Welcome To Asteroid Head Land... Dude
New works, installation, performance & memorablia by Asteroid Head Art Club
February 12th - March 13th, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, Feb. 12th. 7-9 pm.
Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire St.
www.lawrenceartscenter.com
images coming soon!
Exhibition Essay by Alaska Noyes
Asteroid Head Art Club is at it again. Their upcoming show at the Lawrence Arts Center, Welcome To Asteroid Head Land... Dude, is a tacit invitation to escape everydayness, at least momentarily.
The group has been doling out such invites since they formed in the spring of ‘09. Clad in matching uniforms they have set aside the lone artist in the studio art production model for something a little more tribal, a little more exuberant. Collaboration is at the heart of their work, often a multitasking of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and performance.
This is an outlet with a healthy dose of optimism and no dearth of absurdity. There is potential energy when Asteroid Head gets together, energy greater than the sum of its parts. It is in the interactions, the exchanges, the sharing of information, dreams, anecdotes, theories, and whims. It is in having things to do, not because you have to, but because you want to and you can. Nothing is too silly, too weird, or too ambitious to talk about, laugh about, consider, attempt. Asteroid Head Art Club, for its ragtag members, has become a site for experimentation, trials, tribulations, and camaraderie.
Asteroid Head Land is a physical embodiment of this group spirit. It is an unpredictable installation full of collaborative energy, absurdity, and papier-mâché. Welcome to Asteroid Head Land... Dude.