpelcmcarthur.com LIISA MORTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 10 liisamorton.blogspot.ca LOGAN MACDONALD . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 loganmacdonald.com LORNA MILLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 MARGAUX WILLIAMSON. . . . . . . . . pg. 27 margauxwilliamson.com MARY TREMONTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 marymacktremonte.org MARYANNE CASASANTA. . . . . . . . . pg. 17 maryannecasasanta.com MAURICE VELLEKOOP. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 22 mauricevellekoop.com MICHAEL CAINES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 michael-caines.com MICHAEL VICKERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 14 michaelvickers.org NATHAN SMITH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 21 PAUL DOTEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 pauldotey.ca

GARRY-LEWIS JAMES OSTERBERG. . pg. 27 garrylewisjamesosterberg.com

RACHEL MACFARLANE . . . . . . . . . . pg. 20 metiviergallery.com

HEATHER CASSILS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 16 heathercassils.com

RAJNI PERERA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 17 rajniperera.com

HUMBOLDT MAGNUSSEN. . . . . . . . pg. 26 humboldtmagnussen.com

ROMAS ASTRAUSKAS. . . . . . . . . . . pg. 16 romas-austrauskas.blogspot.ca

JAMES FOWLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 22 jamesfowlerart.com

SAB MEYNERT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 11 sabmeynert.com

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SARAH Creagen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 26 SASHA PIERCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 sashapierce.ca SONJA SCHARF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 11 akashaart.com STEPHEN ANDREWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 15 stephenandrewsartist.com TRISTRAM LANSDOWNE . . . . . . . . . pg. 15 le-gallery.ca TRIXIE & BEEVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 27 bbj.ca WINNIE TRUONG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 4 winnietruong.com

GALLERIES DIAZ CONTEMPORARY diazcontemporary.ca ESP (ERIN STUMP PROJECTS), TORONTO erinstumpprojects.com

KATHARINE MULHERIN CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS katharinemulherin.com LE GALLERY le-gallery.ca NICHOLAS METIVIER GALLERY metiviergallery.com

O’BORN CONTEMPORARY oborncontemporary.com PAUL PETRO CONTEMPORARY ART paulpetro.com RONALD FELDMAN FINE ARTS feldmangallery.com

DONORS Anthony + Russell anthonyrussellinc.com

HOT DOCS hotdocs.ca

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO ago.net

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