Sick of your own art? Throw it away at MoMA PS1

Are you an artist whose finally had it with being ignored by the art world, working a shit job just to pay the astronomical rent on your studio in the ass end of Brooklyn? Are you someone who has been given a work of art that you know perfectly well is without value, and may even be ugly as far as you're concerned? Are you an artist who's actually successful to some degree, but are embarrassed by an earlier work? Well, London's wry Bob and Roberta Smith have a solution for all of you and more. From Sun 26–Mar 8, their show, "MoMA PS1 and Bob & Roberta Smith Invite You to Throw Your Art Away" will be on view at The Modern's adjunct in Long Island City. The exhibition consists of a set of dumpsters out in MoMA PS1's courtyard where unwanted art can be disposed of. For those having a hard time letting go, the art can be brought to the second-floor gallery where curators will hang it for display. Art will be excepted until Mar 8, but there are restrictions. Each piece can measure no more that ten square feet or ten cubic feet and weigh no more than 150 lbs. And there's also a major catch: In order to exhibit your work, you must sign a pledge saying that you never want to see the work again (meaning it goes in the dumpster) and/or that you promise to never make art again. If you opt for the latter, you get an official "I am not longer an artist" badge. Seems worth it to us!

Bob and Roberta Smith is actually the pseudonym of Patrick Brill, an artist, author, curator musician, professor, radio host, events organizer, activist, art education advocate and trained sign painter—a Renaissance man, in other words whose known for banners painted with slogans weighing in on the elitism of the art world and other pressing matters. While his latest effort isn't open to the public until Oct 26, MoMA PS1 has been accepting art for the event since Oct 2 during regular museum hours (Mon, Thu–Sun noon–6pm). So if you're in a hurry to unload your work you can do so now. And who can blame you? Committing career suicide never sounded like so much fun!