Previously featured on Plus, the A&D Blog, eBayADay, curated by Associate Professor Rebekah Modrak and MFA candidate Zack Denfeld, may be the first juried group exhibition on eBay. Undergraduate, graduate students and faculty submitted proposals for artworks in which the entire ebay listing (item for sale, descriptive text and placement within chosen categories) is the work. Works presented in the show exploit, redefine or underscore eBay’s potential in the exchange of ideas, objects and commerce.

The artists chosen for the show received instructions for the day and time to post their listing in a 7-day online auction. The first of the 25 auctions begins on December 1st 2005 and the last auction ends on January 1st, 2006. This 31-day event of staggered auctions can be viewed simultaneously at www.ebayaday.com.

From Michigan Radio:

If you go on Ebay this month, you might stumble on a work of art. But these pieces are different than the thousands of paintings and sculptures you’ll find for sale on any given day. They might not even be listed in the art category. Michigan Radio’s Tamar Charney takes a look at the University of Michigan art exhibit EBayADay.

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