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Detroit Art Week to showcase city’s “edgy and avant-garde” contemporary art

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published July 19, 2018 at 5:08 PM EDT

The Dotty Wotty House, The Heidelberg Project.

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Detroit Art Week features works in a variety of media, including the Dotty Wotty House, part of the Heidelberg Project.

Courtesy of The Heidelberg Project.

Could It Be I'm Falling in Love, 2013 Archival pigment print, face mounted acrylic 30 x 30 in.

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Ken Aptekar's "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" pigment print.

Ken Aptekar / Courtesy of Wasserman Projects

Belle Isle Conservatory, 2018 Acrylic, spray-paint, photo transfer, oil, and enamel on canvas 87 x 110 in.

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Rosson Crow's "Belle Isle Conservatory" spray paint and acrylic work will be featured at Detroit Art Week.

Rosson Crow / Courtesy of Library Street Collective

Untitled (Opioid Addition, 3 missing doses), 2017 Urethane paint on wood 36h x 36w x 2.25d in

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One of the works featured is Beverly Fishman's "Untitled (Opioid Addition, 3 missing doses)" in paint on wood.

Beverly Fishman / Courtesy of Library Street Collective

Wedge 1, 2016, Acrylic paint, Collage, Glass, LED, Metal, MDF, Oil Stick, Rubber, Wood, 92.5 in x 63 in x 29.75 in.

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Scott Vincent Campbell's "Wedge" which includes glass, LED, rubber, wood, and more.

Scott Vincent Campbell / Courtesy of Scott Vincent Campbell

Hamtramck Ceramck (Patrick Quinn), Black Hoodie, 2018, Sculpture. Courtesy of Hamtramck Ceramck.

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Patrick Quinn's "Black Hoodie" sculpture.

Patrick Quinn / Courtesy of Hamtramck Ceramck.

The first ever Detroit Art Week is set to run July 20, 21, and 22. Organizers bill it as "a self-guided tour and celebration of contemporary art and culture in Detroit."

Amani Olu, the founder and executive director of Detroit Art Week, joined Stateside to tell us about the event.

Listen above to hear about Olu's vision to "establish Detroit as a major global destination for contemporary art," what stands out about the city's art scene, and the kind of narrative about Detroit the event hopes to create.

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