"WFMU Art Benefit" Exhibition
Printed Matter, Inc.
This event has ended.
In 2007, the FCC gave WFMU, New York City’s premier freeform radio station, permission to erect a much needed booster antenna in Manhattan. As any listener in Brooklyn or mid-town Manhattan can attest, the station's signal quality varies greatly from block to block with vast areas of the New York metropolitan area falling into black holes where WFMU's signal is unable to come in. In order to raise funds for the new antenna, WFMU organized an art exhibition to be showcased at Printed Matter. The show's line-up, much the like the station's programming, is decidedly freeform with a mix of well established and emerging artists working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, photography, print, and collage. Many of the pieces in the show are new works that have been created especially for this benefit. In keeping with the somewhat egalitarian nature of the station it was important to WFMU that much of the art be affordable. To this end WFMU commissioned several artists to create print editions while other artists have kindly agreed to sell their work for considerably less than their usual retail prices. More often than not, art benefits tend to be structured as auctions, a process which few people other than seasoned art collectors are comfortable with or enjoy.
Media
Schedule
from December 06, 2008 to December 13, 2008
Opening Reception on 2008-12-06 from 17:00 to 19:00
Artist(s)
Brian Alfred, Tauba Auerbach, Sarah Bedford, Nina Bovasso, Olaf Bruening, Tom Burkhardt, Ellie Curtis, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, Ben Eine, Nicole Eisenman, Mitch Epstein, Jad Fair, Kyle Field, Dan Funderburgh, Matthieu Gafsou, Gelitin, Luis Gispert, Stuart Hawkins, Mark Warren Jacques, Daniel Johnston, Mel Kadel, Mike Kelley, Michael Krueger, Greg Lamarche, Chris Johanson, Christian Marclay, Richard Prince, Steve Powers, Andrea Robbins, Max Becher, Alexander Ross, Cindy Sherman, James Siena, Casey Jex Smith, Geoffrey Todd Smith, Deb Sokolow, Swoon, Scott Teplin, Jim Torok, Will Yackulic