VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

SKYDIVE is pleased to announce OPEN HOUSE a collaborative exhibition by Jon Brumit and Sarah Wagner. Curated by Sasha Dela.  The show will open February 12 and continue through March 11, 2009 with an opening reception Thursday, February 12 from 7-10pm. Wagner and Brumit will give an artist talk at 7:30 the evening of the opening.

Through their many experiments with notions of home, Chicago based artist couple Jon Brumit and Sarah Wagner will create a survey through drawing, photos and sculpture in the SKYDIVE space.

"Home, for us, has been re-discovered and re-invented in our hearts and minds as the multiform and frequently fugitive structural relationship between ourselves and something larger than ourselves. It is our families, each other, our cats, our friends, former houses, dorm rooms, stories, a houseboat, dreams, foods, moving trucks, our studios, vans, tents, bike bags, friends' couches, an in-progress container home, our newest $100 home in Detroit and most importantly and perhaps most constantly each other - a morphing, evolving and strengthening bond through time and space, going on 17 years as a couple.

Over this time we have worked together as artists, sculptors, builders, remodelers, repair-people and most recently as designers, growing through spirited and fierce dialog, sharing dreams, visions and hope." -Sarah Wagner and Jon Brumit