it's right around the corner.
LACE 2011!







I'm a huge supporter of LACE. It's one of my favorite organizations to donate time and energy. If I am correct, it's LA's oldest nonprofit arts organization.... Wow, that's a feat...

Last year, I was one of the guest curators for the annual auction, the year before I was in the wrapping room frantically wrapping works as they came off the Auction Block. It was really exciting to see these work up close.... And this year, I'll be attending, drinking, and bidding on some amazing art for a great cause. I hope to see you there....

I think the catalog will be going live soon, so online previewing and bidding will begin.... Works by Steve Roden, Liz Craft, and Shannon Ebner and more.... I'm gonna go broke!





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The auction will also feature a limited edition artist portfolio featuring new work by Sarah Conaway, Lecia Dole Recio, Sandeep Mukherjee, Gina Osterloh, Eamon Ore-Giron, Heather Rasmussen, Steve Roden, Sean Sullivan, Melissa Thorne, and Liat Yossifor. Only one copy will be made available to the public.

CURATORS
Doris Berger, York Chang, Ryan Conder, Meg Cranston, Sarah Cromarty, Shana Nys Dambrot, David P. Earle, Amir Fallah, Luke Fischbeck, Howard Fox, Michael Ned Holte, Nina Katchadourian, Alex Klein, Molly Larkey, Lisa Mark, Karen Moss, Kristina Newhouse, Renaud Proch, Elysa Voshell, Liat Yossifor and LACE.

ARTISTS
Kim Abeles, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Justin Baldwin, Steven Bankhead, Jen Bervin, Alison Blickle, Jennifer Boysen, Kelly Breslin, Madison Brookshire, Delia Brown, Paul Butler, Juan Capistran, Guillermo Carnevale, Jamie Chan, Mariano Chavez, Fritz Chesnut, Young Chung, Alice Clements, Genevieve Coutroubis, Liz Craft, Dorit Cypis, Cali Thornhill Dewitt, Molly Dilworth, Sarah Dougherty, Chris Duncan, Shannon Ebner, Amir Fallah, James Benjamin Franklin, Gustavo Godoy, Joe Goode, Michelle Grabner, Tm Gratkowski, Iva Gueorguieva, Shane Guffogg, Lia Halloran, Channing Hansen, Doug Harvey, Kathleen Henderson, George Herms, Katie Herzog, Peter Holzhauer, Peregrine Honig, Channa Horwitz, Pearl C Hsiung, Ben Jackel, Corrina Peipon and Jill Spector, Alexander Kantarovsky, Flora Kao, Amy Kaps, Michael Kelly, Alex Klein, Becky Kolsrud, Shio Kusaka, Stella Lai, Molly Larkey, Margie Livingston, Sharon Lockhart, Karen Lofgren, Brian Lund, Jerome Marshak, Christopher Michlig, Allison Miller, Katie Murken, Karina Nimmerfall, Jeff Ono, Ruby Osorio, Arthur Ou, Jim Ovelmen, Mike Pierzynski, Max Presneill, Sarah Rara, Josh Rickards, Steve Roden, Miguel Rothschild, Shizu Saldamando, Chris Scarborough, Susan Silton, Alex Slade, Curtis Stage, Thad Strode, Kenneth Tam, Mateo Tannatt, Camilla Taylor, Cody Trepte, Chris Trueman, Marjan Vayghan, Erika Vogt, Ellen von Unwerth, Christine Wang, Chris Wilder, Lisa Williamson, Brian Wills, Andre Yi, Brenna Youngsblood, and more.

go to LACE here.....










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Ivan Terestchenko

the listener,
by
Ivan Terestchenko

The Listener, 2009
Digital C-print, 47.5cmx60 cm 3/6
(limited to 6 only)

BIOGRAPHY

Born in England and educated in France, Ivan Terestchenko studied art history at the Ecole du Louvre and was a painter until the age of 30, when he switched to photography and landed his first assignment with French Vogue . He contributes to many international publications, including W, Casa Vogue Italy and the prestigious World of Interiors. Recently, Ivan photographed The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé published simultaneously in four international editions—in France, the UK, Germany, and the US—an historical opus about the homes and art collections of the late French couturier. Though very rarely seen in public shows, his personal works are present in many private collections and the Musée du Louvre acquired four large-scale black and white prints.

