OutAuction NYC 2009

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Metropolitan Pavilion
New York, NY
2009

Detained (Sebastian series)
Acrylic and collage on canvas
20 x 16”
c.2007
(sold) 🔴

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the GLAAD Board of Directors, our Honorary Committee and Arts Advisory Committee and this year’s Planning Committee invite you to join us for OUTAuction NYC – our eighth annual art event to celebrate established and emerging artists, while recognizing GLAAD’s Top 100 Artists.

Since 2002, GLAAD has produced this annual fundraising event to support our programmatic work. Part art auction and part glamorous cocktail reception, OUTAuction NYC is the must attend event of the fall season.

Come join us and bid on 100 unique pieces of art. Last year’s live auction featured work from Pablo Picasso, Herb Ritts, Steven Klein, and Marc Chagall. Past artists include: Ross Bleckner, Ryan McGinness, Patrick McMullan, Annie Leibovitz, Karim Rashid, Mario Sorrenti, Peter Max, Rosie O’Donnell, and many others. Celebrities who have participated in the past include: Tom Ford, Susie Essman, Patricia Fields, Eva LaRue and Junior Vasquez among others.

The theme of OUTAuction 2009 was “In/Out: An Exhibition and Auction Celebrating GLAAD’s Top 100 Artists.” Artists were encouraged to consider this broad theme, which can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

  1. The spatial aspects of “in” and “out”: inside and outside, internal and external.

  2. In/Out of the Closet. The impact of being on either side of the closet upon artistic production.

  3. Inside/outside “the art scene.” How do you define “the scene” and where do you see yourself and your art practice in relation to it? 

  4. In/Out: An exploration of sexuality and erotic themes 

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate, and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

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