fourth
annual
SNAP TO GRID:
the
UN-Juried show
September
13-October 4
Opening Reception Thursday September 13, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk)
REGISTRATION STILL OPEN FOR LATE ENTRIES
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Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open
Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry
fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles
Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the
same nature
where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery.
The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent
of
postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious
few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone
gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge.
The exhibit represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to photo-artists and image makers around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
The show is beautifully mounted in our 1,200 foot gallery in the bourgeoning downtown arts district in the revitalized historic core of Los Angeles. It is an area constantly building and creating itself, filled with art, hipsters, restaraunts, clubs, music, shopping and urban loft living. The opening reception is on the nignt of the exciting Downtown Art Walk which has drawn over 1,400 people (and also provides a new shuttle service inagurated last July between each cluster of the over 30 galleries in the immediate area).
Opening Reception Prior Years
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