SELECTED NEW WORKS                                                                                                                  by Mike Connelly Tara Connelly Heath Moerland John Olson Nate Young Alivia Zivich January 12-February 9, 2008 UFO FACTORY, Detroit Opening reception January 12, 7pm-11pm

 

SELECTED NEW WORKS presents artwork by Mike Connelly, Tara Connelly, Heath Moerland, John Olson, Nate Young and Alivia Zivich.  January 12-February 9, 2008.  UFO Factory, 1345 Division Suite 101, Detroit, MI 48207.
 
Noise, music, tape trades, independent labels, record cutting, hand made editions, collaboration.  These are the everyday medium of the artists involved in this exhibition.  Long past simple two-dimensional works, their dissemination methods become intrinsic to their art.  Removing themselves from the four-wall confines of the gallery they utilize live performances, internet byways and their homes for the transference of expression.  However, this exhibition focuses on the visual aspect of these practices.  Here we pull together this creative phenomenon in its elemental form, removed from the invisible trade routes of their labels (American Tapes, Gods of Tundra, Fag Tapes, AA Records).

The seed of an edition is an individual work.  While many of these artists are better known for their multiples, at the root is often an singular artwork.  On display here are the paintings, collages, drawings and videos that are later replicated like a virus, infecting the international world of underground culture.  Undoubtedly the works of the artists involved have influenced the popularity of creative self-proliferation and post-industrial production.

Since the 1970s oil crisis, Michigan has been in a state of economic down-spiral.  These artists have grown from and subsequently out of the burnt-out husks of the industrial era.  The new form of local economics embraced by them goes beyond do-it-yourself capitalism arriving at do-it-yourself-then-together, reaching out past Midwest America to the like-minded parties around the world.  Come take part in this local exhibition of international artists.  In addition to works of a static nature there will be live events each weekend of the show's run, culminating in a performance by Wolf Eyes at the closing on February 9.

Watch a video of WOLF EYES live at UFO FACTORY here: WOLF EYES LIVE