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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.
AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE is curated by Sydney Ogidan (Apocalyptic Colors) and opens
at Advanced Minority gallery on February 26.
