back     Atlanta Artworker's Coalition (AAWC) Gallery 1982 images © Tom Ferguson (6 photos here - scroll down).
This was my first one-artist show in Atlanta. Influenced by Gilbert & George I convinced four friends to pose during the opening as high/low ends of the class struggle... with "war" paint. I recorded some piano/vocal improvisations a la John Cage which played also during the reception, now lost. In one corner I erected 3 hollow core doors hinged together with "peek" holes & stationed myself in there for the opening & observed to my delight the people coming in, walking through, trying to peek in at me. By the end of the night, quite drunk, I lay on the floor of the now empty gallery in a state of what i'd call delerious triumph. The first image is the gallery entry where 10 paintings greeted folks & ushered them into the main space. The paintings were arranged not quite sequentially, in the order they were painted, showing the evolution to minimal abstraction then onto wordy conceptual & high impasto works. There are two sculptures and the first of my apple jug editions which I accumulated as I dropped matchsticks into containers after lighting my stove. As of 2010 the "edition" is complete at 18 jugs.

The face colors are red/green.  You can see the peek holes.. & the wine.
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