Jewelery District Loft Wall

But, she’s not waiting idly.  She has organized and curated an exhibition of nineteen artists (see the exhibition images) that aptly explores the themes of architecture and ‘deconstruction’.  In anticipation of the demolition required for the renovation, the artists were given free license to paint, nail, drill and even tear open walls.  The result is widely varied and immensely engaging.  There are colorful murals, mysterious miniature constructions, and entrancing translucent glass panels that enliven the space with color and curiosity.  Walls peal back to create new paths through the space.  There’s several installations that seem to grow on the walls:  a sticky wallpaper that has become fuzzy from collected dust, elegant little paper shelves that have colonized a wall, and an pixelated topography that floats a few inches off the wall and casts shadows.

Together it gives the visitor the sensation that they have stumbled into an abandoned space where the curious has replaced the quotidian.  As if, while nobody was watching the space was colonized by creative little creatures of re-invention.  In that sense, it is easy to imagine this installation expanding to other abandoned, foreclosed or otherwise unoccupied spaces in the city.   It may just be the little bit of magic that is needed to enliven spaces at the edge of oblivion.

The show is open from 12-5pm until Sunday April 12, 2009.

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Circa screen @ Eddy and Westminster

I just found out that Providence Art Windows (PAW) is seeking proposals for 2009. For those of you who are not familiar with PAW, it is a program that exhibits art and art installations in several empty and occupied retail spaces in Downtown Providence. The juried exhibits change three times a year and feature a variety of local and national artists. In the past the installations have varied a great deal in their materials and engagement with the street.

But the most exciting prospect of this program is that is seeks to engage citizens, flaneurs and tourists alike, bring art down from its soapbox, and at the same time activate Providence’s streetscape. I have often wandered down the all too familiar downtown streets on my way home or just grabbing some food, when out of the corner of my eye something peculiar grabs my attention. The ever changing PAW streetfronts challenges the blandness that stems from the quotidian…

SO…

Proposals are due by December 12, 2008, which is plenty of time to prepare…(suspense builds)…

A 3six0 proposal!!!!

What better way for our third story office to establish a street presence on Westminster.

Check out the link below and the teaser below that:

http://providenceartwindows.blogspot.com

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