The Wooster Group Benefit Auction at Sean Kelly Gallery

The Wooster Group will present their first benefit art auction on the occasion of their 35th anniversary. The auction, known as The Wooster (Support) Group, will include both live and silent art auctions of contemporary artwork and will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010. Funds raised from the benefit will help support The Wooster Group and its creation of new work. The benefit will be chaired by Frances McDormand, with support by the Rolex Institute, and hosted by Sean Kelly Gallery. Christie's will conduct the auction alongside celebrity guest auctioneer, Casey Spooner, who is an artist, performer and co-founder of Fischerspooner. Additional entertainment will be provided by the DJ duo, Andrew Andrew.

Included in the auction will be works by: Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Ernesto Caivano, James Casebere, Chrome Hearts, Francesco Clemente, Chuck Close, Jessica Craig-Martin, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Fischerspooner, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Antony Gormley, Steven Holl, Rebecca Horn, Jacqueline Humphries, Callum Innes, Rashid Johnson, Joan Jonas, Jane Kaplowitz, Anish Kapoor, Alex Katz, Mel Kendrick, Terence Koh, Jeff Koons, Jeremy Kost, Tom Kundig, Brigitte Lacombe, Leigh Ledare, Daniel Libeskind, Roy Lichtenstein, Kalup Linzy, Robert Longo, Nate Lowman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christian Marclay, Mary Ellen Mark, Anthony McCall, McCallum & Tarry, Kim McCarty, Adam McEwen, Stephen Mueller, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Jack Pierson, Ugo Rondinone, Alexander Ross, David Salle, Fred Sandback, Katia Santibanez, Peter Saul, Jason Schmidt, Katrin Sigurdardottir, Xaviera Simmons, Joshua Smith, Kiki Smith, Ken Solomon, Reena Spaulings, Billy Sullivan, Al Taylor, Josh Tonsfeldt, Pamela Vander Zwan, John Waters, Carrie Mae Weems, William Wegman, Robert Wilson, The Wooster Group, Rob Wynne, Jeff Zimmerman, and many more.

To preview works that will be included in the auction please visit: http://www.thewoostergroup.org/twg/twg.php?auction

Tickets begin at $150 per person. Guests who purchase two tickets for $500 will receive a pair of tickets to The Wooster Group's North Atlantic, at the newly opened Jerome Robbins Theater of the Baryshnikov Arts Center, running from March 10 to April 25, 2010.

To purchase tickets to The Wooster (Support) Group, or to place an absentee bid on one of the auction items please contact Elizabeth Lind at 212-868-8450 x209, via email at elizabeth@livetreichard.com.

The Wooster Group is comprised of artists who create performance and media works. Since 1975, the Group has continued to aim at experimenting and cultivating new forms and techniques of expression within the dance, visual, media and theatrical arts realms. They have been at the forefront of bringing technology, sound, film, and video into contemporary theater. The Performing Garage is located at 33 Wooster Street in New York City.

For more information about The Wooster Group, please visit www.thewoostergroup.org.