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Johansson Projects

November 15 - January 3, 2009

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2300 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94612
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Collapsitalism: The Holiday Recession Sale Hunter Longe, 2007, Study # 21 (prayers to the machine god)
Johansson Projects offers response to gloomy economics: artists make their work available for less than $500 Collapsitalism: The Holiday Recession Sale In the Project Space at Johansson Projects November 15th - January 2nd Opening Reception Saturday, November 15th 5 - 8 pm (Oakland, November 2008)- Johansson Projects presents Collapsitalism: the Holiday Recession Sale. The stock market like the art world is a prognosticator at the forward wave of change. One forecasts economies, the other forecasts imagination. This exhibition is an attempt to connect art prices to stock market fluctuations beyond more visually interesting charts and indexes. Art is a spectacularly valuable commodity but is not immune from expansion and contractions. This, the economists assure us dourly, is now a full fledged recession. We at Johansson Projects are proud to offer our response to gloomy economics: ten artists making their work available for less than 500 dollars each. We are trying to do our part to spur growth and job creation in this the critical holiday retail season. This show will offer new work by Northern California based emerging artists along with established artists. Artists included are Zach Houston, Marci Erspamer, Nathan Cordero, Hunter Longe, Eric Larson, Susie Grant, Carson Murdach, Joan Moment, Andrew Benson, Alex Case. Johansson Projects is a contemporary art gallery at the vanguard of the Oakland art scene. Curated exhibitions showcase emerging and mid-career artists working in a diverse array of media. Johansson Projects is a locus for curators, collectors, artists and dealers to connect and engage in dialogue with the larger art community both regionally and nationally. Johansson Projects is located at 2300 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 Gallery Hours are 12pm - 6pm Thursday through Saturday.