Lace 2010 Auction


7pm Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres / Silent Auction begins 7:50pm Lot 1 closes

8pm Live Auction with Sothebys auctioneer Blake Koh

9pm Performance featuring Dorian Wood / Killsonic Ryan Heffington / the Fingered Dancers Costumes by Franc Fernandez Piano prepared by Ojo 9:30pm Lot 2 closes 9:45pm Lot 3 closes 10pm Silent Auction last lot closes









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LACE tomm...

LACE Auction
two nites away!
see u there!

Marsha Ginsberg, Guest Room, 2004/2007

It's a busy week of auctions in Los Angeles.
LACE Auction thursday nite, and
headed to LAMA Auction Preview tomm.
Hope to see you at LACE thursday nite.

CURATORS
Andrew Berardini, Barbara Bestor, Andrea Bowers, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Carolyn Castaño, Tim Christian, David Dick, Tomory Dodge, Robert Fontenot & Glenn R. Phillips, Brooke Hodge, Julian Hoeber, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Jeff Kopp, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Kim McCarty, Jamie Rosenthal, Joy Silverman, Monique van Genderen and LACE.

Marsha Ginsberg

Guest Room, 2004/2007
(part of LACE Auction)

Marsha Ginsberg works in the interdisciplinary overlap between design for theater and opera, installation art and photography. Her work for the stage has been presented throughout Europe and the U.S. at venues such as Spoleto Festival USA; Theater Basel, Switzerland; National Theater, Weimar; Athens Epidaurus Festival; Glimmerglass Opera; Theaterhaus Jena; Thalia Theater, Hamburg; National Theater Mannheim; and Foundry Theater, among others. She recently designed the environment for HABIT at Robert Wilson's Watermill Center. While living in Los Angeles, she established Studio Allied Prosthetics to produce art installations and photographic work.

William J O'Brien

Lace
auction
online
here...

Untitled, 2008
Colored pencil on paper, 17"x14"

BIOGRAPHY
William J. O'Brien's multi-disciplinary practice, which encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing and installation, grows out of a personal, intuitive process. His visual language originates formally out of the grid and encompasses a wide vernacular range, from the very 'messy' to the very 'clean.' O'Brien's work has appeared in solo exhibitions at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York; Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Detroit and the Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, among other venues. His most recent group exhibitions include In Stitches, Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York; Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and An Expanded Field of Possibilities, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. O'Brien received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 and his BA in Studio Art from Loyola University Chicago. He lives and works in Chicago.

Lace
auction
online
here...





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Matt Connors

LACE
auction
online...
here..

Untitled, 2009,
Oil and pencil on paper, 11"x14"

Matt Connors' paintings have been praised for their "appealing economy and spontaneity" and their subtle gestures that comment on the act of painting itself. Connors' recent exhibitions include solo shows at Cherry and Martin in Los Angeles (2010), CANADA in New York (2010 & 2008), Luttgenmeijer in Berlin (2008) and the Breeder in Athens (2007). His work has also recently appeared in group exhibitions at Praz-Delavallade in Paris (2010); Cirrus Gallery, Parker Jones Gallery and Karyn Lovegrove Gallery in Los Angeles; and Sikkema Jenkins in New York. Connors received his MFA from Yale University in 2006. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

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William J. O' Brien

geometric
for
LACE.

So psyched that William J. O'Brien donated work
for the upcoming LACE Auction!

The online catalog will be live on May 6th.
Check it out! Should be a good one this year.


more to come.
image via Marianna Boesky, New York.


















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A RT F R I D A Y

working
on
upcoming
auction..

works on paper
by Matt Connors!

