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About the Housepaint for Habitat Auction
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Housepaint and the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the ROMHousepaint at the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM is the first exhibition of street art in a major Canadian museum, an open-ended exhibition and experiment running until July 5, 2009. The exhibit addresses poverty, affordable housing and homelessness issues in the city of Toronto at a whole new level. This ground-breaking exhibition is a collaboration between ten street artists in memory of the former residents of Tent City. Each artist has painted a colourful canvas house in their personal, exuberant style. In addition, five artists have responded to the previous installations by creating an original new work in the gallery over the course of the exhibition resulting in one of a kind works of street art with priceless history and meaning. Biographies of the artists can be found at: http://housepaint.typepad.com/housepaint/artist-bios.html The Housepaint CollectionWith 100% of proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity Toronto to help build affordable housing the Housepaint Collection is priced to move. You are not just bidding on the prospect of an artwork by a top Canadian street artist -- but a providence that includes the first street art exhibition within a major Canadian Museum. Additionally, an artefact loaded with the history of the first installation at the tent city site. Both innovative and recognizable, the works have been featured in or written about in the following media outlets: Canadian Art Magazine, The Star (twice), The Globe and Mail, Azure, Inside Toronto, The Space Channel (TBC), 24 Hours, St. Catharine’s Standard, The Sault Star, The Peterborough Examiner, The Canadian Press, Times and Transcript, Art Daily, Artcrimes, The National Post and many more. Note on the condition of Bid LotsIn most cases you are not bidding on pristine works of art. The art survived a weekend of storms on the tent city site, being turned into houses and some include use of unorthodox material techniques. Prices have been adjusted to reflect this. Please check each work’s condition entry when bidding and a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum for viewing is encouraged. All sales are final. Condition has been noted in the online catalogue ranging from: Good: at worst, wood warping, water marking on the reverse and/or assembly holes on the sides (no surface / face damage beyond very small cracks) Fair: one or two small (less than .3 cm) assembly holes on the face within about 2 cm of the canvas edge that can be easily fixed by re-stretching the work on a new frame Poor: a stabilized rip under 5 cm. In some cases, the weathered condition adds to the works and has become an integral part of the artist’s vision. |
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