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Misunderstood (watercolor)

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I am a consumer.
You are a consumer.
We are consumers.
Do you really understand what I mean?
She does.
Consumer: (syn.) customer, purchaser, shopper, buyer, user, client, media addict, and slave.
We have been raised, educated and trained in the "absolute truth" that defines concepts such as freedom and happiness, as the pursuit of our fulfillment based on satisfying our never-ending material desires. It means, that we are truly free and happy when we are able to get every kind of object, which we have been dreaming about and convinced we need to live.
The inward journey to the self-understanding of commonsense and peace of soul is replaced by the roaring of any engine that promises freedom, superficial geographical knowledge and social status.
She is a magician. She turns a piece of common glass into diamond; the larger the diamond is, the bigger love will be.
She throws the rocks and clipping of your own garden into your soup pot and you wonder what that interesting flavor is.
I don't blame her. She is sincere. We are dumb.
She knows we are.
We know she knows. But it doesn't make a difference.
She breaks the spell in front of our eyes. She gives away her formulas and tricks for free. But it doesn't make a difference.
She proves to us that we don't need her, that we can make it, that the American Dream only works if you are not asleep.
But it doesn't make a difference.
She won't wake us up, no matter how hard she tries.
She sells the emperor's new clothes, his ethereal crown and castle at outrageous prices. We buy them.
We buy them all. She tests our limits.
And I wonder, who can blame it on her if there is such a good market?

Opening Night reminders, art events and current shows updates

Emerging Visions
May 15 - June 27,2004

Cultural Arts Center
139 W. Main Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43215

Artists: Maria Armijo, Hector Castellanos, Mario Kujawski, Angelica Pozo, Augusto Bordelois, Roxanne Quezada Chartouni, Maria de Jesus Paz, Rafael Valdivieso and Bruno Casiano

On September 1, a unique occasion in the very heart of Europe will bring together internationally renowned assemblage artists from all over the world. For the month of September, GALLERY twenty-four, Berlin's premier gallery for autodidactic and undiscovered artists from arould the world, will be presenting this year's top finalists in its "International Assemblage Artist Exhibition."

Join assemblage artists from a myriad of countries who will exhibit their work in the space of GALLERY twenty-four, in the increasingly popular cultural scene of Berlin-Friedrichshain. As part of the competition, participants will be invited to submit works of art for jury selection and compete for allocated cash prizes and a solo exhibition in Berlin, Germany. The artworks chosen and exhibited will then form a catalogue as well as constitute this year's exhibition.

Gallery twenty-four has additionally reserved its studio spaces for use by assemblage artists who may wish to come to Berlin during August or September to complete pieces for the show. Artist can apply for either an individual studio space or work in a collective studio for as little as one week or as many as eight weeks between August 1 - September 30, 2004. Special weekly rates for the studios apply for the assssemblage artists using this offer. The spaces will be made available on a first come first serve basis. For more details about the space available visit: www.artlineberlin.org .

The subsequent studio event will be a prelude to the exhibition and is aimed at raising the level of awareness for assemblage art and the event itself. Additionally, the artists who have studio space during the exhibition from September 1 - September 30 will be able to demonstrate the process of creating assemblage to the viewing public.

For further information, please contact PABLO reese von Lichtenberg at info@oder24.com .

Or visit the gallery website: www.oder24.com or www.assemblageart.de for online prospectus and entry form.

DEADLINE for entry is June 1, 2004

To fit in with the true coffeehouse setting and spirit, I am interested as the new owner of the Arabica Brunswick to have regularly scheduled entertainment, poetry readings, display off artwork and the like to enhance the community. This would be a great opportunity for Brunswick residents to be introduced to YOU and also to Arabica. I plan on doing the advertising and I am sure that Augusto Fine Art would publicize the events as well. Any interested individuals or groups, please contact me at the above number or via email list above. I look forward to hearing from YOU and welcome each of you to stop into Arabica Brunswick.

Arabica Brunswick - 1136 Pearl Road, Shenandoah Plaza, Brunswick, OH 44212 - (330) 220-0123 FAX 330-220-3660 email: Theicequeen@adelphia.net OR mecreadon@aol.com

CALL FOR ARTISTS

Augusto Fine Art is looking for Ohio local artists, as well as national and international artists to be featured on our weekly electronic newsletter The Art Fix .

We are looking for emerging and established poets, writers, painters, illustrators, photographers, sculptors, glass artists, costume designers, set designers willing to share a piece of their talent to enlighten the life of all of us and to showcase their art.

A poem or/and passage of a short story will be paired to a visual artwork at every issue. Literature and artwork must be submitted electronically.

There is not a limitation on the quantity of pieces to submit, or number of proposals by one artist. There is not a deadline. However, Augusto Fine Art reserves all the rights to select the literature pieces and visual artwork to be displayed, and the rate of distribution.

Featured artists will be linked to their websites or to a contact information web page. No fees or commissions will be charged to be promoted or as a result of any sales resulting from this promotion.

For more information about this project e-mail to AugustoBordelois@AugustoFineArt.com

ANGLE WANTS YOUR WORK

Every issue Angle runs Portfolio - two large images of an artist's work along with a short bio and contact information. To be considered for Portfolio, send electronic images via email (in a large format at 300 dpi) to dtranberg@anglemagazine.org. Images can also be sent on a disk, on slides or transparencies to Angle, 2510 Market Avenue. Cleveland, Oh 44113.