Many of you are fans of Henessey Youngman and will be excited to learn about his new show. It's just unfortunate that you missed his open call for art...
"Last month, Jayson Musson, an artist best known for his YouTube performances as the droll hip-hop art critic Hennessy Youngman
(“a.k.a. the pedagogic pimp”), issued an open call for a show at a tiny
storefront called Family Business that had just opened amid the grand
name-brand galleries of Chelsea. “Anyone, and I mean anyone,
bring their work down. Bring the fucking family couch,” he said. “Bring
big-ass paintings, little-ass paintings, things you painted in 1998
which is ugly as fuck … you got big-ass sculpture you want to show that
won’t fit through the door, bring it down and we’ll just cut that bitch
in half and reattach it when it’s back inside.”
I had talked about this with some folks in an art group on fb back when he first posted the open call. I considered it, but really could not find the time to coordinate a submission. It really took democratic art to a whole new level.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this video by way of performance art even if it was just an open call for art work for his show.
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