Alt-w | Gay Interest Beefcake

Auction ended Saturday 13th Sept 2008 at 7.30pm.
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Cycle 05 Alt-w Production Award - Nicky Bird
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Nicky Bird's work Gay Interest Beefcake (2008) was put on display at the CCA in Glasgow for the last ten days of the Alt-w: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture exhibition. Created to accompany her other work, Question for Seller (2006), this work was then sold in an eBay auction.

Made up of old family photographs first won on eBay, the album is comprised of three small lots all purchased from the same seller. The name of the work is taken from the statements of the seller who has speculated on the lifestyle of a distant relative seen in the photographs.

The work was listed on eBay on the 3rd September 2008 with a starting bid of 99p. The winning bid of £91.00 from a collector in New York was announced at the closing party of the exhibition. The album is now in the permanent collection of the International Center of Photography.

3rd to 13th Sept 2008, Tue-Sat 11am-6pm. FREE
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD