About 350 people attended the opening of 鈥�5X5: An Invitational鈥� at the on Nov. 30, including more than a hundred of the artists who contributed to the unique show. The exhibition, which is on display through Dec. 16, features more than 450 five-inch-square works of art. The pieces range from highly finished, still-life paintings in oil on canvas to lighthearted cartoons by well-known graphic artists.
鈥淧eople were very enthusiastic about the quality and diversity of the work,鈥� says , museum collection manager and guest curator of the exhibition. 鈥淢any people told me that it was a show they would have to come back and see multiple times to take in.鈥�
The featured artwork is available for viewing and purchase through an with proceeds benefitting the museum. Computers are also available in the museum for bidding. The auction, a first for the 蜜桃传媒 Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, closes Friday, Dec. 16, at 5 p.m.
鈥�,鈥� a pre-study painting by , has been the first to receive a four-figure bid in the auction. Fraser, a realist painter with a delightful sense of humor, recently completed a similar painting that was sent to his main gallery in San Francisco.
The piece, 鈥�,鈥� by , an internationally known conceptual artist, and 鈥溾�� by , famous for tapestries he created for the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, are also receiving attention in auction bidding.