The Atlantic Conference Presents:

The Final Frontier

“The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.”

James T. Kirk

Press Release

Art is a way one can ex-press themselves with-out the concern of boundaries. I feel a lot of people often think of art as “being creative,” even though it’s much more than that. “Being creative” comes in vari-ous forms. The way you brush your teeth is cre-ative because it’s your own technique; and the outfit you choose to wear

out of the house in the morning is creative since it’s your own style.

I like the idea of there being another Tali Au-tovino in the universe somewhere, for I have spent several hours of my life trying to deter-mine what animal I ‘ll reincarnate into in my next life, even though all signs point to an aard-vark. I haven’t thought much about there be-

ing life on other planets, although David Bowie wrote a song about life on Mars.

I believe that if there is life on another planet, all the people will look like the Snorks. Our per-sonalities will be rep-resented by the color Snork we are, so devel-oping relationships will be a lot easier. I’m not sure what the anten-nae thing on our heads

will be good for, but like I said, we can “be cre-ative” with it.

So, what do people mean when they say, “in an alternate universe…” or, “in what world…”? Your guess is almost as good as mine, even though I’m not sure what yours is. My guess is that when people say “in an alternate universe,” they mean “if things weren’t so bad, they’d be splen-

diferous,” even though that’s probably not true. We, as human beings, rely on a higher power whether that be God, a foreign world, or our mothers. It gives us a sense of comfort and sanctuary from a world that is entirely built on curiosity.

Tali Autovino, April 13, 2012

Top Five Artists of All Time

Tatiana Berg1. alan shields2. matisse / diebenkorn3. kimber smith4. lois dodd5. Guston!!!!

Jean-Baptiste Bernadet1. Tintoretto2. Wolfgang Tillmans3. August Strindberg4. Édouard Manet5. Philip Guston

James Brittingham1. William Blake 2. Lucas Samaras3. Max Fleischer4. Kandis Williams5. Rei Kawakubo

Kadar Brock1. Leonardo2. Donatello3. Raphael4. Michaelangelo5. Schnabel

Kate Casey1. Tim Hawkinson2. Roman Signer3. Tom Friedman4. Petah Coyne5. Mark Dion

James Case-Leal:1. Yvonne Rainer2. Pina Bausch3. Sarah Michelson4. Dawn Kasper5. Liz Magic Laser

Andrea Claire 1. Agnes Martin2. Bridget Riley3. Pierre Koenig4. Robert Irwin5. Charline Von Heyl6. Howard Hodgkin

Gene Coffey1.Rubeus2. Mobius3. Mucha4. Dubuffet5. James Jean

Kirsten Deirup1. Édouard Vuillard 2. Jess3. Whistler4. Leonora Carrington 5. George Eliot

Brian Dulaney1. Goya2. Rembrandt3. Ensor4. Dürer 5. Warhol

Brock Enright1. Duchamp2. Kaufman3. Arthur Craven4. Richard Pryor5. Amelia Earhart6. Mohammed Ali7. Bruce Lee8. Buster Keaton9. Hora Mellbay

Giovanni Forlino1. Michelangelo2. Babe Ruth3. Mozart4. Werner Herzog5. Maria Forlino

Josh Freydkis1. Mike Kelley2. Mike Diana3. Robert Rauschenberg 4. Kazuo Umezu5. John Carpenter

Ted Gahl1. Henri Matisse2. Gustave Caillebotte3. Larry David4. Henrik Fisker5. Tal R

Mark Gibson1. Felix Gonzalez Torres2. Richard Serra3. Sigmar Polke4. Francesco Goya5. Diego Velazquez

Max Gimblett1. Pablo Picasso2. Sengai Gibbon (1750- 1837)3. Henri Matisse4. Michelangelo5. Fra Angelico

Tamara Gonzales1. Jimi Hendrix2. Louise Bourgeois3. Sigmar Polke4. Vincent Van Gogh5. Pablo Picasso6. Andy Warhol7. Hilma af Klint

Stephanie Gonzalez-Turner1. Richard Tuttle2. Betty Parsons3. Max Ernst4. Gordon Matta-Clark5. Brice Marden

Daniel Heidkamp1. Peter Paul Rubens2. Edouard Manet3. Chaim Soutine 4. Fairfield Porter5. David Hockney

Jay Henderson1. Thomas Nozkowski2. Ruth Vollmer3. Chong Keun Chu4. Ignace Joseph Silber-mann 5. Yoshi Sodeoka 

Amber Ibarreche1. JAMES CASTLE2. ELLEN GALLAGHER3. VAN GOGH 4. CLAUDE CAHUN5. BARBARA KRUGER

Matt Jones1. Martin Kippenberger2. Leonardo Da Vinci3. Sigmar Polke4. Francesco Goya5. Nicholas Poussin

Benjamin King1. Fan Kuan2. Richard Serra 3. Mark Rothko 4. Gorgio Morandi5. Phillip Guston

Harmony Korine1. purvis young2. jb murry3. gucci mane4. crunchy black5. project pat

Noah Lyon1. Hieronymus Bosch 2. Pieter Bruegel the Elder3. Robert Diggs the Rza4. Jello Biafra5. Philip Guston

Billy Maker1. Morandi2. Richard Prince3. Ansel Adams4. Da Vinci5. Richard Serra

Virginia Martinsen1. Pierre Soulages2. Hermann Nitsch3. Damien Hirst4. Roxy Paine5. David Altmejd

Rob Nadeau1. Albert Pinkham Ryder2. Allan Kaprow3. Sigmar Polke4. Franz West5. Matisse

Jon Newman1. Picasso2. de Kooning 3. Rembrandt 4. Pollock5. Condo

Eli Ping1. dekooning2. pollock3. benglis4. roberto matta5. chamberlain

Jason Peters1. Grodon Matte Clark2. Lee Bonticue3. Charlotte Posenenske 4. Guido Geelen5. Michael Heizer

Max Razdow1. William Blake2. Charles Burchfi eld 3. Mark Rothko4. Jacob Lawrence5. Diego Rivera

Guadalupe Rosales1. Mike Kelley2. Banks Violette3. Emma Kunz4. ilse Bing5. Letha Wilson

Guy Richards Smit1. GOYA 2. DAUMIER3. FRANS HALS4. VELASQUEZ5. PICASSO6. MANET7. VAN GOGH8. Giotto9. Piero Dela Francesca10. Van Eyck

Bob Szantyr1. Joseph Beuys2. Beth Campbell3. Donald Judd4. Carol Bove5. Dan Flavin

Jason Tomme1. Manet

Kim Westfall1. Jean-Luc Godard2. Throbbing Gristle 3. Rainer Werner Fassbinder4. Gordon Matta Clark 5. Lisa Frank

Eric Wiley1. Diego Velazquez2. Francesco Goya`3. Werner Herzog4. Martin Kippenberger5. Sigmar Polke

Jen Zakrzewski1. ron athey 2. trisha brown3. mike kelley4. allan kaprow5. otto dix

Acknowledgements:

Thank you Andrea Claire and Jason Peters for allowing The Atlantic Conference to use your space for this exhibition.

Thank you artists for making such excellent work.

Thank you to everyone that came out and cel-ebrated the opening with us.

Design by Matt Jones and Eric Wiley

All artwork is copyright the respective artists.

The Press Release is copyright 2012 Tali Auto-vino

Published by The Atlan-tic Conference Press, 2012.

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