Urban Jacksonville

ART on a PEDESTAL opens this Friday March 28, from 6-9 in Springfield. The show will feature art from all over the country: Virginia, Missouri, New York, California, Oregon and Florida. This show will feature every artistic medium, including electronic. To be in the show the art had to go through a selection process of being shipped to New York and jugded.

Juror, Ethan Karp of the OK Harris Gallery in NYC selected each of the works that will be featured. In a press release issue by PIE, Karp says “If there is an overriding theme to this exhibition, beyond the initial concept of Art on a Pedestal, it would have to be Merit.”.

It is a great thing for Jacksonville that shows like this happen and a great thing for the Springfield community an exhibition of this quality, with participants from all over the country, can happen in an area that historically has been referred to as “blighted” in our city.

Urban Jacksonville prognosis for the show
People in suits, little old ladies, wine drinkers, high-brow art. I’m basing this on my past experiences of events and shows at Draper’s gallery. They have never been my thing. I’m friends with Jim, so I hate to say this, but I don’t think I will like this show very much.

I’ll walk up there for a bit to prove myself wrong, but I expect it to be much like the other shows. Don’t take this as me recommending not to go to the show, you should go. I just want you to know what to expect when you get there.

More about PIE Studio
Last fall, PIE studio grew out of a conversation with Jay Shoots and Karen Sadler and Jim Draper. The name comes from the concept of PROCESS INTENT EXHIBITION. This collaboration was started with no particular agenda and not really any idea other than an intent to let an organic artistic venue develop on its own.

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PIE studio
1827 N. Pearl St.
Jacksonville, Florida 32206

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Kyle Says: 03/28/2008 11:29 am

I have to applaud your candor in regards to the “prognosis for the show.” I’m not clear on your use of the term “high-brow art” though. Is it in response to the art you expect to see or the behavior of those who may be in attendance?

Joey Marchy Says: 03/28/2008 2:51 pm

It would definitely be the art. Check out this definition of Low brow art. High brow art would be the opposite of this.

Thanks for the applause. I was actually debating another sugar coated event listing or actually going out on a limb and saying what I think.

And again, I could be totally off base on my evaluation of tonight show. I am just basing it on person taste and past experience.

Michael Howle Says: 03/31/2008 1:32 pm

I’m not sure of your prognosis. If we are going to be candid here, I think your comments may have wandered into the realm of art-snobbish.

The comments aren’t just observations of the patrons/art, but implies a value judgment (whatever that is for old ladies, wine drinkers, and folks with suits).

Kyle Says: 03/31/2008 2:16 pm

I was hoping there would be a recap of this show on one of the local blogs. Anyone go?

+ I understand Lowbrow, but disagree that “Highbrow would be the opposite.” Lowbrow is more akin to a contemporary movement in art ( (with which, incidentally, some “founders” of the movement are reluctant to align themselves). In my experience the the term “highbrow” is a pejorative one and is often used to attack intellectual, conceptual, and other “difficult” art.

In any case, the art establishment in Jacksonville is fairly pretentious. I imagine that’s what you were getting at.

Joey Marchy Says: 03/31/2008 2:43 pm

@Kyle I didn’t go, I was hoping to see a recap too. Thanks for the clarification on highbrow vs. lowbrow. I’m not an art scholar and obviously used this term wrong.

@Michael, I guess what I’m getting at, ultimately, is not all art is for all people. I wanted to promote the event, but not blindly endorse the type of art that would be there.

If I came across as “art-snobbish” that’s not what I intended. I hoped to come across as honest. I guess my art critiquing skills need some work. Thanks for your input.

Mike G Says: 03/31/2008 10:30 pm

I bet if the show was about monsters on skateboards or munnys I’m sure you’d love it and would have given the show a great prognosis.

I really find the lowbrow scene to be snobbish now. Interesting observation Michael. It’s funny because historically the lowbrow scene never had a scene.

Now that they have one they have a tendency to snob anything that’s not in that scene. And the “highbrow” scene has sort of welcomed lowbrow as a movement within contemporary art in general, al la Banksy’s work selling for thousands.

It’s interesting that a site that seems to be dedicated to culture would snob a show just because it doesn’t fit within someone’s style or view of art.

I also find that the fans of “lowbrow” have a tendency of not wanting work to be about anything of any real substance. I know that is lopping lowbrow into a huge category, but I don’t believe most of it is about anything other than trying to define cool.

Cool is a sickness in America. Stylish hipsters shrug content and powerful concepts into categories such as:

People in suits, little old ladies, wine drinkers, high-brow art.

It’s a sad state of affairs. Just to be honest.

Joey Marchy Says: 04/01/2008 12:30 pm

Eek! I was worried this might happen. In an attempt to be honest I came off as snobbish. Not my intention at all. It is what it is, and if I came off as snobbish, I guess I am in this instance. Again, the feedback is appreciated.

mark creegan Says: 04/01/2008 3:12 pm

Joey, I did not think your comment was snobbish at all, you were just trying to differentiate what you liked and what you did not. And besides, everyone is somewhat snobbish about something- a favorite type of food, music, etc. Its really okay. Being a snob is much better than being racist er sumpthin’.

But all this has got me thinking about the subject of different art genres and I hope to put it all up in a Jaxcal post soon when time allows.

Thanks!

mark creegan Says: 04/01/2008 3:30 pm

or what i mean to say- citing a preference for something (which is what you did) is not the same as devaluing something else (which is what snobbishness is)

jim draper Says: 04/04/2008 8:37 pm

OK, OK, OK
everyone can calm down about it all.
The show is more of a no-brow sort of thing.
It was an attempt to offer artists a place to participate
in a show that was selected by someone from out-of-town who is supposed to know something
about art. I didn’t even look at the images until they
were sent off to Ethan at OK Harris.
The entries were from all over the country, a
few from Jacksonville, and a fair number were
selected from Jacksonville.
Sorry everyone got upset about it, it was meant to
be considered a gift to the Jacksonville art community. Low or HIgh. Up or down. If anyone wants to see it or support it, it is here, if not,
no big deal. No offense taken, none given.
A blank storefront would probably be less interesting (or not.)