FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
See Line Salon
September 12 - October 3, 2008
See Line Gallery presents See Line Salon the first
of a series of gatherings of people of social and
intellectual distinction.
“To please and educate” The
salon series begins with three artist projects in
the month of September.
Work Week - Jow
September 12-18
Opening: Friday, September 12, 6-9pm
In her ongoing 'Letterhead' series, Jow takes pieces
of vintage business stationary and transforms them
from agents of
corporate communication into “canvasses” for
playful daydreams. The artist plays the role of a
girl friday who sketches on
the company stationary
rather than doing her mundane job. Grouped into series
of five, these mixed media works on
paper, create
an imagined record of an entire work week.
The artist will be in residence at the gallery Monday
- Thursday, 3-5pm creating additional Letterhead
works.
Tour- Kathrin Burmester
September 19- 25
Opening: Friday, September 19, 6-9pm
Kathrin Burmester continues her examination of the
aesthetics of core power structures in her new piece
Tour. Tour
employs a one-channel video projection
and sound installation, which engages the viewer’s
relationship to packaged
travel tours complete with
guided narrations that broadcast and disseminate
information meant to promote location as a
consumable
product. By situating the tour in the gallery, the
relationship between image,viewer and narration is
questioned in an art context.
The Tour will take place every hour on the hour
between 12 - 5 pm.
Dollar $tore- Greg Santos
September 26- October 3
Opening: Friday, September 26, 6-9pm
Shortly after the Civil war, an itinerant sharper
named Ben Marks opened the first Dollar Store in
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The store's windows featured quality
merchandise, all seemingly worth more than a dollar.
Bargain hunters and
something-for-nothing chumps
soon appeared. Upon entering the store, they were
skillfully dissuaded from buying any
of the merchandise,
and roped into one of the games of chance which Marks
had set up alongside his wares. Since no
customer
left these games with any money in his pocket, none
of the merchandise was ever sold. Marks' innovation
revolutionized the grift, and the principles of his
Dollar Store became the backbone of all big-time
confidence games.
In Greg Santos' Dollar Store, you won't find a shiny
new shovel or a metal wine rack, but you might find
your pockets a
bit lighter. Join us for an array
of illicit activities. Bring a fat bankroll and a
thirst
for action. |