|
ALULA
EDITIONS
April 2 – May 1, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, April
2,
7-10pm
Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present
Alula
Editions, a textile
art
subscription project that makes becoming a collector as easy as subscribing
to
a magazine or a CSA veggie box. The opening reception is on Saturday, April 2
from 7-10pm.
Alula Editions is an initiative spearheaded and
hand-crafted
by San Francisco-based artists Helena Keeffe and Amber
Cady. The duo’s show at Triple Base will be, in
part,
an
exhibition that showcases past editions and artwork from collaborators such as
Jason
Jägel, Allison Smith and Headlands Center for the
Arts. The gallery space will also be used as a
workshop,
with gallery visitors invited to help prototype the forthcoming edition made
in
collaboration with New York-based film/video artist Sara
Magenheimer.
Keeffe
and Cady started Alula Editions as a way to bring patterned textiles
and
contemporary art practices together in the form of a limited edition
multiple.
Inspired by fellow art subscription pioneers such as The Present Group and
The
Thing, Alula shares the conviction that this model provides an avenue for
art
production that see-saws nicely between the worlds of commerce
and
experimentation. Much like a CSA (community support agriculture),
subscribers
provide the funds needed to make the editions and receive artworks in
return
for their investment. For only 55 cents a day ($200 a year), subscribers
get
four art objects – each made from hand silk-screened textiles conceived
in
collaboration with artists. The objects are designed in response to
the
concepts embedded in the textile and range from something as functional as
a
tie to a more whimsical take on a drawing kit meant to inspire
close
observation of nature and it’s elements. Alula prints on fabric made
from
organic and sustainable fibers using plant pigment and water-based
inks.
Triple
Base, 3041 24th Street (@Treat), San
Francisco
Regular Gallery Hours: Thu-Sun,
12-5pm
For
Information/Photos contact Dina Pugh:
dina@basebasebase.com
basebasebase.com
alulaeditions.com
| 
