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BFA ‘24

About:
 Medium:
acrylic paint, card paper, Scotch brand tape

Date:
2024

Dimensions:
6 in x 6 in

 Description:

“BFA ‘24  portrays the sense of post-grad chaos. The artist has two objectives for Summer 2024: 1. get a job 2. find a date. There is a clear direction of where the artist's desire skews towards depicted in the painting. The whimsicalness of the piece also increases with a piece of card paper that has been taped to the painting, which is a typical day-to-day to-do list for the artist. Unfortunately for the artist, only one out of five objectives has been crossed out (which is to submit to art open calls), and it is already 1:00 PM in the afternoon. Fortunately for the audience, the card paper is removable, allowing anyone who owns this piece to use the painting as a nice to-do list canvas.”
                                                                                                                                                
(TheBlanc, $99.99 Show)


The following are the items on the painting’s to-do list:

   1. submit to open calls
   2. laundry
   3. grocery shopping
   4. make dinner plans :)
   5. pay bills :(

“$99.99” is an exhibition curated by Blair Simmons and Ariel Oakley that seeks to engage with value, labor, access, and the socialization of taste. With each work priced equally, what remains is the question of value. The flat rate of $99.99 brings affordability to the contemporary art market, a sphere to which the term is seldom applicable, and questions how each artist determines the value of their labor. The installation itself is a visual representation of the vast variation in size and material that is “worth” $99.99 to each participating artist. 


In specifying visual themes that evoke popular genre painting styles, the show points to art as a domestic commodity. However, its overwhelming multiplicity of styles and artists (installed salon style floor to ceiling) pushes to a place of absurdity and joyous, raucous overwhelm. 


The goal of this exhibition is to promote inclusivity of artists and their community, to engage the topic of how value is determined, and encourage a fun atmosphere to participate in the joy of the rhythm of exchange.”
(TheBlanc, $99.99 Show)