Sex Sells

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Sex Sells was a silent auction fundraiser featuring new work by over eighty Vancouver-based artists working in drawing, photography, painting, mixed media, sculpture, text, and music. The public was invited to browse the works slated for auction during a week-long Sexhibition curated by Judy Radul that culminated in a “Climactic Gala Sextravaganza.” The evening featured music by Don Chow and a raffle of items donated by businesses ranging from bookstores, to tattoo parlours, piercing parlours, and restaurants. 

Participating artists generously donated half of their proceeds to Western Front’s artistic program. The auction featured work by Deanne Achong, Amir Ali Alibhai, John Anderson, Fernando Arias, Wayne Arsenault, DB Boyko, Lorna Brown, Hank Bull, Lincoln Clarkes, Allyson Clay, Barbara Cole, Kate Craig, Deep Blue C, Kati Campbell, Dagmar Dahle, Kevin Dubois, Susan Edelstein, David Eichorn, Marilou Esguerra, Deanna Ferguson, Richard Finch, Elizabeth Fischer, Catherine Fraser, Dorothy Fraser, Skai Fowler, Kate Hammet-Vaughan, Mark Handley, Karen Henry, Andreas Hintermaier, Antonia Hirsch, Suzo Hickey, Lizard Jones, Mary Janeway, Andreas Kahre,  Brice MacNeil, Katherine Mackenzie, Myfanwy MacLeod, Gillian McMillan, Melinda Mollineaux, Fiona Mowatt, Sid Morosoff, Kathleen Raphanel, Charles Rea, Jacqueline Receveur, Chick Rice, Lisa Robertson, Rick Ross, Carol Sawyer, Kristin Schopp, Susan Schuppli, Reid Shier, Owen Sopotiuk, Susan Stewart, Johanna Stark, Ron Terada, Mina Totino, Jeffry Topham, Henry Tsang, Michael Turner, Howard Ursuliak, Ester Volpe, Jan Wade, Scott Watson, Lori Weidenhammer, Tom Wren, Kelly Wood, Cornelia Wyngaarden, Priscilla Yeung, and Johannes Zits. 

Presented with support from The Accessory Group, Black Sheep Books, Marusia Bociurkiw, William McCarley’s Books, Shauna Dempsey and Lori Millan, Divine Decadence, Earthrise, Granville Book Co., Le Grec, Kiss and Tell and Lorna Boschman, Mum’s Tattoos, Magpie Magazines, Little Sisters Books, Next Body Piercing, Oscar’s Art Books, Pacific Light Impressions, Press Gang, Pulp Press, Paper Ya, Raintree Restaurant, Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe, Wazubee, Womyn’s Ware, Workouts with Jane Ellison, and Zero F.

Video documentation is available upon request.