TWO EXHIBITS KICK OFF SEASON 7
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadlines: August 25, 2010
HEAD FIRST
An International Exhibit Featuring the Human Head
Full-color catalog produced.
We consciously and unconsciously categorize identity based on the human head. It is, for most people, their social thumbprint, the I in first person statements. Technology exacerbates peoples retreat into the upper limb of their body, encouraging portraiture on a mass scale in the form of social networks such as Facebook, facial recognition tools which help sort photos of friends and family based on images of their face, and video conference calling. Some say even the soul has migrated from the central chest cavity all the way up to the head, as if altitude were really divine.
While the body is still not expendable (yet), the center of humanity has nevertheless coalesced into the mind, behind the face. When we think of each other, we usually start with the head first.
So to launch Manifests seventh season we offer this call to artists for works that address the human head in some way. While portraiture is certainly welcome, this is not intended to be a show exclusively about that genre, nor just the front of the head. All manner of interpretations, explorations, and machinations involving the human head are welcome.
Deadline for entry: AUGUST 25, 2010
For details on how to submit visit:
http://www.manifestgallery.org/headfirst/
For more information about Manifest's publications visit:
http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress/
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FIRST CONTEXTS: Where Art Comes From
An International Exhibit of Works Depicting, Documenting, or Describing the Places Where Artists Make Art
Full-color catalog produced.
Where does a work of art begin?
Historically, the artists studio has served as the crucible of creation for works of art, a zone of creativity for the artist to test, fashion, produce, refine, and otherwise translate their visual ideas into concrete form.
Ranging from spare rooms in the corner of a basement, to renovated barns and garages, to sun-bathed lofts with high-ceilings, the studio is the artists escape from the demands of life, a retreat from the fray, so that new artworks have a chance to be born. Artist Daniel Buren has called the studio the first frame of the work, and likened it to the filter artists put their work through before letting it loose into the world.
However, some artists have found the traditional studio, with its marginal position divorced from daily life, a disconnected and false context for creativity. Instead, they operate out-of-doors, literally, with their studios being fields upon which they plant their plein air easels, city streets where they walk and interact in dynamic give-and-take fashion, and site-specific spaces that serve as both context of origin and public display. As Robert Storr has noted, The bottom line is that artists work where they can and how they can.
Manifest invites artists and designers of any media to submit works that explore, depict, challenge and interpret this first frame of creativity:
the context from which art is made. Whether that originating zone is a traditional studio, an open field, a social atmosphere, or a computer screen we invite artists to show us where it all starts.
Deadline for entry: AUGUST 25, 2010
For details on how to submit visit:
http://www.manifestgallery.org/context/
For more information about Manifest's publications visit:
http://www.manifestgallery.org/manifestpress/
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Manifest is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization.
Mission Statement:
Manifest stands for the quality presentation, experience, and documentation of the visual arts, engaging students, professionals, and the public from around the world through accessible world-class exhibits, studio programs, and publications.
Manifest's 2009/2010 season is funded in part by:
The Fine Arts Fund, as well as many generous Annual Supporting Members.
The Ohio Arts Council also helped fund this organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2727 Woodburn Avenue | Cincinnati, Ohio 45206 | 513-861-3638 www.manifestgallery.org
