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Oceana's SeaChange Summer Party with the artwork of Kimberly Webber to be auctioned - Laguna Beach, California
2018-07-21
“Ocean’s Call” 72″ x 180″ rice paper, earth pigments, encaustic, oil on canvas © Kimberly Webber 2018

Oceana’s SeaChange Summer Party

Dear Friends,
Greetings and Happy Summer! We are pleased to announce a collaboration between Oceana and painter Kimberly Webber to benefit the planet’s oceans. The artist created a life-size newborn baby humpback whale painting titled “Ocean’s Call” and is donating 100% of the proceeds to Oceana’s global conservation efforts. Oceana is the largest international advocacy organization for the oceans.
seachange.org/webber
“Ocean’s Call” is being auctioned to benefit Oceana’s important work (oceana.org) with bidding culminating at the annual gala SeaChange Summer Party on July 21st, 2018. The gala is hosted at a private estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Laguna Beach, CA.
seachangesummerparty.org/venue
Bidding on the original “Ocean’s Call” painting begins online 18 days prior to the gala with bids starting at 10k. The link to bid on “Ocean’s Call” on the Charity Buzz platform goes live at 10:00 a.m. EST on July 3rd, 2018. A second email will be sent in early July with the live link to bid on the painting.
charitybuzz.com
“Ocean’s Call” is a stunning 15′ original oil on canvas valued at 150k. The painting purchase is 100% tax deductible with all proceeds generously supporting Oceana. The painting would work well in a corporate lobby, a museum, a public or private collection.You are welcome to share this email with potentially interested parties, friends and colleagues.
Filmmaker Marie Pedersen of Verdant Vue Productions Los Angeles documented the creation of “Ocean’s Call” over the course of more than a year. Here is the preview link
www.youtube.com
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For additional information on bidding or to purchase tickets to the gala event, please contact Pamela George at Oceana pgeorge@oceana.org or phone 1-949-295-5811
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www.kimberlywebber.com

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Phillips To Sell Steve McQueen's Rolex Submariner - Auction - New York, New York
2018-10-25
Phillips To Sell Steve McQueen’s Rolex Submariner
Phillips returns to New York on October 25 with another iconic Rolex, owned and worn by one of America’s most well-known actors. After Paul Newman’s “Paul Newman”, it’s time for Steve McQueen’s Submariner.
4 JUNE 2018

We are delighted to announce the sale of a historically important and previously unknown Rolex Submariner owned and worn by Steve McQueen. Given by McQueen to his personal stuntman, Loren Janes, and inscribed on the caseback – TO LOREN, THE BEST DAMN STUNTMAN IN THE WORLD. STEVE – it was thought to have been lost in a fire. With its absolutely fascinating provenance, the watch was owned until recently by the late Loren Janes himself, and its remarkable tale of survival, the watch comes to auction as the single most important watch associated with Steve McQueen to ever appear publicly.

Steve McQueen has long been revered as the silver screen’s undisputed and unrivaled “King of Cool.” In his twenty-six year career in Hollywood, he rose to become one of the most well-known and highest paid actors, starring in the largest grossing films of his era. With a tenacity and ferocity forged by a tumultuous childhood, each role was an opponent to be tackled head-on. On and off the screen, McQueen was characterized as a rebel, a loner, the epitome of the American male. His coolness was never forced or affected – he just simply was cool. McQueen flew airplanes, raced cars and motorcycles, even coming in second place to Mario Andretti’s Ferrari team at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring in a Porsche 908/02. He needed a watch that could keep up with such a lifestyle, and he found one in the Rolex Submariner.

Loren Janes was brought into test as McQueen’s stunt double on the show that propelled McQueen into the public eye – Wanted: Dead or Alive, a Western television drama McQueen starred in from 1958 until 1961. According to an interview with Janes, two doubles had already been fired. Janes simply sat down with McQueen and told him that he could make him “look better than he imagined possible.” McQueen requested Janes as his stunt double for every movie on which their schedules would allow them to collaborate, and consequently, of McQueen’s twenty-seven major motion pictures, Loren Janes was his stunt double in nineteen. Close friends for life, Janes and McQueen were in contact directly before McQueen’s final trip to Mexico for medical treatments.

