CALL FOR SUBMISSION: DONATE YOUR ARTWORK TO THE NYU OPEN COLLECTION

Dear friends, dear colleagues,
I am working on a new project at New York University. We are creating
a new collection of artworks (all media.) The first exhibition I
curate will show the process of working with a collection, and will
take place in September/October 2007.

Please be so kind to forward this email to all artists you know. I
need as much as possible artworks for the new New York University Open
Collection.

Yours,
Jan Van Woensel

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: DONATE YOUR ARTWORK TO THE NYU OPEN COLLECTION

In the framework of the exhibition titled: "All is well that begins
well and has no end," organized at 80 WSE Gallery, New York, September
2007, we are creating an open collection of artworks. This collection
will be a work in progress that grows and shifts during the course of
the exhibition.
The "Open Collection" redefines the act of collecting as a
collaborative process, and initiates an organic conversation between
artists, and curators. This will function as an ongoing laboratory.
"All is well…" acts as a contemporary accompaniment to "The Geometry
of Hope," a survey of the Cisneros Collection on view at The Grey
Gallery, New York. The Cisneros Collection focuses on modern and
contemporary Latin-American art, and has a strong emphasis on
geometric abstraction, concrete art, minimalism, and conceptual art
from the 1930s to the 1970s.

"All is well that begins well and has no end" uses the Cisneros
Collection's focus on geometric abstraction, concrete art, minimalism,
and conceptual art, as a platform to survey artists working with
similar visual languages today. The call for donations is open to all
artists, working in all possible media.

By donating to the Open Collection, your artwork will engage in an
experimental cross-cultural dialogue. The artworks of the Open
Collection, will be displayed in the central gallery of the exhibition
"All is well that begins well and has no end," by Jan Van Woensel, the
curator of the show, in collaboration with Ernesto Burgos and Jonah
Groeneboer. The Open Collection forms a resource for curators and
artists, and will be archived at New York University.

HOW TO DONATE YOUR ARTWORK TO THE NYU OPEN COLLECTION:

Mail:
Step 1: Email your contact info, artist statement, resume, and 1 JPG
of the work (1 work per artist) you submit to 80wse.gallery@gmail.com
ASAP!

Step 2: Mail your artwork to:

Jan Van Woensel
New York University, dept of Art and Art Profession
34 Stuyvesant St, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10003
USA

Deadline: September 1st, 2007

Drop off:
August 28th – September 1st, 2007: Gallery hours 10am – 5pm, from
Tuesday to Saturday
Gallery address:
80 Washington Square East
New York, NY 10003


"All is well that begins well and has no end," is an exhibition
curated by Jan Van Woensel, in collaboration with Ernesto Burgos and
Jonah Groeneboer. The exhibition takes place in September and October
2007, at NYU 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NY.

For information, please contact Tricia Owlett at office.janvanwoensel@gmail.com