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At the very mention of the name, Art Attack!, Sotheby's cowers in fear. This year's event, Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art, takes auction bidding wars to new levels of fun and destruction, with proceeds from the chaos benefiting both KDHX Community Media and South City Open Studio and Gallery.

Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art took place on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Koken Art Factory (2500 Ohio Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104).

Art Attack! is a competitive art destructo-auction, featuring works by 32 local artists, styled as a single-elimination tournament, with the overall winner taking home $1,000. Losing paintings face the possibility of destruction.

Here’s how it played out: Randomly selected pairs of paintings competed head-to-head. Audience response to each painting was measured by an Applause-O-Meter, with the piece receiving the most applause proceeding to the next round. Losing works of art then faced a perilous future in front of the Wheel of Misfortune. This large wheel included several imaginative ways of destroying the losing piece. If the Wheel landed on “Certain Death,” the piece was destroyed immediately. If not, the audience had a chance to save it by bidding on it in an auction. If the minimum bid determined for the round was not reached, the piece was destroyed accordingly. This year's methods of destruction included a chainsaw, a scythe-wielding Death, a spray-paint-armed Slasher, a hockey-stick-waving Sarah Palin and even a zombie "Thriller" army.

Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art spanned five nerve-rattling rounds until the final winner was announced. Participating artists understood the possibility of their artwork being destroyed. However, this was a fun, high-energy evening that provided great exposure regardless of the outcome of the competition--and money raised from the auction benefited two fine art organizations in Saint Louis: KDHX Community Media and SCOSAG.

Participating Artists: Abigail Birhanu, Amina Terry, Amy VanDonsel, Andrea Vadner, Anita Andell, Arlene Ligori, Audi Swope, Aunia Kahn, Bryan Walsh, Chris Sabatino, Dana Smith, Daniel Shown, Deana Chafin, em Hemeyer, Emily Bax, Janice Wallace, Jaxon Noon, Jeffrey Miller, Jeffrey Sass, Jeremy Rabus, Justin Tolentino, Keith Buchholz, Miriam Nicole Wiegand, Nicole Beckert, Konstantin Prishop, Rebecca Bodicky, Ron Buechele, Russell Moon, Stan Chisholm, Steven Fitzpatrick Smith and Timothy Wagner

The auction service, expertise and pirate prpvided by Rob Weiman of Mound City Auctions.

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Jeff

DJs: Doug and Thomas

Art work presenters and between round entertainment provided by The Alley Cat Revue. The Alley Cat girls included: Roxy Red Rocket, Sturdy Gurlesque and Lola van Ella.

The winner of Art Attack! 2008 was Stan Chisholm

All photos by Sara Anne Finke

At the very mention of the name, Art Attack!, Sotheby's cowers in fear. This year's event, Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art, takes auction bidding wars to new levels of fun and destruction, with proceeds from the chaos benefiting both KDHX Community Media and South City Open Studio and Gallery.

Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art took place on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Koken Art Factory (2500 Ohio Street, Saint Louis, MO 63104).

Art Attack! is a competitive art destructo-auction, featuring works by 32 local artists, styled as a single-elimination tournament, with the overall winner taking home $1,000. Losing paintings face the possibility of destruction.

Here’s how it played out: Randomly selected pairs of paintings competed head-to-head. Audience response to each painting was measured by an Applause-O-Meter, with the piece receiving the most applause proceeding to the next round. Losing works of art then faced a perilous future in front of the Wheel of Misfortune. This large wheel included several imaginative ways of destroying the losing piece. If the Wheel landed on “Certain Death,” the piece was destroyed immediately. If not, the audience had a chance to save it by bidding on it in an auction. If the minimum bid determined for the round was not reached, the piece was destroyed accordingly. This year's methods of destruction included a chainsaw, a scythe-wielding Death, a spray-paint-armed Slasher, a hockey-stick-waving Sarah Palin and even a zombie "Thriller" army.

Art Attack!: Day of the Dead Art spanned five nerve-rattling rounds until the final winner was announced. Participating artists understood the possibility of their artwork being destroyed. However, this was a fun, high-energy evening that provided great exposure regardless of the outcome of the competition--and money raised from the auction benefited two fine art organizations in Saint Louis: KDHX Community Media and SCOSAG.

Participating Artists: Abigail Birhanu, Amina Terry, Amy VanDonsel, Andrea Vadner, Anita Andell, Arlene Ligori, Audi Swope, Aunia Kahn, Bryan Walsh, Chris Sabatino, Dana Smith, Daniel Shown, Deana Chafin, em Hemeyer, Emily Bax, Janice Wallace, Jaxon Noon, Jeffrey Miller, Jeffrey Sass, Jeremy Rabus, Justin Tolentino, Keith Buchholz, Miriam Nicole Wiegand, Nicole Beckert, Konstantin Prishop, Rebecca Bodicky, Ron Buechele, Russell Moon, Stan Chisholm, Steven Fitzpatrick Smith and Timothy Wagner

The auction service, expertise and pirate prpvided by Rob Weiman of Mound City Auctions.

Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Jeff

DJs: Doug and Thomas

Art work presenters and between round entertainment provided by The Alley Cat Revue. The Alley Cat girls included: Roxy Red Rocket, Sturdy Gurlesque and Lola van Ella.

The winner of Art Attack! 2008 was Stan Chisholm

All photos by Sara Anne Finke