FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LAAA Announces 2008 Annual Benefit Auction

In association with co-chairs Shelley Reid and Susan Woods, the 2008 Annual Benefit Auction features over 100 works by emerging, mid-career and established artists.

Event date:
Saturday, August 2, 2008, 6:30 to 9p

All proceeds benefit LAAA and Los Angeles' emerging artist community. Los Angeles Art Association, a nationally recognized 83 year old non-profit art organization, will host its annual fundraising auction on August 2nd. The auction, widely embraced by the art community and leading collectors as a showcase of emerging art trends, will feature works by over 100 emerging, mid-career and established artists including Quinton Bemiller, Meeson Pae Yang and James Martin Thegerstrom.

Over 200 of LA's most influential movers and shakers are expected to attend the exclusive VIP preview featuring food by NOBU and spirits provided by Patron. LAAA Executive Director Peter Mays states "As we are considered by Los Angeles' leading art galleries to be a feeder to the gallery scene, our auction is a great place to discover emerging talent while they are still very affordable to a broad base of collectors. Our auction showcases new works by current and former artist members and nationally respected luminaries including Lita Albuquerque and Kim Abeles".

The Champagne VIP Preview, from 6 to 7pm, includes food by NOBU and exclusive access to auction items. The event continues for general admission guests from 7 to 9:30pm, with the live auction starting promptly at 7:30pm by Andrea Fiuczynski, Christie's Los Angeles President.

LIVE AUCTION

Lita Albuquerque $5000	Steven Verona Lords of Flatbush Still photo from film set $1250
Richard E. Aaron Andy Warhol and Mick Jagger Colorized photo, framed $1,500	Ford Crull Sunrise, Sunset Oil, wax, canvas, 2 panels $3,200
James Thegerstrom Tune the Void Magnet wire, steel, vacuum tubes, electrical wire, epoxy $6,000	Brian Mallman String Games 8 Drawing on Board $2,500
Meeson Pae Yang Entity Thermoformed plexiglass, LED lights, aluminum, vinyl tubing, sucrose gel beads, resin (9 bubbles) $7,200	Dan Goldman untitled diptych (burr) Acrylic on canvas $2600
Jennifer Shimatsu Untitled Oil on Canvas $10,000

