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Nascent Artists Take Honors at New York Auction

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - New York, NY, United States, 06/18/2007 - Eight emerging artists, Yuko Ueda, PaulSeftel, Jordan Eagles, Jack Laroux, Doug Groupp, Lahary Pittman, Fred Scott, David Welker, & TJ Volonis, wonawards at Art On The Block, a multinational art auction in NY partnered with Action Against Hunger.

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Seven emerging artists recently took honors in a multinational art auction called Art On The Block, according to nAscent Art NewYork, an upstart Manhattan art company. The auction benefited Action Against Hunger, a global charity, and featured 120 worksby 30 artists from the U.S. and 11 countries. The jury consisted of New York interior designer Clifford Henderson III, prominentart registrar Rachel May, and Carolyn Morris, registrar for renown Pop artist Robert Indiana.

Yuko Ueda, an artist from Japan, won the Jury Grand Prize, with five pieces from her Waters of March series, small, but powerfulworks of acrylic and other media on canvas with rich textures and strong, basic colors in an abstract style.

Its an honor to know people like my work, said Ueda.Ueda took inspiration from famed Brazilian bossa nova musician and composer of "The Girl from Ipanema," the late Antonio TomJobim.

'Waters of March' is one of my favorite songs, and the lyrics from the song, The riverbank talks of the waters of March, It's theend of all strain, It's the joy in your heart, they really inspire me.

Ueda, 30, came to New York from Tokyo, and now lives and works in NYC.

Paul Seftel and Jordan Eagles won Special Recognition from the jury for their collections. Eagles, 29, uses blood in his stark workson UV-coated resin to capture the visual power of blood as a life force. Seftel, a 33-year-old artist who recently arrived from theU.K., uses media resembling oxidizing metal and a process that he keeps intensely secret to create subtle rust-colored and patinatones on board.The jury also awarded prizes for individual works to Jack Laroux for Water Bonsai, a prismatic depiction of a nude refracted,done with acrylic and spray paint on canvas. Doug Groupp, 36, also won for his work entitled Totem Umbrella, an acrylicsilkscreen on canvas he describes as playful, but also hieroglyphic.The attendees voted the Audience Award to Seftel and Lahary Pittman, a New York photographer whose abstract images ondisplay captured the bold blues of the sky and strong reds of everyday building stucco. nAscent CEO and Director of Art JenniferBaron and nAscent President James Wallace selected painter David Welker, photographer Fred Scott, and sculptor TJ Volonis forCurators Awards. Welker has painted for over 20 years, and his work includes the cover for the Phishs Rift album. Scott, whohad never before sold work at auction, sold four pieces at the event. Volonis has had no formal training, but has been active inthe art community by helping organize GLAADs annual art event. His chair and table made of welded copper tubing blur thedistinction between design and sculpture.

nAscent committed 25% of its art sales profits from the event to Action Against Hunger. Recognized worldwide as a leader in thefight against hunger, Action Against Hunger delivers programs in more than 40 countries, specializing in emergency situations ofwar, conflict, and natural disasters and longer-term assistance to people in distress. They save 4 million lives a year, helpingvulnerable populations regain their self-sufficiency for long-term sustainability.

Were thrilled to be working with Action Against Hunger, said Baron. Theyre a global organization recognized for fighting

hunger and malnutrition. Besides having immense talent, the emerging artists who participated hope that sales of their work canhelp people truly in need.While many of the artists had exhibited their work before, for some Art On The Block was their first. The auction featured thework of 30 artists and over 120 pieces, including paintings, sculpture, mixed media, and photography.nAscent (nascentartny.com), led by 22-year-old Baron, reviewed over 2000 pieces of art from over 400 artists before settling onthe artists participating in the auction. Their next event is Thursday, July 12, 2007. Ticket information can be found online.

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