ISSUE Project Room, in partnership with Paddle8, presents an online benefit art auction, with bidding to open Tuesday, March 25th. All proceeds from the sale will directly support ISSUE Project Room, facilitating the presentation of over 500 artists and performers during the 2014 calendar year.
More than thirty artworks have been generously contributed for the event, from esteemed contemporary artists including ISSUE Board Member Robert Longo, Tony Oursler, James Hyde, Carrie Moyer, Joyce Pensato, Gary Petersen, Walter Robinson, and Martynka Wawrzyniak, among many others.
Tony Oursler: High Low Pink and Green, 2011
A pioneering nonprofit performance center in Downtown Brooklyn, for over 10 years ISSUE Project Room has played a vital role in NYC’s cultural ecology, presenting a diverse array of artists working across and between the disciplines of sound, dance, film, performance and literature.
"Paddle8 is delighted to support the fundraising efforts of ISSUE Project Room,” says Dave Harper, Director of Special Projects at Paddle8. “We have a history in promoting performance—including the first-ever online sale of a piece of performance art—and this partnership extends our commitment to supporting art across disciplines."
Through the cultivation of innovative time-based work, ISSUE performs an essential research and development function, fostering an influx of ideas into the local and international creative landscape across a multitude of genres. ISSUE Project Room is pleased to work with Paddle8 and all contributing artists, extending a bridge of mutual support between the visual art and experimental performance community.
Bidding runs Tuesday, March 25th through April 16th at http://paddle8.com/auctions/issue
Artists include: Kenseth Armstead, Eleanna Anagnos, Perry Bard, Rosanna Bruno, Sharon Butler, Dawn Clements, Paul Corio, Mark Dagley, Shawn Dulaney, James Esber, Laurie Fendrich, Joe Fyfe, Allison Gildersleeve, James Hyde, Shirley Kaneda, Robert Longo, Carrie Moyer, Car Pelleteri, Adam Pendleton, Joyce Pensato, Gary Petersen, Barbara Pollack, Walter Robinson, Steve Roden, David Shapiro, James Siena, Stephen Vitiello, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Alyssa Taylor Wendt, Roger White, Margaret Withers, and iO Tillett Wright.
Image: Robert Longo: "Untitled (Men in the Cities)", 1979/2009
Founded in 2003, ISSUE Project Room is a pioneering nonprofit performance center, presenting projects by more than 500 interdisciplinary artists and performers each year that expand the boundaries of artistic practice and stimulate critical dialogue in the broader community. ISSUE serves as a leading cultural incubator, facilitating the commission and premiere of more than 20 innovative new works each year.
Paddle8 is an online auction house, connecting buyers and sellers of fine art and collectibles across the Internet. Paddle8 presents two types of auctions: curated auctions of art and collectibles under $100,000, and benefit auctions in collaboration with non-profits. Since its founding in 2011, Paddle8 has collaborated with over 200 non- profit organizations worldwide to present their benefit auctions online, dramatically expanding the audience of supporters and fundraising results for each non-profit partner.