Curated by Andy Coolquitt
- Reception:
Thursday
August 16,
6-9pm
Refreshments from 2 Hands Kitchen
Live music by Be Bim Bop
open AUGUST 16th
thru SEPTEMBER 1st, 2001
Gallery Hours are T-F 10-6pm & Sat. 11-4pm or by appointment
Collectors:
Faith Gay, Bill Twitchel, Gian Calaci,
Luke Savisky, Stephanie Reid, Rachel Koper,
Penny Van Horn, Theresa Houston, Sergio Trevino,
Josh Case, Michael Merritt, Ken Malson,
Jean Goehring, Linda Montano, Andrew Colquitt,
Sun-Jue Shin, David Avery, Elana Koff,
Gail Chovan, Evan Voyles, Spence Ketchum,
John Anderson, Gretchen Von Eberstein, Polly Lanning,
Scott Stevens, Scott Van Horn, John Christensen,
Sue Blevins, Tiana Hux, Cindy Black,
Kasaia Luckel, Matt Brinkman, Steve Wiman,
Atticus Wiman, Allison Turrell, David Escamilla,
Bill Jefferies, Julia Maffei, Roy Tompkins,
Bart Farar, Mary Lou Colquitt, Brian Donovan,
Kathy Mcwilliams, Lyman Hardy, Michael Stewart,
D'Ette Cole, Matthew Langland, Francoise Bassand,
Martin Furler Bassand, Ron Rodgers, Joan Maffei,
Donna Clancy-Goertz, Edmund Martinez
of a certain number of similar objects. Why does the
collector feel the desire to acquire objects in lots?
How many things does it take to make a proper collection?
What is the property of the thing that allows an objects
inclusion into the club? Is it a likeness of material,
of branding, crafted by the same hand, or a similarity
in style? Can the collector create the things in the
collection? These and many other questions will arise
as this collection of collections is presented. Colquitt
has invited over 40 collectors to exhibit their strange
and beautiful things.
Some of the collections so far...potted meat, crochet poodles,
homeless signs, hand-built model train bridges, found Polaroids,
polka dot polyester shirts, victorian cup and toothbrush racks,
postcards, carved stone books, gerbil-chewed wood bits, insect parts
in vials with small photos of insect parts in other vials, plastic
fins from inside a cloths-dryer drum, poems found in thrift-store
typewriters, hairballs, pig head shampoo bottlecaps, inventor's
follies, small sculptures of hands shootin-the-bird, hand-made
fetish dolls, suburban ceramic pigs, "I used to live there" photos,
hand-written paper lists of future vinyl purchases, Thai flashlights
that look like fake cameras, bastardized mass-produced screws n nails,
chess variations, computer tech vs. customer dialogues, blue-jean thongs,
passport photos, grievances, seed pods, phunny phound photos, European
children's mittens, burned cowboy boots, camp, prison and tattoo hearts,
west texas relics, gimmie-caps found on american highways, vests
fashioned from bath mats, found slides, wooden crutches, "have you seen me"
inserts of lost children, tiny xeroxes of spiral shaped buildings,
string balls, mugs that say "BILL", medical journals, dildos, paintings
of amplifier tubes, press passes, truck stop candies, smurfs, bunny caps,
newspaper clippings, stretchy fabric with words on it, carved hand peace
signs, juice can stools, four-eyed figurines, dental relics, miniature
animal heads on plaques, unicorns and dead boyfriends, 300 mona lisas,
stapled ceramic plates, dreamscicles, ...