The Spectacular of Vernacular April 5, 2011

Walker Art Center
725 Vineland Pl
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403

Inspired by artist Mike Kelley's observation that "the mass art of today is the folk art of tomorrow," 'The Spectacular of Vernacular' embraces the rustic, the folkloric, and the humbly homemade as well as the crass clash of street spectacle and commercial culture. It explores the role of vernacular forms in some 40 works by more than two dozen contemporary artists, which run the aesthetic gamut. For example, the hand-crafted work of Aaron Spangler is juxtaposed with Lari Pittman's carnivalesque day-glo paintings; Marc Swanson's glittering trophy heads are contrasted with Rachel Harrison's urban relics. Also on view are photographs from William Eggleston and Shannon Ebner, who both revel in the signage and other elements of roadside culture. Focusing on pieces made since the 1970s, the exhibition shows how the vernacular, in its very ubiquity - its integration into home life, social rituals, and sense of place - is an ongoing fascination for artists

Added by Upcoming Robot on February 12, 2011

Comments

Croz1007

When is this meet up? The top says 2.21.08, just below that it says January 30th, and on the flickr thread it says Feb 15th.

I'm confused.

flipzagging

Hi there, I work for Upcoming.

The person who posted the event (nextography) had mentioned February 21, but posted the event to take place on Jan 30th.

I set the date to February 21 as that seems to be the user's original intent. I don't know about a Flickr thread.

I tried to contact the person who posted this event, but their email address appears to be a black hole that the person won't read. Honestly, we don't spam people, folks, can we have a little trust here?

nextography

Thanks for fixing, flipzagging, the problems came from copying off my old event as a template, and I seem to have messed up pretty bad, but things are all better now.

absoblogginlutely

as the two organisers can't seem to make this (me included) and there is only one other person interested, this event is cancelled for this month. Sorry folks.