SILENT AUCTION

Adam Normandin ghost Acrylic on panel $1200	Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli Secret Love #3 Digital pigment ink on gesso hand-coated Japanese paper $950
Ann Marie Rousseau Girl by the Window from the North Adams Mill Series Mixed media and photograph on stretched Luminos Linen. Unique image. $4,500	Arlene Bogna Divinity c-print $1,000
Barbara Blatt petite carnival Seed beads, acrylic on wood $750	Meeson Pae Yang Synthesis CNS laser cut mirrored plexiglass, fluorescent acrylic rod, chrome hardware, polypropylene funnel, adhesive $2,500
Carol Es Pathos Watercolor and pencil on illustration board $400	Catherine Roberts Leach drip color photograph $900
Catherine Roberts Leach windows color photograph $700	Christine Weir We Slowly Surrender Graphite on paper $850
Shizuko Greenblatt My Way II mixed media $2,200	Shizuko Greenblatt Promise Mixed media on canvas $1,000
Steve Fujimoto Eden Plywood, Cedar, Gold Leaf, Epoxy, Acrylic, Mercury $1,800	Kristina Sorensen evolution's second attempt came in color photo $900
James Thegerstrom Stealing Fire Magnet wire, copper, silver coated copper wire $1000	Joe Davidson Pinot Pinot (2 pack) Scotch tape $700
Christine Weir Near Alamogordo Graphite on paper $850	Dan Monteavaro Fix it. oil/ink/canvas $3,000
Dan Monteavaro sometimes oil/canvas $3,400	Dan Monteavaro things were that way oil/ink/canvas $3,000
Dan Van Clapp Re-entry #1 Acrylic on canvas $2,500	Dan Van Clapp Re-entry #2 Acrylic on canvas $2,500
Dean Andrews sleep tight Acrylic on canvas in glass microspheres $1,000	Dean R. Larson Boiling Clouds Digital Pigment Print $700
Dean R. Larson Orange Clouds #1 Archival Pigment Print $700	Dean R. Larson Tree Clouds Archival Pigment Print $700
Denise Siegel Batman in New Orleans Giclee Print $400	Seantel Sanders Conflagration Silver gelatin photographic print, oil, acrylic, resin $600
Dori Atlantis Cochleate Mixed Media $800	Eileen Rapke Free at Last photograph $250
Eileen Rapke Grace photograph $1,500	Elizabeth Comay 3 Women Mixed Media $300
Elizabeth Comay 33 Pods About 33 Women Mixed Media $300	Ellen Cantor Waiting Photography $450
Ellen Cantor Homeless in Seattle Photography $450	Jennifer Dozier ebenezer oil and wax on canvas and wood on canvas $400
Eva Hyam Untitled 333 Mixed Media $750	Gordon Henderson Everything is fine except the cockroaches Pen and ink on paper $400
Gordon Henderson Nature Goes Better with Genetic Engineering pen and ink on paper $325	Gordon Henderson Why do birds fly pen and ink on paper $400
Gwen Samuels Flashing Lights digital images taken at night printed on transparency, handstitiched $1,100	Gwen Samuels Night Light digital images taken at night printed on transparency, handstitiched $900
Gwen Samuels Night Vision digital images taken at night printed on transparency, handstitiched $1,100	Hadiya Finley I am Tree bronze $1,200
Jackie Brethen Leishman Face II Photographic Mixed Media $450	Jackie Brethen Leishman Remember photo mixed media $700
Jennifer Dozier small offering oil on canvas $900	Jennifer Dozier untitled wax on canvas $800
Kyoung Ha Yoo Recycle Resource #2 $800	Kyoung Ha Yoo Breezy View #55 $800
Kyoung Ha Yoo Recycle Resource #1 $800	Lacey Terrell offSET #2, movie ranch, LA County Photo $800
Lana Shuttleworth Tongues will be Wagging Safety cone, pins, and saw blade $800	Linda Kunik Things Fall Apart #1.037 Mixed Media on Canvas $1,500
Lynda Lester Untitled Bamboo 1 chromogenic print $525	Lynda Lester Untitled Bamboo 2 chromogenic print $525
Marlene Yamada Distant Journey 5 Acrylic on canvas $1,800	Marlene Yamada Untitled triptych Acrylic on canvas $1,400
Mathew Miles Grayson Long Time Oil, acrylic, and acrylic plaster $450	Meeson Pae Yang Encoding Anti-static electronic bag, LED light, stainless steel hardware, sucrose gel bead, resin, vinyl tubing $2,500
Mei Xian Qiu Cake Mixed media oil painting on canvas $1,800	Michael Giancristiano Raw Deal #1 mixed media, plywood, acrylic, stain, sand $350
Michael Giancristiano Raw Deal #2 mixed media, plywood, acrylic, stain, sand $350	Michael Ward Liquor Arrow 1 Acrylic on canvas $1,000
Michael Ward Liquor Arrow 2 Acrylic on canvas $1,100	Michael Ward People Live Here Acrylic on canvas $1,200
Midge Lynn Sight Unseen oil on wood panel $800	Moshe Elimelech Strokes Brushed aluminum, acrylic, mixed media $4,600
Pamela Mower-Conner Badlands Acrylic on Board $1,000	Pamela Mower-Conner Barbara Acrylic on Board $1,000
Pamela Mower-Conner Stonehead Acrylic on Board $1,500	Peggy Ferris Scroll acrylic/canvas $1,600
Quinton Bemiller A Brand New Colony acrylic on canvas over panel $1,600	Quinton Bemiller Recede and/or Proceed acrylic on canvas over panel $1,600
Quinton Bemiller Slow, for Ingrid and Monique acrylic on canvas over panel $1,600	Rebecca Hamm #11 sealed watercolor on paper over canvas $1,000
Rebecca Lowry stele wood, poem* $700	Richard Bruland The New World Acrylic on Panel $2,500
Sibyl Wickersheimer Where are We Going Screenprint on paper	Siri Kaur Kristie Digital c-print $2,200
Shizuko Greenblatt Go Forward Mixed Media $1,000	Steve Seleska Static Epoxy Resin
Steve Seleska The Leaving Epoxy Resin	Steve Seleska Twins Epoxy Resin
Suzanne Pratt I love diaphanous orange no. 2 polymer, pigment on cast acrylic $1,800	Suzanne Pratt running color no. 3 polymer, pigment on cast acrylic $1,500
Suzanne Pratt subtle polymer, pigment on cast acrylic $850	Tracy Vera Half Moon Oil on canvas $700
Tracy Vera Two D's Oil on canvas $500	Valerie Wilcox Autumn Winds Acrylic, oil, encaustic on wood $500
Valerie Wilcox Connections Acrylic on canvas $1,100	Valerie Wilcox Pulled Apart Acrylic on canvas $1,100
Viet-Hung Nguyen Coastal Sensibility No. 15 oil on linen $900	Viet-Hung Nguyen Crackles No. 7 oil on canvas $800
Viet-Hung Nguyen Symphony No. 41 oil on linen $2,200	Walter Lockwood Venice Beach 1 ultra chrome inkjet print $600
Walter Lockwood Venice Beach 2 ultra chrome inkjet print $600	Walter Lockwood Venice Beach 3 ultra chrome inkjet print $600
York Chang Passage of the Second Innocent Oil on canvas $3,000	Steve Burch No. 070026 gouache, graphite & acrylic on mylar & paper; suspended with acrylic pegs $750
Meg Madison People's Park, Shanghai Photo $600	Meg Madison Baby Pearl Necklace Photo $450
Larry Lytle I love my kids... Digital photo composition $400	Larry Lytle I'm scared... Digital photo composition $400
Beth Herzhaft Untitled Area Photograph (Malibu) Photographic C print, edition of 15 $675	Mark Schoening Untitled Latex, sumi ink, carbon transfer, resin on panel $900
Denice Bartels Untitled 18 Gouache on paper $700	Cole Sternberg Gray Skies Mixed Media on Canvas $1600