Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Summer Show

The following photos illustrate how the space will look for the summer - we moved things around to try to get the most use out of every space. We will open our first exhibition this  September 2011 for the beginning of the Fall season.
 Entrance
 front gallery
 front gallery
 front gallery
 office
 office
 office
 office
 office
 hall gallery shelf unit with assemblages
 hall gallery with cluster of framed works
 hall gallery with cluster of framed works
 hall gallery with cluster of framed works
 back gallery shelves
 back gallery with cluster of framed works
 back gallery with cluster of framed works, couch and storage unit for small 3d works
  back gallery with storage unit for small 3d works
  hall gallery with cluster of framed work
more works on display
This is a more or less random collection of works for the summer governed mostly by what was framed or hangable as is. We will begin to show focused exhibitions with the September show.

Some Original Members of the International Post-Dogmatist Group






Left to right: Cecil Touchon, Lanny Quarles, Chris Davis, Charles Schneider, Alex Mena, Dan Rice
6 of the original members of the IPDG since 1987

Open House at the Archives - May 28, 2011

 checking out the snacks
 Daniel Montoya
 Inspecting the office
 Ron Watson from Texas Christian University (TCU)
 Bill and Pam Campbell





 checking out the assemblages
Noor un Nisa (my youngest) and Rosalia (my wife)
Saturday evening May 28th, 2011, we had our first open house at the archives. we had about 40 to 50 visitors who came out to see the new space. I gave a brief talk when the bulk of the attendees were present and explained the basic function of the museum and how the collection has been gathered together as well as mentioning the need for help from the community to maintain and continue to grow the collection. Several people volunteered to be added to the schedule to come out and work. Alex Mena offered to cover the expenses for having internet at the space and we discussed the idea of having live webcasts from the museum with artists around the world who are represented in the collection.

Friday, May 20, 2011

OM.2011.062 - Jurgen O. Olbrich - (Germany) Two Publications and Postcard

postcard "Sometimes is more often than you think" , envelope, large newsprint magazine - Radical Exchange Moments
Collective Copy - unique book of aprox. 100 bound pages of found photocopies thrown away by strangers.
The books are created with the actual papers found. These papers are bound into ten books as an 'edition' and sent out to ten different people in different cities and never to the same person or city twice. This journal is published and distributed more or less quarterly each year since 1977.

OM.2011.062 - Jurgen O. Olbrich - No-Institute - Kassel, Germany

OM.2011.061 - Ruud Janssen - (NETHERLANDS)

OM.2011.061 - Ruud Janssen  -  (NETHERLANDS)

OM.2011.060 - Dan Buck (USA) Gift of the Artist

OM.2011.060 - Dan Buck (USA) Gift of the Artist
two collages 4x6 inches

OM.2011.059 - Dan Buck (USA) Gift of the Artist

OM.2011.059 - Dan Buck (USA) Gift of the Artist
three small collages with drawing elements

Tuesday, May 17, 2011