My first "poster" goes up in Paris!

I'm excited to get this work underway.  It is a bit of an exploration of globalization and art.  I am going to try and put up some here in Durham, NC this week and work on sending out some more to people the next week.  World, welcome to the art of Josh Shaffer.

My Art Poster Project has begun!

            This is the start of an idea I’ve recently come up with.  It is art for the place in between the inaccessible art in high priced galleries and the art that is made for everyone to view with no expectations of being “for sale”.  It is “in between” because it is a little of both worlds.  It is free for everyone to view. 

I am finding people who are willing to “hang” the work in a public place of their choice.  My only concern is that they photograph the piece after it is hung and then send me the photo so I have some documentation of where these pieces are going.  The pieces are handmade by me.  They are made with canvas, paper, wax, wood, and colored pigment.  I am trying to send them to anyone who wants to participate. 

On the other side, though the pieces are free for anyone to view, I have printed my web address on them.  So they become a blatant advertisement for my website.  My website address replaces the artist’s signature.   And the viewer can see the inspiration for my logo which is a two dimensional representation of the sculpture on the poster.

I am interested to learn how people react to this work.  The work has this dichotomy of exploration and advertisement.  Who is going to be curious and who is going to be indifferent?

This one is going to Paris.

The Good, The bad and The Ugly is Someone Else.

Well I have done a lot of work today.  I have re-photographed some of my art work.  I have worked on my current piece (pic above).  And I have ran into problems with my website.  After trying new things all day I have determined that it is not my fault but someone else's.  having the problem be someone else's fault is a double edged sword.  It just means I cannot fix it myself and I now have to count on someone else to fix it.  I can only hope that someone else isn't going to piss me off.

My Website

One of my many works in progress is an attempt at a website.  I will someday be able to pay somebody to do this dirty work.  But for now I am learning how to make it for myself.

Getting Started

I have started teaching a figure drawing class at the Durham Arts Council.  It is the fist time I've taught a class.  I have eight students that I would like to bestow some of my knowledge upon.  I can only hope not to corrupt them too much.