The grand tour and the great game
A two week project that imagines the Orient of John Frederick Lewis.
work in progress (open to visits) 15th-28may
Opening (final show) Friday 29th 18.00 h.
Open for show 30-31may 13.00-18.00 h.
15-31/05/2009. A4 project space. Gerard Doustraat 103. Amsterdam. NL
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SOLOShow@SECONDroom - April 18th -20th.
fascinating stuff by Bjarke P Z Olsen
@Ursulinestraat 5 1000 Brussels
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Saturday February 21 2009
Mediamatic Bank
Vijzelstraat 72, Amsterdam
Viewing starts at 5 PM
Auction starts at 7 PM
Starting prices below 50 Euros
The entrance is free and payment is cash only!
After party with great cocktails and DJ Jess the Lezz , Koen and Andre.
PRESS RELEASE
Dead Darlings is an anonymous and subversive auction series that started in Amsterdam in 2005. This is the third edition. On Saturday the 21 of February, in the project space of Mediamatic Bank, we are putting 66 artworks up for auction.
By tradition, all the lots will be introduced by title only. The contributing artists will be listed on our website, but will not be revealed in connection to the work until the sale is final.
By keeping the auctioned work anonymous we want to take pressure of the names, and give the works the opportunity to stand on their own.
Dead Darlings are works that have lost their relevance to the final work of an artist, but have remained relevant to them, because of their meaning during the course of making.
They are the innocent victims of the artistic process,and we want to give them a chance to be liberated from that context and appreciated for the qualities they display as singular,autonomous entities. We think buying an artwork is a great adventure and we want to give everyone the possibility of experiencing this.
A piece of art in our life can be a daily inspiration and an inseparable companion. For our third edition of the Dead Darlings auction, the theme is: “A-typical”.
This is an opportunity to question the formal or thematic elements that comprise the identity of a work.
Through the consideration of this theme we wanted to inspire the artists to select a piece that departs from expectations and questions the characteristics of his or her practice.
Looking forward to see you there,
