“Right by the train station in Croton Falls is an old factory that once serviced forklifts and trucks. Today it houses artists’ studios and an exhibition space — not so much a gallery as a place where artists and independent curators can put up temporary exhibits. It is called Lift Trucks Project.”
Artist Tom Christopher owns the space that puts up the temporary exhibits; these exhibits have a reputation for being somewhat out of the ordinary.
His goal: ” …not to sell artwork to promote the creators’ careers but to “encourage people to look at art from a fresh perspective.””
The latest project he’s working on is called “Ek-fre-ses” (In English: Ekphrasis). Basically, each work in the show is presented with text. The show doesn’t really have a theme, and is better described as a “series of individual artist-writer collaborations”. There are some crazy pieces, according to the article, especially those of underground artists. Cowboy paintings and lime green gnome sculptures (inspired the writer to create an imaginary conversation between the ghosts of Hitler and Joseph Goebbels) are just a few of the stranger artworks/collaborations.
I think this show has potential to change conceptual art, however, the idea of something as kitschy as gnomes in an art show is bizarre.
(image and article via: the New York Times)
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