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Friday, June 13, 2008

Artsy Art To Drool Over

Posted by The Unpaid Intern on Fri, Jun 13 at 2:05 PM

Every art opening has cheese and crackers - P.S.U.’s ART Department’s the only one I’ve ever been to featuring a candy-covered toilet.

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Yes, it’s a toilet artist Amanda James carved from styrofoam and mosaiced in mixed media (Twizzlers, life savers and marshmallows… delicious, delicious toilet) and it was my favorite from the P.S.U.’s end-of-year silent auction opening last night.

This year (for the first year ever!) P.S.U.’s hosting this cool interactive auction both in its art department studios and online. You missed the hot bidding in the studio’s show last night, but if you’re excited about perhaps acquiring some novel and high-quality art on the cheap, browse through the internet auction.

The auction mixes the work of interesting established artists like Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July with still-starving students like Eric Steen (who’s selling a “mystery customizable art idea”) and Cyrus Smith (who will mail art to your home every month). Plus, it continues until all the art is sold. Every single item must go, even if it means the auction runs indefinitely. And everyone who bids is guaranteed to win a piece of art. The whole thing strikes me as an internet performance piece. And I like it.

posted by Sarah Mirk

Comments

Seems like Progressive (liberal) "artists" have fixations with shit, toilets, piss, and all matters of moral decay.

It's very easy to spot one of these "artists".

Now go lick the toilet seat you liberal!

Hey, what a great event. So much to look at, an experience of many layers. Also a real breadth of talent.

Hey, what a great event. So much to look at, an experience of many layers. Also a real breadth of talent.

It seems like JustaDog would rather go to a museum and have someone tell him what art is rather than finding out on his own. You're missing out! What do you think museums will showcase a hundred years from now from this decade? Carbon copies of oil paintings? No!

Personally, it makes me a little hungry. Amanda James is my favorite PSU artist too!

This was a great party / art show and auction.
PSU artists are fun times! There is some good energy coming out recently... and some thoughtful "moral decay"! Yeaaaaaaaaaah. They have bigtime artists for auction also online at:
www.anewpathtothewaterfall.com

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