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ANDREW JEFFREY WRIGHT "Art for Corporations" first West Coast solo exhibition OPENING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008, 6-8P @ the luggage store, 1007 Market Street (nr 6th)
THRU OCTOBER 11, 2008
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 12-5pm and by appointment
Recent video/animation, photography, painting & drawings, collage, constructions and screen prints intended to provoke and provide a satirical and absurdly humorous social commentary on corporate infuence on life and popular culture.
Several
works in the exhibition were created specifically for the ever
growing art collecting entity known as the "corporation." The exhibition
will also feature collaborations with Barry McGee, Clare E. Rojas, Isaac Lin and Crystal Kovacs.
Andrew Jeffrey Wright is a current and founding member of Philadelphia's Space 1026 art commune. He holds a BFA in Animation from the Rhode Island School of Design. The collaborative animation "the manipulators", created with Clare E. Rojas, won the top prize for animation at the New York Underground Film Festival
and the New York Comedy Film Festival. Wright's highly limited edition
handmade books have gained an international following. His works
include painting, animation, drawing, collage, photography, sculpture,
video, installation and screen printing. He has shown at Lizabeth Oliveria (LA), New Image Art (LA), Spector (Philadelphia), The Luggage Store (San Francisco), Lump (Raliegh), The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, ICA in Philadelphia, Giant Robot NY (NYC) The Corcoran (DC) and Foundation Cartier (Paris).
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