Get Ready for Auction

For the first time in Sri Lanka, contemporary artists will use an auction to sell their work and to promote the environment. Artists Channa Ekanayake and Prageeth Manohansa will showcase some of their best pieces, offer these at low starting prices and sell to the highest bidder. For each work sold, they will plant a tree.

At the auction on Sunday the 15^th of March, at the kOOii Gallery in Hokandara, art lovers will be invited to bid on their favorite art work. The process of bidding is silent. No hammers, no public squabble but instead buyers will make an offer on paper, either in person at the gallery or by telephone or email. The auction will close at 7pm on Tuesday 17 March, after which the artwork will be sold to the highest bidder.

All works at the exhibition will have the same starting price: 15.000 LKR. The smallest, simplest work by each artists is normally sold for 25.000 LKR while prices for larger pieces can reach 90.000 LKR or more.

This will be a one-off opportunity to get the piece you want for the price you want!

Auction facts:

• The auction starts on Sunday 15 March at 4 pm at the kOOii Gallery and closes at 7pm on 17 March.
• Preview of work on Saturday 14 March at the kOOii Gallery
• Preview online from 12 March at this blog
  
• Bidding starts at 15.000 LKR for all available works. Each new bid should increase with 1000 LKR or a multiple of this amount.
• All bidding is done silently and in private. Updates on bids will be made public via this blog and/or by email to bidders directly offering the opportunity for buyers to increase their bid.
• The artwork will be sold to the highest bidder on the18 of March
• For each artwork sold, kOOii will donate a tree to be planted around the Talangama tank.

kOOii Gallery is located at 480 Lake Road in Hokandara (off Akuregoda Road)