Cottage Industry

Cottage IndustryThis catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition Cottage Industry at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore May 31 August 24, 2008. Cottage Industry features a number of artists and artist collaboratives including Lisa Anne Auerbach The Tract House, Fritz Haeg Edible Estates, The City Reliquary Museum, Christine Hill Volksboutique, Sean Miller The John Erickson Museum of Art, and Andrea Zittel The Smock Shop whose artistic output involves the

This catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition Cottage Industry at the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore May 31- August 24, 2008. Cottage Industry features a number of artists and artist collaboratives Ð including Lisa Anne Auerbach/The Tract House, Fritz Haeg/Edible Estates, The City Reliquary Museum, Christine Hill/Volksboutique, Sean Miller/The John Erickson Museum of Art, and Andrea Zittel/The Smock Shop - whose artistic output involves the creation of innovative and conceptually engaging business and cultural ventures, both actual and pseudo. With an entrepreneurial spirit, the artists in Cottage Industry combine commercial and personal interests as diverse as biking, knitting, horticulture, architecture, shop-keeping, and even museum management with a variety of artistic media and conceptual goals.