A Store Show
NOV 9 - DEC 15, 2019
ODD ARK • LA is pleased to present “A Store Show” - the Gallery’s first group exhibition since opening its doors November 2017. With an impressive roster of over ninety Los Angeles-based artists, the show will open November 9th, and remain on view through December 15th, 2019.
The storefront ODD ARK • LA currently occupies was previously a small neighborhood convenience store that offered an eclectic mix of snacks, soft drinks, cigarettes, booze, lottery tickets and knick-knacks amongst other goods. For this exhibition, we will revisit the history of our space as the gallery is transformed back into a small bodega-like market, lined with makeshift shelves, hand-made display cases, clothing-rack and other support structures that tweak conventional methods of displaying art and tease strategies of merchandising and sales.
Ninety-plus artists from the city of Los Angeles will contribute and create goods for the “Store.” Multiples, editions and unique works will explore ideas of utility, lifestyle, commerce and consumerism, value and multiplicity. ODD ARK • LA‘s location on California’s historic Route 66 will further conjure themes of Americana and the funky small roadside markets often offering an array of eccentric goods, oddities, souvenirs, strange snacks and the unexpected weird side-show attraction.
Some of the works in the exhibition were pre-existing and chosen as “store inventory”, and other works have been specifically produced by the artists prompted by the exhibition theme of “A Store Show.”
Functioning as a market, some multiple works will be available for purchase and carry, while integral works to the structure of the “store” will remain in the installation until the end of the exhibition. Prices will range from $5 dollars to $7000 with an average price of $49.99.
Adam D. Miller, Adam Rabinowitz, Aili Schmeltz, Aitor Lajarin, Alika Cooper, Alyse Emdur, Andrew Cortez, Andy Hope 1930, Angel Chen, Anna Breininger, Aubrey Ingmar Manson, Bettina Hubby, Brian Cooper, Brian Randolph, Brittany Mojo, Charles Irwin, Conrad Ruiz, Daniel Cummings, Daniel Gibson, Daniel Hawkins, Danny Bowman, Dave Muller, Delia Brown, Devon Oder, Devon Tsuno, Don Edler, Eddie Ruscha, Elizabeth Huey, Eric Ernest Johnson, Ewa Wojciak, Francesca Gabbiani, George Stoll, Hayley Barker, Isabel Theselius, Jacob Melchi, Jaime Muñoz, James Herman, Jamie Felton, Janet Levy, Jason David, Jason Leinwand, Jason Yates, Jenene Nagy, Jenn Berger, Jennifer Rochlin, Jim Shaw, Joel Kyack, John Knuth, John Zane Zappas, Jon Pylypchuk, Jonathan Casella, Joshua West Smith, Julia Schwartz, Juliana Paciulli, Julie Henson, Karen Lofgren, Kathryn O’Halloran, Katya Usvitsky, Kirk Nelson, Kysa Johnson, Laura Cooper, Laura London, Laurie Nye, Lawrence Weiner, Lindsay Preston Zappas, Lisa Ann Auerbach, Liv Aanrud, Lydia Maria Pfeffer, Mabel Moore, Marc Horowitz, Marnie Weber, Mary Anna Pomonis, Michael Decker, Michelle Fierro, Mike Kelley, Molly Larkey, Mungo Thomson, Nadege Monchera Baer, Narumi Nekpenekpen, Nevena Binney, Nick Brown, Nick Taggart, Nicolas Shake, Paul Theriault, Pearl C. Hsiung, Peter Wu, Pia Pack, Rakeem Cunningham, Rema Ghuloum, Rochele Gomez, Ry Rocklen, Senon Williams, Steve Hurd, Steven Hull, Susan Logoreci, T. Kelly Mason, Tami Demaree, Tanya Haden, Tessie Salcido Whitmore, Thomas Linder, Timo Fahler, Victoria Tao, Violet Hopkins, Yasmine Diaz.
*Previous store shows include Claes Oldenburg’s The Store in Manhattan, NY (1961), The Store Show at Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (1991), The Shop by Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas (1993), Jason Rhoades’s Ikea “Swedish Erotica and Fiero Parts” (1994), Liquor Store at Paradise Garage in Venice, CA (2013), Bettina Hubby’s The Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop, Los Angeles, CA (2012) and Lisa Anne Auerbach and Joel Kyack’s the Meow that presented artists exhibitions as small businesses (2016-17).
