Tonite we had the great fortune of briefly visiting the Don Celender exhibit by Public Collectors, an archive and research project created by Marc Fischer. Marc is a trailblazing researcher, formidable conceptual artist, and socially engaged art worker and I love the fact that he puts so many amazing hard to find materials on the Public Collectors website. His new exhibition space The Public Collectors Study Center is located in the basement of his apartment building. The Study Center is in the corner near the stairs measuring about 50 sq ft of space.  It is super cozy and functional as you can see in the photo above. The show features a few publications created by Don Celender, a relatively unknown  conceptual artist who created books from research culled through the use of surveys.  His humorous yet serious participatory works are an incredible re-discovery for us all and I am super thankful that Marc has made the effort to share this research.   I interpret Don's work as templates for actions, research projects and works that need to be re-created  and re-imagined  here in our own city. Marc also put together an incredible catalog featuring descriptions of the 11 book projects on display and an informative essay. Those of you familiar with his other pamphlets and books will be delighted at this wonderful assemblage. Please read more about the exhibition here. And please visit the Center! Exhibition hours are from 5 - 8 PM on Wednesdays, starting on December 9, 2009 until February 10, 2010. (except it will be closed Wednesday, December 23!)