by Jon Lackman | 11 February 2010 | Conferences, Contemporary
College Art Association conference attendees, you could return home with some actual art — free! That is, if you’re willing to leave the hotel to look for it. From yesterday’s Chicago Tribune:
[Patrick Skoff] tools around Chicago for a few hours and leaves hundreds of dollars worth of his art in random spots. He drops hints about the locations via Twitter and texts. Then he goes home … At last count, Skoff figures 700 people … were following his exploits, receiving digital hints about where and when he would leave new artwork … “He makes people work to find art,” said Tricia Van Eck, associate curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, “which is interesting, but does it mean anything? It would mean more if there was some criticality to it” … Maud Lavin, chair of visual and critical studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, said Skoff’s hunt is a “kissing cousin” of relational art, which deals in human contact and not framed pieces … Patrick Skoff and Samantha Brown (@SkoffAndSam on Twitter) plan to conduct their next art scavenger hunt Sunday.
