I Told You So by Kotama Bouabane
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Tuesday Edition: Kotama Bouabane
I Told You So by Kotama Bouabane8.5"x11" ($20) | 17"x22" ($200) | 30"x40" ($2000)
Tuesday greetings, collector friends! After a relatively low-key July, Jen Bekman Projects is about to take it up a notch or ten for the rest of the summer. We've got lots of great editions lined up, we'll be accepting entries for 2009's second edition of Hey, Hot Shot! anyminutenow and we're also getting an exhibition of the last edition's Hot Shots prepped for September.
As for me, I'm just about to jet off to the West Coast for a couple of weeks. (How lucky am I to have such capable hands to leave all these projects in? Incredibly!) First stop: Seattle, for a big to-do at the PCNW and a lecture at the Seattle Art Museum. Then I'll continue down to SF for some business and pleasure. (Hello, La Taqueria!)
All that good stuff is happening soon, but the very next Next Big Thing is at Jen Bekman Gallery. Everyone on Team JBP is super-focused on preparations for tomorrow night's opening reception for Summer Reading.
Summer Reading is a big, beauteous and bookish show, featuring over 60 pieces (zomg!) from 27 artists working in a broad range of media. You'll find many familiar names on the checklist, and as with last year's Ornithology, we'll be featuring editions from participating artists here on 20x200 throughout the exhibition. This means that you can expect our upcoming editions to be as wordy as last summer's were birdy! (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
We'll kick things off with our third offering from Canadian photographer Kotama Bouabane. His picturesque I Told You So can soften the blow of any truth-telling you're feeling compelled to share. I mean sure — you hate to say it — but sometimes you have to, y'know? Why not do it artfully? (With the added bonus that the recipient can be reminded of your rightness every time they look at this delightful photo. Brilliant!)
I Told You So is included in the exhibition, which means that Kotama's icy honesty will be keeping company with the likes of Alec Soth and Nina Katchadourian, not to mention all the other artists whose previous editions are included in this newsletter. Here's a rundown on all the 20x200 creators whose work will soon be hanging on the walls of the gallery:
Kate Bingaman-Burt
Kotama Bouabane
Jorge Colombo
William Crump
Lauren DiCioccio
Gregory Krum
Carrie Marill
Mike Monteiro
Jane Mount
Kirby Pilcher
Jason Polan
Kent Rogowski
Kelly Shimoda
Mickey Smith
Shaun Sundholm
Brian Ulrich
Speaking of which, with the show's opening just a bit more than 24 hours away, I need to get down to the gallery and get to it. Jeffrey Teuton's been working 'round the clock to get everything in order, but with dozens of pieces to arrange and hang, even a superstar like him needs a hand.
For those of you not on the JBG mailing list, I'm including all the details of the show announcement below. I do hope you'll join us for the festivities!
Summer Reading
Opening Reception | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 6pm-8pm
Jen Bekman Gallery
e: info@jenbekman.com | w: www.jenbekman.com | p: +1.212.219.0166
6 Spring Street(between Elizabeth + Bowery)
New York City 10012
Please join us this Wednesday, July 15, from 6pm to 8pm, at the opening reception for Summer Reading. The exhibition features over sixty works from twenty-seven emerging and established artists who are using interdisciplinary ideas about text, in all of its forms, in the mediums of photography, drawing, painting, sculpture and installation.
The exhibition will be on view from Thursday, July 16th through Saturday, August 22nd, 2009.
Summer Reading features work from: Thomas Allen, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Kotama Bouabane, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove, Christine Callahan, Jorge Colombo, William Crump, Lauren DiCioccio, Nina Katchadourian, Gregory Krum, Steve Lambert, Michael Mandiberg, Carrie Marill, Mike Monteiro, Jane Mount, Kirby Pilcher, Jason Polan, Kent Rogowski, Ed Ruscha, Kelly Shimoda, Victor Schrager, Mickey Smith, Alec Soth, Zoe Strauss, Shaun Sundholm, Brian Ulrich and Tim Walker.
The gallery is open Wednesday — Saturday from noon-6 p.m., or by private appointment.
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