Rejected Proposal
I took part in Rejected Proposal at Contemporary Six in Manchester, 12 – 29 July 2013, curated by Contents May Vary co-director Richard Shields http://christbanksartcoffeetables.blogspot.co.uk/2…
About the show: “Most of us have had a love of Art and a Broken Heart at some point and for many artists the two may have been one and the same. As funding sources become ever more strained and without the assistance of a wealthy patron, an artists practice can often result in a labor of love.Taking the common found experience of rejection in both terms of an artists career and relationships ‘Rejected Proposal’ asks 11 artists to create a miniature art works based on an art proposal they have had rejected in the past. The art works will be made in response to a jewellery box once hosting an engagement ring or other such token of loving commitment. These works can be miniature versions of the rejected art work or reinterpretations for their new host.”
Alice’s Rejected Proposal is a miniature version of a proposed series of readymade multiples to be individually trashed. The subjective act of defining an object as rubbish and negotiating the value of objects in specific contexts areongoing investigations. This miniature of the proposed edition is one variation of many potential configurations; a bespoke ‘gift’ for presentation purposes.
