Art Collision & Repair Shop™: CCA

Art Collision & Repair Shop™
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
Muñoz Waxman Main Gallery
November 14, 2014 – February 1, 2015
Opening reception: Friday, November 14 6 – 8pm

The Art Collision & Repair Shop™ is created by Santa Fe/Brooklyn artist Susan Begy and co-curated by Kathryn M Davis. This is a process-driven project about creativity, collaboration, and the prospects of failure. For ArtCRS™, selected artists are invited to anonymously donate a piece of their own unfinished work that is stuck or “stalled.” Another group of invited artists, the “Art Mechanics”, work in teams to complete the artwork without knowing its source or back story. The exhibition at CCA features nine refurbished works, alongside documentation of the original artworks. There are no rules governing the process–paintings are transformed into sculptures, sculptures have become video installations, poetry is woven into objects. Panel discussions and other programming explore the role of collaboration in art-making.

And of course the video!

The Story of Art Collision and Repair Shop™ from Susan Begy on Vimeo.

The Art Mechanics are:

Ethan Bach, Susan Begy, Kristin Bortles, Alexis Bove, Paula Castillo, Cary Cluett, Sydney Cooper, Kathryn M Davis, Sandra Halpin, Jamie Hamilton, Hannah Hughes, Cheri Ibes, Christopher Jamie Johnson, Caity Kennedy, Don Kennell, Matt King, Shirley Klinghoffer, Katherine Lee, Michael Lujan, Nina Mastrangelo, Cyrus McCray, Dylan McLaughlin, Stacey Neff, Willy Bo Richardson, Michael Schippling, Erika Wanenmacher, and Jerry Wellman.

Originating artists include:

Rita Bard, Matthew Chase-Daniel, Luke Dorman, Charles Greeley, Bob Haozous, Christy Hengst, Joel Hobbie, Jennifer Joseph, Bebe Krimmer, Eve Andrée Laramée, Nora Naranjo Morse, Bunny Tobias, and Judy Tuwaletstiwa.