Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD October 8, 2005

CLOSING RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 8TH 6PM - 10PM
Philip von Zweck, Alex V. Cook and BSD present a work with paper at BSD

BSD (Butcher Shop/Dogmatic)
1319 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Michael S. Thomas, Director
312.421.1917
[email protected]

If our experience is disconnected and fragmentary as John Dewey
reflected, if it is full of beginnings that are never concluded or
experiences that are manipulated towards uncertain ends. Then the
exceptional experiences that succeed in gracefully consummating an
end from a beginning, these are the experiences we hold as aesthetic. They are enjoyed for their own sake as complete and self contained. Because they are subjective and unconstrained by the mediocrity of history.

Contemporary culture readily embraces its construction of meaning from multiple channels. Its art reflects this fragmentation, becoming
increasingly more ephemeral. Engaging as it will, internal logics
informed by a post modern crisis of identity. In this atmosphere
Curators readily act as editors of context. They create the illusion
of impartial truth from fragments of dystopic reason. In a pragmatic
sense they complete the articulation of the aesthetic narrative.

Chicago Artist Philip von Zweck and Baton Rouge Artist Alex V. Cook
will independently prepare and ship works to BSD weekly. These will
primarily be works on paper ranging from simple drawings to collage.
The Curator will then hang or rearrange this work without the
artists input, but based solely on new developments in the aesthetic
narrative as it's presented to him. This collaboration will last the
five weeks of the program. Documentation of the shows various
configurations will be made available at the closing reception.