Welcome to the TRANZAC's Online Auction, and thanks for helping raise money to rebuild our bars.
This silent auction will run from Wednesday, January 19 - Tuesday, February 1, with bids updated daily and a final bid at 5 pm on Tuesday, February 1.
(successful bidder is responsible for the pick up or shipping of their painting)
STRANDED by Kurt Swinghammer
Artist's statement: The Tranzac is an essential home for Toronto's creative music community. I hope someone will enjoy this image in their home and know they've contributed to a vital institution. Without the Tranzac, a lot of folks would feel...stranded.
https://kurtswinghammer.bigcartel.com/
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $350
REVAMPED by Riki Kuropatwa
12" x 16" on cradled board.
Artist's statement about TRANZAC: I'm participating to support live music which to my mind is akin to seeing art in person versus online. While online affords some experience it is not the same.
Starting Bid $200
Bidding increments $25
FINAL BID WAS $200
ECLIPSE by Soozi Schlanger
Dimensions: 21”x 22” Acrylic on paper
Artist's statement: Here’s why I am supporting the tranzac
Starting Bid $300
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS is $300
VINTAGE BARBIE #3 by Neil Gertler
Dimensions: 12” x 16” acrylic on canvas
Artist's statement: The Tranzac Club has long been a strong support to Toronto’s artistic community in music and visual arts. I’ve enjoyed performing and taking in performances in it’s diverse venues.
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
TOP BID is currently $150
NUTHATCH by Logan McNeil
The dimensions are 12”x12”.
Artist's statement about TRANZAC:
The TRANZAC has always been a place of discovery and support. I have so many memories over the past 16 years from performing there in my band Houndstooth, or enjoying what other people are creating and sharing there on any given night. In all my TRANZAC memories there is laughter and joy. May this little painting inspire someone to make a donation that will help with the much needed upgrades that are underway at the beloved club. It will be appreciated by so many. Thank you.
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
TOP BID currently is $350
BIKE RIDE by Ruth Lane
Dimensions are 16" X 20"
Artists statement: I believe in supporting the arts and strong communities. They kind of go hand in hand.
Starting Bid $300
Bidding increments $25
FINAL BID WAS $300
DROP-POOL ELPHIN by Andrew Rucklidge
Dimensions 20x20 inches oil on canvas.
Artist's statement: The Tranzac Club is one of the great venues in Toronto that encourages developing culture at many key levels and its importance to our city cannot be underestimated. Any chance to participate in its ongoing story is an opportunity.
Starting Bid $500
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $700
COPPER ANTLER 1 by Sharon Hunter
Dimensions: 16" x 20" oil and copper penny staining on canvas, unframed
Artist's statement:
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $250
SUBMARINE - by Daniel Wakeman
Dimensions 26X40" Intaglio print on paper, edition of 15
Artist's statement: I value live venues. I'm also a musician who relies on such places to present my work, and to experience the work and art of others.
Starting Bid $250
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $275
TIME IS ON MY SIDE by Elicser Elliott
Dimensions: 18 x 24" framed giclee print on archival paper with pigment ink (1 of 1)
Artist's statement:
Starting Bid $ 450
Bidding increments $25
FINAL BID WAS $450
NOTHING WAS NORMAL BUT WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SO by Shelley Savor
Dimensions are 4" X 4" mixed media on wood.
Artist's statement: I'm always happy to support the Arts especially during these challenging times. The importance of unique community places like the TRANZAC cannot be emphasized enough.
Starting Bid $75
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $300
DRAGON FLY EVIL EYE by Casey McGlynn
Dimensions: 36X12"
Starting Bid: $300
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $525
MONK'S MUSIC by Mike Hansen
Dimensions 11x14" each (6 prints) archival pigment print on acid free 250 gm rag paper
The portfolio is entitled"Monk's Music" it is my translation of the classic Monk LP in a visual form.
Artist's statement:
As an improvising musician, the Tranzac is one of the few venues that support our community. In a city if not a country where venues are closing or replacing live music with DJ’s it is of the upmost importance that support is shown for the brave club owners and collectives that support innovative sounds. My art practice is centered on sound and music through sound art installations, sculptures, paintings and prints. During the pandemic I have focused on the remixing of music into visual forms through painting and prints.
