Mar. 3, 2006
ART PRODUCTION FUND IN CARPET DEAL
Art Production Fund has teamed up with ABC Carpet to produce a line of limited edition art rugs. The endeavor, dubbed Works on Whatever, offers so-called "printed carpet tapestries" with designs by Amy Gartrell, Verne Dawson, Barnaby Furnas, Laurie Simmons, George Condo, Dana Schultz, Sean Landers, Hernan Bas, Richard Phillips and Peter Rostovsky. Sold in editions of 100, the carpets start at $3,000 and increase in price as they sell out. Currently, designs by Phillips and Furnas are selling at $3,500. About one-third of the retail price goes to the artists.
WoW also offers a line of wall-to-wall carpet designs, including a rug of gem-shaped geometric patterns in pastel pink, blue and green by Sarah Morris, a design of panda bears by Rob Pruitt (apparently already used in an installation at the Andy Warhol Museum), a red field dotted with small, cell-like ovoids by Kiki Smith and, finally, a design of flower-like silhouettes by Madeline Weinrib which come in black-on-white or olive-on-blue. All are $10 per square foot. Also, don’t miss out on that racy, limited edition Lisa Yuskavage shower curtain. Samples and product information are available at www.worksonwhatever.com.
