THE COASTERS SHOW in Pilsen

On Saturday June 4th I went to opening & closing event of "The Coasters Show"- a one night only exhibition curated by Diana Soliz. The exhibit was held at Carlos and Dominguez Fine Art Gallery in the Pilsen neighborhood. What a blast of good imagery, laughter, and ton of great art energy!

Diana states about the show "the artists in this exhibit re-purpose the ubiquitous bar coaster into highly personalized works of art. Using the artist trading card as the springboard for the concept of the show, over 25 artists have created a set of miniature art works which will be traded and sold..." 

What interested me the most about this show what its premise of the exchange coasters among the exhibiting artists as well as sell them. The gallery did not take a commission and Diana did not receive one penny either. I learned that the show was time and energy consuming as well as financially draining for Diana. When I asked her "why the artists did not contribute financially toward the production of the show", her response was plain and simple "I could not do that! It would have not be right... it would have been a disservice to them and to the purpose of the show... " 


Ah Diana! That's the spirit! No too many left out there, in the art world, with that kind of integrity.

The participating artists were:  Patricia Acosta, Saul Aguirre, Beatriz Badikian, Adriana Baltazar, Jyl Bonaguro, Patricia Carlos, Inara Cedrins, Miguel Cortez, Tigerlily Cross, Len Dominguez, Erick Garcia, Gregorio Gomez, James Jankowiak, Salvador Jimenez, Antonio Martinez, Naomi Martinez, Bert Menco, Esmeralda Morales, Antonio Pazaran, Jean Parisi, Caroline Paul, Jaclin Paul, Mary Patton, Patty Peixoto, Anne Redich, Ricardo Serment,Chema Skandal, Angela Scalisi, Diana Solis, Omar Valencia, Mariko Ventura, 
Laura Vergara, Rebecca Wolfram.

Diana plans to make this a yearly exhibit event but may be for more than one night. I would like to see it as a traveling exhibit ... Anyone interested in hosting it? ...


If interested in viewing more of her work, here is some links: www.dianasolis.com;  www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/79860/dianasolis

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Go Diana!