an interesting project for all those ones who draw

i came across this add on transartists.nl
open up those drawers and let them out.

Germany, Berlin, call

Placed: 20 August 2008, Ref T.A. 1691

ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°9
/Call for Entries
December, 20th and 21, 2008
opening: December, 19th, 2008/from 7 pm

Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2
D-10997 Berlin
www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de


Anonymous Drawings N° 9 – Call for Entries

For the ninth edition of Anonymous Drawings, bl?weiss and Anonymous Drawings will be hosted the first time at Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien.

Concept

A selection of around 1000 Drawings by international artists will be presented anonymously for the duration of one evening and two days. Every Anonymous Drawings show is preceded by an international open call for entries on the Internet. There are no specifications regarding the content of the works. The artist’s anonymity can be lifted by means of purchasing a drawing for the symbolic unit sales price of 150 EUR. The buyer can take his drawing right off the wall and s/he is then told the name of its author. The empty space the drawing leaves behind will be marked with the artist’s full name. The predefined unit sales price of 150 EUR is not to be understood as a real market price but rather as a „placeholder“ for any possible amount of money. Since exhibited drawings will be work of both established and lay-artists bl?weiss asks the viewer him/herself to draw the line between Art and Non-Art. Typical mechanisms of the art-market, like pricing, the artist’s own ego, and predefined concepts of quality are turned upside down and questioned in an experimental way. The participating artists agree to withdraw themselves and their usual pricing in favor of the subject: the drawing itself.

Deadline for submission:October 31, 2008 (postmark)

The artists receive 100 EUR of the sale-price of one drawing. The other 50 EUR will be used by Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien and bl?weiss for the realization of further exhibitions and projects.

This Call and the application form is available for download at: http://www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de/en/call.html

concept:
Anke Becker / bluetenweiss berlin
E-mail: info@bluetenweiss-berlin.de
Website: www.bluetenweiss-berlin.de