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WHO:
Event Host: Aspen Art Museum
Event Chair: Amy Phelan joins Aspen Art Museum Director /
Chief Curator Heidi Zuckerman
Jacobson and the Aspen Art Museum Board
Event Auctioneer: Tobias Meyer, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s
Europe; Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art
2010 Aspen Award for Art Honoree: Marilyn Minter
Sponsors: Sotheby’s, NetJets, Southern Wine and Spirits,
SKYY Spirits, Stonefox
Media Sponsor: PLUMtv
Additional Support: Baldwin Gallery, Fiji Water, Syzygy, Ute
City
Attendance: wineCRUSH 8/4 – 150; artCRUSH 8/6 – 350;
afterpartyCRUSH 8/6 – 500
WHAT:
Over 350 of the world’s top art collectors, wine
connoisseurs, artists, gallery owners, curators,
celebrities, and global business leaders will come together
in Aspen for three days of striking events to celebrate the
Aspen Art Museum’s 6th annual artCRUSH summer benefit gala.
artCRUSH and its related events, wineCRUSH, previewCRUSH,
and afterpartyCRUSH, will be held August 4-6, 2010, with the
main artCRUSH event taking place on Friday, August 6,
2010, featuring the 2010 Aspen Award for Art presentation to
renowned artist Marilyn Minter.
The festivities continue with a seated dinner, followed by a
live auction of one-of-a-kind works hosted by Sotheby’s
auctioneer Tobias Meyer. The 2010 live auction will include
11 Lots with artworks by Mamma Andersson, Kiki Smith, Ed
Ruscha, Richard Phillips, Roni Horn, Tom
Sachs, Delia Brown, Xavier Veilhan, Bertozzi & Casoni,
Damien Hirst, and a very special work created by 2010 Aspen
Award for Art honoree Marilyn Minter. In addition to the
main event, special artCRUSH-related events precede the gala
evening. wineCRUSH is hosted by
John and Amy Phelan in their Aspen home, featuring their
cutting-edge art collection. This remarkable evening
features wine and food presented by master sommeliers
guiding guests through rare vintages and pairings.
previewCRUSH will feature a cocktail reception at the
Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, that will allow guests to view
live auction offerings to be auctioned at the following
evening’s artCRUSH gala.
2009’s artCRUSH was a huge success, netting $1million in
support of the AAM’s contemporary art programming. Last
year’s event was enjoyed by guests including TV actor Kyle
MacLachlan,
spouse and President of Full Picture Public Relations
Desiree Gruber,
and 7-time Tour de France-winning cyclist Lance Armstrong.
2010 GUESTS:
Each year artCRUSH draws major arts patrons, gallerists, and
artists from across the country and around the globe.
Expected guests include: International collectors Isabella &
Theodor Dalenson, Gabby & Ramiro Garza, New York collectors
Jill & Jay Bernstein, Melva Bucksbaum & Raymond J. Learsy,
Domenico & Eleanore De Sole, and Amy & John
Phelan; Los Angeles collectors and arts patrons Maria & Bill
Bell, Bob & Linda Gersh, and Marc & Jane Nathanson; Miami
collectors Don & Mera Rubell, Jason & Michelle Rubell, and
Dennis & Debra Scholl; Dallas patrons Paul & Gayle Stoffel;
Toby Devan Lewis of Cleveland; Paul & June Schorr of
Nebraska; Connecticut collectors Eddie & Kinga Lampert,
David & Jennifer Stockman and Arthur & Pamela Sanders;
Chicago collectors Stefan Edlis & Gael Neeson, and Allen &
Kelli Questrom (Dallas); Vail, Colorado collectors Vicki &
Kent Logan, and Aspen collectors Frannie Dittmer, Bob &
Soledad Hurst, AAM Board President
Daniel Holtz & Toni Holtz, Nancy Magoon & Robert Magoon, and
Larry & Susan Marx. Guest gallerists include Richard
Edwards, Christoph Gerozissis, Ronnie & Jan Greenberg,
Jeanne Greenberg-Rohatyn, Heather Harmon, Rachel Lehmann,
and Perry Rubenstein.
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Tobias Meyer, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe and
Worldwide Head of
Contemporary Art: “It has been my great pleasure to be an
auctioneer for the artCRUSH live auction since 2007. It is
one-of-a-kind—featuring great art, and benefiting an
institution at the forefront of contemporary art in the U.S.
artCRUSH has become a truly must-attend summer
event for those who appreciate and enjoy international
contemporary art.”
