C-Pop (gallery)
C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop") was a metro Detroit art gallery that operated from 1996 to 2009.
History[edit]
C-Pop was originally opened in March 1996 by Rick Manore with partners Michael Lask and Marty Geramita in the basement of a former church at 515 S. Lafayette in Royal Oak with a significant initial emphasis on rock posters, but was also associated with and moved towards a focus on less mass-produced art, including the Lowbrow art movement.[1][2] The first exhibit in the space was for Robert Williams in May 1996.[3] The gallery later moved to the David Whitney Building (Suite 313) in Detroit before finally opening in its final location at 4160 Woodward (the former Detroit Bowling & Trophy, in the same block as the Majestic Theater) in September 1999, with a notable sign created by Alex Porbe and significant renovations to the space funded by artist and eventual gallery owner Tom Thewes (son of Compuware co-founder Thomas Thewes).[4] The physical gallery closed in the summer of 2009.[5][6][7]
Exhibitions[edit]
Amongst the many artists who exhibited at C-Pop were Niagara, Glenn Barr, Mark Dancey, Robert Williams, Shag, and Shepard Fairey[8] The following is an incomplete listing of C-Pop exhibits:[9]
- Robert Williams May 17–June 23, 1996
- Fiction Burn – Glenn Barr 1996 [10]
- All Men are Cremated Equal – Niagara November 1996 [11]
- The Art of Derek Hess March 21, 1997 [12]
- Blinkless Eyes and Fresh Fruit Pies, The Art of the Residents and Steven Cerio May 3, 1997
- Good to the Last Drop – Mark Dancey October 4, 1997
- Nocturnal Planet – Glenn Barr November 22, 1997 [13]
- Faster Niagara, Kill... Kill 1997
- Carne d'Amour / Carne De Amore (Group Show) February 6, 1998 (sometimes references as Carne d'More [10][12]
- Is Schism – Parlangeli Bill Brovold May 2–31, 1998 (final Royal Oak show)
- It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To – Niagara November 14, 1998
- C Stands For….. (group show) September 25, 1999
- Why Walk When You Can Drive (group) 1999 [10]
- Strangers Have the Best Candy (group) 1999 [10]
- Underbelly – Glenn Barr December 11, 1999 – January 14, 2000
- Cat Scratch Derek – Derek Hess June 3, 2000 (with Glenn Barr "Barcode"?) [10][12]
- Crime Lines – Niagara October 7, 2000
- Cortex of Desire – Glenn Barr and David Sandlin December 2, 2000
- The Leisure Principle – Shag / Allegories: The Fall of Virtue – Isabella Samaras / Hoods & Heaters Pulp Illustrations September 7, 2002
- Tight as a Tourniquet – Derek Hess / Superhero Group Show October 5, 2002 [12]
- They Won't Let Me Be Good – Niagara April 5, 2003
- Flying Circus The Graphic Energy and Inspired Illuminations of Mark Dancey December 6–30, 2003
- Fun House Art Show The Visual Art of Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton & Scott Asheton plus related group show February 7, 2004
- TEN WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE BOOK: VICIOUS, DELICIOUS, AMBITIOUS; March 6, 2004
- The Silver Opium Series – Niagara November 2005
- Incidental Contact (group show) May 1, 2006
- Obey With Caution The Phenomenology of Shepard Fairey November 1, 2006
- Saints Preserve Us (group show) November 18 – December 18, 2006
- It’s All About © (group show; apparently referred to at times as "The End Is Near") May 1–June 13, 2009 (Final show)
Music[edit]
C-Pop hosted various musical acts in its space as well in a limited fashion, including Jack White, the Demolition Doll Rods, and the Time Stereo Noise Camp.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ^ Inc, CMJ Network (1 April 1998). "CMJ New Music Monthly". CMJ Network, Inc. – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Tribes of the Cass Corridor - C Pop Gallery".
- ^ "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan · Page 32".
- ^ Gallery, (C)POP. "An International Art Movement Finds a Home in Detroit In the New and Permanent Location of (C)Pop Gallery".
- ^ http://www.detnews.com/article/20090320/ENT01/903200325/1033/ent/Detroit+s+C-Pop+art+gallery+expected+to+close+in+June [dead link]
- ^ "Discuss Detroit: CPOP Closing".
- ^ Mark (27 April 2009). "Comics Devastation!: Art is dead and Detroit is art".
- ^ "What? Tuesday - Obey Giant".
- ^ Many of the initial gallery references are taken from printed postcards from the gallery itself
- ^ a b c d e "Glenn Barr". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
- ^ "Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan · Page 73".
- ^ a b c d "Online Portfolio of Artist Derek Hess".
- ^ http://www.westland.lib.mi.us/pdf/observers/1997-12-21.pdf Westland Observer, December 21, 1997, page D5
- ^ "C Pop Gallery - The Concert Database".
- ^ "2002 NOISE CAMP WRAP UP". Archived from the original on 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2016-03-07.