“California Love,” Galerie Droste, Wuppertal, Germany, 2018
On 22nd of September 2018 the group exhibition California Love, curated by Californian-based artist Andrew Schoultz, starts at Galerie Droste. The Golden State fascinates people for decades and stands for the American Dream as no other state in the USA. Nevertheless, in the last centuries California wasn’t necessarily well known for a strong art market, as the big competitor on the east side called New York. There is no doubt that loads of great and well-known artists always lived on the Westside and that California always had a vibrant art scene with loads of renowned galleries and museums, but it was generally considered as alternate and not competitive on the global market. This reputation has changed some years ago and developed from ‘Underdog’ to ‘Shooting Star’, especially at the time when European blue ship galleries as Hauser & Wirth orSprüth Magers opened up spaces in Los Angeles some years ago.
Text by Galerie Droste
https://www.galeriedroste.de/exhibitions/13050/california-love/installation-views/
Artists: Libby Black, Andrew Schoultz, Hilary Pecis, James Jean, Richard Colman, Wendell Gladstone, ZES MSK, Ed Templeton, Zio Ziegler, Alicia McCarthy
Curated by Andrew Schoultz
