Inspired by the art work depicted on the television series Mad Men which portrays parts of society and culture of the 1960's; 10 talented artists and photographers will feature work stimulated by the best Abstract Expressionist, Pop Artists, Op Artists and Post-Minimalist Artists of the 1960's.

THE ARTISTS:
Drew Alston, Lamont Blake, Eric Browne, Ensor Colon,
Marlon Davies, Luca Gasperi, David Hill, Augustine Holder,
Steve Rockstein, and Tony Romano


Dress to Impress!
1960's Inspired Suits, Cocktail Dresses
& Hats are Highly Encouraged!!!

 Curated by Priscilla Hintz and Kimberly Young



Many wonderful pictures of the event can be seen on:

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=2084623&id=1031410716

Exquisite corpse (also known as exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. "The adjective noun adverb verb the adjective noun") or by being allowed to see the end of what the previous person contributed.

As each guest entered The Saint on Saturday night, to attend the Mad Men Artvi show, each was asked to participate in our ongoing collective art project, known as Exquisite Corpse.  They were told the last word and they added on two words of their own. 



Here is the outcome! 

"life is art is love me more could beer is fascinating like stories of lust trust Patron equals hangover nux vomica poison headache sharp pain and pleasure is everything is perfect evening outing with joy fear caution did it was going to town was dark and stormy waves life forever amen enhance America home diverse varied multi-textured encompass all or nothing at all and everything is nothing is sacred bean taco very delicious buttery lobster sexy decadence chocolate cake eat more time away far home penne bass fishing worms green slimy ooze green trees money change make pretty picture green yellow green banana smoothy mushy soft yucky gross bad motorcycles leather black smooth risky sex drink first base crush high school soda pop sickle two words another word thing bing website Microsoft computer advertising Mad Men egotistical lushes candy chocolate Godiva port wine sally pullen mom perfect joyous love happiness love bliss bouncy shiny paint rim car tire dead cat poodle iron hard steel bridge money"

Then, we also asked each of the artists to participate in a drawing project.

First we created an elaborate still life including a skeleton, millions of flowers, vegetation and fruit.  We then took a large piece of paper that was folded into thirds and instructed the first artist to recreate the top third of the still life.  The second artist could only see the edge of what the first artist had created and was asked to add the second third of the still life onto that.  Then, the third artist, seeing only the edge of what the second
artist had done, was asked to complete the bottom third of the still life.