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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Visual Art Blake Blogs

Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:58 AM

Seattle artist Blake Haygood's got a blog. He's also showing at "the world’s second-smallest art gallery at 12 ½ square feet. It is located in a Dutch Colonial home in Tacoma and since 1930, its sole purpose has been to house a black rotary dial telephone. Until now…" In Haygood's show (pictured), there's a drawing in the window (at back) and even on the ceiling.

The name of the gallery is The Telephone Room, run by Heide Fernandez-Llamazares, Marty Gengenbach, and Ellen Ito. Email them to get in. Perhaps they will also allow you to use the phone. Depending on your age, your fingers will either experience nostalgia or confusion.

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This isn't a knock to the artist, but I couldn't imagine any work that shows there not somehow being elevated by the presence of that telephone.

Posted by Dougsf on November 12, 2009 at 12:56 PM

The creative use of available resources for presenting art exhibitions is one positive affect of a tanked economy. Looking forward to seeing more.

Solid archive of mobile spaces including galleries even smaller than the Telephone Room.
http://www.orgallery.org/webprojects/han…

Posted by jjp on November 15, 2009 at 10:36 PM