The First Friday Agenda September 2008

Owen Beckmann’s collaboration with Tane Addington, truley modern Pop at Flanders 311:

Freight is an entirely collaborative exhibit between visual artist Owen Beckmann and musician/filmmaker Tane Addington. The exhibition considers the tension between independent art endeavors and a commercial art market through its inclusion of photography, light boxes, posters, videos, and even rows upon rows of spray paint cans lining the walls. By framing the works against the theme of freight trains, the two remind viewers of the many ways in which the rail system transformed the American consumer market. It began the process of disseminating culture and products across the landscape, helping to erase the isolation of individual cities and towns and allowing for national marketing campaigns. In providing transport, the trains also offered individual freedom of movement, an independence now reflected in trains’ roles as some of the most common canvases in the graffiti art movement.

Lump will host Amy S. Kauffman a visiting artist from NYC. Kauffman’s past shows have offered Tom-Friedman-like scale and patterning based on found object and miniature sculpture.

Tonight is also your last chance to catch Eileen Doktorski’s gripping Oblivion at ArtSpace.  The show features cast figures in scenes submerged in ‘mud’  referencing images of Katrina and other natural disasters. 

While you are walking around tonight, don’t forget to checkout some of the window displays previewing FashionSpark

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