Friday Edition: Christian Chaize + An Extra-Special Special
Praia Piquinia 06/08/09 14h01 by Christian Chaize
14"x11" ($50) | 24"x20" ($500) | 40"x30" ($2000)
Praia Piquinia 27/08/09 15h17 by Christian Chaize
14"x11" ($50) | 24"x20" ($500) | 40"x30" ($2000)
Sunny greetings from Miami, collector friends! It's been a whole week since we last met on the interwebs. We're all heading into a busy weekend but I have a 20x200-minute special (that's 4000 minutes for all you mathematicians out there) to last you till Monday. Read on for details! While I do appreciate our virtual relationship, there's nothing like meeting face-to-face—if you happen to be here at PULSE, stop by booth I-107 in The Ice Palace. Sarah McKenzie's paintings adorning our cove are gorgeous and we have some treats stashed away in the flat files too. Among the eye-candy are two exhibition prints from Mr. Christian Chaize. I can't urge you strongly enough to come see them! Like today's stunning send-ups, Praia Piquinia 27/08/09 15h17 and Praia Piquinia 06/08/09 14h01, to the two editions we released last year, the photos we have on hand are exquisitely produced c-prints, a process that lends them exceptional lusciousness.
These prints are entirely DISARMING; even my most art-critical friends have fallen for them. If it sounds like I'm gushing, I may be, just a bit. I've been living with one of Christian's prints in my own home and fall in love with it a little more every day. And, I want all of you to have this same experience. I'm tireless in saying 'live with art, it's good for you!' because I mean it.
So today, I'm offering the opportunity to collect all four of Christian's 24"x20" editions for the price of three. Really! That's $2000 of art for $1500! While I have room for just one of Christian's prints in my tiny abode, with this series, the more the merrier. Check out the installation shots from Chaize's show at the gallery to see what I'm talking about.
You'll have the entire weekend to take me up on this extra-special special—officially, 20x200 minutes or until 9:50 a.m. EST Monday morning*.
For all of you back in the bleachers, today's 20x200-minute special:
Collect all four of Christian Chaize's $500 24"x20" Praia Piquinia editions, for the price of three, until 9:50 a.m. EST Monday, December 7th*. Enter code 4for3xCC at Google checkout.
Why am I making such a big deal out of these prints AND offering such a great deal on them? Because even as I'm here in Miami, jogging on the beach with Ms. Sarah McKenzie and soaking in the real-life ocean views (truly enjoyable, even for non-athlete me!)—they pale in comparison to Christian's vistas—I miss seeing my Chaize print! He's translated his own intimate knowledge of this particular stretch of seaside in Portugal so fluently that I feel as if it could be part of my own personal history, even though I've never been there. After having this art on my wall for nearly a year now, it has, in a different way, become a part of my life and my story. Praia Piquinia conjures that oft-referred-to sense of nostalgia for something I've never really known. And although I can't put my finger on it, it's actually something I do know—I know this place, or this sense of place, because, as I wrote last year, Chaize's photographs are less about humanity and more about being human.
Collect them all I say!
Before I bid you all adieu for the weekend, I have the names of the lucky winners from yesterday's easter egg and original art giveaway. Drum-roll please!
And the winners of a $10 20x200 gift certificate are: B. Mack, Nate Lipscomb, Reid Draeger, Philip Nathan, Eliza Thomson, Denise Wong, Clare McParland, Tom Cole and Chris White. Congrats! And dum-dum, da-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum: Jeanine Brennan's bookshelf will be painted by Ms. Jane Mount! Ms. Kika Gilbert will be emailing you all with the details about your prizes.
* Due to limited quantities, this offer is available to the first 20 collectors, or for as long as prints are available.
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