Recently, I had the chance to attend a lecture given by Terri Warpinski and David Graham about their non-profit studio space newARTSpace.
Both artists find their creativity rooted in the structure of images and color. Terri's work is well known for its attention to detail. She's quoted as saying, "I'm the laborer of everything that goes on." Her chosen medium is photography. From collages inspired by Robert Rauschenberg and Betty Hahn to her own field journals (books that document and list off her simplest of moves while at work in the field) being turned into prints for consumers, her work is definitely unique in its own right.
David's medium is also photography, but he works more with old-style cameras. He's less known for his attention to detail but for the spontaneous, wacky images he captures instead. His images draw you in and keep you rooted in place as you try to discern what meaning they hold. His images started out without color, but now he's moved into using color more in his images. His work comments on issues or topics worth discussing and make viewers question their own understanding of societal structure.
They explained how coming together and founding newARTSpace has really opened up a lot of opportunities for them and for the little community of De Pere, Wisconsin. All of the proceeds from buyers at their gallery go straight back to the artist from whom they are purchasing. Terri and David don't make any money from the purchase at all. They talked about how this really confuses other artists who run their own exhibitions because usually they take some percentage of the proceeds for themselves.
I'm excited to hear more about what they accomplish over the next few years. Being able to give exhibition space for smaller artists to get their work out to customers without extra money loss is really impressive and something very different from would bigger exhibitions are doing.
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