Auction is online from April 3rd, 9 AM CDT to April 16th, 5 PM CDT
Enter bids in increments of $20 on works valued under $1000 or $50 on works valued over $1000.
At 5 PM on April 16th the bidding will end on the website. At 6 PM on April 17th, high bids will be transferred to our in-person auction, details HERE.
You will not receive a confirmation email for your bids, so keep an eye on the website.
If you do not receive a confirmation email after you registered your email address, check your Spam box.
For the complete auction procedures, scroll to the bottom of this page.
To bid in the online auction, enter your email address below. An email containing a confirmation link will be sent to the address you enter; once you have confirmed your email, you will be able to bid.
Alice Tippit
Study (Flute), 2024
Watercolor on paper, 14" x 11", framed, C/o Patron Gallery
Value: $1300Current bid: $520
Yiwei Leo Wang
Flower in the Mirror Moon in the Water镜花水月 #7 Grain in Beard芒种, 2024
Plastic beads, wire, and mirror ball 14 x 10 x 10 in.
Value: $688Starting bid: $275
Current bid: $450
Current bid: $160
Ben Foch
Smurfette Cheetah Prince (Study), 2023
Acrylic on paper, 10 x 10 in., C/o M. Leblanc
Value: $850Current bid: $360
Current bid: $180
Vesna Jovanovic
Symbiont, 2022
Ink, Gouache, and Acrylic Pen on Polypropylene, 20" x 10"
Value: $1250Current bid: $600
Current bid: $220
Olive Stefanski
What the Mouth Cannot Say and the Ear Cannot Hear, 2022
Basket Reed and Natural Indigo Dye, 22" (w) x 17" (l) x 22" (h)
Value: $1800Starting bid: $720
Leonardo Kaplan
Serene.Siren.Spell, 2025
Acrylic transfer on dyed cotton, 16” x 20", C/o Mickey Gallery, Chicago IL
Value: $2400Starting bid: $960
Lauren Carter
Arrangement in Yellow, 2024
Ceramic vessel, ceramic bird, Taxidermy animal eyes, fake plastic crystals, clear quartz crystals, foam clay, powder pigment, tiny gemstones, tool dip, found fake flowers, detritus from my studio floor, acrylic paint. 17”x24”x12”
Value: $525Current bid: $220
Starting bid: $400
Starting bid: $120
Becs Epstein
My Glasses, 2025
Laser engraved ceramic, semi precious gems, found stones, and sterling silver, 11”x10”x1.5”
Value: $600Starting bid: $240
olivier
Something that made sense by language, 2025
Pencil, ink pens, Sharpies, holes, opposite-of-holes, staples, found text, scotch tape, nothing specific, rhetorical drawing in black fabric framed plastic holder on the idea that I made this for this auction so if this doesn’t sell I’d like it to be gifted to Eric May, 14x10 inches
Value: $300Current bid: $140
Current bid: $320
Hope Wang
the traffic still rushes in the distance 3, 2020
Embossed with asphalt texture, screenprint on paper 14 x 16 x 2 inches
Value: $1500Starting bid: $600
Starting bid: $400
Danielle Andress
Untitled (small window), 2024
Jacquard woven cotton and polyester with dye sublimation printing 14.25" W x 14.75" H
Value: $850Starting bid: $340
Starting bid: $200
Starting bid: $600
Online Auction Bidding Procedures:
To bid in the online auction, enter your email address. An email containing a confirmation link will be sent to the address you enter; once you have confirmed your email, you will be able to bid.
If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail on your bid, check your Spam box.
Enter your bid amount in increments of $20 or $50.
You will not receive a confirmation email for your bids, so keep an eye on the website.
At 5 PM on April 16th the bidding will end on the website. At 6 PM on April 17th, high bids will be transferred to our in-person auction, details HERE.
High bids made during the two week online bidding period will become starting bids at the in-person auction.
Proxy Bidding: If you cannot attend the in-person auction, you may contact us at rootsandc@gmail.com if you are interested in proxy bidding at the event. Please let us know what your maximum bid amount will be for the piece and our staff will competitively bid for you.
Payment: High bidders will be contacted on April 21st with an invoice for their purchases. Roots & Culture accepts checks mailed to Roots & Culture 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642 or credit card payments via Paypal address rootsandc@gmail.com
Collection of Items: Pick up of work for Chicago-based buyers will begin on Monday April 21st at the gallery, 1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642. Please contact us at info@rootsandculturecac.org. We can arrange for shipping, at the buyers expense, once payment arrangements are made.
Conditions of Sale: All items are sold as is; all sales are final and non-refundable. Roots & Culture makes no warranties and representations of any nature, expressed or implied. Title to the item will pass to the highest bidder upon full payment of their bid. The purchaser assumes all risk of loss or damage upon receipt of the item. Determination of the highest bidder is entirely at Roots & Culture’s discretion.
If full payment has not been received within 60 days of the event Roots & Culture may, at its discretion, regard the sale as void, and retain the item at its discretion.
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