http://www.instinctmpls.com/upcoming/
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“There is no such thing
as a good painting
about nothing.”
Gottlieb and Rothko, 1943
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Abstraction is a territory heavily explored,
but as an expression of individual psyches,
the territory is never-ending.
The unrelenting appeal of abstraction
is also due to the archetypes found there,
as the private world of the mind
always slips toward the universal.
This combination of unique expression and primordial patterns
attract our attention,
informs our humanness.
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The exhibition’s title,
THE AUTOMATIC MESSAGE,
is taken from Andre Breton,
poet and spokesperson of the surrealist movement
in the early 20th century.
He used,‘The Automatic Message’
to describe a free-association form of writing done
without any premeditation and undirected
by conscious thought
in order to express
the subconscious mind.
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It would be another 25 years
before abstract painting came into its own,
but when it did,
it took the art world by storm.
Since that time, visual art has moved
through other forms of abstraction
–as text or pure concept.
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INSTINCT’S exhibit follows the original idea,
THE AUTOMATIC MESSAGE,
in the visual domain.
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John Schuerman
Director
INSTINCT ART GALLERY
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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THE AUTOMATIC MESSAGE
OPENS
20 SEPTEMBER 2014
6 pm-8pm
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PREMIERE
CONFLUENCE/JAM SESSION
OF
3 PREMIER VENUES
OF
IMPROVISATION/CREATIVE COURAGE
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PRE-EXHIBITION EVENT
DAKOTA+INSTINCT+KBEM
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18 SEPTEMBER 2014
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1.) 12 NOON: The DAKOTA x INSTINCT GALLERY
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http://www.dakotacooks.com/event/artist-wine-lunch-w-kim-davey-of-shingleback-wine-and-david-aschenbrener-of-the-automatic-message/
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Image: close up/phrase of Yellow Night: RISE Catherine L. Johnson 2012
2.) 6:30 pm-8:30 pm: INSTINCT GALLERY x KBEM
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http://jazz88.mpls.k12.mn.us/gallery_grooves-thursday_september_18th
http://www.instinctmpls.com/event/2014/9/18/gallery-grooves-with-kbem-jazz
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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/9-20-14-11-1-14-the-automatic-message-exhibition-instinct-the-dakota-kbem-a-premiere-confluencejam-session-of-3-premier-venues-of-improvisationcreative-courage/
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I dedicate my offerings in THE AUTOMATIC MESSAGE exhibition to:
the late Dr. Mark B. Coventry;
my late parents;
my heart family,
who sustain me and are my hurricane lamps,
and
to my collectors
whose refined sensibilities could hear
the song, hymn and gospel of my art.
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 
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