I personally have performed on numerous occasions as well as attended many shows in this hallowed venue. The Southern Cross Lounge at the Tranzac is one of the true advocates of our community. For that reason I have lent my support to the Tranzac through the donation of one of my artworks which, I hope will bring joy to its future owner.
The work I have donated is a series of prints based on Thelonius Monk’s classic jazz LP Monk’s Music.
https://www.mikehansenart.com/monksmusicportfolio
Starting Bid $300
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $300
BABY BABY #91 by Greg Denton
Dimensions are 2 ½ “ x 4”, oil on board
Artist's statement: I’m happy to help support the Tranzac Club. I don’t live in Toronto, but the Tranzac has always been a destination when I visit. It has hosted some of my most memorable and sought after musical acts, and I’ve gigged as a side musician there too. It’s always felt like a cultural home to me.
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
TOP BID (has not yet started)
FRESH CUT by Sam Ferrara
Starting Bid $75
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WASs $250
1LB SORRY by Donna Akrey
Dimensions: 6 X4 X 2 " Cast concrete, felt Bottom.
Artist's statement: I have loved this place for years and want to see it survive for many years to come. We need places like this!
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $225
JUMPER by Al Runt
Starting Bid $200
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $550
JANET'S AFTERNOON by Rae Johnson
The dimensions are 24”x17.5”
Starting Bid $500
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $625
THREE PEARS by Ray Baillargeon
Dimensions: 12 X 8" acrylic on canvas
Ray died last year. He lived long in Toronto, Memphis and Windsor. He played a music show at the Tranzac in 2017 and had a show of his paintings in 2019. He was awesome.
Starting Bid $250
Bidding increments:$25
FINAL BID WAS $325
ANOTHER AMAZING RESCUE by Matt James
Dimensions: 18X13" acrylic and ink on masonite
Artist's statement: It feels like a miracle that we still have a place like this— places like this are going fast. The Tranzac is a gem and we need care for it. It was probably 25 years ago that I first came here. I played a gig with my best pals—my band Wayne Omaha. I still play music with these guys and I hope we will still be playing music together for a long time, maybe we will become old guys together and play our old guy tunes here at the Tranzac. Thats my dream anyway!
http://www.mattjamesillustration.ca
Starting Bid $500
Bidding increments $25
FINAL BID WAS $525
WISH YOU WERE HERE by Karen Houle
Dimensions: 8 X 10" acrylic on paper.
Artist's statement: Because the Tranzac is one of a kind. I've seen some incredible shows there.
Starting Bid $75
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $200
L'EGGS OF GOMEZ by Andrew Zukerman
Dimensions: 11x14" Collage on Bristol
Artist's statement: In the past few years the Toronto arts & music community has been devastated by the closure of many of its venues and cultural spaces. What has become clear is that these spaces sometimes need help from the community that depends on them to exist. Although the Tranzac is in a better position to survive, it is not immune to the pressures posed specifically by the pandemic and more generally by dint of being located in an inhospitable city. I am humbly offering this collage in lieu of money, with the hope that it may translate to money for our beloved institution.
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $300
TOMATO WITH PENIS by Mendelson Joe
Dimensions: 12 X 16" acrylic on canvas
Donated by its owner, musician Selina Martin): Tranzac is community. Community is essential. I wish I could be there in person. Thank you to Mendelson Joe for being such an incredibly tenacious artist and human.
Starting Bid $500
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $600
SKELLINGTON FLING by Lewis Melville
Dimensions: 3" by 4"
Artist's statement: I consider the TRANZAC to be an essential venue for the 'avant-garde' of Toronto's music scene of today, and a significant contributor to the cultural future of Canada. May the TRANZAC be there for artists and musicians in the years ahead.
Starting Bid $100
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $100
The Group by Elaine Wiseman
Dimensions: 24x20"
Artist's statement: I will be happy when covid is over.
Starting Bid $150
Bidding increments: $25
FINAL BID WAS $500