Over the past month, a group of artists have been working at their craft at 2930 Newton Avenue North. The house is owned by the city of Minneapolis, and according to the artists, is slated to be demolished. The imagery here is centered around the temporal nature of this house as it heads towards its demise. I had the opportunity to visit the home both during the opening and closing sessions. What I found here invoked a sense of loss, a remembrance of the past, and frankly a seething level of frustration that a home perfectly able to be restored could somehow be torn down.
Others may be more detached; I cannot separate the fate of this house from the art created within. I think that was kind of their point, driven home immediately when one walks in the door and sees...
