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Jade Townsend, Of Alchemy, Dreams and Revolution; Ticking Like A Fucking Bomb Brick, gold krylon, lauan, wiggle board, ultralite, black bandanas, balsa foam, white latex primer, flat white krylon and paint marker, 16 x 11 x 18 inches, 2007, Courtesy Priska C. Juschka Fine Art |
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July 1 to August 5, 2024 Man Bartlett, Nick Fortunato, Johannah Herr, Baptiste Ibar, Kristen Jensen, Link to images from the exhibition "With this show, we desire to illuminate and challenge the parallels between the disciplines of art and magic(k). Both disciplines share belief systems that rely on a priori knowledge and metaphysics. In order to explore the parallels, we have sought out artifacts of practices rather than traditional art works. The difference between an artifact and an art work is dependent on our perception of an illusion or delusion. The distinction occurs through the acceptance of an idea, a value system that elevates common materials into works of art. In the art market, art achieves phenomenal values akin to precious metals and stones; the artist, the collector, the dealer, critics, and the auction houses transform ordinary materials with little intrinsic value into desirous objects. Creating the commonly agreed upon preciousness of art describes another form of magik, turning earth into gold, and in the art market, it is made possible. In the broader art world, artists can work in futility to achieve the desired transformation of their ideas, intentions into something of value, but that transformation is impossible without the belief of others.
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