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2010 Artist Donors:
Mamma Andersson, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Sanford Biggers,
John Bock, Delia Brown, James Casebere, Bertozzi & Casoni,
Noah Davis, Marc Dennis, Tara Donovan, Nathalia Edenmont,
Simon Evans, Claire Fontaine, John Gerrard, C. Gregory
Gummersall, Damien Hirst, Nir Hod, Roni Horn, Rashid
Johnson, Yashua Klos, Jeremy Kost, Charles Long, Joel
Meyerowitz, Marilyn Minter, Catherine Opie, Angel Otero ,
Marlo Pascual, Richard Phillips, Lars Ř. Ramberg, Amanda
Ross-Ho, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Isca Greenfield-Sanders,
Christian Schumann, Kiki Smith, Ken Solomon, Ed Templeton,
Felandus Thames, Mickalene Thomas,
Xavier Veilhan, William Wegman, Matthew Weinstein, Kehinde
Wiley, Richard Woods, and Rob Wynne.
2010 Donor Galleries:
A. Beadles Fine Art, Anton Kern Gallery, Barbara Gladstone
Gallery,
Blum & Poe, Casey Kaplan, Cherry and Martin, Cumulus Studios, David
Kordansky, David Zwirner, Gagosian Gallery, Gavin Brown’s
Enterprise, Gavlak Gallery, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery,
Hauser &
Wirth, Jack Shainman Gallery, James Cohan Gallery, John
Berggruen Gallery, John Connelly Presents, Jonathan Novak
Contemporary Art, Lehmann Maupin, Leo Koenig, Marc Selwyn
Fine
Art, Metro Pictures, Michael Klein Arts, The Pace Gallery,
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Salon
94, Sean Kelly Gallery, Simon Preston Gallery, Sonnabend,
Sperone
Westwater, Tilton Gallery, Wetterling Gallery, and White
Cube.
WHEN/WHERE:
Wednesday, August 4 – Friday, August 6, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 — wineCRUSH
6:00 PM — The Aspen home of John and Amy Phelan
Limited-attendance event (Presented by Sotheby’s)
Thursday, August 5, 2010 — previewCRUSH
6:00 – 8:00 PM — Baldwin Gallery, 209 South Galena Street,
Aspen
Public cocktail reception previewing artCRUSH live auction
lots
Friday, August 6, 2010 — artCRUSH
6:00 – 10:00PM — Aspen Art Museum, 590 North Mill Street,
Aspen
Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres, Silent Auction, Wine Tasting,
Aspen Award for Art
Presentation to Marilyn Minter, Live Auction
(Wine Tasting Sponsored by Southern Wine and Spirits)
Aspen Award for Art presentation by Museum Director
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson
Live Auction conducted by Sotheby’s Tobias Meyer
THE 2010 ASPEN AWARD FOR ART: MARILYN MINTER
During the 2010 artCRUSH dinner, Director and Chief Curator
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson will present artist honoree Marilyn
Minter with the Aspen Award for Art. The award is given each
year to an artist who has either exhibited, or will exhibit,
at the museum. Minter’s photorealistic
paintings capture the moment where clarity becomes
abstraction, beauty commingles with the grotesque and the
body is cast as a site of aggressive desire. For the past 20
years, Minter has explored what she calls the “pathology of
glamour” — the painstaking everyday un- and redoing
of women’s appearance in the drive to achieve physical
perfection. Closing in tightly on her subjects, she examines
glamour, seeking to permeate our fantasies in order to show
the viewer that the human condition itself
makes the ideal impossible to obtain.
In honoring Marilyn Minter, Zuckerman Jacobson comments:
“I became a fan of Marilyn’s work during the ‘90s and have
been following her career closely ever since. She is an
important artist, who, up until now, has not been honored
for her work, and we are fortunate to be able to do so
at artCRUSH this summer. Some artCRUSH aficionados
might also remember that she very generously contributed a
wonderful limited edition set of pillows for artCRUSH 2006.”
2009’s Aspen Award for Art was presented to American artist
Fred Tomaselli, who was featured in a solo exhibition at the
museum through October 11, 2009.
Past Aspen Award for Art
honorees include: Ed Ruscha (2008), Jim Hodges (2007),
Tony Feher (2006), and Richard Tuttle (2005).
afterpartyCRUSH
10:30 PM — Syzygy City, 308 East Hopkins, Aspen
Featuring: Celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson
artCRUSH Ticket Information: Call 970-925-8050 or visit
online at
www.aspenartmuseum.org
About the Aspen Art Museum
The Aspen Art Museum is a non-collecting institution
presenting the newest, most important evolutions in
international contemporary art. Our innovative and timely
exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive
activities, and community happenings actively engage
audiences in
thought-provoking experiences of art, culture,
and society.
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