![]() I haven’t thought much beyond the first three shows, but I love the idea of having a dedicated area to tell more stories than what I’m telling on the floor. It remains to be seen how the space will transform. When it first opened, it was just the front room, then I opened the library room, and this year we opened the other back room, and I always was thinking, Where’s the right space to do the white box space? There’s a raised landing along the store’s front window, and eventually I arrived at the idea of dedicating that footprint to telling art stories. And now I’ve been in the space on Melrose for two years and as time has passed, the gallery has expanded. The space I moved into in ‘09-on La Brea-just didn’t really have an area that made sense. Gerard: Ever since Reform moved from La Cienega, which had a dedicated upstairs white box gallery, I’ve wanted to recreate that kind of environment within Reform. Tell me more about the Landing and how you see this gallery within a gallery. MacLean starts by collecting abandoned items, then makes to-scale wood sculptures of them, turning these discarded remnants into what he calls "mysterious modern forms." A practitioner of ancient carving techniques, MacLean renders these pieces by hand without the use of power saws and without the help of assistants." (text taken from press release) MacLean renders versions of discarded objects he finds in urban settings-both smaller items like crumpled bags and larger items like industrial refuse-in mahogany and other fine woods. "The Landing's inaugural show will feature sculptures by artist Morgan MacLean. I'm honored to post this conversation I had with Gerard last week. When O'Brien was considering the right location for his new gallery, he realized "there’s a raised landing along the store’s front window, andĮventually I arrived at the idea of dedicating that footprint to tellingĪrt stories." Eloquent storytellers like Gerard are few and far between. This afternoon, I photographed the gallery as they were installing their first show, in preparation of tomorrow. Two years ago, Gerard moved his store to a stretch of Melrose, which has become an area concentrated with design gallery and stores (Galerie Half, The Window). Reform Gallery is the go-to place when in search of California post-war craft/design/art in Los Angeles. Tomorrow evening, November 29th, The Landing is having its first opening with the work of Morgan MacLean. Gerard O'Brien's (Reform Gallery) latest venture is called The Landing.
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