Artgos
Starting today and running until the 15th of December, Artgos will be at the Merrion Market in Leeds.
This Christmas artsparkle presents Artgos, a new catalogue store in the heart of Leeds’ shopping district! A collaboration between Artsparkle and theartmarket, Artgos will be selling work by big name artists alongside fresh talent working with multiples, those fabulous, affordable artworks that make such great stocking fillers. Come along to the catalogue shop for a unique shopping experience, see performance artists in full flow, and kick-start your contemporary art collection for as little as £1!
Artgos website
Counsel for the Artist will be there in the form of some packs of postcards made especially for the event.
Each pack contains one postcard for each of the following statements:
- Make exchanges with spaces
- Strive to achieve modest connections
- Set your own agenda
- Add to a culture of learning and experimentation
- Get the message across
- Meet a new network
- Resist the ascribed role of witness
- Circumnavigate predictability
When I’ve shown them before I’ve been struck by how much these have resonated with other people – not just artists – so with any luck this will be a good opportunity to get the statements circulating into some interesting places.
There’s a veritable flotilla of links relating to the Artgos event, including the main Artgos website here.
If the Flickr stream is anything to go by, a lot of work has gone into preparing the space:
I’m digging the order forms! Hopefully some images of the opening party will also be added later.
If you can’t get along to The Art Market in person, I have limited numbers of map-wrapped Counsel for the Artist postcards available through the invisible hand shop.