the gift shop
August 2009 - April 2010
The Gift Shop was a series of projects initiated and developed by Seattle artist Matthew Offenbacher which turned the Henry Art Gallery’s abandoned museum store into an autonomous, artist-powered, alternative exhibition space. Goals included: involving a diverse and interesting group of artists; developing means and methods which acknowledge the contingent nature of this particular site; generating new understandings of what an exhibition can be; and enjoying the pleasure and energy generated by working together.
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The Gift Shop was a series of projects initiated and developed by Seattle artist Matthew Offenbacher which turned the Henry Art Gallery’s abandoned museum store into an autonomous, artist-powered, alternative exhibition space. Goals included: involving a diverse and interesting group of artists; developing means and methods which acknowledge the contingent nature of this particular site; generating new understandings of what an exhibition can be; and enjoying the pleasure and energy generated by working together.
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