The Thrift Shop
hello all,
our next show is called the thrift shop and will include objects made as “art”, as well as consumer goods that would normally be sold at second-hand stores and flea markets. loosely, the idea is that there really is no difference between commodities and that everything is everything. we at open source gallery are flummoxed at the pomp and circumstance involving art seen at the chelsea mall. worse, shows all over the city tend to way overvalue the work of emerging artists. well, get over yourselves and bring a reasonably priced object to open source. profits are split 50-50.
on view now
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”09.04.-09.30.2010 Opening: Saturday 09.04.2010 7-10pm In September 2010, Peter will be showing a new series of large-scale photographs at Open Source Gallery based on a site-specific installation of his “Trainset Ghetto” sets on the street in front of the gallery storefront space. The images will feature increasingly bizarre and phantasmagorical juxtapositions of time, scale, and [...]
upcoming
ORFI NYC: LIVE GIG 2010
Nobuko: wa
Pirmin Hagen: First
past
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24