Video Version of Collaborative / 34 Show !

This beautifully filmed video captures the spirit and essence of our Collaborative / 34 show at Muse Gallery, as well as the art itself.  It fully embodies the show! Watch it and enjoy the unique concept unfold.  As one artist says, "it was not so much about each individual artist, as about how we work together..."  When you watch, you become part of the many people taking in this amazing installation.  Enjoy!  In some respects you will see more of the art than if you had been in the press of people that obscured the view.

I didn't know until I watched the video that Muse Gallery had been founded years ago by two women from the Women's Caucus for Art.  Considering how many years I was a member of the San Diego Women's Caucus for Art Chapter, and how much they have influenced my career as an artist, it felt like 'full circle'!

A Reception so successful you could hardly see the art!

The art was almost obscured by the wall-to-wall people at our Artists' Reception last Sunday at MUSE Gallery.  People had to be displaced to push the door open.  At the same time, people were leaking out the door on to the sidewalk just to breathe.  I'm told it was like that the whole afternoon.  I didn't stay long.... claustrophobia got to me.  But I'm glad I was there, if only to witness the phenomenon. Fortunately I had seen the art previously at the Opening party.  It was hard to see at the reception.  Hopefully the reviewer from the Philadelphia Inquirer did see it.  And the videographer was there before the crowds converged.  I'll post the YouTube video once it is up!

My four monotypes are in the vertical row:  two purple on top, then green with red circle, and black and white on the bottom.  For all the shows I have been in, this is the first time I have shown completely abstract work.  I'm enjoying the new direction!

Collaborative/34

"Collaborative/34" is made up of a group of artists that have been working/showing together for many years. They are a diverse group, which makes the imagery/materials used even more exciting. The works will include paintings, prints and collage.

The format of the show is arrays of 12"x12" elements, with the only similarity between the artists' works being their same size and identical white edges. "Quilts of Canvas" will hang on the walls in various large configurations, creating of Muse Gallery a splendid visual experience.

That's what it says officially on the MUSE Gallery website.  Translation:  the people who will be hanging this show in the next few days will be creating a complex collage of 136 12" x 12" canvases. No matter where my four are placed, they will be part of a whole, a unity.  It's a unique concept.  I'm enjoying the idea that my work will be embedded with others,  as if woven together.

At the bottom of the invitation, it says "Artists in sync with Francine Shore". http://francineshore.com. 

Considering that all of us are "in sync" with her,  it's amazing how different our work is from each other.  No cookie cutters here...  It's the similarity of size and style of the canvases that will create the "Quilts of Canvas".  This is going to be a lot of fun!