CALL FOR ART - Not As It Appears

Not As It Appears will be a small group show featuring wall mounted work of all media that explores the theme in a broad of a direction as possible.  Artist can consider work that is  is visually deceiving, made out of an unexpected material, or is tongue-in-cheek.  

Show Dates: November 29th - December 21st

Opening: Friday, December 4th 6 - 8:30pm

Deadline to Apply: Midnight October 31st

Notification: Tuesday, November 3rd

Submission Guidelines: Please submit 1-5 images of work to gallery@cleardesignlab.co and write 2-4 sentences about why you feel as though the work fits into the theme Not As It Appears

Above: Oreo Cameo #14 (3D print) by Judith Klausner

Requirements:  

Work must be wall mountable and weighing no more than 25lbs.  Preference is given to small work under $500.  Work must be available for the show dates.  Artists must be available to hang their work with assistance from the gallery November 28th and remove their work before December 31st.  For additional questions please contact gallery@cleardesignlab.co

SHIFT RELIC Opening Night

Thanks for everyone who came out last night for the opening! We lost power about 30 minutes in so the rest of the evening was art illuminated with smartphones and birthday candles. 

When imagining the distant past or the distant future we build out little dioramas in our minds. We think of analogues to the objects that surround us now.

We think our own material sphere as being more evolved than the primitive past, with their gods and idols, yet more humane and connected than we picture our technological future (either a sterile utopia or a dystopian wasteland).

In reality, our objects are primitive artifacts in the making, ceaselessly beaten into obsolescence even as they are imbued with our human use. They are technological wonders from the future, with powers unimaginable a decade ago.

We always exist in this middle – and the objects that we construct, that we have always constructed, are an attempt to bridge those unknown places of past and future. 

The objects that Charles Mathis and Matt Stone created in their collaboration for SHIFT RELIC live in this space between. They are mysteries made tangible, that merge old and new ways of making, the natural and synthetic.

The work confounds our efforts to sort the objects into categories, demonstrating that the lines are not clear and have never been.  The Relics will remain after we are gone- silent witnesses to our specific moment in time. 

Opening Night - First Fridays - Imperceptible

Thanks everyone who came out for the opening night!

We were totally packed with a crowd outside- hope to see everyone again next month!