{"id":3634,"date":"2024-07-17T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-blair-simmons-itp-faculty-co-curates-99-99-at-theblanc-gall\/"},"modified":"2024-07-17T15:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T15:22:30","slug":"news-blair-simmons-itp-faculty-co-curates-99-99-at-theblanc-gall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-blair-simmons-itp-faculty-co-curates-99-99-at-theblanc-gall\/","title":{"rendered":"Blair Simmons, ITP Faculty, Co-Curates “$99.99” at theBLANC Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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$99.99 landscapes at theBLANC Gallery is a lighthearted critique of art as commodity that asks both artists and art buyers to engage with the value of art and labor. <\/b><\/p>\n

Works on display June 29 – June 30, 2024. <\/b><\/p>\n

Opening reception Saturday, June 29th, 6:00 \u2013 8:00pm<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201c$99.99\u201d is an exhibition curated by Blair Simmons and Ariel Oakley <\/i>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 \u201cworth\u201d $99.99 to each participating artist. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

TheBlanc Gallery will host $99.99 landscapes at their midtown Manhattan gallery, 15 E. 40th street, suite 200. New York, NY 10016<\/a>. info@theblanc.art  Instagram: @theblanc_ny.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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$99.99″ an exhibition curated by Blair Simmons and Ariel Oakley that seeks to engage with value, labor, access, and the socialization of taste, is on display at theBLANC Gallery on June 29th – 30th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}