Installation view, Transmutation, Big Pictures Los Angeles
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: Annie Pendergrast, Camille Schefter, Chris Collins, Eben Goff, Ethan Greenbaum, Hugo Montoya, Jason Meadows, Joachim Coucke, Lazaros, Michael Assiff
Joachim Coucke, Containing the future De centered,2017, mixed media, 15.75 x 23.5 x 13.75 inchesInstallation viewMichael Assiff, Veteran angel (Shopping cart), 2016, Aluminium repoussé, Bondo, 5.5 x 4 x .25 inchesMichael Assiff, Veteran angel (Tent), 2018, Aluminium repoussé and Bondo, 6 x 4.25 x .25 inchesAnnie Pendergrast, Cover Up the Goods, 2018, Paper clips, safety pins, binder rings, plastic beads, wire, chain, 15 x15 x 37 inches Annie Pendergrast, Cover Up the Goods, 2018, Paper clips, safety pins, binder rings, plastic beads, wire, chain, 15 x15 x 37 inches (detail)Camille Schefter, hardest working muscles, 2018, H and saw, extraction forceps, stolen carpet, padding, linoleum, wood, 14 x 104 x 9 inches (detail)Hugo Montoya, Four Stars One Chain, 2018, Steel chain and Starfish, 32 x 24 x .50 inchesEthan Greenbaum, Pine, 2017, 3D Powder print, UV varnish, 39 x 3.5 x 1.5 inchesChris Collins, Shatter 12 & 14, 2017, Cast resin, 14” x 12” x 0.25” & 10” x 8” x 0.25”, edition of 7Lazaros, D4 Altar, 2018, Custom Light-table with 16 spells, dimensions variableLazaros, Spell for lightness, 2018, Glass, mineral oil, mixed materials, 6.5 x 6.5 x 12 inches
