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Jonathan Ferrara Gallery Presents New Photographs and Video Works by Generic Art Solutions

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents Anarcadia, New Photographs, Video Works and Perfomances by Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) in their first solo exhibition at the gallery. The exhibition opened on August 6, 2011 in conjunction with Whitney White Linen Night, the annual New Orleans Arts District event that draws over 40,000 people to Julia Street. With “Anarcadia”, the art duo Generic Art Solutions (G.A.S.) aimed to stir things up a bit at the hot but typically docile White Linen Night this year. With a mix of photography, video, “silkscreen painting” and an interactive performance on opening night, G.A.S. provided the necessary elements for a thought-provoking (and crowd inciting) demonstration with the help of willing members of the art-going public. There was an assortment of “protest signs” in the gallery with different slogans printed on them for those in the masses wishing to make a stat