Black Market At Black Maria: Skip The Mall (2008)
November 22nd through January 3rd, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, 22nd of November, 7:00 - 10:30pm
Artists: Aaron Hitchcock, Aaron White, Annie Aube, Astro Monkey, Bandit, Brezo, Chris Uminga, Daniel Elson, Dany Paragouteva, Frank Siurano, Grace Chee, Heather Watts, Jon Measures, Joseph Borzotta, Julie Lee, Karyn Raz, Katherine Chiu, Ken Garduno, Ken Keirns, Kio Griffith, Lucy Campbell, Martina Secondo Russo, Max Kauffman, Michael McAlister, Miss Withers, Patrick Haemmerlein, Renee Lawter, Roland Tamayo, Ronald Llanos, Sam Saghatelian, Sarah Stephens, Saratoga Sake, Scott Ferry, Sergio Mora, Shark Toof, Takara and Tom Haubrick.
Los Angeles – Black Maria Gallery is pleased to announce the fourth annual, “Black Market/Black Maria: Skip the Mall” exhibition. As always, the exhibition will carry a bazaar theme, complete with some of the accoutrements of the shopping experience: paintings suspended on clothing hangers, displayed in shoe boxes and on display stands holding a variety of artworks.
The idea is to both poke gentle fun at the cosmopolitan shopping experience and, on a serious note, remind ourselves of the spiritual rewards of appreciating and owning great art. In keeping with the shopping mall theme, patrons will also be able to take with them whatever they purchase, just as they would in a store.
A painting can be as satisfying as wearing a sexy dress or owning a feature-laden barbecue, except there is an actual, sometimes life-changing meaning waiting to be derived from a work of art. Hence the subtitle of the exhibition: Skip the Mall.
“Black Market” is quintessential Black Maria, showing the work of emerging artists and established artists side by side. It is a great opportunity to see work by artists with international collectors as well as by artists who will be showing their work outside of an academic environment for the first time.