Photography Sell-Out deals to Credit Crunch

®
Photography Sell-Out deals to Credit Crunch

Media Release by Creative Exposure

If you think art is beyond your budget in these credit crunch times, the Auckland Festival of Photography has an event that is sure to prise open the tightest of wallets.

“Photography Sell-Out” at the Gus Fisher Gallery will see 17 of the country’s top photographers briefly disengage from the normal art market and sell 15 works for just $15 each. It is anticipated that a photography sell-out is inevitable.

Curator Craig Hilton says “This is a farcical price given the status of these artists and the prices that their work can sell for. To say that the combined draw of these artists will guarantee an interesting and well-attended evening may be an understatement.”

The artists are Mark Adams, Edith Amituanai, Fiona Amundsen, Harvey Benge, Conor Clarke, John Collie, Jennifer French, Darren Glass, Sam Hartnett, Rebecca Hobbs, Jae Hoon Lee, John Lyall, Ian Macdonald, Fiona Pardington, Haruhiko Sameshima, Ann Shelton, Shigeru Takato, and Ans Westra

There has been no direction for the artists other than they must sell 15 works for $15 each. This creates an economic problem for them and they are addressing this problem in very unique ways conceptually. Photography Sell-Out is an experiment of sorts where market place conditions are mimicked and established art market rules ignored.

Doors open at 6pm and buyers are simply asked to come armed with cash.

Release ends

Event: Photography Sell-Out
When June 9th – 6pm to 8pm
Where Gus Fisher Gallery, Kenneth Myers Centre, 74 Shortland Street. Auckland

Creative Exposure 2009 Festival is supported by key sponsors-
Gravity "Official Coffee Sponsor", Heart of the City, Metrolink, North Shore City Council, Olympus, Waitakere City Council with funding support from COGS, Auckland City Creative Communities, Franklin District Creative Communities, Lion Foundation, The Trusts Charitable Foundation. Creative New Zealand, Asia NZ Foundation and significant support from The ASB Community Trust. Media sponsor: Newstalk ZB Product sponsors: PCL, D-Photo, Fullers, Mini, NZ Post, I-Site.

ends

© Scoop Media