In 1995 the artist Mel Chin, and a group of students from CalArts in Los Angeles, formed the GALA Committee and collaborated with the producers of Melrose Place to insert artworks into the TV show as props and additions to the set.
Coinciding with the US airing of a new, contemporary version of Melrose Place, this exhibition will act as a re-make of the GALA project. Original episodes of the show will be screened within a set styled to look like an open-plan loft apartment, and a group of seven artists will show work, including sculpture, installation, drawing, video and performance, as a series of interventions within an environment which will be part domestic, part theatrical and part fictional.
With work by Jennifer Bailey, Olivier Castel, Danielle Dean, Justin Jaeckle, Kazimierz Jankowski, Rachel Pimm and Patrick Shier.
One of seven simultaneous exhibitions by artist-run galleries and artist collectives, invited by James Taylor Gallery to temporarily occupy a different section of their huge warehouse building.
A publication was produced to accompany the exhibition, including more information, further reading and contributions by the artists.
James Taylor Gallery. Collent Street, London E9 6SQ
JTG Project 09: 14 October to 1 November 2009. Private view Friday 16 October 6pm to 10pm. Open Monday to Friday 12pm to 6pm (closed Monday 26, Tuesday 27 October).
Image: © The CW Television Network
