About three months ago, the New York-based guitarist Kaki King invited her fans to create artwork using blank guitars as canvases. The theme of each piece would be the title of one of her songs. Sixteen people were eventually selected for the project and their art will be shown at an event, titled 'The Exhibition,' which opens this Friday at Littlefield, a performance and art space in Brooklyn, New York.
At the opening, King will participate in the exhibition by placing pink paint on her fingertips and performing 'Playing With Pink Noise' on her well-known blue Ovation guitar, which was used in the 2004 music video for the song. That guitar will be later put up for auction with the money going to VH1's Save the Music Foundation, which funds music education in public schools.
The artists for the project were found through Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter and once the artists were chosen, King shipped blank guitars, donated by Ovation. Whether 'The Exhibition' could possibly expand into a traveling show depends on a number of things, such as selling the art or the responses online.
Doors for 'The Exhibition' open at 7 PM ET. Admission is free. Meanwhile, folks can check the progress of the guitars, including the final pieces, here.
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girls with guitars make me happy, and kaki king is fantastic!!!
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