We Paint Houses: Part One: Felipe Castelblanco
We Paint Houses: Part OneA participatory project & exhibition by Felipe Castelblancoon view June 6 - July 26, 2014Part One opening reception Friday, June 6, 6-10pm[portfolio_slideshow id=1365]Felipe Castelblanco and PRACTICE invites you to hire a migrant worker to paint your house. You name the price!We Paint Houses is a participatory project that takes the form of a temporary business established by Colombian artist Felipe Castelblanco and Latino day laborers living in the U.S. For the month of June, PRACTICE gallery will become the main office, handling this house painting operation. Appointments will be taken by a clerk stationed in the gallery, and the service will be executed with clients/participants throughout the city in the second week of June. Clients will get to name the price for the service and take part in this anomalous occurrence overtaking the city. In July, documentation of the encounters between locals and immigrants, workers and artists, will be on view at the gallery.Individuals wishing to have their house painted should call Andres to set up the details of their appointment at PAINT0-0522 // (724) 680-0522.See the ad here: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/hss/4503979526.html--About the ArtistFelipe Castelblanco is a multidisciplinary artist, working at the intersection of socially engaged and new media art. Through urban interventions, video, performance, sculpture and networked installations, his work creates participatory experiences of publicness and enables coexistent encounters between unlikely audiences and across vast distances. Felipe attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2012 and holds an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. His work has been shown internationally, including the San Diego Museum of Art; FAD festival in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; FIVAC festival in Camaguey Cuba; the Miller Gallery in Pittsburgh; the Valenzuela Klenner Gallery in Bogotá Colombia, and in storefronts and street corners throughout United States. Felipe is currently the John Fergus Post MFA Fellow at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he also directs Mote Gallery, an experimental space focused on showcasing the work of emerging international artists. Felipe’s work can be seen at: www.felipecastelblanco.com--We Paint HousesOpens First Friday, June 6th from 6-10pmThe exhibition will be on view through Saturday, July 26thPRACTICEOur gallery practice seeks to support artist practices that focus on performance, participation and experimentation.PRACTICE is open to the public on First Fridays and on Saturdays from 2-6pm. If you would like to drop by some other time please email info@practicegallery.org for an appointment/with questions. Visit PRACTICE online at http://practicegallery.org--Press for this Exhibition
Public art in motion — Felipe Castelblanco’s We Paint Housesby Noreen KressJuly 25, 2014--
Feature: "We Paint Houses" by Felipe Castelblancoby Rachel HeidenryJune 16, 2014