WHAT IT IS: is pleased to announce our participation in this years artXposium 5.0. We have curated 14 artists who produce work in a range of media.

artXposium 5.0 takes place on the weekend of 09/11 – 09/12 at 203 West Turner Court, West Chicago, IL, 60185.

West Chicago is about an hours drive due west of Chicago, see this google map or hop on the Metra and ride in style!

Dates / times:
09/11/10: Noon – 9pm [opening reception 6pm - 9pm]
09/12/10: 1pm – 6pm

RSVP on our Facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/2ewj8du

Man Bartlett, Bradley Bullock, Lauren Carter, Colleen L. Coleman, Troy Hagenbart, Selena Jones, Nathan Keay, Erica Moore, Sabina Ott, Adam Trowbridge, Jessica Westbrook and Oskar Westbridge as TWo Projects, Jeremy Tubbs, Michelle Wasson

36 Rift by Selena Jones

Selena Jones
36 Rift
Mixed Media
2009

Maya Mackrandilal

Lauren Carter

Ben Stagl

Samantha Hill

Elise Goldstein

Katya Grokhovsky

Selena Jones

Permission to Work
Lauren Carter, Colleen Coleman, Elise Goldstein, Katya Grokhovsky,
Samantha Hill, Selena Jones, Maya Mackrandilal, Ben Stagl
Opening reception Sat Feb 6th, 3pm – 8pm or by appointment

02/06/10 – 03/06/10

Seek permission to work. Acquire the necessary permits. Establish a remit. Documents to regulate creation. Permission To Work is an exhibition designed to challenge and interrupt pre determined ideas about what defines living space and how art works can negotiate the everyday domestic experience.

For the artist the everyday is to dream and often to dream is to work. So the concept of live / work / display space is a fluid one without clear boundaries, limits or territory. Where does living space start and work place stop? Where does studio end and exhibition space begin?

Permission To Work brings together eight artists and invites them to create an exhibition in the style of Schwitters Merzbau or a Kunsthalle. This exhibition presents a variety of positions / outcomes / projects juxtaposing performance pieces, site specific installations and interventions to create a gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art. By seeking “permission to work” we have granted artistic license to play with the fabric of our home and produce art that re-contextualizes the living area as exhibition space.