In the gallery: The Secret Museum:

Recontextualized Objects by the Committee of Vigilance

Opening Reception:
Thursday, February 4, 2010 5–8pm
First Friday:
Friday, February 5, 2010 5–9pm

The Committee of Vigilance is an eclectic group of artists and collectors comprised of Kristofer Bowman, Kipp Normand and DeAnne Roth. For the second installment of Secret Museum in Indianapolis, the collective finds high style and design in lost and often discarded objects. Found photographs and a WWII era practice bomb make up just a small portion of the work in this exhibition in which these objects have been re-assimilated into a contemporary vernacular. By presenting the work in new and imaginative ways and, in some sense, even highlighting their flaws, what was old is beautiful again.

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christopher west presents Do-it-yourself Utopias

New Drawings by Jeff Eisenberg

Opening Reception:
Thursday, February 4, 2010 5–8pm
First Friday:
Friday, February 5, 2010 5–9pm

For his first solo exhibition in the Midwest, Jeff Eisenberg focuses on DIY architecture and the theory in biology called convergent evolution that describes the acquisition of similar or same biological traits in different species, such as wings in both bats and birds. Eisenberg sees something very similar going on in the buildings of disparate communities that, for different political or ideological reasons, choose to unplug from the grid and create alternatives to conventional society and its surrounds.

Jeff Eisenberg
Monitor
2008
Graphite on Paper
60.25" x 91.5"

Image credit: Courtesy of christopher west presents,
Indianapolis and Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA.

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Love Buttons are Coming Soon

Whether you’re love drunk or just hungover, we hope you’ll fall head over heels for our special guest artist Valentine’s buttons. Three of our favorite valentines, Amory Abbott, Andrea Eberbach, and Chris Pyle, have offered some good lovin’ that is guaranteed to cure any love hangover.

The buttons are not quite ready so be ready to sign up next week when you get the email announcement. Due to popular demand, we can only fulfill the first 300 requests. Remember, to get our free buttons you have to sign up each time we create a new set.

XOXOXO

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