Alex, a close friend of artdc.org just sent this ebay link via email. This is it. I feel like Dean Moriarty writing this. You have to check out this item. It’s a sculpture that sells it self. This is Robert Morris taken to a new level. It’s not the sound of it’s own making. It develops it’s own sale. It has 12 bids and is up to over $4,000.00 plus $50.00 shipping. You own it until it sells it self again.
Evidently it pings a server every 10 minutes to make sure that it’s still for sale.
This goes beyond artificial intelligence, it’s something different. I’d love to see the auction history for this item with past and future sales.
We were really pleased to hear that a small package was delivered to the gallery via the EYA sales office. I opened the package and with great surprise, the benefactor sent us a gift! They want the world to support artdc.org so they sent us a great shiny silver piggy bank! Kim from EYA was very excited by the Benefactor’s idea. She loved the fact that they offered this kind of support and affirmation in small ways with big meanings. Personally, it had a great impact on us. Someone is willing to think about us and let us know that we’re doing something right.
We send our thanks to the benefactor! Check out these shots unpacking the bank and monopoly money. Here’s an image of the box shortly after we opened it under a painting by Jill Hackney.
We thought the bank looked so good in the gallery that we put in on a pedestal for display! Let’s hope the public get’s the point and supports us!
Here’s a full shot of the bank on the pedestal. We think it looks great in the space!
Maybe the monopoly money was a little prod at the Washington Post’s Reliable Source accusations of a connection with the collector. (scroll down to read their blurb about “The Collector’s Identity? It’s as Clear as Frosted Glass.”)
February is going to be an amazing month. We are doing something bright and wild. We will be collaborating with 2 other independent galleries to create a month long movement in the celebration of that wonderful time full of love. You know the day. February 14th! V-day. We will be developing a semi-all inclusive show that will be curated in one space, and then split between 3 galleries. The fun will be finding your work.
Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. Lovers express their emotions by sending gifts, cards, and themselves. There’s an energy which drives us to fall in love, philosophers, scientists, and artists all study it. Lust is an intense craving for their lover and has been a tremendous force in the development of art and the creative spirit. Lust is joyful and painful at the same time. Donte compaired it to being continuously swept around in a whirlwind where they cannot cleanse their soul and will never purge their minds from their desire. Lust controls many of us with muscle truck unstoppable force! With that in mind we would like to explore our lustful creativity with a tremendous ground breaking show which crosses the barrier into multiple galleries. As a group, each gallery director will curate the show as a group, and we will divide the work between our spaces as a whole exhibit! Lust will create a movement for the month of February in the DC area!
We will be looking for a wide variety of art ranging from publicly accessible art PG-13 and below to much spicier concepts! This is not an errotic art show, and Strictly adult themed images or pornography will not be accepted since we really want to explore this unstoppable whirlwind of fear, need, anxiety and desire. Lust moves much deeper than sex, it’s power. We want to see a wide range of work from the science behind love to those gentle images of lovers holding hands to heat and desire to related abstraction. We reserve the right to curate the show to keep art related to the theme and to deny work that doesn’t meet our requirements. The Jury members will be Cheryl Edwards, Erica Riggio, and Jesse Cohen. Continue reading
We are introducing a new show inspired by our group curatorial project developed through our home page exhibitions, entitled The People’s Choice. Before our Hyattsville curatorial experience we needed to expand beyond our popup gallery shows. We pushed forward, developing on-line exhibitions.
This process is unique. We have continued with an all inclusive spirit into unique juried shows where the group at-large curated themed exhibitions with only one main requirement curators must not submit their own work!
Artists were invited to tour our on-line gallery with the job of selecting works related to a group-selected theme which were presented in a numbered list. The entire forum was invited to vote from this list developing a group-curated exhibition. With this process in mind we’ve reached a diverse group of art styles. It’s particularly exciting to know that this show is based on the curatorial vision of the group and not an individual or appointed Jury. Continue reading
We would like to wish all of the artists and art patrons in the area, and the world at large for your support in ’09 and the great things to come for ’10. It’s could out there, but art is hot in the DC area. We’re overflowing details, events, and new plans for the year to come. We look forward to seeing you at an event soon. Create art, and collect more art, and support the DC area creative economy weather it’s with us or another area gallery! Speaking of which, check out the ever increasing number of pins on our art map. Click on a pin, zoom in, zoom out, drag the map, and look, the art even extends beyond the beltway! There’s a lot to see.
