Art is Free is part of my attempt at reclaiming art-making as a culturally accessible activity. One of the fears that has been germinating in my head for the past year or so is that contemporary art culture has become largely inaccessible to most people. For those that are not involved in the art world, names like Hirst, Tanaka, and July are as inscrutable or irrelevant as I find names like Earnhardt, Tebow, and Ochocinco to be. Today's art should belong to everyone, because it impacts them whether they realize it or not. This is the consequence of living in an increasingly mediated environment and culture.
So, I wanted to find a way to give art a broad cultural applicability while still maintaining its conceptual viability. Additionally, I wanted to minimize the economic impact of the art. Part of art's universal power is its ability to transcend economic constraints as well as national, cultural, or temporal. As result, we have Art is Free, an inside-out kind of show. I curate the environment, and people make the art. The first show occurred January 27, for six hours. As I find future opportunities to curate this show I will shift some of its components, but its essence will be the same:
Art is for everyone.
Art is for the sake of people.
Art is free.
