Red 76

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Red 76 is a multi-artist collective started in Portland, Oregon. Since 2000 they have produced numerous projects and appeared in The New York Times[1], Art Forum[2] and Modern Painters[3], and shown at Southern Exposure and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Red 76 is a moniker for collaboratively based projects conceived most frequently by Sam Gould, and fleshed out by a group of like minded artists usually consisting, but not limited to; Khris Soden, Zefrey Throwell, Paige Saez, Colin Beattie, Jen Rhoads, Laura Baldwin, and many others. Their projects have taken place in Portland, New York, San Francisco and Prague.

Projects like Ghosttown and Taking Place[4] sought to charge space and create an atmosphere wherein the public may become highly aware of their immediate surroundings, and their day to day activities, is an often recurring element within many of the groups activities.

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  1. ^ Cotter, Holland http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/arts/design/21grav.html?fta=y The New York Times (2007)
  2. ^ Stadler, Matthew Art Forum March (2006)
  3. ^ Jahn, Jeff "Something to Prove" Modern Painters Spring (2003)
  4. ^ Bovee, Katherine http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2005/07/report_from_tak.html PORT (2005)

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