Solo exhibition and book release.
AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE is the first solo show of Graffiti Research Lab co-founder Evan Roth. The title of the exhibition references the friction between the artist’s interest in utilizing the web as a medium for freely sharing content and ideas and the art world’s interest in unique objects and limited editions. While many of the works created for the gallery are indeed unique, they are also made available for free online in their digital form.
Graffiti, humor, hip hop, activism, and technology are all mechanisms by which Roth injects notions of free culture simultaneously into high brow and low brow circles. Receiving accolades from places ranging from Kanye West and Jay-Z to the Tate Modern and the MoMA, Roth’s playful approach to art making crosses the divide between fine art and popular culture.
The Advanced Minority Gallery consists of over 20 digital displays, 12 prints, 8 stainless steel plates, 2 canvases, 1 record, custom computing hardware and more. In addition, the exhibition marks the release of Roth’s first book, AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE, Selected Works by Evan Roth: 2003-2008. Roth’s AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE brings the fun back to airline security, consumerism, copyright, patriotism, computer programming and censorship.