The Exquisite Corpse Festival: Mixing Messages, Making Connections
The Exquisite Corps presents a night of surrealist art playing on the game of the Exquisite Corpse at Space on White gallery (81 White Street, NYC) from July 5 - August 4 with a special opening night reception on Saturday, July 9th from 8 PM to 10 PM.
- New York, NY (1888PressRelease) July 07, 2011 - How can five artists who have never met each other and live in various parts of the country work on the same piece of art? Exquisitely, it turns out. Come to Space on White (81 White Street) and see twenty-eight examples of this Surrealist approach to creating art. These pieces will be on display from July 5th through August 4th with a special reception where you can meet the artists in Saturday July 9th at 8 PM.
The Exquisite Corpse is an artistic game of consequences where multiple artists who may or may not know each other collaborate on the same piece of art. The Catch? The artists aren't allowed to look at each other's work...they only share enough of what they are working on so that the other artists can connect to them physically, but not in terms of content or style. Although this sounds like a recipe for chaos, through serendipity the accidental themes and beautiful individuality creates unique pieces of astounding meaning and beauty.
Originally a drawing game, the festival takes the game from the page to as many different media as possible. This show contains Exquisite Corpses in drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, Munny, and clothing.
This is The Exquisite Corps' inaugural show and first exploration of moving the Corpse into challenging forms. In the fall we will push the form even further with crochet, taxidermy, and tattooing and this winter we will move into performing arts with plays, movies, and song.
Please contact:
Jason Tyne-Zimmerman
646.418.9541
exquisitecorpsefestival ( @ ) gmail dot com
257 West 116th Street, #2-B
New York, New York 10026
www.exquisitecorpsefestival.com
Space on White Gallery
227-8600
info ( @ ) spaceonwhite dot com
81 White Street
New York, NY 10013
www.spaceonwhite.com
Space on White is a socially conscious, artistically-centered collection of studios in Tribeca NYC. It allows individuals or organizations to rent spaces that cater to acting, music, dance, and the visual arts. Born through the inspiration of performing artist Chasten Harmon, Space on White encourages collaboration and growth for artists and their audiences. With open, spacious designs, Space on White provides a blank canvas to nurture the creativity and passion vital to an artist's career.
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