SELECTIONS FROM THE CONTEMPORARY'S FLAT FILES
(June 30 – August 20, 2006)

This exhibition features work that was submitted to our newly established Contemporary's Flat Files. In an interest to make the talent of Midwest artists more visible and accessible, the Contemporary is please to launch this program and does so with the ever changing exhibition Selections from the Contemporary's Flat Files. The Flat Files were created through an open invitation to artists residing in the state of Missouri and the metro east section of Illinois. Artists were asked to submit small works on paper. Selections from these submissions will be exhibited in our gallery and change throughout the duration of the exhibition. In part inspired by the success of the Flat File program at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn - where the work of over 700 artists are filed - the Contemporary is likewise interested in introducing the work of more artists to a wider public than is possible through our exhibition program only. A permanent set of Flat Files will always be available at the Contemporary and serve as a resource to artists, curators, collectors, critics, dealers, and the general public. Selections from the Contemporary's Flat Files introduces new work by both artists familiar and unknown, work by artists who may not usually work on paper or at a small scale, and provide an ever-changing and interactive way of experiencing art.