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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Potato Table at the Op Shop

Uber Tuber has a potato table at the Op Shop. There are potato cards and buttons for sale, and underground floating potatoes.

The Op Shop is a temporary art space and community art center existing inside a former Hollywood Video store. It has artwork, a thrift store, and also hosts music, and various performances and workshops. It is located in Chicago's south side neighborhood of Hyde Park, 1530 E. 53rd St.

www.theopshop.org

Potato Artist Bio

Eric developed an interest in veggie art at an early age, when he would find pictures of vegetables in his mom's cooking magazines, and draw faces on them. He brought his style to the pages of magazines at grocery store checkout lines, but his public art career was soon put to a halt by the powers that be.
Years later, he discovered a book entitled "Play With Your Food," which rekindled his interest in veggie creations, as well as searching for oddities in all things.
It was only natural then that a rather unusually shaped potato would catch his eye.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Potato Table at the Op Shop

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