C-Pop (gallery)

C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop) was a metro-Detroit art gallery.

History

C-Pop was originally opened in March 1996 by Rick Manore with partners Michael Lask and Marty Geramita at 515 S. Lafayette in the basement of a former church 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

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

All Men are Cremated Equal - Niagara 1996

The Art of Derek Hess March 21, 1997 [10]

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 [11]

Faster Niagara, Kill... Kill 1997

Carne d'Amour / Carne De Amore (Group Show) February 6, 1998 [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

Underbelly - Glenn Barr December 11, 1999 - January 14, 2000

Cat Scratch Derek - Derek Hess June 3, 2000 [13]

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 [14]

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

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.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=3CoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78
  2. ↑ http://www.corridortribe.com/tribes/cpop/
  3. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99327698/
  4. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/an-international-art-movement-finds-a-home-in-detroit-in-the-new-and-permanent-location-of-cpop-gallery-74455147.html
  5. ↑ http://www.detnews.com/article/20090320/ENT01/903200325/1033/ent/Detroit+s+C-Pop+art+gallery+expected+to+close+in+June
  6. ↑ http://www.atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/181230.html?1237696995
  7. ↑ http://comicsdevastation.blogspot.com/2009/04/art-is-dead-and-detroit-is-art.html
  8. ↑ https://obeygiant.com/articles/what-tuesday/
  9. ↑ Many of the initial gallery references are taken from printed postcards from the gallery itself
  10. ↑ http://derekhess.com/exhibits/
  11. ↑ http://www.westland.lib.mi.us/pdf/observers/1997-12-21.pdf Westland Observer, December 21, 1997, page D5
  12. ↑ http://derekhess.com/exhibits/
  13. ↑ http://derekhess.com/exhibits/
  14. ↑ http://derekhess.com/exhibits/
  15. ↑ http://theconcertdatabase.com/venues/c-pop-gallery
  16. ↑ http://www.timestereo.com/noisecamp/wrap2002.shtml

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