52 Weeks is the collaborative effort of artists
Jason Andrew McHenry and
Christopher J. Dyer. The project was a
yearlong visual diary and journal presented in weekly increments. Each
artist presented fifty-two boxes, for a total of one-hundred and four
separate pieces.
The visual entries center around pre-existing, 4 inch shadow boxes.
Found objects, ephemera, and original art were collected and manipulated
over the week抯 time to create distinct and personal assemblages.
Accompanying these visual entries are written journals specific to each
artist. The written journals predominantly contain explicit
documentation of the box contents, but also include writings and
notations of a more introspective and creative nature.
The friendship between 52 Weeks creators spans nearly two decades, and
their collaborative efforts have produced a large catalog of artistic
work. They notably served as co-founders of the critically acclaimed
Holy Mackerel Press which published limited edition art-bound volumes by
poets such as Tom Peters and Dr. Martin McGovern. They have been
including in numerous gallery showings in Saint Louis, Denver, Los
Angeles and Seattle.
The 52 Weeks project went on a small gallery tour through the Pacific
Northwest and was featured at Bumbershoot in Seattle where it garnered
praise and was optioned by a local gallery. After the final opening
every piece was sold and the artists both left town. [They have not seen
one another since then.]
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