A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition and Sale A Benefit for A Gathering of the Tribes

A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition and Sale A Benefit for A Gathering of the Tribes
Saturday May 1st - Sunday May 16th ,2010
Tribes Gallery
285 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor NYC 10009

view photos of the artwork on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tribesgalleryphotos/

http://www.tribes.org/web/2010/04/26/a-starter-kit-for-collectors-art-exhibit...

A STARTER KIT FOR COLLECTORS: AN INTERVIEW WITH THOM CORN by Howard Pflanzer

I talked to Thom Corn, the curator of the exhibit, A Starter Kit for Collectors, at the Tribes Gallery on Sunday afternoon, May 16th, just before it was coming off the walls of the gallery.

+Pflanzer: How did you decide on the artists for this exhibit?

-Corn: I wanted artists who made prints and multiples and/or small works. I looked to highlight the artists and culture makers who have come through the Lower East Side in the past three decades. I wanted the most eclectic group of artists around whether they were from downtown, uptown and midtown. Any and all styles.

+Any guiding idea about hanging the show?

-My first idea was a salon style hanging of the art works using the entire space. If you look around youll see a mind blowing assortment of works that cover the walls of the gallery.

+How did you find the artists in the show?

-My rolodex is a work of art and that was the key to the show. I looked through it and called artists and if they were at the same number and answered the phone they were in the show. Almost no one who was asked said no.

+What is the future of the works in the show?

-The whole collection has been photographed and it will be on e-bay, virtual and available, for online sales very soon. You can buy the whole collection or any of the individual works. Watch out for it.

________________________poem__by Howard Pflanzer

Peyote road man
Riding a cycle in three parts

Green woman on a rocky bed
War woman
Moroccan woman
A mandala of breasts
The milk of human kindness

I can still win
Hamburgers and bunny rabbits
Time myself, a John Lennon clock

Geez us
Scratch
Gaeity I

Ojas
Dulce de leche

The dwelling series
Kikis bluebird
Botanica IV
Acrobats music birds

Tip the hat
With the hand

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