DBA
In the business world the term DBA is an abbreviation for Doing Business As, a sort of legal separation from the self, it also happens to be the abbreviation for Design by Artists. Many of the artists in the show have created such businesses exclusively for their design ventures, while others choose to treat their work as individual pieces of art, with no intent to ever mass produce or market the objects as furniture. In this installation the gallery has been transformed into a functional bedroom, a fantastic bedroom where all the objects and surfaces are artistic creations. The show aims to push the boundaries of how living spaces can feel, and explores the landscape of artist made design and their varying degrees of commitment to working within a design paradigm.
Big Pictures Los Angeles was a project space in the mid city area of Los Angeles, founded in 2014 by artist and curator Doug Crocco. Its program was focused on emerging artists in LA, and special projects with artists from New York, Miami, and Mexico City. It was one of the first of a group that grew to include Karma International, Kristina Kite Gallery, the Underground Museum, Ochi Projects, JOAN, Michael Thibault Gallery, Chris Sharp Gallery, and HILDE — a mid-city scene Hilde Helphenstein described in artnet News as one where "the quality and output of these spaces are high, but the art is not safe or boring."
Artists: Alex Jacob Reed, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Bari Ziperstein, Ben Sanders, Charles Hollis Jones, Dakota Witzenburg, Dani Tull, Doug Crocco, Eben Goff, Edgar Orlaineta, Lani Trock, Melissa Chhan, Olivia Booth, Phillip Estlund, Ross Hansen, Samantha Jacober, Sophie Stone, Tanya Aguiniga
