{"id":4670,"date":"2010-06-28T06:51:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T14:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2010-09-27T13:21:40","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T21:21:40","slug":"i-was-victorious-at-the-cheaper-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/28\/i-was-victorious-at-the-cheaper-show\/","title":{"rendered":"i was victorious at the cheaper show!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I did it! I got the piece I wanted! Unbelievable really, and I’ll tell you why… I was allowed in to the show a bit early {thank you Mana!}<\/em> so that I could photograph some of the work, and interview a few artists before the masses arrived. The piece I had my eye on was by an artist named Ben Skinner<\/a>, who by the way, was one of very first artists that I ever wrote about<\/a>. Anywho, I was interviewing him when they opened the doors. Not even five minutes later, someone came over and put red dots on two of his three pieces. WHAT?!<\/em> At that point I panicked and said, Screw the interview… I’ve got to get in line!!!<\/em> And that’s what I did. I literally ran to the already very long line with cash in hand, and watched the big wall of projected\u00a0 numbers. If there was a black dot behind the number, it meant the piece had already been sold. I stood impatiently watching No. 370 like a hawk. Finally I made it to the front of the line, and seconds later 370 was sold… to me! And then<\/em> I went back to find Ben and finish our interview.<\/p>\n

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KIND of<\/em> gorgeous, no?! Typographic inlaid wood veneer. Sigh. Ben Skinner<\/a> is a Vancouver based artist, who by day is the concept designer for all of the windows at Aritzia<\/a> and TNA<\/a>. Most of his fine art is text-based, which is probably why I love him so {…well, it might also be because of those glasses}<\/em>. He keeps a notebook of words and phrases that pop into his head, and when the moment is right, he takes them from scribbles in a book to stunning artwork using paper, thread, wood, and sometimes even glitter. Thank you Ben! I absolutely love<\/em> the new addition to my slowly growing collection.<\/p>\n

Oh, yes, and let’s not forget the other huge highlight of my night – I got to meet Jack Black<\/a>! Unfortunately Jack was not<\/em> victorious at The Cheaper Show<\/em><\/a>. Here he is with the painting that he stood in line for… but sadly, as he waited, the little black dot of doom appeared behind his number. Poor Jack.<\/p>\n

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