Abstract:
Contemporary visual art is arguably the most exciting time in art history’s time line. The parameters in which we as artists work have exploded open to the widest range of materials, processes, and concepts ever known, blurring every pre-conceived line along the way, and in turn opening the world of art making to a much larger range of individuals from extremely varying backgrounds. As a young artist early in my career, I find myself wondering: for every well established artist I have studied and admired in my artistic evolution thus far, how many more unknown artists like myself are out across this country working in their own art community, trying to make a name for themselves and get their message heard?
What I am proposing is an artistically motivated road-trip across the country to seek out and rediscover our contemporary American art culture. To interview and find inspiration from other artists currently working in their part of the country whom otherwise we might never have heard from. To become an archeologist of unknown art, mapping our American landscape along the way. This entire journey will be filmed, documented, and shared through presentations, screenings, and an online blog so that young artists across the country may find inspiration in observing how other artists like themselves live, work, and face the challenges of achieving their artistic visions.
