CURRENT PROJECTS

Forever For Sale

Is a conceptual project which developed out of my frustration with an art dealer who chose not to show my work at the Palm Springs Art Fair. I understood his decision, but wasn't going to recede quietly. I made a decision to walk into the main gallery of the Art Fair on opening night, set up my newly created piece, and refuse to leave. The piece consisted of my painting mounted on a real estate stand, complete with the ForSale sign.The following day I created the character of AGENT 00oh, the premier reel state agent of the Hi & Lo Desert. The art piece, entitled FOREVER FORSALE, was set in front of the places I wanted to offer up to sell. At each location, I documented the piece at the location, wrote a small sales pitch, including a price and the possibility for a trade. Later, they were posted on social media.

As the project developed, AGENT 000h took the name, Slim Salabim. With a business card and a fictitious office in a trailer, the agent was ready for business. Here is an example of such a post...Farming is a tough business... just look at these plants. Now, imagine harvesting them. It will take a serious buyer with a green thumb to make a go of this deal. Bring a big, green spray can because these spindly white bean stalks need color. The farm is 2100 acres and comes with a golf cart to ride around in, to check on the harvest from the ground up.PRICE: $50,000 and acre and a million a plantTRADE: a real farm

The Listings Of The Hi & Lo Desert

Presented By Slim Salabim…. Agent 00oh Everything is forsale, from the houses to the businesses, even the wind and solar farms. The views are forsale. This is Capitalism at its best, and I am here to make the deals. If you've got money, then see me. Now, when that money is not available, goods and services are. You've got something I want, so let's make a trade.

$From my hideout in Morongo Valley, sitting in my Airstream trailer, I will take the calls. It’s an unformal affair, you can just call me Slim. When the other agents of the area see me coming, they better step aside. Agent 00oh can pave a way for your advancement up the reel state ladder. With connections in every branch of government and finance, I will group the right factions and fractions to get you into the property of your choice. There will be not stones unturned.$