"WFMU Art Benefit" Exhibition

Printed Matter, Inc.

poster for "WFMU Art Benefit" Exhibition

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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.

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