| F E A T U R E S T H O U G H T S R E V I E W S N E W S | |
Local Artist Paints Outside the Box; Ships Peace Around the World
The “Priority Boxes” project is a public art series that makes people reconsider their ability to influence, change and question the fragility, value and priority of entities like peace. Each box, sent by mail to anyone who requests one, is both a canvas for a unique abstract painting and a platform for communication through art. A mixture of art and activism, the boxes are sent free to show that something of such priority as peace should not have a price and that art can be both inclusive and accessible at all. The project, which started as an experiment and is funded by the artist and donations from supporters, has evolved into a movement that has been embraced by popular culture, the mainstream media, and schools and art educators across America. From his small New Jersey studio, the artist has sent over 6,500 boxes around the globe to countries in every continent. With his boxes, de Las Mercedes is in the process of creating a phenomenon that is as visceral as it is visual. The boxes fuse elements of painting, sculpture and conceptual art that transform the exhibition space into a broader environment than that of a gallery. By having the art on the outside for all to see, the addressees and spectators are incorporated as part of the work and the concept. Franck de Las Mercedes is a New York area artist who has exhibited alongside important artists like Romero Britto and Robert Rauschenberg. He has been featured in many publications around the world and has also appeared on several national television shows. For more information on the boxes or to request to have one sent to you, visit http://fdlmstudio.com/PriorityBoxes.html. 
What Do You Think? What do you think of this article? Agree? Disagree? Let us, and everyone else, know your opinion. Please share your thoughts and comments below. |
|
| c o n t a c t s / c r e d i t s c o n t r i b u t e d i r e c t o r y |
