Benefit Plate

With Benefit Plate, Okay Mountain examines the tradition of customization when applied to automobiles and barbecue pit trailers. Often carried out within limited means, customization aims to improve performance and functionality, while adding personalized style. The ten-artist collective explores the cross cultural aspects of this practice with emphasis on a desire common to many customization practicioners; to out perform predecessors and push the envelope in spite of consequence and frequently at the expense of practicality. Currently on view at Freight + Volume through September 3, 2010.

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