FALSE IDOLS
February 12, 6-10pm
False Idols is a large-scale sculpture show inspired by the objects we grew up obsessing over and never fully let go of.
From Beanie Babies, Tamagotchis, Game Boys, and Furbies to today’s Labubus, Sonny Angels, and other pocket-sized icons from the ’90s, Y2K, and today. These are the tiny things that once ruled the playground, the classroom, and our brains. Sometimes even the economy, too.
These weren’t just toys or trends. They were sources of joy… but also status symbols, social glue, and tiny currencies. In False Idols, artists recreate these familiar objects at a monumental scale, turning small obsessions into sculptures that are part toy, part relic, and part shrine.
Pulling from Nickelodeon-era chaos, early internet aesthetics, and contemporary collector culture, False Idols looks at how hype works, why nostalgia hits so hard, and why shared obsession still holds so much power, even when we know better.
Featuring work by: Ash Campbell, Alison Grimm, Jessica Marie Mercy, Jules, Maggie Yale, Morgan Peterson, Sierra Bundy, and Timothy Rysdyke. Co-curated by Jessica Marie Mercy.
CUT IT OUT
January 8, 6-10pm
Cut It Out is exactly what it sounds like.
Artists painting on wood, cutting the work out, and letting the image determine where the painting begins and ends. No frames, no extra real estate, no polite rectangles.
What remains is a painting shaped by its own subject—part image, part object, fully itself.
Cut It Out features work by @bed.by.ten, @board_2_death_, @brandonvosika, @cocospadoniart, @floral.naps, @glynn.rosenberg, @jesusmaryannejoseph, @tomthinks, and @timothyrysdyke.
