Pictures

We are putting up lots of pictures of our Ugly/Beautiful process on our Facebook page as well as a few pictures of our public art space. Make sure to check them out and become a fan of our page if you aren't already!

Also, there is still time to write us in for the 2010 Best Of Portland Awards! (what other gallery lets you come in and participate in the artistic process?)

Ugly/Beautiful: chapter 1 of our Manifesto Project

We are officially in open studio mode!


Our purpose – to create a more interactive, lively artist space in the Portland area that explores the process and philosophy of contemporary art. To allow the public to see the artistic process as an act of labor to better understand art as a business and how artists arrive at the pieces that they create. A place for our artists to create, inform, and challenge each other and to encourage the public to participate in the process; to give the art audience a place to voice their opinions about current art movements and the state of the world.

Ugly/Beautiful
As simple as it sounds – purposely broad – from people and organisms to situations and architecture. It is the ultimate in personal taste and opinion. What is beauty and what is the absence of it?

All of this will culminate with a formal show of works at the end of the studio experiment.

Come create in our world.

Manifesto

We, the artists of SKG, are the artists of a new generation.

We believe that art should be accessible to all, regardless of economic status or level of education. We are redefining the gallery space; inviting outsiders to interact with us and to create with us.
We are in full view of the public. Our sketches, ideas and models are tacked up on the walls,
our supplies scattered on the floor, our processes open to critique and comment.

We believe that galleries should be lively places, full of artistic experimentation and two-way
conversations between artists and viewers; not displays of sterile didactic theory.
We know art theory can be daunting and alienating. We are creating an environment that will rectify that.

We do not believe in art as commodity only.
We are not in it for the glory, the fame, or the money. Otherwise we would have become pop stars.
Rather, we believe art should enlighten, challenge and console the senses.
We are creating an experience unhindered by curators, dealers and gallerists.

We believe in the process of art and the value of artistic labor.

We invite you to get to know us as artists and people.

Come create in our world.