GAS

G.A.S

Generic Art Solutions
Generic Art Solutions is the collaborative efforts of multimedia artists Matt Vis and Tony Campbell. Campbell and Vis were educated on either side of the pond; Campbell-London, Vis-New Orleans. This “Art Team” was conceptualized in New York, and their artistic union was galvanized when both artists moved to New Orleans.

Generic Art Solutions creates their own corporate entity by using the advertising/marketing/ and the media vocabulary, where the creative process is often a team activity. G.A.S is not limited in style, media or message. Their ideas lead their aesthetics. G.A.S strives to make art appropriate for modern living.

Generic Art Solutions uses performance as a tool, but not in the traditional sense. There is no stage/audience separation. It is an on-the-fly, unscripted intercourse. This forum questions where art begins and real life ends.

Generic Art Solutions makes concept driven artwork, often with humor and/or mischief at its core. G.A.S uses humor as a deconstruction tool, establishing the familiar, the stereotypical scenario, but ultimately turns our expectations on their head. G.A.S demands their audience to look beyond the punch line. In reference to Generic Art Solutions the famous New Orleans art critic Doug McCash coined the term “Comic Conceptualists”, which is neither rejected by nor embraced by Generic Art Solutions.

Email: genericartsolutions@yahoo.com

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2001 (Not your typical) Still Life, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orlean. USA.
2001 Bing Bang, The Mermaid, New Orleans USA.
2003 Independence South London Gallery. London, UK.
2004 Natural Disasters, Acme Gallery, New Orleans USA.
2004 This is Art, Three ring circus gallery, New Orleans USA.
2005 Mardi Gras Air Freshener Project, New Orleans USA.
2005 Bing Bang, The Mermaid. New Orleans USA.
2005 American muscle, Johnathan Ferrara Gallery. New Orleans USA.
2005 Katrina Air freshener Project New Orleans USA.
2006 Mardi Gras Air Freshener Project, New Orleans USA.
2006 All dressed up, Zeitgeist, New Orleans USA.
2006 In Harms Way, LMCC Swing space, New York. USA.
2006 We are Gas, University of New Orleans Gallery. USA.
2007 Human Bowling, The Art Rodeo, French Quarter fest. New Orleans, USA.
2007 Unusual Suspects, Barristers Gallery, New Orleans, USA.