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Spent the afternoon,
organizing the work for the
upcoming LACE 2010 Auction.




All the work has arrived safely,
some still at framers, and some in boxes.
Deciding on wall space, and the organization
for the works included...

Ken Weathersby, go here.. wrapped in bubble paper.
Beautiful! Can't wait to see everything installed!



More info soon,
as the catalog will be online
in a couple weeks...
Thanks again to Ivan, Matt, William, Ian, and Ken!













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CURATORS
Andrew Berardini, Barbara Bestor, Andrea Bowers, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Carolyn Castaño, Tim Christian, David John Dick (YHBHS) Tomory Dodge, Robert Fontenot & Glenn R. Phillips, Brooke Hodge, Julian Hoeber, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Jeff Kopp, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Kim McCarty, Jamie Rosenthal, Joy Silverman, and Monique van Genderen.




ARTISTS
Irina Alimanestianu, Carmen Argote, Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster, Darren Bader, Ball-Nogues Studio, Louise Bonnet, Heather Brown, Andrew Bush, Josh Callaghan, Terry Chatkupt, Susan Cianciolo, Matt Connors, Carlee Fernandez, Gary Garay, Kathryn Garcia, Jill Giegerich, Marsha Ginsberg, Sayre Gomez, April Greiman, Sherin Guirguis, Emlie Halpern, Naotaka Hiro, Hadley Holliday, Margaret Honda, Charles Irvin, Alice Cisternino Jackel, Adam Janes, Charles Karubian, Matt Keegan, Soo Kim, Karen Kimmel, Olga Koumoundouros, Annie Lapin, Joseph Lee, Spencer Lewis, CK Lyons, Euan MacDonald, Jay McCafferty,
Ian McDonald, Sandeep Mukherjee, D'Ette Nogle, William J. O'Brien, Michele O'Marah, Eamon Ore-giron, Claudia Padrucci, Heather Rasmussen, Sarada Rauch, Erwin Redl, Laura Riboli, Rebecca Ripple, Brett Cody Rogers, Lezley Saar, Shizu Saldamando, Sergio Sergio, Jeff Sheng, Lily Skolnick Simonson, Don Suggs, Erin Trefry, Jeffrey Vallance, Ingrid von Sydow, Ivan Terestchenko, Sage Vaughn, Mary Weatherford, Ken Weathersby , Bari Ziperstein (list in formation)








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IAN MCDONALD

Ian McDonald
work for upcoming
LACE 2010 Auction

Work for upcoming
LACE Auction:
May 20, 2010
by Ian McDonald
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Not only is Ian an amazing artist, but he also has one of my favorite blogs, THE ARM... go here... So psyched he agreed to donate work to this year's LACE auction! About the same time I found his blog, or maybe its reverse, I saw his work at South Willard... go here.., and see his work here.. ,

from TODAY AND OTHERS, 2009 .
go here.

Ian McDonald

Ian McDonald born 1975 Ian McDonald is an artist living and working in San Francisco. He has shown in both the United States and Europe, including Rena Bransten Gallery, aov Gallery, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and The New Wight Gallery at UCLA in Los Angeles. European venues include, Nieuwe Vide Gallery in Holland, Sophienholm Exhibition Hall in Copenhagen Denmark,and the Svendborg Kunstingbygning Museum in Svendborg Denmark.In 2007 he was awarded the "Premio Faenza" from the Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche in Faenza, Italy. He has completed residencies in Holland at the European Ceramic Workcenter, the Museum of International Ceramics in Denmark and the Museum of Fine Arts at the De Young Art Center in San Francisco. He is currently on the Faculty at The San Francisco Art Institute in the Ceramics and Sculpture Department. He is represented by Rena Bransten Gallery in San Francisco.



go to
Rena Bransten
Gallery here..








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157(j) arrives in LA....

Ken Weathersby
(upcoming LACE auction!)

more
here...

"157(j)"
2008
Acrylic & Graphite on Canvas
with Removed and Reversed Area
36" x 24"

detail......

