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Multiples and Editions, vol. 2 |
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Written by Perpetual Art Machine
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Friday, 11 January 2008 |
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still: Jeremy Slater, "Enjuku" 2007 (see notes below)
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Multiples and Editions, vol. 2
The Front Room Gallery
http://frontroom.org/
curated by Ethan Crenson
Friday January 11th‹ 27th
Reception: Fri. January 11th, 7-9pm
Hours: Fri-Sun 1-6pm
The Front Room Gallery is pleased to present Multiples and Editions,
vol. 2, the second exhibition featuring works from the gallery's
ongoing curated program. The exhibition will feature work by with
Amanda Alic, Luca Bertolo, Nelson Bradley, Tyra Bombetto, Chiara Camoni
& Ines Bassanetti, Cammi Climaco, Naval Cassidy, Patrick Couder,
Gregory Curry, Rik de Boe, Lisa DiLillo, Celeste Fichter, Joshua
Fields, Sean Hemmerle, Chuck Jones, David Kramer, James Leonard, Travis
Lindquist, Tom Mulligan, Serge Onnen, Allan Packer, Melissa Pokorny,
Ross Racine, Marshall Reese & Nora Ligorano, Matt Richards, David
Shapiro, Philip Simmons, Jeremy Slater , Patricia Smith, Jan Sokota,
George Spencer, Anna Stein & Athena Robles, Rodger Stevens, Mark
Strathy, Sara Ching-Yu Sun, Jeremy James Thompson, Jason Van Anden and
Edie Winograde.
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The Multiples and Editions program began in January 2007 with an
exhibition showcasing editioned works by over 30 artists. The program
presents artists who approach the editioned work as field of artistic
discourse and inquiry rather than simply as a way to mass-produce their
artwork. The competing influences of consumer culture, mass-marketing,
obscurantism, art market snobbery and populism are explored, critiqued
and lampooned by artists working in many different media. Some of the
artists explore what, if anything, distinguishes art objects from other
kinds of material possessions that can be bought and sold (then resold
on the secondary market). Some are unconcerned with the ³status² of the
objects that they make and seek to inject their subversive objects into
the unsuspecting hands of non-art consumers. Many of the artists are
keenly aware of the potential for their objects to gradually evolve
into valued art market commodities, nullifying any populist aims they
might have intended. Others are eager for this metamorphosis to take
place. Some even deal with the design and/or fiat value of money
itself.
Returning to the Front Room for the Multiples and Editions,
vol. 2 exhibition will be Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano, who
together comprise Pure Products USA, and make limited edition artwork
with a sly political wit. Their F**K Snow Globe was a run-away hit (and hot seller) in the 2007 Multiples and Editions exhibition. For the 2008 exhibition they will present Giuliani Time,
a clock bearing the face of the Republican presidential candidate and
former NYC mayor. Offering the clock at the drastically reduced price
of $69.11 (30% off), the artists urge you to purchase yours now because
"Time is running out!". Anna Stein also returns, this time with
collaborator Athena Robles, to present Jamaica Bucks, an
alternative currency for the people of Jamaica, Queens. The newly
minted Jamaica dollars were paid to residents in exchange for their
photographic portrait and could be used to buy actual merchandise in
local shops. The project was sponsored by Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Edie Winograde's photographic series Optimism Peak
pits the serial reproduction of iconic images (in the tradition of
Hiroshige as much as Andy Warhol) against the vicissitudes of weather
and geologic time. In the series, Winograde photographed Colorado's
Pikes Peak from the same vantage point over weeks, months and seasons.
James Leonard will offer his Warbonds Certificates a monetary
instrument which he will sell in order to finance the completion of an
ambitious installation. The bonds incorporate many of the details and
security features that genuine government bonds use.
On Saturday January 26th Leonard will premiere a performance related to the War Bonds project.
The exhibition will feature prototypes, working sketches and other
supporting materials that relate to the multiples and editions and
which elaborate and inform the multiples themselves.
A printed catalog of the multiples and editions will be
available at the exhibition and all works will be available for
purchase in the gallery's online store (beginning Jan. 11th) at:
www.frontroom.org/editions. The multiples and editions store continues
to occupy a portion of the Front Room gallery year round, and the
gallery continues to actively seek new works to be added to the
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About "Enjuku"
"The sound of percussion from rain water on crushed up Kirin cans in the Koenji neighborhood, on my last night in Tokyo, Japan.The cans said "Enjuku" which means: ripeness, mellowness, maturity, perfection. This piece presented itself to me as I was walking in the night. I felt happy in the rain recording this."
This is an Enhanced CD consisting of field recordings and video shot and recorded on a rainy night in Tokyo. The CD has audio tracks and the videos are viewable as QuickTime Movies on a computer (MAC or PC). The CD will be available at the gallery.
A short excerpt of the sound appears this week on One Minute Vacation http://www.quietamerican.org/vacation.html
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