GOOD & PLENTY BENEFIT
Press Release
Date: Monday April 11th 2011
Location: Park Avenue Armory
Time: 7 PM Cocktails / 8 PM Seated Dinner / Dessert and dancing to follow…
Proceeds support Art Production Fund.
Art Production Fund (APF) is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to producing ambitious public art projects, reaching new audiences and expanding awareness through contemporary art.
Past projects include: SHOW, Vanessa Beecroft, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1998; FISCHERSPOONER: LA, performance, 2001; Keith + Farrah, collaborative exhibition by Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Andy Warhol Museum, 2003; PLAN B, Rudolf Stingel summer 2004, Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall and The Walker Art Center; Prada Marfa, Elmgreen & Dragset, Valentine, TX, 2005, permanent; Greeting Card, Aaron Young, Park Avenue Armory, 2007; Electric Fountain, Noble & Webster, Rockefeller Plaza, 2008; The Whitney Biennial, Park Avenue Armory, 2008. Kalup Linzy, Member's Only, Prospect. 1 New Orleans, 2008. Scribble, Karl Haendel, 2009; Kalup Linzy, Kembra Pfahler, Haim Steinbach, Proenza Schouler for Pitti W, Florence, Italy 2009; ART ADDS, Alex Katz, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, New York City, 2010; PAUSE, Yoko Ono and T.J. Wilcox, Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, NV, ongoing; White Ghost, Yoshitomo Nara, Park Avenue, NYC, 2010; Rob Pruitt: Holy Crap, Sotheby’s, New York City, 2010. Co-Founders: Yvonne Force Villareal & Doreen Remen; Director: Casey Fremont
Honoring:
Clarissa Dalrymple for her life-long commitment to the arts
John Demsey, Group President, Estée Lauder Companies and Chairman of the MAC AIDS Fund, for his philanthropic endeavors in support of the arts.
Co-Founders:
Yvonne Force Villareal and Doreen Remen
Host committee: Andre Balazs, Amanda & Christopher Brooks, Cecily Brown & Nicolai Ouroussoff, Rachel Feinstein & John Currin, Casey Fremont, Zani Gugelmann, Nate Lowman, Jane Rosenblum. Lea Carpenter Brokaw*, High Bush*, Jessica Craig-Martin*, Mark Fletcher*, Steven Klein*, Amy Sacco*, Vanessa Arelle*, Hope Atherton, Lisa & Richard Baker, Anne Bass & Julian Lethbridge, Gavin Brown, Barabara Gladstone, Klaus Kertess & Billy Sullivan, Justine & Jeff Koons, Nate Lowman, Elizabeth Peyton, Jane Kaplowitz, David Teiger
*APF Board of Directors
Artists projects:
Plate design with Bernardaud: Jeff Koons
Portraits sketches during event: Dana Schutz
Temporary tattoos: Nate Lowman
Performance by: Ryan McNamara
Film Screening by: Corey McCorkle
Special Treat by: Laurel Nakadate
Special Treat by: Dan Colen
+ Special performances and other surprises.
MC: Amy Sacco
DJ: Donna D’Cruz
Performance by Violinist: Tim Fain (who’s music is featured in Black Swan)
Liquor Sponsor: Dom Perignon / Design Sponsor: Pandiscio Co.
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