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!! Verge Inc Re-emerges !!
The Verge Inc has acquired new premises on William Street
The new cooperative gallery is to be called
KURB
The first exhibition
KURB [ your indifference ]
will open Friday June 28th at 6.00 pm with a party til late
Kerbstones are available free from the Verge
For details see press release below
When the former Verge Incorporated was forced from its premises on William St by the East Perth Redevelopment Authority, after a decade and half of hardwork for the visual arts, Perth was left without any artist run spaces.
Now the Verge Inc has been reborn at KURB 452 William Street to meet the need.
Its aims remain the same,
i) To provide cheap exhibition space and facilities for artists, especially experimental artists, who are not supported by institutions or commercial galleries.
ii) To promote interest and discussion about contemporary art through publications panels and other public events.
iii) To act as an independent self supporting network for artists in western australia.
The new exhibition space KURB is a two window shop front space next to John Hyde’s electoral office.
Non-members will be able to rent the space for $30.00 per day/ $210 per week, members receive a small discount In order to maintain the quality of the exhibition programme all future proposed exhibitions will be assessed against strict criteria for interest and artistic integrity. Exhibitors will be given support through press releases, the Verge website and publications.
Bookings for KURB July to December 2002 are open tel 9328 3000 or email vergeinc@iinet.net.au
The Verge Inc will not take any commission for any work sold through KURB .
Membership of the cooperative has changed. In future most members will be associates, supporters entitled to discounts and priority bookings at KURB invitations to parties and use of the verge space and equipment but not to vote at management meetings. The Verge will managed by a limited group of full members.
Membership fees are Associate Member $50.00 per year Full member ( by invitation) $100.00 per year
Applications to join the Verge Inc can be made by phone 9328 3000 (manned Fridays),
Verge email to vergeinc@iinet.net.au or by fax to 9328 4643 (Brown Art Consultants) or in person at KURB
In June/July all members and special guests will contribute to KURB [your indifference) the first show in the new space. A display of decorated kerbstones on the subject of art and indifference to celebrate the new space. Everyone should enter a kerbstone.
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b See the latest AFWA journal for comment on the absence of artist run spaces
In June/July all members and special guests will contribute to KURB [your indifference) the first show in the new space. A display of decorated kerbstones on the subject of art and indifference to celebrate the new space. Everyone should enter a kerbstone.