A remarkable stuntman in his own right, Janes performed as a stunt double and served as a stunt coordinator in other notable films and television series of the twentieth century until his retirement in 2002. In 1961, he co-founded the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures, which lives on to this day, and though officially retired, spent much of his time outside the entertainment industry improving safety procedures in film. He is widely considered one of the seminal forces in creating the modern stuntman, and incredibly, was never seriously injured or even broke a bone during a stunt. Loren Janes sadly passed away in 2017 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
Ingenious and indefatigable, it’s no wonder that Steve McQueen would go out of his way to request such a man as his stunt double for the duration of his film career. McQueen was known to gift watches to friends and colleagues that acquitted themselves particularly well, so it follows that Janes would be the recipient of such a watch.
Other watches, even other Rolex Submariners, have appeared in public with established McQueen provenance, but none with this level of personalization. In fact, the present watch is the earliest McQueen-owned Submariner known, a reference 5513 dating to 1964 and gifted to Loren Janes likely in the mid-to-late 1970s as recollected by the surviving Janes family members.

Elevating its importance in the field of elite collectors’ watches, it is the only known Steve McQueen watch to include his name engraved on the caseback, indisputably connecting the watch to its legendary former owner. Furthermore, with its passionate and emphatic dedication to Janes, no other McQueen-owned timepiece has been seen that features such an endearing and personalized engraving.
Robust and enduring, the perfect companion for a man who specialized in on-screen dives, a Rolex Submariner was a fitting gift to a man who had risked his life for McQueen on countless occasions. But this Submariner had a final and unbelievable stunt to perform, though off the wrist of its owner.
In 2016, a wildfire outside of Los Angeles, now known as the Sand Fire (for California’s Sand Canyon), burned intensely for almost two weeks, destroying over 40,000 acres of land and killing two. Of the eighteen buildings destroyed, one of them was the home of Loren Janes and his wife. To the dismay of the Janes family, nearly all of their personal belongings and Loren Janes’ personal collection of film memorabilia were believed lost. Yet, at the urging of the current consignor, who had learned about the tragic fire and knowing the durability of Rolex Submariners, the family was encouraged to try to find the Rolex in the rubble. And find it they did, after a few days of dogged shoveling. Once the watch had been found, the family sent it to be examined and restored by Rolex U.S.A., which took particular care in documenting the restoration process and preserving the watch’s priceless caseback. The soot wedged between the Rolex bracelet clasp and on the caseback is indeed still present.

The watch will be sold with a letter signed by Loren Janes attesting to its provenance; a remarkable letter and photos from Rolex U.S.A. documenting its restoration while enthusiastically praising Loren Janes, Steve McQueen, and the resilience of this extraordinary Submariner; and a book titled Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures, which includes photos of Steve McQueen wearing the watch.

McQueen’s Rolex Submariner will be offered with an additional, period correct ref. 5513 dial and hand set, acquired by the consignor at great expense to bring the watch back to its original configuration as it would have appeared on the wrist of McQueen in the 1960s.
The watch is further accompanied with an additional Rolex Submariner glossy/gilt dial and corresponding hand set – correct for its year of manufacture, acquired at great expense by the current owner to bring the watch back to its original configuration as it would have appeared originally on the wrist of McQueen in 1964.

This Rolex Submariner, given by Steve McQueen to his stuntman Loren Janes, escaping destruction when destruction seemed inevitable, is a fitting tribute to these two inimitable men. A portion of the proceeds from the auction of this watch will benefit The Boys Republic, The McQueen Family charity that rehabilitated McQueen when he was a youth. An additional portion of the proceeds will be gifted to the surviving family members of Loren Janes.

Phillips is thrilled to offer this watch for the first time, which can easily be considered one of the most important vintage Rolex watches to ever appear on the market. This top highlight of Phillips’ next New York Watch auction taking place on 25 October 2018 will be offered with an estimate of US $300,000 to $600,000.

Tansey Contemporary Presents - RESONANT, LEOPOLDO CUSPINERA MADRIGAL, Recent Work Denver, CO March 7 – April 7, 2019
2019-03-07
Tansey Contemporary is pleased to present “Resonant: Leopoldo Cuspinera Madrigal, Recent Work” March 7 through April 7, 2019. The opening reception will occur on March 7 from 5 to 7 pm and the artist will attend.
While studying architecture in the 1980s and 90s, Cuspinera Madrigal also sang in a choir. “Resonant” highlights these musical and architectural influences, specifically concepts of space, rhythm, cadence, measures, meters, equilibrium, harmony, and scale. He likens this body of work to dance, which visually manifests sound. Cuspinera Madrigal says, “‘Resonant’ is a series of materialized sonorous mental constructions and joyful moments in which the language employed in both architecture and music is almost the same.” His structured compositions create an expansive, transcendent experience that enables one to “reach out to the immaterial by means of that which is material.” He sees the act of creation as a call and response between himself and the materials.
Cuspinera Madrigal’s work is based in the ancient, pre-Columbian papermaking technique of Papel Amate, which he has modified to create his works.
He continues to hone his technique, which he has used for more than twenty-five years, to make new discoveries and evolve his art practice. He lets the materials themselves – recycled paper pulp, pigments, resins, water – be active participants in the art making process, which he likens to action painting, that balances both rationality and intuition.