Ken's beautiful work arrived in Los Angeles
this week... Auction catalog for
LACE should be online soon.....
I'm so excited that Ken Weathersby's work is
part of this year's auction...

go to LACE here..

....for all those who are in NY, or will be in NY,
go check out Ken Weathersby's work at the Painting Center...

CONTINUING COLOR ABSTRACTION
A group show curated by Rella Stuart-Hunt.
Exhibition: April 13 - May 8, 2010.
go here..



THE PAINTING CENTER
has moved into its new space:
547 West 27th Street, NY, NY.

Ken Weathersby
(upcoming LACE auction!)

more
here...

From Habas to Los Angeles....

thank
you
Ivan!

to l.a. with care.

"the listener"

I awoke to an email from Ivan Tereschenko, (his blog here.)
He informed me that the photograph is in route to
Los Angeles, California, via Habas, France for
the upcoming 2010 LACE auction, May 20, here in Los Angles.

Ivan's photographs of interiors, and portraits
are exquisite, and always inspiring.
I'm so happy our paths have crossed.

Go to Ivan's website here.


BIO:

"Born in England and educated in France, Ivan Terestchenko studied history of Art at the Ecole du Louvre and was a painter until the age of 30 when he switched to photography and landed his first assignment with french Vogue . He contributes to many international publications.

Recently, Ivan photographed "The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé" published simultaneously in four international editions, in France, UK, Germany, and in the US."

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SAVE THE DATE!

it's
almost
that
time again!

May 20, 2010
7-10 pm.
LACE ART AUCTION.










I'm so thrilled and honored
to be one of the Guest Curators at this
year's, 2010 L.A.C.E. Auction.

In the upcoming weeks, I'll be posting images from this
year's auction, encouraging everyone, here in
Los Angeles, to attend this year's auction.


from press release:

"LACE has once gain invited a select group of
artists, curators, and creative professionals
to curate this year's benefit auction."

PARTICIPATION CURATORS:
Andrew Berardini
Barbara Bestor
Andrea Bowers
Kristin Calabrese & Joshua Aster
Carolyn Castaño
Tim Christian
David John (YHBHS)!
Tomory Dodge
Robert Fontenot & Glenn R. Phillips
Brooke Hodge
Julian Hoeber
Onya Hogan-Finlay
Jeff Kopp
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Kim McCarty
Christine Nichols
Jamie Rosenthal
Joy Silverman
Monique van Genderen

Artwork and event details coming soon...

and thank you to all the artists donating work
to LACE... Such a great organization here in Los Angeles.


go to LACE here.
want
to see what you
missed
last year?

check out the
LACE 2009 auction, here..
see you on may 20th...




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Walead Beshty
Cyanotype 1 (JRM after KFH for SMM at LBA) April 30th 2009, Los Angeles, CA
2009
archival inkjet on cyanotype
30" x 22"



John Pearson
Untitled
2009
black and white fiber print, wood frame
9 "x 12"



Carter Mull
Mask
2009
color polaroid
14" x 14" x 1.5" framed



Arthur Ou
Untitled (Earthworks 6)
2007
Selenium-toned silver gelatin print
14.25" x 11.24"

(all images above come from the online catalog...)

Lace Benefit Art Auction....
read and see more here..

(my first pass through the online catalog. so much good work! its a bit overwhelming..,)


Curatrors:
Nayland Blake, Phil Chang, Anne Collier, Stuart Comer, Fallen Fruit, Carlee Fernandez, Eve Fowler & Lucas Michael/ACP, Soo Kim, John Knuth, Jenée Misraje, Shamim Momin, Terri Phillips, Lucas Reiner, Marco Rios, Aaron Rose, Sterling Ruby, Maya Schindler, Anna Sew Hoy, Thomas Solomon, Carol Stakenas, George Stoll, Catherine Taft, Ed & Deanna Templeton, Matt Wardell and Amy & Wendy Yao.

Less than two weeks away.