<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ITEM</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> is a project where an object is singled out, obsessively researched, </span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br />sourced and then held in an exhibition and sold to celebrate it.</span></span><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The first ITEM is the </span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CANDLE</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">and the first celebration is </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_3">Dec. 6</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, 6-8,<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">at </span><a href="http://r20thcentury.com/"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">R 20th Century Gallery</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> at 82 </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Franklin.<br /><br /></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6454154787_e09b22bc88_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6454154787_e09b22bc88_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 680px; height: 533px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4">"Hand made traditional <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">Byzantine candles</span> made in Florina, Greece"</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ITEM </span></span>will present a collection of candles sourced from around the world.<br /><br />These unique specimens include: (1) <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Byzantine candles </span></span>from Greece made by one of the last artisans of this style (2) Hand dipped 3 branched<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Swedish grenljus candles</span></span> associated with Christmas (3) <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jewish Havdallah candles</span></span> lit at the end of the Sabbath (4) <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Japanese handmade sumac candles </span></span>and many others.<br /><br />The candles will be on display in a unified installation, at once amplifying the differences in shape and style while also suggesting a universal essence of candle-ness. ITEM is a project started in 2011 by Leah Singer and Julia Trotta. The mission is to single out and to obsess over singular objects, presenting them in an installation setting.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ITEM has no fixed address. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">More of ITEM at their</span> <a href="http://itemitem.tumblr.com/" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">tumbler.</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------------------</span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1323023091_4"></span></span></div>

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