- Red 76
Red 76 is a multi-artist collective started in
Portland, Oregon . Since 2000 they have produced numerous projects and appeared inThe New York Times [Cotter, Holland http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/arts/design/21grav.html?fta=y The New York Times (2007)] ,Art Forum [Stadler, MatthewArt Forum March (2006)] and Modern Painters [Jahn, Jeff "Something to Prove" Modern Painters Spring (2003)] , and shown at Southern Exposure andYerba Buena Center for the Arts and in projects byCreative Time [Creative Time Website http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/2008/democracy/convergence.php (2008)] .Themes
Red 76's work centers around the practice of
grassroots publishing (bothzines smallnewspapers , and online), conversation, and alternative economies which center around a larger theme of theAmerican Revolution (the 76 in their name references1776 , the year the US independence) and a general revolutionary spirit.Projects like Ghosttown and Taking Place [Bovee, Katherine http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2005/07/report_from_tak.html PORT (2005)] sought to charge space and create an atmosphere wherein the public may become highly aware of their immediate surroundings, and their day to day activities, is an often recurring element within many of the groups activities.
Members
Red 76 is a moniker for collaboratively based projects conceived most frequently by
Sam Gould , and fleshed out by a group of like minded artists usually consisting, but not limited to; Khris Soden,Zefrey Throwell , Paige Saez, Colin Beattie, Jen Rhoads, Laura Baldwin, and many others. Their projects have taken place in Portland,New York ,San Francisco andPrague .Notes
External links
* [http://www.red76.com/ Red 76 Home Page]
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