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THE SYSTEM


CLASS A:
FALSE STRAYS
TYPES 1–11

CLASS B:
TRUE STRAYS
TYPES 1–22

SELECTED SPECIMENS
• 1-40
• 41-80
• 81-120
• 121-160
• 161-200

RECENTLY
DOCUMENTED
SPECIMENS

SITE STUDIES
• CLEVELAND, OH
• NIAGARA GORGE
• SCAJAQUADA CREEK

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©2007 Julian Montague

The project has been exhibited in a number of different ways. The first presentation of the System as a set of prints in a gallery space was in 2002. At the time this consisted of non-archival inkjet prints pinned to the gallery walls with t-pins. Each Type in the System was a separate print with further examples of each Type taking the form of smaller prints connected by lines of association. Other sections included Selected Specimens and Site Studies. While this was not the best way to make a lasting body of work, the method was within my means at the time and it was flexible enough that it could fill different types of gallery spaces.

In late 2004 I began enlarging specimen images to 25"x31" (see below) and having them printed as light jet prints (The prints are face mounted to Plexiglas and backed with sintra.). Each image has the Type designation icons and a note about its situation in the lower left hand corner of the piece. I reconfigured all of the System information to fit on one 35"x40" chart (see System Chart).

My September 2006 solo show at Black and White gallery was the first time I made use of vinyl lettering and graphic tape to connect the language of the project to the individual pieces (see below). I repeated this approach on a smaller scale at the Margulies collection in December 2006.

In the past I have included actual stray cart specimens in exhibitions, although in order for them to retain their designation within the System, I can only use TRUE STRAY Types that are defined by physical damage (B/2, B/3, B/10, B/11, B/20).

The project was presented as a web site (A more primitive version of the one you are looking at) at Art in General, in New York in the 2004 group show re:source. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for an exhibition history of the Project.

 

System Chart / 35"x40" / Light Jet print, face mounted to plexiglas //// Specimen print / 25"x31"
 
Black and White Gallery (Chelsea) / New York, New York / September 2006
Black and White Gallery (Chelsea) / New York, New York / September 2006 /
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse / Miami, Florida / December 2006
Black and White Gallery / Brooklyn, New York / March 2005
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center / Buffalo, New York / April 2004 Real Art Ways / Hartford, Connecticut / October 2003
   

STRAY SHOPPING CART PROJECT EXHIBITION HISTORY (For a full art bio see BIO)

SOLO SHOWS

2008
Other Orders, The Albright-Knox Collectors Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2007
The Stray Shopping Cart Identification System, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC

2006
The Stray Shopping Cart Identification System , Black & White Gallery (Chelsea), New York, New York
• Site Study: Scajaquada Creek,
Burchfield-Penney Arts Center, Buffalo, New York

2005
Taxonomies, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Cleveland & Environs, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

2004
The Stray Shopping Cart: An Illustrated System of Identification, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York

2003
The Stray Shopping Cart: An Illustrated System of Identification, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut

2002
The Nomadic Urban Architecture of Buffalo, New York (A Taxonomy of Stray Shopping Carts),Big Orbit Gallery/Soundlab, Buffalo, New York


SELECTED GROUP & TWO PERSON SHOWS

2008
Sprawling, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ

2006
• Systems & Propositions: Carin Mincemoyer and Julian Montague, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, New York
• The Sanctuary and the Scrum
, curated by David Hunt, Black and White Gallery, New York, New York

Young American Artists of Today, Bergen Museum of Arts & Sciences, Paramus, New Jersey

2005
Young American Artists of Today, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia

2004
re: source, Art in General, New York, New York
Crits’ Pix, curator Lily Wei, Black & White Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2002
New Work, International Studio & Curatorial Program Open Studios, New York, New York

2000
The Scajaquada Variations (installation), Artists and Models Event, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York


RESIDENCIES

2005 • Spaces World Artists Program, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2002 • International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, New York


COLLECTIONS

• Martin Z. Margulies Collection
• Progressive Insurance Collection