Art Production Fund and The Standard, Hollywood hosted an intimate cocktail party for the unveiling of "CHAMP," artist Zoe Buckman's first public art installation. Guests previewed the work--a 43-foot tall neon installation of a uterus with fiberglass boxing gloves in place of ovaries--and were greeted with cocktails by servers dressed in alice + olivia CHAMP tee shirts before making their way to the mmhmmm lounge to fete Zoe.
Guests couldn't help but comment on the feminist work's timeliness with the Oscar's just a week away, and Art Production Fund Executive Director Casey Fremont remarked that the “empowering sculpture has a message that can’t be ignored.” Fremont welcomed guests and thanked all who championed the work to make the public project possible-- noting that the majority of supporters happened to be women.
Event notables included: Casey Fremont Crowe, Zoe Buckman, Stacey Bendet, Cleo Wade, Mia Moretti, Eric Rutherford, Jennifer Grey, Andrea Riseborough, Yvonne Force Villareal, Fuschia Kate Sumner, Eric Eisner, Michael & Jane Eisner Ashley Madekwe, Sarah Hoover, June Ambrose, etc.
Presented by Art Production Fund at The Standard, Hollywood with support by alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet, the kinetic sculpture serves as a symbol of female empowerment, and will be on public view for one year at The Standard, Hollywood.
