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After Hours: CMYK vs. RGB

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Walker members reveled together with the Minneapolis design community during our After Hours celebration for the Oct. 21 opening of Graphic Design: Now in Production. With so much to see and do, galleries were full the entire evening. One of our new members, Terese, scopes out some beautifully hand drawn death metal logos. A special [...]

Walker members reveled together with the Minneapolis design community during our After Hours celebration for the Oct. 21 opening of Graphic Design: Now in Production. With so much to see and do, galleries were full the entire evening.

One of our new members, Terese, scopes out some beautifully hand drawn death metal logos.

A special feature during this exhibition is the ability to create your own poster.

Instead of using ink, this printer cuts circles!

Here’s some of our buttons from the button-making station where attendees had a chance to show some flare for their team.

Party-goers also had the chance to frolic and be seen in Party People Pictures taken in the freight elevator off of the Cargill Lounge.

This witty designer seems to have re-purposed her Pantone swatch book for the photo!

These friends picked Pantone swatches to match their C, M, and K outfits!

Taking it a step further, we had guests that found swatches to match their hair!

Thank you to all of our lovely members and friends for helping us celebrate the opening of this landmark exhibition by showing your CMYK or RGB pride!

Video: Baby Marx at Occupy Wall Street

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This is the latest video from Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’ Walker exhibition Baby Marx, which explores the intersections between ideology, entertainment and contemporary art. A couple of weeks ago, Karl Marx and Adam Smith took a field trip to New York City to visit the Occupy Wall Street protest in Liberty Plaza–separately, and with different [...]

This is the latest video from Mexican artist Pedro Reyes’ Walker exhibition Baby Marx, which explores the intersections between ideology, entertainment and contemporary art.

A couple of weeks ago, Karl Marx and Adam Smith took a field trip to New York City to visit the Occupy Wall Street protest in Liberty Plaza–separately, and with different views on the issues at hand. Marx sees in the current economic crisis the same self-destruction of capitalism that he predicted 200 years ago, and in this an opportunity to revive socialism. Smith, however, sees a different opportunity.

Inside the precarious tents the resistance goes on, in a place that the privileged few have fled in a golden parachute…

Baby Marx at Occupy Wall Street from Pedro Reyes on Vimeo.

New “Baby Marx” Scenes: Marx and Smith Breakup pts. 1 & 2

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Here are the latest scenes from Pedro Reyes’ ongoing project, Baby Marx. Shot at the Walker in August, the episodes have just been released. In these scenes, the action takes a melodramatic turn as Karl Marx and Adam Smith have a falling out over the “green” movement and Smith’s penchant for consumerism. Hearts heavy, the [...]

Here are the latest scenes from Pedro Reyes’ ongoing project, Baby Marx. Shot at the Walker in August, the episodes have just been released. In these scenes, the action takes a melodramatic turn as Karl Marx and Adam Smith have a falling out over the “green” movement and Smith’s penchant for consumerism. Hearts heavy, the two wander separately around the Walker, lamenting the breakup and meeting the likes of Che Guevara, Friederich Engels, Frederick Taylor, and John Maynard Keynes.

Check back tomorrow for scenes from the duo’s trip to Occupy Wall Street in New York.

Marx and Smith Breakup pt. I from Pedro Reyes on Vimeo.

Marx And Smith Breakup pt. 2 from Pedro Reyes on Vimeo.

Karl Marx and Adam Smith Drop in on Occupy Wall Street

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Last week Karl Marx and Adam Smith, two of the stars of the Pedro Reyes exhibition/video series Baby Marx, made an impromptu trip from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to Occupy Wall Street in New York’s Financial District. The artist had been tracking the protests and decided the puppets should check them out. Among other activities, Marx interviewed OWS protesters, while Smith set up the first Occupy Wall Street bank.


Adam Smith launches the First Occupied Bank. Photo: Natalia Nakazawa

Last week Karl Marx and Adam Smith, two of the stars of the Pedro Reyes exhibition/video series Baby Marx, made an impromptu trip from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis to Occupy Wall Street in New York’s Financial District. The artist had been tracking the protests and decided the puppets should check them out. Together with the director of photography Vicente Pousso and the Minneapolis-based puppeteers Janaki Ranpura (Smith) and Marc Berg (Marx), Reyes shot several new scenes. Among other activities, Marx interviewed OWS protesters, while Smith set up the first Occupy Wall Street bank.

Normally museums don’t let their art objects go on field trips during an exhibition. For one thing, they might get damaged. But Pedro’s idea was so obviously in tune with the project as a whole — exploring as it does the intersections of art, ideology and entertainment, not to mention the clash between Marxist and capitalist theory — that the registrars and curators worked out a way to make it happen and released them back into the world. Visitors to the Walker last week saw two empty stands where Karl and Adam normally hang out, plus labels letting them know that they would return soon.

The videos of the visit should be ready in the next few weeks and posted online, in the meantime here are a few snapshots:


Marx prepares to interview a protester at Occupy Wall Street. Pictured: Michele Fiedler, Pedro Reyes, Karl Marx, Vicente Pousso and Marc Berg. Photo: Natalia Nakazawa

Marx is not so happy with Smith’s new profit-making scheme. Photo: Natalia Nakazawa

Walker Loading Dock: Puppeteer Marc Berg returns puppets to the Walker’s Assistant Registrar for Exhibitions, Pamela Caserta. Photo: Bartholomew Ryan

Walker Receiving Area: Adam Smith is doing OK after his trip to New York, according to a condition report that reflects any changes. Photo: Bartholomew Ryan

Karl and Adam in situ at the Walker. Photo: Gene Pittman

UPDATE: Here’s video of the Occupy Wall Street segment from Baby Marx.