Free Alterations
November 7–December 20, 2015
Royal NoneSuch Gallery
4231 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA
All photos by Graham Holoch
November 7–December 20, 2015
Royal NoneSuch Gallery
4231 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, CA
All photos by Graham Holoch
︎ Press
Since 2009, the many co-directors of Royal NoneSuch Gallery have cared for and maintained the 281-square-foot exhibition space, hosting installations, screenings and events that defy a one-word description. Through six years of projects and a variety of physical changes (from black walls to red walls to wallpaper), they’ve kept the gallery open as a meeting place for the Bay Area arts community.
For the exhibition, I created a series of sculptural alterations based on interviews with past and current gallery directors. Pinpointing the gallery’s most problematic or charmingly idiosyncratic features, each sculpture highlights or amends one of these architectural oddities.
Since 2009, the many co-directors of Royal NoneSuch Gallery have cared for and maintained the 281-square-foot exhibition space, hosting installations, screenings and events that defy a one-word description. Through six years of projects and a variety of physical changes (from black walls to red walls to wallpaper), they’ve kept the gallery open as a meeting place for the Bay Area arts community.
For the exhibition, I created a series of sculptural alterations based on interviews with past and current gallery directors. Pinpointing the gallery’s most problematic or charmingly idiosyncratic features, each sculpture highlights or amends one of these architectural oddities.
![Installation view](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9abea949afce34b11f5d09c30cc5ba662febe596ddb700ab321d2373320dd72c/Hotchkiss_28.jpg)
![Privacy (for Zoë) in use, 2015Wood, masonite, acrylic and gouache, 25 x 18.5 inches](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cff88268ea6e23a966f540608d16e94986833c47cc9bab91165831a69521d938/Hotchkiss_30.jpg)
![Merch Table (for Carrie), 2015Pegboard, wood, acrylic and gouache, 34 x 20 x 3 inches each](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9e6b5e728702eee1faed9388f7cb86ea42dbabe88d07c884967b23efcf2f998/Hotchkiss_38.jpg)
![Privacy at rest](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dde3e7be27318413356241ad75ed869d56151a23206162368faf9fef512472ec/Hotchkiss_31.jpg)
![Appendage Stretcher (for Susannah), 2015Wood, hook, felt, acrylic and gouache, 1 x 74 x 1 inches](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba5a07440894825f6548d42813147bc7eb8c18b48af914a03c37cfdbc0f6d5e5/Hotchkiss_45.jpg)
![Emotional Thomassons (for Carey), 2015Wiggly eyes, existing anomalies, various very small sizes](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fce2a5529a2f56978a0738a2ab0f377e12269c35482b3fa0339cb2183ce0bfd1/Hotchkiss_34.jpg)
![On Offs (for Hillary), 2015Wood outlet covers and switch plates, acrylic and gouache, Usually 5.5 x 3.5 inches](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acf6a2616bfa2ea956d6cb2b23b817255ef3e61f6ac948a25ab889ff3cafdf21/Hotchkiss_37.jpg)
![Centerpiece (for Liz), 2015Masonite, acrylic and gouache, brass-plated hardware, 25 x 20 x 20 inches](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f432d20c478f09815b6508c1350bc60c397fed23285e19dbe0a2db8728dc767/Hotchkiss_43.jpg)
![Centerpiece (detail)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c61720ca38ba5883d17f29aa32203dd7c2f42ca750039e1b367772a371d7c39/Hotchkiss_40.jpg)