Trade #1: Warren Craghead

UPDATE: The Craghead collage is now in my possession and I am currently considering a couple offers for it. If you're interested in trading for the piece, let me know very soon as I hope to announce Trade #2 in a couple of days.

I'm pleased to share that the first trade has been agreed to and is currently being finalized. Warren Craghead, a brilliant drawer living in Charlottesville, VA, has offered to trade me Hello, cul-de-sac # 35 (sign, sign) (see below) for Jail. For a long time now I've admired Warren's work and am pleased to be able to pass along his work to someone else. Here's the piece:

Hello, cul-de-sac # 35 (sign, sign)
pencil, pen and foam on paper
5.75" x 3.25"
2006

Warren's Web site can be found here and he also publishes a fantastic blog called Drawer. Warren has an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and attended undergrad at VCU. In addition to numerous group shows, he had a solo show (my review of the show is here) last year at the prestigious Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville

Some of Warren's upcoming shows include:

- Space-Domestic, a group show curated by Jiha Moon being held at the McLean Project for the Arts
- A solo show in September at the Greater Reston Arts Center in Northern Virginia
- A solo show in April 2007 at Gallery Neptune in Bethesda, MD

Warren shows with ADA Gallery in Richmond, VA, and has work available at Burton Marinkovich Fine Art in Washington, DC.

Warren has participated in The One Word Project at Thinking About Art writing about the word "material." He also provided the questions for Candace Keegan's Artists Interview Artists Project at TAA.

Because both the print and collage are so small and easy to send, we will be making this exchange through the mail. Given how easy it is with small pieces and inexpensive too, I would be willing to continue shipping small work. That means the bARTer Project is open nationwide for as long as the pieces remain manageable in size.

Who would like to bARTer for Craghead's excellent collage?* Leave a comment or email me.

* Although the offer is extended now, I will obviously have to wait until the collage arrives later this week to go forward with the next round.

Comments

[Anna L. Conti]

Wow! Fast start on this project - congratulations (both of you.) Cool idea, JT. I look forward to following the progress of your trades. Here's a question for you - what if an artist wants to trade a work of art in their possession, but not made by them? In other words, like a lot of artists, I have bartered for work over the years, so I own pieces by other artists. What if I wanted to trade one of those pieces?

[J.T. Kirkland]

Hi Anna,

I'd be willing to accept any piece of art. You would then fall into the collector area I mentioned in the original post. I would plug you for donating it and the artist. In fact, I received an offer from a collector this afternoon for the Craghead piece. I declined this particular offer but will evaluate all of the ones that come through. The next trade won't occur for a few days probably... unless a great deal comes through.

Long story short, you can trade any piece you'd like.

As an aside, later on I would love to get my hands on one of YOUR paintings!

[wwc]

I hope it goes to a kind and loving home...

I'm feeling a little empty nesty here.