$20 for 3 works
Please email your images to: theinartgallery@gmail.com
Subject: cctober-design-composition- Images - Artist Last Name
*Images titled: artistname_imagetitle-imageentry#
Entry deadline: September 30, 2021 at midnight
Awards
Best In Show $80.00
1st Place $70.00
2nd Place $60.00
3rd Place $50.00
Award of Excellence $40.00
Honorable mention $30.00
Honorable mention $30.00
Directors Award $30.00
Juror - Rodrick Whetstone
I am currently executing a series of drawings using a drawing machine that I created from found parts and junk. It uses a writing utensil as a pendulum in order to make marks onto a page. Instead of having the autonomy to draw, the drawing utensil is tossed to and fro at the whim of forces happening upon it. I built the drawing machine as a response to the loss of control in my personal life. After my divorce, I felt my world crumbling around me, and I felt unable to respond to that powerless feeling. As the project evolved, I saw it as a way to not only respond to my personal loss but as a way to respond to public loss of Black people killed by racist violence. As one that inhabits a large Black body, I struggle with the grief of the public loss of people who look like me.
My research is inspired by the Dada movement in the early 20th century (1915-1923). If logic can lead to a global war, then art should abandon logic. Dada was very big on randomness or the aleatory which means the thing(s) left to chance. My drawing machine is a movement tracker. It tracks the movement in a circular pattern when is attached to my body. When I wear this, I have to rethink how to navigate space. This foreign object extends 2 feet in front of me and about the same distance to either side. The natural movement of my body as I go through daily life is recorded on this machine’s paper. When I wear this in public places it would seem that I have abandoned all logic as I get many bewildering and questioning looks. This opens up an opportunity to talk about my machine and what inspired me to make it.
The In Art Gallery - Design & Composition - October Show
The In Art Gallery is an online gallery and resource for emerging artists in all ranges of careers to have a platform for exhibiting artwork and reaching a global audience. The In Art Gallery provides opportunity for artists to submit work in various mediums in an international juried competition. In a world in which travel restrictions and access to art are becoming limited we are looking to create a space for artists to build their career and develop professional experience. The In Art Gallery will hold monthly juried exhibitions for artists to apply to and build their resume and provide an affordable juried venue for artists to exhibit. We are looking to provide artists with an avenue to have their work seen by professional artists, professors, curators, and critics across the globe. The submission fee will cover the cost of jurying, awards and website management.
This month our theme is Design & Composition. Please submit your highest quality work that involves design. This work will be a highly competitive exhibition of the selected entrant’s best work that reflects the theme of this show.
Eligibility
This exhibition is open to all artists over the ages of 18. Please submit up to 3 works and 1 detail. Label images with “Detail” at the end. All accepted artists are asked to submit a short artist statement (4-5 sentences) upon acceptance that will be displayed with their work. No work is required to be shipped. Please look at our website for commonly asked questions or reach out to us at the: theinartgallery@gmail.com.
Entry Fees are non-refundable under any circumstance. By applying you agree to these terms.
Calendar
Entries accepted January 1 - September 30
Notification of acceptance approximately October 5
Show goes online at midnight October 5 (Awards will be displayed)
Awards will be dispersed October 10
Show is archived November 6
Please email your images to: theinartgallery@gmail.com
