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Indepth Arts News:
"Exhibit 8 at Ven and Vaida Gallery"
2009-12-04 until 2010-01-02
Art4Barter
New York, NY,
USA United States of America
Bartering may be the answer to bail us out of our current crisis. Although artists have historically been bartering as much as possible it is more relevant now than ever before. It can provide a solution to survival for so many of us and create a new vision for society. The exhibition is curated by Antonio Puri who has been a Member at absolutearts.com since 2000. Works featured in the exhibit are by Margo Allman, Erica Brown (absolutearts.com member), Genevieve Coutroubis,
Robin Frey, Maria Nevelson, Quentin Morris,
David Stephens, Jay Varma, Brett Walker and Kay Wood.
View more of Erica Brown's art in her portfolio http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/e/ebcbrown/
Antonio Puri's work can be seen in his portfolio http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio/k/kantonio/
The artists that are participating are from diverse backgrounds and
varied genres and will present their works for barter. No works shall
be sold for money but rather for services and goods. The exact
service or good that the artist requires will be on the label next to
their art. For example, if an artist were to ask for dental work or
other medical procedures in exchange for their art, the visitors will
get a chance to meet those requests or offer something different for
the artist to consider. This gives the community an opportunity to
barter for those items that are missing from the artists’ lives. The
irony is that art is missing from the lives of many people too because it
is treated as a luxury item. This system will not only inspire people to
trade with artists, musicians, writers, dancers, amongst others, it will
also make society less judgmental about valuing art or different
services. When this becomes the norm, bartering will be a respectable
activity and will create relationships between people from different
trades.
Society will be able to provide opportunities to artists that were
inconceivable before this. The seven exhibitions preceding this one
were tremendously successful. Bartering is a way of dealing with hard
financial times and is a win-win situation. The development of this
project relies on the support from venues that can connect artists
with members in the community that are able to fill the needs of
the artists.
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