I do not mean to offend. So, if I do, please accept my apologies.
Some paintings finished, and some in progress, and some started.
My tentative title is “Patrons”.
And, here is my in progress exhibit proposal:
The name of the performance/installation I am proposing appropriates some of the cultural forms I have appropriated since living on reserve as a teacher. The demands and modes of the local economy, specifially, entails packing items in plastic tubs to travel to the area, $20.00 bills are the popular currency to have on hand, and making and selling art work at Toonie Tables, or Raffles, to fundraise for personal events, such as a wedding, to help a family member in crisis, to help pay for travel costs, as a supplement to low incomes, and to talented endeavours.
In my performance installation, 3 plastic, frosted transparent, tubs will be presented, which are packed with paintings, which is a previous painting project not yet exhibited. I will continue to make and sell these small paintings for $20. This additional income will go to pay towards my Grad student debt.
My oil paintings are entitled, Patrons, they will overlook the ‘scene’ of making and selling art works. Patrons, takes its name from Rembrandt’s patron paintings done as an aging painter, and the patron saints in the catholic church, whose presence is still strong on reserves in the Canadian North. The paintings depict a variety of roles particular to the existance of the art scene, that we all know: curator, director of gallery, artist, dealer, collector, teacher, viewer, etc.
