Of This Land - The Artist's Touch

Call Type:

Exhibitions

Deadline Type:

fixed

Deadline:

3/14/2009

Eligibility:

Chicago-City

Of This Land – The Artist’s Touch An exhibition of place-inspired artwork composed with detritus from nature and culture

Featuring sculpture by Diana McNish, photographs by Marian Drew, and an installation by Mudboy

Location: Salvage One, 1840 W. Hubbard Street

Dates: April 24 – July 18, 2009 Opens: Friday, April 24, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Saturday – 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Sunday – 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

SALVAGE ONE

Salvage One is a sixty thousand square foot showroom in Chicago’s West Town district that has championed creative re-use for nearly thirty years. Its wares, displayed in a high-ceilinged and dramatically windowed converted factory, range wildly from crystal chandeliers to mid-century modern furniture, ornate brass doorknobs, limestone columns and corbels. With ‘Of This Land – The Artist’s Touch’, an exhibition that will overlap with Art Chicago 2009, Salvage One honors artists who create distinct and original work with cultural and natural cast-offs. The effect of the works selected for Of This Land – The Artist’s Touch is to impart a distinct sense of place or ‘terroir’ formed of the places that inspire these artists and of their imaginations much as the qualities of soil, climate, and flora impart ‘terroir’ to a wine.

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Seeking Submissions of Chicago Area Artists’ work that meets the guidelines of ‘place-inspired artwork composed with detritus from nature and culture’.

TO APPLY

Please submit:

1. 10 images of your work on CD or DVD

2. an image guide

3. a bio

4. a statement about why your work is right for this show

Deadline: March 14

Salvage One, Attn: Of This Land 1840 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60622

ofthisland@salvageone.com

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