CHARITY AUCTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO SUPPORT CHILDREN IN NEED AND A PRE-SALE EXHIBITION OF THE AUCTION LOTS
AUCTION: DECEMBER 9, 2017
EXHIBITION: NOVEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 9, 2017
The close of a productive and eventful year brings with it a period for taking stock of the past year and building on plans for the future. Many of us also usethis time as an opportunity to turn our thoughts to our loved ones, to provide warmth to those around us and support to those in need.
This is why, before the onset of our long-awaited winter break, the Zarya Center for Contemporary Art and ARKA Contemporary Art Gallery have joined up with children’s charity fund, “The Warmth of Our Hands,” to embrace the age-old tradition of giving at Christmas and take part in the annual charity action. This event not only offers the perfect opportunity to find unique works of contemporary art to giftto your nearest and dearest, but also, through our collective efforts, to help those who need our care the most: orphans and children left without parental care. With your support, we can help make their life a little better, and, most importantly, to strengthen faith in human kindness.
Our charity event is made possible through the active generosity of a community of local artists, as well as past and present residents of Zarya. Auction participants will have the opportunity to purchase paintings, works on paper, photographs and sculptures from artists including the collective EliKuka, Ustina Yakovleva, EVOL, Pavel Shugurov, Evgeny Makeev, Vladimir Pogrebnyak, Kirill Kryuchkov, and many others, hailing from Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Moscow, Tokyo and Berlin.
WHOM WILL WE HELP?
For 2017, the auction of contemporary art aims to draw attention to the problems facing the children helped by the charity fund, “The Warmth of Our Hands.” The foundation’s volunteers provide assistance to children who do not have a mother or father in their lives and who, for clinical or social reasons, have spent extended periods of time in the Vladivostok’s regional children's hospital No. 2. Young children can remain in this ward for long stretches of time, after which they are either returned to their own family — an extremely rare occurrence — or, more likely, they are left as orphans.
The nursing ward of the hospital is currently home to about seventy children, ranging in age from six months to four years old. Most now live full-time in the ward, practically never leaving it. “Hospitalism” is a term for the mental and physical lag in development experienced by children with a lack of sustained contact with adults. For abandoned children, the only necessary means for socialization and the prevention of hospitalism are walks in the company of volunteers, who can take the children to one of the two playgrounds on the hospital campus, which themselves are in dire need of refurbishment.
The goal for this charity auction is to raise funds for a new, well-equipped playground in the courtyard of the hospital. This playground would serve not just as a wonderful gift and touching gesture, but also as a necessary tool for the socialization and development of primary motor skills in young children — and almost the only accessible means for play, socializing and development for the kids living in this ward. Unfortunately, this is far from the hospital’s only need. A full wish list can be found with more information on our website (zaryavladivostok.ru/auction), as well as during the preview exhibition.
WHO IS ORGANIZING THIS AUCTION?
A good deed can be difficult to do alone. This is why we are so grateful to our partners, ARKA Contemporary Art Gallery and the children’s charity fund, “The Warmth of Our Hands,” for their invaluable support in the organization of the auction. Beyond the auction, every event of the Zarya Center for Contemporary Art has been made possible through the committed support of the Beluga Group and Royal Credit Bank.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
We invite guests to visit the pre-auction exhibition, free of charge. This special preview opens at the Zarya Center for Contemporary Art on November 17, 2017. At the exhibition you can get a first look at the lots offered at the auction, as well as have a look through more information and the hospital wish list. Additionally, visitors will be able to make a donation or register for the auction.
To participate in the auction, one can also register by contacting us:
- E-mail: info@zaryavladivostok.ru
- Telephone: +7 (423) 231-71-00
- WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram:+7 (996) 423-60-11
Participants do not have to be present to bid. To participate from another city or country, please fill out an APPLICATION on the website www.zaryavladivostok.ru and send it by email to info@zaryavladivostok.ru
Following successful registration, you will receive further information on participation, payment and the delivery of lots.
The auction will be held on December 9, 2017.
Guest’s Registration: 5:00 pm
Cocktails and Live M usic:
5:00 pm — 6:00 pm
Session I: 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm
Session I I: 8:00 pm — 9:30 pm
All times are indicated in local
time, Vladivostok (GMT +10).
ARTISTS AND LOTS
Artists participating in the auction include:
Vasily Galaktionov, Vladivostok
Petr Gorelov, 33+1, Vladivostok
Andrey Dmitrenko, Vladivostok
EliKuka, Moscow
Ilyas Zinatulin, Vladivostok
Liliya Zinatulina, Vladivostok
Andrey Kamalov, Vladivostok
Yukiko Kamata, Tokyo
Valentin Karpov, 33+1, Vladivostok
Sergey Kiryanov, Vladivostok
Alexander Kiryakhno, Vladivostok
Denis Korobov, Vladivostok
Alexey Korotkov, Vladivostok
Alexey Krutkin (“Lyokha G.”), Vladivostok
Kirill Kryuchkov, Vladivostok
Masha Lamzina, Vladivostok
Valentina Lastova, 33+1, Vladivostok
Maxim Listopadsky, Vladivostok
Vladislav Lukyanovich, Khabarovsk
Evgeny Makeev, Vladivostok
Pavel Nemtin, Vladivostok
Vladimir Pogrebnyak, Vladivostok
Petr Pabotnik, 33+1, Vladivostok
Danil Sakharov, Khabarovsk
Victor Serov, Vladivostok
Alexey Sukhov, Moscow
Kseniya Timko, Khabarovsk
Ilya Tort, 33+1, Vladivostok
EVOL, Berlin
Sergey Cherkasov, Vladivostok
Ustina Yakovleva, Moscow