Lot #05: Antonia Contro

Antonia Contro AUS-BIS Bee, 2006 Digital image with collage Edition: AP 8 x 9.75 inches Courtesy of the artist   Estimated value: $1,750 Starting bid: $1,250 Buy it now: $2,200   *Auction bidding: DARKROOM attendees are able to place bids in-person on paper ballots during the event on February 27, 2025. *If you are not attending DARKROOM and would like to place a bid, please contact Jaclyn Silverman jsilverman@colum.edu and Patrick Thornton pthornton@colum.edu to add your bid to our ballot. *Buy it now: All auction items have buy-it-now options and can be purchased directly through this website.   Antonia Contro (American, b.1957) AUS-BIS Bee, 2006 is one of 27 mixed-media collages from Antonia Contro’s encyclopedia series A-ZYM which was shown as part of a site-specific exhibition titled Closed/Open at Chicago’s iconic Newberry Library. There, Contro explored the dynamic relationships between past and present, text and image, and academia and art. The exhibition was a convergence of h