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Images CollegeArtOnline: by Annie Purpura

Want to buy some art? How about from an online pool of up and coming art schoolers? Perhaps you could nab  the next Ryan Mcginley or Marcel Dzama. Or just find something beautiful and or provocative for a very reasonable price all the while supporting the future of the arts.  Then much like the emerging on-line gallery, e-commerce art sites like Mixed Greens and 20×200, go and check out www.collegeartonline.com.  As their website puts it:

CollegeArtOnline.com was developed to bring art to the masses. As its name implies, the website sells original works of student art at affordable prices. CollegeArtOnline.com enables art enthusiasts the chance to buy an original piece of art and collect works from artists who are hitting their prime in the art world. With prices ranging up to $3,000 and the average piece costing around $200, CollegeArtOnline.com is able to offer original artwork at affordable prices to the client. CollegeArtOnline.com is where student art becomes fine art.

It’s cool to browse through the good and the bad and see the idea’s and work that  young artist’s are creating.  And if you happen to be said college student that you can submit to the online gallery to sell and showcase your work too. They even have curated online shows that pick work from the site that fit themes. The work is singled out to serve the purpose of the curators idea’s both advancing dialogue and promoting the artist. It’s a very ingenious idea and great solution to the ever more expensive endeavor of dealing in the commerce of art and offering great opportunities for young artists to gain exposure.

And as a side note, I found the art of Annie Purpura on CAO. A young artists who owes a lot to one of my favorite artists of all time, Erwin Wurm. Ms Purpura makes photographs that on the surface seem made up of banal elements however the objects and people who play in her game become anything but. People exist in our very recognizable world in ways that showcase the often absurdity of existence and culture. In our world  its a constant struggle and Annie show us through wit and visual whimsy at time how futile and funny our existence can be.