It seems that the curator of the show, New York artist Megan Foster, became intrigued with the idea while she was working on one of her own paintings. She was creating a painting of kitchen cabinets that were overflowing with useless appliances. To obtain these items for models, she scoured the eBay web site. She wound up paying less than $10 for each item she purchased.
She liked the concept and her first painting so much she created a series of paintings on the same subject. This led her to the discovery that other artists were doing the same thing: using eBay to find props for their various works. To make a long story short, she eventually put together this new show, the theme of which is artwork inspired by searches on eBay or purchases on the site.
Another artist at the show, Sarah Sweeney, purchased 22,000 slides that document one family's history. She then used software to manipulate the pictures, creating "images of the family that could never exist in a traditional snapshot," according to a description of her work.
In her piece "I Want a Girl," she fused together the brother and the sister of the family, creating a smiling child sitting on a pink chair in a pink room. However, the child has the upper body of a boy with the lower body of a girl.
The final twist to this art exhibit is that you cannot buy any of the art at the gallery. The only place to purchase the art featured in the show is...you guessed it...on eBay!
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