35 TVs From Craigslist, 2009 are images of the screens of TVs for sale that Penelope Umbrico found on Craigslist. Umbrico download the images from Craigslist, cropped but all the screen, enlarged each to scale and ans editionof 2 digital c-prints on glossy metallic paper of each. The prints range in size 8 x 10 inches to 16 x 20 inches. The first edition of the prints is available for purchase on Craigslist ( http://newyork.craigslist.org - search “TVs For Sale” or “LMAKprojects” under “for sale”). In Craigslist, this edition sells for the price of the original tv.

With hints of the seller’s interior space reflected in them, TVs From Craigslist offer inadvertent glimpses of intimacy and function as self-portraits of the sellers (the camera’s flash announcing the seller’s presence in the image). As a kind of public art TVs From Craigslist utilizes the public domain both for its content and its context. On Craigslist, the work is a collaboration between the artist and the gallery, addressing issues of exchange: how differently a piece works on the internet than it does in real time/space, and what happens to the perceived value of a work, and its meaning, when it is transcribed from web-based media to print-based media, and visa versa.

LMAKprojects and Penelope Umbrico are pleased to relaunch the successful project For Sale/TVs From Craigslist. This event, images of screens of TVs for sale, will be ongoing until craigslist ends.

For Sale/TVs From Craigslist, are images of the screens of TVs for sale on Craigslist. With hints of the seller's interior space reflected in them, they offer inadvertent glimpses of intimacy and function as self-portraits of the sellers (the camera's flash announcing the seller's presence in the image). Pictured here printed to scale (each framed c-print ranging in size from 8" x 10" to 16" x 20" - with an overall installation dimension of approx. 7' x 12'), Penelope Umbrico will also put them back onto Criagslist as "TVs for sale" (this will be the first edition, sold for the price of the tv that the image came from).

As a kind of public art "TVs From Craigslist" utilizes the public domain both for its content and its context. The work addresses issues of exchange: how differently a piece works on the internet than it does in real time/space, and what happens to the perceived value of a work, and its meaning, when it is transcribed from web-based media to print-based media, and visa-versa. The juxtaposition of the art market with a consumer market (connoisseurism with consumerism) engages an unsuspecting consumer public and asks it to consider the value of an art object (made from its own visual vocabulary) as worthy of their attention as the consumer object they hope to acquire.

To find the TVs on Craigslist:
www.newyork.craigslist.org and search for LMAK this will link you to TVs for Sale.

Penelope Umbrico attended Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Canada, and received her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. She has had numerous solo exhibitions of her work, including at the International Center of Photography, NY; Julie Saul Gallery, NY; Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston; P/M Gallery, Toronto; and her work has been included in group shows at the Museum of Modern Art, NY; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane Australia; Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, NY; Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; Art in General, NY; Gallery 44, Toronto; Dazibao, Montreal; Ansel Adams Center for Photography, CA; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA. Umbrico’s work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; International Center of Photography; Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts, Artists Fellowship; a New York Foundation for the Arts, Catalogue Project Grant; an Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship Grant; and a Harvestworks Scholar Fellowship. She is currently core faculty at the School of Visual Arts, MFA Photography and Related Media program in NYC, and the Chair of MFA Photography at Bard College.