Featuring:
Brian Burkhardt
Clifton Childree
Liz Cohen
Charley Friedman
Jim Gladstone and Richard Höglund
Peter LaBier
Julie Lequin
Pia Lindman
Abby Manock
Daniel Milewski
Shana Moulton
Clifford Owens

NOV. 14 – DEC.19, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION:
NOVEMBER 14TH, 2009 7 – 10PM
Face Act Performance by Pia Lindman December 2nd – 6th, details to follow

Ownership is a driving force behind contemporary art. Desire, which turns to need, the need to acquire, live with, and take possession of some particular thing, drives the market that is often seen as the sustenance to contemporary artistic practice. Though, when ownership and the “market” are commonly discussed, they are generally being referred to in economic terms; ownership in terms of the collectors’ specific possession of a particular and tangible object, and the market, as the system of trends and practices that make this exchange possible. In this exhibition ownership has become a more corporeal term, it has come to mean the ownership over an appropriated idea, personality, persona, or creative train of thought… like a sly creature who slinks into an uninhabited den and claims it for his own, these artists are crawling into the thoughts, bodies, objects, and sounds of historical artists they reference, popular culture icons, or imaginary personas that serve as enablers to their practice… the market for these artists has not changed, it doesn’t alter, the kind of ownership they seek is always available for exchange.

*Image Detail : Clifford Owens Four Fluxus Scores by Benjamin Patterson (Lick Piece 1964) 2006 30″ x 40″ Color Photographs

About Diet:
Located at 174 NW 23 Street in Miami, Florida Diet represents five emerging and midcareer artists. Diet’s artist roster includes Brian Burkhardt, Charley Friedman, Richard Höglund, Abby Manock, and Daniel Milewski, whose work is exhibited alongside that of an invitational series of exhibitions by artists from around the world.
Gallery Diet
174 NW 23 Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.gallerydiet.com