original concept drawing
The Art Guys Marry A Plant
2006
ink transfer, graphite, collage on paper
12X9", private collection

For a high resolution press photo that you may download, click on the image above. Image size: 16 X 10 inches at 300 dpi, 6.6 MB
PLEASE GIVE PROPER PHOTO CREDIT AS FOLLOWS: photo by Everett Taasevigen

The Art Guys Marry A Plant wedding vows

The Tree Dedication Ceremony for The Art Guys Marry A Plant
Saturday, November 19, 2011, 10:30 a.m.
The Menil Collection

On Saturday, November 19, 2011, a public ceremony as held at The Menil Collection to dedicate the planting of the live oak tree from The Art Guys Marry A Plant . The tree was planted on the grounds of The Menil Collection on March 29, 2011 and was formally accepted into the permanent collection on June 2, 2011 as a gift from The Art Guys. "The Tree Dedication Ceremony of The Art Guys Marry A Plant" included speakers Toby Kamps, Menil curator of modern and contemporary art, Lawrence Weschler, writer and Director of the New York Institute of the Humanities, and James Surls, artist. The tree is located in Menil Park on the grounds of the Menil Collection just southwest of the Rothko Chapel.

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"The Art Guys Marry A Plant Wedding Cake Topper" Special commemorative limited edition sculpture commissioned by the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. CONTACT THE ART GUYS for more information.

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news, articles, links, information

wedding

Houston Chronicle - "The Art Guys' big fat no so gay wedding" by Douglas Britt
Houston Chronicle - The Art Guys, Chris Burden, that New Yorker cover and the Jonas Brothers by Douglas Britt
Houston Chronicle - sexyATTACK’s missed opportunity by Douglas Britt
Houston Chronicle - Final-ish judgment on the Art Guys’ wedding (w/blooper reel) by Douglas Britt
Houston Chronicle - The Art Guys’ Michael Galbreth responds by Douglas Britt
Houston Chronicle - Response to Art Guy Michael Galbreth’s open letter by Douglas Britt
James Surls Blog Spot - "The Art Guys Marrying a Tree: The Duality of Belief" by James Surls
Glasstire - "The Art Guys: Dead Serious" by Michael Bise
Houston Press - "Meta-Colonialism" by Troy Schulze
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dedication

Nuptials Stranger Than When The Art Guys Married That Plant, Meredith Deliso of HoustonPress
Eligible gay bachelor desperately seeks single female art critic for short-lived marriage, Douglas Britt, 29-95.com (Houston Chronicle)
Should I Marry Douglas Britt? (A Contemporary Art Critic's Dilemma), Jen Graves, SLOG (The Stranger)
Married But Two Years, the Art Guys Plant Spouse in Menil Lawn, Alive Yet!, Bill Davenport, Glasstire
Houston Art Critic to Pan Performance Art with Performance of His Own, Meredith Deliso of HoustonPress
Chron Critic Britt Goaded into Counter-Art by Art Guys Menil Tree-Marriage Stunt, Bill DavenPort, Glasstire
The latest chapter of Art Guys Marry a Plant divides Houston arts community, Tyler Rudick, CultureMap Houston
Art Gay Marries a Woman: Britt Counter-Ceremony Tonight; Art Guys Marry a Plant Dedication Tomorrow, Bill DavenPort, Glasstire
'THE ART GAY MARRIES A WOMAN' TO BE WARMUP ACT FOR AMATEUR STRIP CONTEST, Douglas Britt, 29-95.com (Houston Chronicle)
The Art Guys Marry a Plant: Part II, Meredith Deliso, HoustonPress
Uproar over The Art Guys Marry a Plant ends with peaceful tree dedication ceremony at Menil, Tyler Rudick, CultureMap Houston
Britt-Darby Guerrila Action On YouTube: Art Guys Plant Piece “Sucks”, Bill DavenPort, Glasstire
Update on the Art Critic Who Asked Me to Marry Him, Jen Graves, SLOG (The Stranger)
UPDATED: The Art Guys' Controversial Plant Attacked By Suspected Vandals, Meredith Deliso, HoustonPress
ART GUYS' TREE-BRIDE VANDALIZED, 29-95.com (Houston Chronicle)
Art Guys Tree-Bride Chopped: Vandals Deface Controversial New Menil Installation, Bill Davenport, Glasstire
A tree dies in Montrose: Controversial Art Guys project at Menil Park is vandalized, Clifford Pugh, HoustonPress
Chron Art Critic Douglas Britt's Very Odd Meth-Filled, "I'm a Hooker" Blog: Bad Performance Art Or Sign of a Personal Crisis?, Meredith Deliso, HoustonPress
A Town Without Critics, Theodore Bale, Arts Journal Texas
Homophobia in the Arts, James Payne, Huffington Post
The Art Guys-Devon Britt-Darby Saga Continues by Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan Is Dead
DEBRIS: This Month in Art-Killing Nonsense by Sean Morrisey Carroll, Free Press Houston
The Tree of Strife by Mimi Swartz, Texas Monthly