Friday, February 17, 2006
DejaDesign Gallery OFF THE WALL/2 show set: free canvasses & exposure:
Dear Artists, some of you participated in, read about or came to the first
billboard art show sponsored by DejaDesign last year entitled OFF THE WALL. The
show got a large write-up in the weekend section of the LA Times (April 21,
`05) over four hundred people attended & ultimately $8000.00 worth of
recycled billboard art pieces were sold. I am now in the process of creating OFF
THE WALL/2, opening on earth day (April 22nd). To go back a bit, I make functional
art pieces from recovered elements & Dejadesign specializes in what I call
"eco-logical" art. The visual element of this is recycled billboard
vinyl. Typically billboards are thrown into landfills by the ton weekly. To combat this insanity I developed a stretcher system for the material. The panels
are generally 4x4 feet &, in modules of 4x8' can become rather large murals. I offer the canvasses & exposure to artists for free (below is a picture of the
gallery). Any work on the wall has a set purchase price, decided by artist & DD
in advance (several have sold "off the wall".) Thanks success last year I'm now
getting vinyl from the billboard companies directly. Beyond that my hope by
show time is to have sponsorship for juried awards. While in the first show
most artists painted on the blank back white side a major part of the focus
of OTW/2 will be working with the vestige of the original billboard imagery-in a
sense not accepting the art or commerce question but art from commerce
answer. Though OTW/2 will have many interior pieces, the show also seeks to turn the billboard material & staid gallery world literally "inside out" so a
high emphasis (& juried awards) will focus on the exterior element. If the above sounds interesting to you please send some jpegs or direct me to your web
sites.
Canvasses will begin to be available by next week & all works must be
received back by April 1. Thanks, Peter Schulberg, DejaDesign Gallery
dejadesign@sbcglobal.net
PS: for an overview of DD you can go to dejadesigngallery.com but
please do
not use that for email.
Dear Artists, some of you participated in, read about or came to the first
billboard art show sponsored by DejaDesign last year entitled OFF THE WALL. The
show got a large write-up in the weekend section of the LA Times (April 21,
`05) over four hundred people attended & ultimately $8000.00 worth of
recycled billboard art pieces were sold. I am now in the process of creating OFF
THE WALL/2, opening on earth day (April 22nd). To go back a bit, I make functional
art pieces from recovered elements & Dejadesign specializes in what I call
"eco-logical" art. The visual element of this is recycled billboard
vinyl. Typically billboards are thrown into landfills by the ton weekly. To combat this insanity I developed a stretcher system for the material. The panels
are generally 4x4 feet &, in modules of 4x8' can become rather large murals. I offer the canvasses & exposure to artists for free (below is a picture of the
gallery). Any work on the wall has a set purchase price, decided by artist & DD
in advance (several have sold "off the wall".) Thanks success last year I'm now
getting vinyl from the billboard companies directly. Beyond that my hope by
show time is to have sponsorship for juried awards. While in the first show
most artists painted on the blank back white side a major part of the focus
of OTW/2 will be working with the vestige of the original billboard imagery-in a
sense not accepting the art or commerce question but art from commerce
answer. Though OTW/2 will have many interior pieces, the show also seeks to turn the billboard material & staid gallery world literally "inside out" so a
high emphasis (& juried awards) will focus on the exterior element. If the above sounds interesting to you please send some jpegs or direct me to your web
sites.
Canvasses will begin to be available by next week & all works must be
received back by April 1. Thanks, Peter Schulberg, DejaDesign Gallery
dejadesign@sbcglobal.net
PS: for an overview of DD you can go to dejadesigngallery.com but
please do
not use that for email.
