Paddle 8 is an online art marketplace that partners with galleries, art fairs, foundations, and museums to offer a curated selection of artwork and content surrounding it. The site launched in April of last year, though it wasn’t really on my radar until co-founder Alexander Gilkes emailed me this past winter to say they had secured substantial VC funding. Tons of interesting galleries from across the globe, including Brooklyn, Mexico City, Vienna, Helsinki, Istanbul, New Delhi, and Sao Paulo are represented, as well as art fairs, like Nada Miami Beach and The Armory Show Piers 92 & 94. There’s a lot to look at. Last night I went through just one section, Paddle8 For Good, a new initiative that supports select non-profit arts with unique and collaborative projects. Here’s what I turned up.
Hisham Akira Bharoocha
Bibi and Joey, Upstate NY , 2009
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Karen Margolis
Auscultation, 2012
Watercolor, gouache, graphite,
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Dan Tague
Monster, 2012
Burned paper
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Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Another Year), 2010
Lenticular pigment print
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Dan Colen
Not All Right, 2012
Flowers on belched Belgian linen
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Will Cotton
Will Cotton / Nancy Gonzalez, 2012
Crocodile with suede lining and acrylic polymer
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Ho Tzu Nyen
The Bohemian Rhapsody Project, 2006
single-channel HD video, stereo sound
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Heidi Elbers
Bend, 2012
oil on paper
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Antony Gormley
Hold V, 2012
3mm square section stainless steel bars
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Michael Lin
After Sonia Delaunay, 2011
cotton
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Kirsten Deirup
Front II, 2012
Gouache on paper
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Margaret Boyer
Patriarch, Age 79, 2010
Chromogenic color print
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Gillian Wearing
Me Wearing Mask of Lily Cole, 2012
c-type print
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Deedee Cheriel
Untitled, 2010
Handpainted, 4 color silkscreen
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Tracey Emin
Trust Me, 2011
Neon (Super Turquoise)
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Glenn Ligon
2000-2099, 2011
Epson UltraChrome K3 Print on Museo Max 365 GSM Paper
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Co-founders Alexander Gilkes & Aditya Julka