12 Sept 2008 to 3 Oct 2008
See Line Salon hours: Monday - Saturday, 11am-6pm
Opening Reception: Friday, September 12, 6-9pm
See Line
1812 Berkeley Street
Santa Monica
90404
Los Angeles, CA
California
North America
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See Line Gallery presents See Line Salon the first of a series of gatherings of people of social and intellectual distinction. “To please and educate” The salon series begins with three artist projects in the month of September.
Work Week - Jow September 12-18 Opening: Friday, September 12, 6-9pm
In her ongoing 'Letterhead' series, Jow takes pieces of vintage business stationary and transforms them from agents of corporate communication into “canvasses” for playful daydreams. The artist plays the role of a girl friday who sketches on the company stationary rather than doing her mundane job. Grouped into series of five, these mixed media works on paper, create an imagined record of an entire work week.
The artist will be in residence at the gallery Monday - Thursday, 3-5pm creating additional Letterhead works.
Tour - Kathrin Burmester September 19 - 25 Opening: Friday, September 19, 6-9pm
Kathrin Burmester continues her examination of the aesthetics of core power structures in her new piece Tour. Tour employs a one-channel video projection and sound installation, which engages the viewer’s relationship to packaged travel tours complete with guided narrations that broadcast and disseminate information meant to promote location as a consumable product. By situating the tour in the gallery, the relationship between image, viewer and narration is questioned in an art context.
The Tour will take place every hour on the hour between 12 - 5 pm.
Dollar $tore - Greg Santos September 26 - October 3 Opening: Friday, September 26, 6-9pm
Shortly after the Civil war, an itinerant sharper named Ben Marks opened the first Dollar Store in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The store's windows featured quality merchandise, all seemingly worth more than a dollar. Bargain hunters and something-for-nothing chumps soon appeared. Upon entering the store, they were skillfully dissuaded from buying any of the merchandise, and roped into one of the games of chance which Marks had set up alongside his wares. Since no customer left these games with any money in his pocket, none of the merchandise was ever sold. Marks' innovation revolutionized the grift, and the principles of his Dollar Store became the backbone of all big-time confidence games.
In Greg Santos' Dollar Store, you won't find a shiny new shovel or a metal wine rack, but you might find your pockets a bit lighter. Join us for an array of illicit activities. Bring a fat bankroll and a thirst for action.
See Line Salon hours: Monday - Saturday 11am - 6pm
