Bring and Barter Show
Rules:
Bring your goods and services to trade with Kirsten.
All paintings on display in the front room are up for barter. Every barter must be brokered with Kirsten and witnessed by a third party. If the barter is successful it shall be agreed upon by the shaking of hands and the exchanging of goods/services. The painting will be held by the artist until the goods/services have been received/performed.
Kirsten needs:
Bulk dry goods, studio labor, cash, a winter hat, horse medicine, brushes, miscellaneous interesting objects, dinner, documentation, legal advice, sexual favors, coffee beans, stretched canvases, a bed frame, paint, lots of wine, frozen meat, sick jackets, toothpaste, good books, synth lessons, gallery representation, health insurance, laundry, other paintings, luxury spa, good credit, surprise me.
Why:
1. Kirsten has too many paintings.
2. For an economy to flourish there must be a high velocity of exchange.
3. Oh the thrill of the trade! Nothing gets me going like trading. I hope you brought some prime goods and services.
Thieves will be killed.
‘Bring and Barter Show’ explores the social structures around art making and art consumption. The main conceit of the show is that all the art on display - two hundred of the artist’s own paintings and drawings - can be obtained through barter. In order to leave with artwork, participants are asked to enter into social relations with the artist. Trade offers have included studio labour, toothpaste, gallery representation, sexual favors, legal advice, dinner, and seven weeks of fresh bread. The show draws from research into alternative currencies and aims to generate a space in which the operations of the market might be discerned from the operations of capital; in the mode of exchange, participants have to think in terms of their personal desires rather than financial value.
Please contact the artist if you wish to exhibit this show.
This exhibition received grant funding in 2023 to be staged at Calling All Magical People arts and music festival in Maryland, MD.
Exhibited at Treasure Town in 2022 and 2023 in Brooklyn, NY.
