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STOLEN The first installment of the shows at Garage Spaces, Stolen was a re-creation of a pawnshop, those local sites of commerce in which the merchandise is rumored to be stolen or of dubious provenance. Stolen displayed, and sold, objects that were indeed taken without permission from friends, family, and other sources. The spaces of the pawn shop included a main room with shelves stocked with items, priceless and yet on-sale; a hidden vault behind a movable shelving unit loaded with objects that related to two artistic industries whose products are for mass consumption: entertainment and graphic design; an unfinished space converted into a mock meth lab; an illegal chili growing loft; and an empty, dark hallway flanked with a two-way mirror. In an exploration of relational aesthetics, participants at the exhibition became “shoppers” participating in the commerce of hawked goods. Stolen was partially funded by by the Year of the Ox Let's Eat Pork Dinner check out the menu here. |
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