Stumbled across this art dispensing machine here in Santa Fe over the weekend. The sign says “Put in $5, pull the knob, and ker-plunk you’re an art collector” My friend Tracey & I are now proud owners of 2 little pieces of art.
This is Tracey’s art-o-mat purchase. It’s an original watercolor (lower left) by Trish Randall, packaged in a little teeny shopping bag and came with some seed paper (lower right) that is meant to be planted
This is the piece I got. It’s by Corey Okada and part of an edition called “paintings of safety & danger”
Find out about the art-o-mat project here and the 2 in Santa Fe, in particular, here
I think the machine itself is a work of art! What a fantastic idea for a little ‘pick me up’ for office worker during your work day.
More of this please!
Keep up the good work! ~ Paul
I remember when they did this at the SF Center for the Book years ago. I think it was probably in 2003.