Mexican artist, architect, and academic Cuspinera Madrigal holds several degrees and certificates in architecture, theology, cultural heritage, sacred art, historical sciences, industrial heritage, and archaeology from various universities throughout Europe and Mexico. Cuspinera Madrigal has exhibited extensively throughout Mexico, the United States, Italy, France, and Switzerland. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

MoP - Month of Photography Denver - Biennial Celebration
2019-03-07
Month of Photography Denver
MoP – Month of Photography Denver is a biennial celebration of fine art photography with hundreds of collaborative public events throughout Denver and the region March and April 2019. MoP joins multiple museums, galleries and schools surrounding fine art photography creating an exciting artistic and educational event for the city of Denver and the region.
Mop History HERE
Interested in submitting an event?
email mop.denver (at) gmail.com
view details and guidelines HERE
Lauren Grayhawk – Los Algodones – photo by Ron Cooper
Director
Mark Sink
mop.denver.info (at) gmail.com
Administrative Director
Dasha Baulina
Programing Editor
Christian Barreto Salgado
Design
Kristen Hatgi
Nick Delgado
Copy Editors
June Mullins
Rupert Jenkins
Dasha Baulina
Susan Goldstein
Christian Barreto Salgado
Exhibitions Coordinator for Boulder
Kellye Eisworth
Lectures
ASMP, SPE, CPAC
Press and Website Coordinator
Dasha Baulina and Mark Sink
Print Media Distribution and Display
Christine Verhoeven

Month of Photography Lecture Series - Denver Art Museum - Susan Goldstein
2019-03-12 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Denver)
Susan Goldstein Artist Talk
Month of Photography Lecture Series
The Denver Art Museum
March 12, 2019, 7-8:30 pm
Denver photographer Susan Goldstein began her photography career working for Denver’s Westword starting in the late 70s.
She shifted the focus of her practice later in life, working in both straight photography and photo-based collage.
Inspired by collecting and interest in social commentary, much of Goldstein’s work explores ideas of absence and presence as well as the collision of past and present.
Susan Goldstein
Denver Art Museum
(Hamilton Building, Sharp Auditorium)
100 W 14th Ave Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
tickets: 720-913-0130
members & students: $5
non-members: $12
(Denver CO) Edge Gallery will host a solo exhibition of her series UNDERCURRENTS: Fault Lines. The show will open with a public reception on March 22, 2019, from 6-10 pm and will be on view from March 22 – April 7. The artist will be in attendance at a second reception on March 29 from 6-10 pm.
Goldstein’s work is also included in the Colorado Photographic Arts Center’s exhibit, Elemental Construction, on view through April 7 at the McNichols Civic Center. Her new collage work will also be on view as part of the Denver Collage Club show atAlto Gallery March 1 – 30, with an opening reception was March 1 from 6-9 pm.
Susan Goldstein 1950-
Susan Goldstein was born in the middle of the last century in Indianapolis, Indiana and moved to Boulder, Colorado to attend college in 1968. After moving to Denver in 1978 she began working for Denver’s weekly newspaper, Westword, eventually becoming the staff photographer. An admitted “late bloomer” she pivoted from the world of journalism to fine art at 49. Goldstein has been described by Denver’s art critics as a multifaceted artist who, in addition to creating many photographic and photo based bodies of work, has successfully made sculpture from antique office supplies, addressed a variety of political issues using collage and installation and generally explored mixing materials to make new imagery. Since 2011 her primary focus has been creating antique photo collages for Bending Time and making photographs for her series UNDERCURRENTS.
The most recent collage work, Bending Time, unites her love of collecting, photography and collage. UNDERCURRENTS is described as “taking the temperature” of the United States. Many, but not all, of the photographs in UNDERCURRENTS are inherently political. By documenting the visual clues that offer insight about the state of a place, the concerns of the residents and the hopes and sometimes failed dreams of those inhabitants Goldstein continues to create a portrait of “America”.
Goldstein’s photographic work is included in numerous collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Modern Art, Joaquim Paiva Collection, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Luz Astral Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Colorado Photographic Arts Center and the Crawford Hotel, Union Station, Denver, CO. Her work has been exhibited extensively including at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Griffin Museum of Photography’s Stoneham Gallery, Colorado Photographic Art Center and Colorado College’s Idea Space.
