Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley: Wabi Sabi Lobby

Jun 9–Jul 20, 2019

“Space is always coded, racialized, gendered, but in the hotel lobby everyone, so long as they are a paying customer, is treated the same. The rules are made clear, you follow the signs. It is democratizing to erase your identity and forfeit your community in the space.”

-Matthew Cooper on Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley's Wabi Sabi Lobby

For the summer of 2019 Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley created a "Lobby" entrance for our Frogtown exhibition, the second iteration of their collaborative project with Private Places, Portland.

Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley: Wabi Sabi Lobby, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2019.

Alika Cooper, Bread Fruit, 2018, Spandex, 55 x 72 inches.

(left to right)
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 5 (4 Butts), 2019, Mixed Media , 28 x 19 inches
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 7 (Los Alamos), 2019, Mixed Media, 19 x 29 inches.
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 3 (Portland), 2019, Mixed Media, 28 x 19 inches
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 1 (Hawaiʻi), 2019, Mixed Media, 29 x 18 inches.
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 6 (Fuck it), 2019, Mixed Media, 19 x 29 inches
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 4 (Oregon), 2019, Mixed Media, 28 x 19 inches.
Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Postcard 2 (San Fernando/Oh God), 2019, Mixed Media, 29 x 19 inches.

Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley, Sins of the Father, 2019, Mixed Media, 18 x 18 x 33 inches.

Eric Wesley, Cedar, 2019, Walnut + steel, 20 x 44 x 16 inches.

Alika Cooper + Eric Wesley: Wabi Sabi Lobby, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, 2019.