"The Exquisite Corpse" involves over 200 important contemporary artists have come together to create collaborative drawings based on the 1920's surrealist parlor game "cadavre exquise"
"The Exquisite Corpse" involves over 200 important contemporary artists have come together to create collaborative drawings based on the 1920's surrealist parlor game "cadavre exquise". The project is meant to celebrate the theme of chance encounters, surprise and radical juxtaposition. Each artist adds to the composition, in sequence, without seeing the contribution of the previous person. The drawings, which are all a universal size of 16x30 inches, are being created to benefit Armitage Gone! Dance. The project also highlights the “performative” aspect of art making by demonstrating that drawing, performance art, and dance all have in common spontaneity and an unpredictable nature. I remember doing this type of project in art class back in middle school, it was very entertaining seeing the type of colorful combination's each student created together.
+ These pieces are currently selling for thousands of dollars, some were already sold for $5 - $10,000
Photos by L Craig Schoonmaker
