Christina Ray
30 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013
tel: 212-334-0204
http://christinaray.com
CHRISTINA RAY and Fountain are pleased to present Idea For the Here and Now, a group exhibition of limited edition prints to benefit Transformazium, an emerging collaborative arts center in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Artists include Cara Siik Benedetto, Jacob Ciocci, David Ellis, Espo, Emma Hedditch, Ayanah Moor, Jose Parla and Swoon, with additional artists to be announced. For the benefit, local and internationally-renowned artists have donated a short “Idea for the here and now”: doings, imaginings, practices and interactions geared toward the transformation of resources into tangible social and economic benefits for small communities and the world at large. The ideas have been collected and designed as limited edition, hand-pulled screen prints in the Braddock Screen Printing Shop. Each signed print is available at Fountain and remains sealed in an envelope until purchased.
The Idea For the Here and Now print series represents a unique opportunity both to collect the ideas of highly-sought-after artists and to support a ground-breaking initiative to rebuild a post-industrial city on principles of collaboration, creativity, ingenuity and pure hard work. Transformazium is an active formation of artists, designers, inter-activists, fledgling farmers, visitors and residents of the 15104 area, launched by legendary artist Swoon and her collaborators in 2007. One hundred percent of proceeds from the exhibition will benefit repairs to Transformazium’s headquarters – a reclaimed, condemned church building on its way to becoming a center for arts programming and skill-building workshops. For additional information please visit: http://www.transformazium.org
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CHRISTINA RAY is an innovative gallery and creative catalyst located in SoHo. Our mission, grounded by the concept of psychogeography, is to discover and present the most important contemporary artwork re-imagining the relationships between people and places.