Newsletter — June 2013

Final exhibitions of the season: Our last shows at 119 Peoria location open June 28th

Binary Lore: Edie Fake and Brenna Murphy June 28 - August 3

In partnership with the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)'s Feldman Gallery + Project Space, threewalls presents Edie Fake (Chicago) and Brenna Murphy (Portland, OR) in Binary Lore, opening June 28th, 2013. Binary Lore marks the final show of the 2012-13 season at threewalls, and the final exhibition in their 119 N Peoria location. The exhibition was co-curated by Shannon Stratton (threewalls) and Feldman curator, Mack McFarland. The exhibition opened at the Feldman Gallery + Project Space in December 2012.

In this, the second decade of the 21st century, it’s too soon to be able to pull back and identify the definitive aspects of this era. Perhaps it will be known for its idiosyncratic eclecticness, for a hodgepodge of digital-handicraft and self-published reality shows. Or perhaps it is moving toward the process of definition rather than an arrival at a taxonomy that will mark this time. It’s this journey of Binary Lore that brings together the work of Edie Fake and Brenna Murphy. Residing (when not touring) in Chicago and Portland, OR respectively, these next-level troubadours are creating songs and sounds, paintings and gifs, comics and installations, all in the service of understanding the mythological truths of the present in the dim screen light of history’s past.

More on the exhibition and the artists here

A Modest Occupation: Project Room

Curated by Abigail Satinsky, A Modest Occupation is a touring exhibition of artist subscription projects that opened at The Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis in March and will travel to Transformer Gallery in Washington DC in September/October 2013.

Artists and other creative people who organize their lives around the arts have long dealt with the problem, question, and opportunity of money (or lack thereof) in myriad ways by invoking the very same resourcefulness they’ve applied to making art. There are now a network of artist-driven small businesses that commission works specifically for subscribers, using the models of Community Supported Agriculture or magazine subscriptions. Featuring projects from across the country, this exhibition is an opportunity to look at these works as more than the byproducts of inventive business models. When viewed collectively, they evoke both the spirit of their distribution method and the art behind the network.

Featuring works from Alula Editions (Bay Area, CA) Art Practical Mail Art Subscription (San Francisco, CA), Community Supported Art Chicago, Community Supported Art Philadelphia, Community Supported Art Minneapolis, The Drop (New Orleans), The Present Group (Bay Area, CA), Regional Relationships (Chicago), Silver Galleon Press (Chicago), and The Thing Quarterly (San Francisco, CA). And a publication designed by Christopher Roeleved.

More information and publication available for download here.

UPCOMING

Please join threewalls' Community Supported Art program at the Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival June 28, 29, 30. We'll be sharing a booth with one of our favorite neighbors, Document.  

SUPPORT LOCAL ART: Community Supported Art is now on sale, get your share today!

Don't forget to apply to Propeller Fund, due August 1.

We'll be postponing SOLO application deadlines while we move, stay tuned for an announcement of a new date!

THANK YOU FOR MAKING POWER OF TEN JUNE 15 SUCH A GRAND SUCCESS!

Thank you to the 100 artists donating their work, our ten community partners for curating such an amazing auction, the acrobats, the musicians, the food trucks, and all you revelers. We couldn't have imagined a greater send-off into the next ten years.

Stay tuned for a space announcement coming soon! We're very excited for what's in store.

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!

xoxoxox threewalls

threewalls is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; The Chicago Community Trust; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Alphawood Foundation; Art Matters Foundation; The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s International Connection Fund; Susan Goldschmidt Family Foundation; Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation; and major support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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