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New York-based art gallery INVISIBLE-EXPORTS founded by Risa Needleman and Benjamin Tischer says on its website– “Invisible Exports promotes the talents of individual artists dealing in tangible and intangible components. We work well with others.”

William Powhida
Post-Boom Odds, 2008
January Curator: Bengala

The gallery is taking its offbeat approach towards nurturing artistic talent further by presenting a unique concept– The Artist of the Month Club (AMC) which works like a subscription. Each month for one year, a different curator selects an artist to create an original artwork. These artists can be established or up-and-coming, but must represent what the curator sees as vital and long-lasting. Someone worth owning and worth knowing. Subscibers to the AMC will not know the identity of these artists beforehand, introducing Duchampian chance into the act of collecting. Artworks may take any form, though the standard will be a 17 x 22 inch print.

Each month, subscribers will receive the artwork by mail, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity. At the end of the twelve months, subscribers will have a wonderful twelve-piece collection curated for them by some of the most exciting curators in the art world. It will broaden the range of established collectors or be the perfect starter for a beginning collector.

Zoe Crosher
Almost Okinawa from ‘In & Around the Fronds’
The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle du Bois, 2009
February Curator: Amy Davila

The AMC is sold on a first come basis. There are no holds or reserves. All collectors have equal access to this coveted edition. The edition-by-subscription is limited to only 50 participants. Subscribers who sign up now will be brought up to speed, receiving all the works from January through June right away.

Curators taking part in this edition of the AMC hail from all corners of the art world including the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Swiss Institute, Ballroom MARFA, the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Participant Inc., and White Columns among others.

Curators selecting work for this year’s AMC are– Bengala, Amy Davila, Lia Gangitano, Matthew Higgs, Ana Finel Honigman, Gianni Jetzer, Lisa Kirk, Risa Needleman, Alicia Ritson, Shamim Momin, Barbara Thompson and Anton Vidokle.

The 2009 ARTIST OF THE MONTH CLUB is available for $200/month, which includes shipping and handling. This edition is composed of twelve original artworks by twelve different artists, exclusively available through this project.