Charity event – 50 artists in action against autism
- Dated: February 2013
- Media: Le Journal des Arts
Charity event – 50 artists in action against autism
Artcurial is distributing 50 original works of art in jigsaw form in aid of the charity “Autistes sans frontières” Alain Godon, “ça glisse à Paris!”, 2013, BildoReliefo in 3D, 32x40cm, starting price €300, auction on 6 February at Artcurial in Paris.
Paris – After promoting autism as one of the major national charitable causes of 2012, can the art market give further weight to this cause in 2013? This is what the sale, to take place on 6 February and organised by Artcurial for the benefit of “Autistes sans frontières”, aims to achieve. […] Sitting alongside the up-and-coming generation are artists with established reputations: Gérard Garouste, Philippe Cognée, and Plantu. François Boisrond’s free figuration is on nodding terms with the contemporary Marc Desgrandchamps, as is the very current urban scene of Speed Graphito with Jérôme Mesnager whilst passing time with Chanoir. Similarly, one cannot neglect to notice the presence of the last work of Ladislas Kinjo , who died last November. Alain Godon’s work is supremely technically defiant giving an unedited three dimensional view by way of a process that combines 3D volumetric techniques and superimposes unsynchronised horizontal layers.
The starting price of each lot is fixed at €300, which is customary in charity event auctions. “Bidding for the lots will certainly be in line with each artist’s quote, but for the less well known artists, bidding will really be led by the heart”, comments Arnaud Oliveux, who is in charge of the gavel during the auction.