What does it mean for an artist to “survive” in a tough economic climate? Can

business ever be “bad” for a diligently working artist? Making an honest living

---in a group show like NO OTHER, these artists, some legendary and some

suitably hungry, will dissolve the line between utility and luxury for an exhibition

entitled, "GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX".

If you’ve spent time in a "third world country", you’ve had a chance to see kids

carrying ingeniously designed work boxes, set up for shinning shoes. We find

that the variety and exuberance of these objects perfectly captures our world

climate.

With the global economic downturn and the hardship it has caused blue-collar

workers throughout, we find it fitting to explore theworld’s simplest way to make

a living— SHINNING SHOES. We are planning an exhibition around just that--

SHOESHINE BOXES.

However a "SHOESHINE BOX" should not be taken in the most literal sense of

the words. These objects, our inspiration, have all been created out of necessity-

a need to earn money, or further, to survive. We push “the need to survive” beyond

its literal context, commissioning our favorite established and emerging artists to

design their own, "SURVIVAL BOXES".

A shoeshine box is a medium, a framework, the boundaries of which have not

been pushed ...'til now.

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For a list of artists and a sneak peak at some of the "Survival Objects" click here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklynitegallery/sets/72157622316028053/