November 6, 2024
Gutter Box Review Volume 1: Local Papers Gutter Box Review Volume 1: Local Papers will showcase works by alumni of the Gutter Box project, initiated by artist Louis Watts at Lump in 2015 and now based on the NCMA-Winston Salem campus. Gutter Box is a sculptural and curatorial project that transforms a retrofitted newspaper distribution box into a miniature white cube gallery, playing with perceptions of scale and context. It offers artists the opportunity to experiment with installations and pieces that, through the shift in scale, achieve monumental effects with minimal materials and time. As a sculptural object repurposed from the ordinary shell of a newspaper box, Gutter Box provides an unexpected encounter with contemporary art. Free from the sacred or political confines of museums or the capitalistic sterilization of a commercial gallery, it offers an unguarded experience of art, liberated […]