Lucy's beloved artwork that she bought with her first paycheck from Xena - The Lone Ranger and Tonto - is now up on for auction.
Click here to bid on both of them
Click here to read Lucy's message about these pieces
Also on auction for Dinner with Lucy is also online
The Dinner Date with Lucy auction to raise money for Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior III is now live. Lucy's never auctioned herself off before for a dinner (that I can recall) so it's pretty special!
The current bid is $1850 but I somehow don't think it's
going to stay there for very long. The auction runs from now till 21
September. So if you want to have dinner with Lucy either in LA or
Auckland, now is your time!
Michael Parekowhai
You're My Best Friend, 2000
Medium: c-type Photographic Prints (diptych)
Size: 2 pieces, each is 2015mm x 1005mm
Edition 2 of 5, "Tonto" and "The Lone Ranger"
Originally purchased from Auckland's Gow Langsford Gallery in 2001,
these pieces have been a treasured part of Lucy Lawless's personal
collection and have hung in her Auckland home ever since. It is now
being auctioned in support of Greenpeace and the Rainbow Warrior
About the Artist: Michael Parekowhai is one of New Zealand's most
important contemporary practitioners. His work is held in all
significant public and private collections throughout New Zealand and
Australia, as well as major works in permanent collections across the
Asia-Pacific region and Europe. Michael Parekowhai has been included in
many important exhibitions, including the Asia Pacific Triennial
(2006-2007), the Gwangju Biennale (2004); Sydney Biennale (2002),
Headlands, MCA, Sydney (1992); and the major art fairs in Basel, Art
Basel (2006, 2007) and LISTE (2007). A major volume cataloguing Michael
Parekowhai's practice was recently published by Michael Lett, Auckland
(2007). Michael's work has been reviewed in most major international art
periodicals, and covered by every major art periodical in Australasia.
Michael received an Arts Foundation Laureate Award in 2001. He
represented New Zealand at the 2011 Venice Biennale with his work On
First Looking into Chapman's Homer.
Born in Porirua, New Zealand in 1968, Michael is of European and Māori
descent. He holds the position of Associate Professor in Fine Arts at
the University of Auckland.
The proceeds for this item benefit Greenpeace International
Donated by: Lucy Lawless