Every month I send out a few letters to galleries and shows I would like to be represented in. Sometimes I get in Yahoo, sometimes I don't so mush work but a must do for the artist. When I receive several rejections in a row my frail ego takes a beating, but one artist take a very creative look at those thank you for your submission letters and turns them into art.
Heather Passmore: Rejection, Revised
NEW GALLERY, CALGARY MAR 18 TO APR 23 2011
Heather Passmore Form Letters 2008–11 Detail Courtesy the artistVancouver artist Heather Passmore has taken to heart the old saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” That’s to say, she’s turned a decade’s worth of impersonal form letters from art institutions into an exciting series and exhibition at the New Gallery in Calgary. The show includes a wall-sized installation of 250 such letters and a series of 10 enlarged commissions of similar letters that she has illustrated by hand.
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Hi there! Cograts on your Blog of Week feature..i was blogger featured last week =P Great to meet you - love your work and marketing skills!
Good to meet fellow ebsq 'er =)
Interesting post! I've never heard of that! I'm sort of a glass is half full person, so good for her!!! LOL!
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