December 9, 2010 – January 9, 2011
Opening:
Thursday, December 9, 6 – 8 p.m.
At Lehmann Maupin, 201 Chrystie Street, New York City
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Sunday 12 – 6 p.m.
www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org
Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), a non-profit arts organization founded in 1963 by Jasper Johns and John Cage that provides grants to artists and arts organizations, announces its 13th benefit exhibition opening December 9, 2010. Organized by artists Cecily Brown, Vija Celmins, Rachel Feinstein, Robert Gober, Jasper Johns, Julian Lethbridge, Nate Lowman, Brice Marden, Julie Mehretu, James Rosenquist, Dana Schutz, Kara Walker and T.J. Wilcox, the “Painting and Sculpture” exhibition will feature nearly 200 artworks available for sale (not auction). Proceeds will directly benefit FCA’s grant programs.
Founded and guided by artists, FCA has long been supported by a large community of artists who have generously donated their work to be sold in FCA’s twelve historic benefit exhibitions. Art dealers have shown their support by hosting FCA’s enormous, salon-style exhibitions, where one is likely to find a work by Ed Ruscha next to a work by an emerging talent. This latest benefit exhibition will be held at Lehmann Maupin’s stunning Lower East Side gallery which opened in late 2007, heralding a burgeoning contemporary art scene in The Bowery.
Paintings and sculptures (and a small number of works on paper) by established and mid-career artists will be installed alongside work by emerging artists. In addition to works by organizing committee artists, work by many well known artists will be featured. A list of participating artists can be found on FCA’s website. FCA has traditionally held sales, not auctions of work, in exhibitions that are open to the public for an extended period of time.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts encourages, sponsors and promotes innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups and organizations. Through a nomination process, artists working in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry and the visual arts are awarded unrestricted grants for projects of their own choosing. Grants are also given to presenting and support organizations and a modest fund is maintained to help artists with unexpected emergencies. Over 900 artists have donated work to raise funds for FCA’s grant programs. Since its inception, FCA has granted over 7 USD million to support individual artists and arts organizations. In 2010, FCA will award over 500,000 USD in grants.
To view a checklist of works in the show click here.
To download a press release click here.
Contributing artists:
Justin Adian – Ricci Albenda – Joseph Albers – David Altmejd – William Anastasi – Uri Aran – Arman – Charles Arnoldi – Richard Artschwager – Eve Aschheim – Hope Atherton – Donald Baechler – Miquel Barceló – Jennifer Bartlett – Gene Beery – Lynda Benglis – Jake Berthot – Richard Bosman – Joe Bradley – Dove Bradshaw – Kerstin Brätsch – David Brooks – Cecily Brown – Bruce High Quality Foundation – Lee Bul – Tom Burr – Vija Celmins – Jake & Dinos Chapman – Francesco Clemente – Dan Colen – Michael Craig-Martin – Sarah Crowner – William Crozier – Joy Curtis – Verne Dawson – E.V. Day – Willem de Kooning – Steve DiBenedetto – Jane Dickson – Laddie John Dill – Mark Dion – Tara Donovan – John Duff – Tracey Emin – Inka Essenhigh – Rachel Feinstein – Rochelle Feinstein – Feng Mengbo – Aaron Fink – Louise Fishman – Seth Michael Forman – Rachel Foullon – Emi Fukuzawa –
Anya Gallaccio – Gelitin – Robert Gober – Dulce Gomez – Deborah Grant – Michael Joaquin Grey – Robert Grosvenor – Donald Gummer – Guo Hongwei – Wade Guyton – Josephine Halvorson – Marc Handelman – Jay Heikes – Damien Hirst – Jaya Howey – Matt Hoyt – Alex Hubbard – Jacqueline Humphries – Robert Indiana – Matthew Day Jackson – Neil Jenney – Jasper Johns – Ryan Johnson – Kim Jones – Michael Joo – Jane Kaplowitz – Nikki Katsikas – Allison Katz – David Kennedy-Cutler – Rosy Keyser – Anselm Kiefer – Martin Kline – Jeff Koons – Ella Kruglyanskaya – Guillermo Kuitca – Shio Kusaka – Daniel Lefcourt – Julian Lethbridge – Tom Levine – Roy Lichtenstein – Siobhan Liddell – Glenn Ligon – Jane Logemann – Robert Longo – Andrew Lord – Nate Lowman – Jim Lutes – Cassandra MacLeod – Matt Magee – Brice Marden – Helen Marden – Nick Mauss – Dan McCarthy – Suzanne McClelland – Adam McEwen –
Josephine Meckseper – Julie Mehretu – Sean Mellyn – Ohad Meromi – Sam Messer – James Meyer – Lisa Milroy – Marilyn Minter – Santi Moix – Andy Monk – Robert Morris – Carrie Moyer – James Nares – Elizabeth Neel – Thomas Nozkowski – Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen – Julian Opie – Laura Owens – Paul Pagk – Jiyeon Park – Debra Pearlman – Mia Pearlman – Adam Pendleton – Joyce Pensato – Ellen Phelan – Zak Prekop – Ken Price – Martin Puryear – Harvey Quaytman – Rebecca Quaytman – Ishmael Randall Weeks – Elaine Reichek – Tim Rollins and K.O.S. – James Rosenquist – Yumi Janairo Roth – Heather Rowe – Ed Ruscha – Cordy Ryman – Peter Sacks – David Salle – Matt Saunders – Ed Schlossberg – Lara Schnitger – Dana Schutz – Anja Schwoerer – Nikko Sedgwick – Calvin Seibert – Richard Serra – Joel Shapiro – Lior Shvil – Gedi Sibony – Peter Simensky – Gary Simmons – Richard Smith – Pat Steir –
Frank Stella – Ruby Sky Stiler – Kianja Strobert – Ryan Sullivan – Whiting Tennis – Mickalene Thomas – Johannes VanDerBeek – Sara VanDerBeek – Allyson Vieira – Charline von Heyl – Kara Walker – Star Wallowing Bull – Dan Walsh – Andy Warhol – Lawrence Weiner – John Wesley – Roger White – Jesse Willenbring – Trevor Winkfield – Terry Winters – Wu Jian’an – Rob Wynne – Amy Yao – Jack Youngerman – Elyn Zimmerman – and others
Images above:
Left to right:
Cecily Brown, “The Torment of St. Anthony,” 2010, Oil on Linen, 41 x 45 inches.
Heather Rowe, “Untitled,” 2010, Wood, black mirror, found frame and wallpaper, 33 x 40 x 10 inches.
Ed Ruscha, “Smart Enough,” 2010, Acrylic on raw linen, 8 x 8 1/8 inches.