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{CTS} creative thriftshop is thrilled to announce that artist Jeremy Dean is slated to open the 2010 fall season with the unveiling of his Hummer turned stagecoach at 21c Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. This series of works will be debuted as a solo exhibition entitled "Futurama: Jeremy Dean” from September 13th through October 18th.

The exhibition is surrounded by a whirlwind of local events, including IdeaFestival (September 29-October 2, 2010), which attracts diverse thinkers from around the globe to explore and celebrate innovation, imagination and cutting-edge ideas. This amazing collection of works by an upcoming young American artist intersects all sectors of the contemporary dialogue.

Dean has taken a gas guzzling 8 mile-per-gallon HUMMER H2, a symbol of extravagance, and converted it into a working horse drawn cart. Dean has pimped it out with silver chrome, working LED lights and a booming audio and video system. The concept for the “Futurama” series combines the traditional focus on function and horsepower in early modes of transport with the car industry’s advancements since. Part car - part carriage, this line of eight proposed converted vehicles, and the stunning display of the life size interactive work “CEO Stagecoach,” simultaneously juxtaposes for the history of industrial design, the shortcomings of our national story, the culture of excess, financial collapse, sustainability and the future, through leather steel and chrome.

Jeremy Dean has captured the turmoil of the times. Taking the logic of the past, Jeremy Dean’s body of work makes a satirical prediction of the future. This exhibition is not to be missed.

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about the artist: Jeremy Dean has built a reputation for exploring the American dream and human progress through art. Deconstructing and re-contextualizing iconic symbols of power and wealth, his work addresses social, political, economic and cultural issues. Dean received his BFA from Flagler College and attended an intensive film program before embarking on the six year journey of creating the truly independent feature film Dare Not Walk Alone which received numerous awards and a theatrical release. He was inducted into the Writers Guild of America 2008 and was recently given a special film screening at BAM. He has been exhibited nationally in galleries, museums, and art fairs. His latest work Back to the Futurama exhibited during Armory Week in New York to a great deal of fan fare. Having been deemed the darling of the press as of late his work has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, Art in America, Art Slant, Current TV, ABC World Report, Huffington Post, Reuters, and countless blogs and niche media.

about the museum: 21c Museum is North America’s first museum dedicated solely to collecting and exhibiting art of the 21st century. The 9,000-square-foot Museum is part of the 21c Museum Hotel, located in downtown Louisville’s art and theater district. 21c was opened in 2006, and was founded by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, philanthropists and arts patrons who are committed to bringing works of art to the public through innovative exhibitions and programs that integrate contemporary art into daily life. The exhibitions and installations of 21c Museum weave into the fabric of the hotel and the surrounding streetscape, with works of art filtering into both public space and unexpected places. There is no hierarchical demarcation between the areas of the Museum and the other public spaces of 21c. Works of art appear in elevators, public restrooms, sunken courtyards, hallways, guest rooms, the walls and corners of the Proof on Main restaurant and bar, and on the floor, windowpanes, roof, and the city sidewalk. The 21c Museum is open free of charge 24 hours a day, seven days a week.