Past --> The Black Show (co-curated by Daniel Mendel Black) 6/06-7/06
Installation
view of The Black Show - a view from the front door of the gallery showing
Scott Marvel Cassidy's painting on the left, Catherine Sullivan's photo
against the back hall wall, Darren Almond's painting in the middle wall,
Ed Johnson's painting and Marnie Weber's sculpture on the right wall and
Christie Frields' bench sculptures in the center.
Much wider image
From the press release:
THE BLACK SHOW has a purpose, and that is to honor the space that now houses the gallery, but to honor it the way we found it, in blackness. You see, when the lease was signed the space was slightly different. The storefront was painted flat black as was the old awning, as were the walls (all the walls) and the ceiling and the back hall and the washroom and the toilet. Since moving in, some of this has changed and what was once Johnny's Tacos now begins a new life as David Patton Los Angeles.
When sudden change occurs it is often important to recognize it and mark the occasion; people are born and pass away, marriages and birthdays happen, relationships develop or wind down. To mark occasions for events personal or public we use rituals as a way to clear and focus the mind on the change at hand. It is in this spirit that THE BLACK SHOW will honor the space as it was found by painting the walls of the gallery back to black for the length of the show. The work presented will also incorporate "black" in some form. In instances black will be simply a color in relationship with other colors, others black will be a result of a process, a representation of a nightsky or as a tone as in grimness or humor. Full press release.pdf
About the work
The Black Show was the inaugural show at David Patton Los Angeles. It was a group show featuring the work of Darren Almond, Scott Marvel Cassidy, Christie Frields, Ed Johnson, Daniel Mendel-Black (who co-curated the show), Catherine Sullivan, Marnie Weber and Heimo Zobernig. While the Black theme was loose, the black paint on the walls was heavy and set a perfect tone for the show. The show ran from June 6th until July 15th, 2006.
Views (click for large images)
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Artists and works
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Darren Almond - “Vertical Plot 10”, 2000, Paint on hand-made graph paper, 100cm x 100cm. |
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Scott Marvel Cassidy - “F. U. Forever”, 2006, Oil on canvas, 11 3/4" x 19" |
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Christie Frields "Love
Me, for the life of this world is a dark night" 2005, redwood, 18
1/2 x 60 x 11 1/2 inches |
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Ed
Johnson Untitled, 2003 Oil and gesso on plexiglass 19” x 22” |
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Daniel
Mendel-Black “Bite into Deathlessness”, 2006 Mixed media on linen 33” x 24” |
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Catherine
Sullivan “The Virtuous Woman”, 2005 B/w photograph 18” x 18” Artist Proof – color version available as an edition of six |
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Marnie
Weber “Ghost Clown”, 2006 Costume on mannequin 54” x 18” x 18” |
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Heimo
Zobernig Untitled, 1999 offset print on paper 63 x 44.5 cm edition of 30 Published by David Pestorius, Brisbane, No. 1999–78 in the artist's published archive list of works. Discussed in p.200 and p.359 in Heimo Zobernig, ex. cat., MMK, Vienna, 2003 |
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