We just heard from Michael Winger that Bill Taylor died. Bill Was Sy Gresser’s teacher, and it’s mean a lot for us to get to see the progression of work from one generation to the next. From Bill, to Sy, to Michael. It’s been a rare and unusual gift. I finally was able to really see the connection between Sy and Bill at their recent UMUC show which we posted here. This is a tremendous loss for the DC area art scene. I hear their show may remain up for a few extra days, so I highly suggest you see it while you can.
For some more background about Bill and Sy, please read this article at the City Paper. I was so pleased to see them write this artist’s profile.
Join attorney John D. Mason for a discussion of legal issues artists face–from copyright and trademark to contracts on December 12th, 1pm at the artdc Gallery. Questions are welcome.
Mr. Mason is a Washington DC/Maryland based art, entertainment, and intellectual property attorney. His practice focuses on copyright and trademark matters, litigation, contracts, and commercial matters. He works with artists, writers and creative people and companies to protect and exploit their work and is also a literary agent. He is on the Advisory Board of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and the Board of Director of Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts. The website for his firm, The Intellectual Property Group, PLLC, is www.artlaws.com and his e-mail is artlaws2@aol.com.
Find the schedule of events for a Day of art, music, and creativity here.
The artdc Gallery gives back to supporting artists with a patrons’ exhibit.
HYATTSVILLE, MD (December 3, 2009) – The artdc Gallery will feature a Patron Members’ Exhibition from December 6, 2009, to January 3, 2010. A reception, open studio, and cash-and-carry event, titled “Cool Yule Arty Party,” will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2009, from noon to 6 p.m. The doors open at 11am!
The gallery is located at The Lustine Center, 5710 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, Maryland 20781. Gallery visits are by appointment.
“This is a great way to give back to the patron members who support artdc’s discussion forum and other projects,” said gallery director and artist Jesse Cohen. “You’ll see an amazing variety of work in a broad range of mediums. If you’re looking to build your collection–or start one–this show brings together talented established and emerging artists in the metro DC area who offer unique, top-quality work at recession-friendly prices.”
On the same day, the “Cool Yule Arty Party” will also feature performances by 4 bands and a Legal Lecture by John Mason, and the amazing work from a fine group of local vendors selling their hand made Fine Art and Holiday Craft Items. The group is diverse ranging from DC Conspiracy graphic novelists to artists, and stunning crafters. Come support your local art scene and economy. Works in the Art Fair and Patron’s show are commission free. Continue reading
We had a tremendous reception for Michael Winger’s, “I cure myself…” We had a good number of people passionate about supporting a strong gathering of creativity. To celebrate, we were pleased to present 2 fascinating groups, the DCIC and Anorak. Find details about the bands can be found here. DCIC and Anorak both explored the limits and boundaries of creativity and improvisation in the moment. We thought the music was a fantastic addition to the artist’s reception. Patrons came to view the work, then stayed to enjoy the sounds gushing out of the studio.
We’ve seen artists work with process related materials, but that was nothing in comparison to this. Recently I visited Steven Dobbin’s studio to view his new work, and I was impressed.
If you happened to visit the Zip Code show in our pop up gallery in Arlington, VA, then you’ve seen the predecessor of this work. He has a show that recently opened in New York. Yes. Yes. All tremendous area artists end up there, but with out rambling on too much where the good artists are, let’s take a second to look.
Steven takes an icon, and obsesses about it. Seriously. We’re not talking about a few cans stacked against a wall. We’re talking about volume, and that means work. He preps the cans, which includes proper disposal of the paint, and the instigation of the deterioration of the cans with both chemical and natural means. Yes, yes, oxidation in nature is chemistry, but let’s move beyond that, his yard has been full of containers filled with paint and cat littler to aid the drying of left over paint. Think of the 100s of gallons of dried paint which receive proper disposal! It’s also important to note that these are all essentially recycled, from paint left overs that were either found or donated to the project.
I’m constantly in awe of what he does with diligence and perfection, which is followed by obsession. One work isn’t enough. He continues the idea until it’s done, and this time we’re talking well over 850 cans in our friend’s gallery in NY. Steven has often told me that he wished he could stop, but he can’t. He’s compelled to move forward.
View his current installation entitled “Reclamation” at Causey Contemporary below. We are so lucky to get to see his process of installation here.
View the show here, check out the images of rust and pigment on a panel. Well worth the visit!
