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Before the Law
Framework Panel #21: Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced Gallery Talk
Transformer launches its Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? series with Locally Sourced
Transformer launches its Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? series with Locally Sourced (Jan 24 - March 15, 2015), the first of four exhibitions to be resented over two years at the American University Museum and the Rotunda of the Katzen Arts Center.
Comprehensively showcasing artists and organizations that incorporate a range of visual art practices including performative, experiential, social, pedagogical, Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? investigates current and future models of art organizing by highlighting various contemporary platforms artists and arts organizations have initiated to develop, create, and present art. This exhibition series was inspired by the launch of Common Field, a new network of artist projects and spaces of which Transformer is a Founding Member. Common Field is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation. Common Field was recently profiled by Joel Wachs, President of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, in the New York Times.
Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? is curated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director of Transformer, in collaboration with Tim Doud, Associate Professor of Art and coordinator of the Visiting Artist Program at American University.
(e)merge art fair
October 2 – 5, 2014
Capitol Skyline Hotel
Room 230
Transformer presents a diverse and energetic selection of new work by FlatFile artists Megan Mueller, Ziad Nagy and Bonner Sale at this year’s (e)merge art fair.
(e)merge Exhibition Hours: Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, 12-7pm, Sunday, October 5, 12-5pm.
Tamar Ettun: My Hands Are the Shape of My Height
September 20 – October 25, 2014
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 20, 6 - 8pm
Transformer presents a multi-media installation by Brooklyn-based Israeli artist Tamar Ettun, showcasing a selection of sculptures, photographs and video from a recent series entitled Performing Stillness. Investigating sculpture and performance’s dual relationship to movement and stillness, temporality and permanence, the works exhibited explore the inversion of these mediums’ capabilities, questioning how sculpture and performance can switch roles and stimulate a physical reaction or sensation within the viewer.
E11: Coda
Promised Land Opening Weekend July 31 - August 3
Transformer's Promised Land residency & exhibition receives great coverage in New Jersey's triCityNews (click for PDF).
Read more about Promised Land here.
Transformer’s 11th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit Party
You are cordially invited to attend
The 11th Annual t r a n s f o r m e r Silent Auction & Benefit Party
Saturday, November 22, 2014, 8-11pm
American University’s Katzen Arts Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20016
Featuring over 150 artworks by locally, nationally, and internationally based
emerging & established artists
Savories, sweets, and drinks provided by several of Washington DC’s finest restaurants.
Music by special guest DJ’s
ONLINE TICKET PURCHASES ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!
Attendance is $150 if purchased on or before November 1
$175 after November 1
Advance Ticket Purchase is Required
Silent Auction bidding will take place from 8 – 9:30pm
Auction sales will be announced starting at 9:45pm
Cash, Check, Visa, Mastercard, and AMEX payment will be accepted for all artwork purchases
All artwork will need to be picked up at Transformer or delivered by HMB post-Auction
Auction proceeds benefit t r a n s f o r m e r programs
Many thanks to our Diplomatic Chair, The Ambassador of Sweden Björn Lyrvall & Madeleine Lyrvall.
Images of selected works from the 2014 Auction l. to r: Peter Eide, Untitled (Radiant LVII); 2014; Frank Day, Koons Bunny, 2009; Felipe Goncalves, Snow Fucks Rainbow, 2011; Chandi Kelley, Amethyst, 2014; Dana Ellyn, Angela, 2014; Yuriko Yamaguchi, Spring #3, 2014.
