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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Artist Unknown/The Free World\nEvent Url: http://ww
 w.artscalendar.com/event/detail/441397823/Artist_UnknownThe_Free_World\nEv
 ent Date Begin: 2011-10-29\nEvent Date End: 2012-01-29\n\nOrganized by Joh
 n D. Monteith & Oliver Wasow\nOct. 29\, 2011 &ndash\; Jan. 29\, 2012\nOpen
 ing Reception: Fri.\, Oct. 28\, 6 - 9 pm\nBook Release Event: Sat.\, Oct. 
 29\, 1 - 4 pm\nThe U.S. premiere of a first-of-its-kind exhibition feature
 s hundreds of images of vernacular photography found online by artists Joh
 n D. Monteith and Oliver Wasow. From the bizarre to the sublime\, these an
 onymously sourced amateur photographs provide a fascinating view of Americ
 an culture through the new frontier of social media.\nArtist Unknown/The F
 ree World is born of countless hours of online conversations between Wasow
  and Monteith. It reflects a new\, emerging genre in contemporary visual c
 ulture and the artists' recognition that in a digital environment the arti
 st's practice is increasingly migrating from the confines of the studio to
  the image-rich landscape of the World Wide Web.\nPhotography has traditio
 nally been the most accessible and enduring visual medium for documenting 
 a personal aesthetic. The advent of social media sites such as Facebook (R
 )  has democratized photography even further. Artist Unknown/The Free Worl
 d explores the nature of these developments to look at the different kinds
  of images that are providing source material to artists. How people choos
 e to represent themselves on social networking sites and chat rooms illumi
 nates their self-image from spaces once considered private or intimate. Th
 e project explores the growing practice of utilizing found images by artis
 ts\, and in doing so\, presents a picture of our culture through the colle
 ctive lens of these amateur photographers.\nIn addition to the exhibition 
 of found photographic imagery\, the Center in collaboration with Gean More
 no's [NAME] Publications will produce a book to accompany this exhibition.
  With hundreds of images selected by the artists\, the book will include t
 exts by internationally recognized art critics Jerry Saltz and Marvin Heif
 erman\, the Center's Curator of Exhibitions Jane Hart as well as a transcr
 ipt of dialogue between John D. Monteith and Oliver Wasow which correspond
 s to this ongoing project.\nBook Release Event\nSat\, Oct. 29\, 1-4pm\nFre
 e special event with artists and exhibition organizers John D. Monteith an
 d Oliver Wasow\, and [NAME] Publishing's Gean Moreno on the occasion of th
 e release of the book Artist Unknown/The Free World\, published in conjunc
 tion with the exhibition. Q&A and book signing.\n \n \n\nStart time: Oct. 
 29\, 2011 &ndash\; Jan. 29\, 2012\nOpening Reception: Fri.\, Oct. 28\, 6 -
  9 pm\nBook Release Event: Sat.\, Oct. 29\, 1 - 4 pm\n
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SUMMARY:Artist Unknown/The Free World
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