Black Market at Black Maria: Skip the Mall

Nov. 22 – January 3 2009
Opening Reception:  Saturday 22nd November, 7:00 – 10:30pm

Black Maria Gallery:
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
323.660.9393
info@blackmariagallery.com
http://blackmariagallery.com
Press release with images: www.leejosephpublicity.com/show/blackmarket08

Artists: Aaron Hitchcock, Aaron White, Annie Aube, Brezo, Chris Uminga, Daniel Elson, Dany Paragouteva, Grace Chee, Heather Watts, Jon Measures, Karyn Raz, Katherine Chiu, Kio Griffith, Lucy Campbell, Max Kauffman, Miss Withers, Renee Lawter, Ronald Llanos, Sam Saghatelian, Sarah Stephens, Saratoga Sake, Scott Ferry, Sergio Mora, Takara and Tom Haubrick.

Heather Watts "Beneath The Surface"

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.