August 14, 2015

2015: Claire Arctander @ Trunk Show

Above: Claire Arctander with her bumper sticker affixed to Trunk Show's 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Claire Arctander
August 8, 2015
Trunk Show
2535 N. Willetts Ct.
Chicago, IL

http://www.clairearctander.com/

"TRUNK SHOW is a mobile exhibition space usually located in Chicago. We feature monthly solo shows for which artists are commissioned to design a limited edition bumper sticker. The sticker lives, rides along with, and helps propel the medium beat up 1999 forest green Ford Taurus owned by Raven Falquez Munsell and Jesse Malmed. In addition to the month-long exhibitions, the editioned bumper stickers are sold (from the trunk) for a collector-friendly price and by annual subscription. Openings follow a nomadic, symbiotic logic and include a public affixing, cool tunes and road snacks. We were named Best New Art Gallery on a Car Bumper by Newcity back in 2013 and recently interviewed by Hyperallergic."

Quotation above from: http://trunk--show.com/

"August brings us bringing you the great Claire Arctander. Arctander is doubling down on the sticker idea. In addition to her fantastic bumper sticker—the details of which we’re keeping a secret of course—she’s producing a small batch of smaller stickers specifically made to feminize, revise and radicalize American currency. Like so much of Arctander’s work, the gesture is tender—at least in the legal sense—but tough; both messy and incisive, able to hit on a series of registers. We’re hosting the opening and affixing in a backyard in the space where 2535 N. Willetts Ct. would be. Bring cash to emblazon and cash to trade for stickers. We’ll be celebrating summer and ice creaming for you screaming."

Quotation above from: http://www.thevisualist.org/2015/08/claire-arctander-for-trunk-show/

Above: Claire Arctander's bumper sticker, "for femicultures," affixed to Trunk Show's 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Claire Arctander's additional six small stickers (available as a set for 5 USD) here displayed on Trunk Show's 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Trunk Show's business card as visible through the windshield of the 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Jesse Malmed, left, and Raven Falquez Munsell, right, of Trunk Show, seen here in the rear seat of their 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Impound script (?) on Trunk Show, the 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: The crowd at the opening for Claire Arctander at Trunk Show, outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Trunk Show's bumper sticker archive (and refreshments) presented outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
Above: Claire Arctander with her bumper sticker affixed to Trunk Show's 1999 forest green Ford Taurus, parked outside 2535 N. Willetts Ct., in Chicago, IL, on the night of August 8, 2015.
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Images (1-9) August 8, 2015;
Copyright Paul E. Germanos

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