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OrangesSardines Gallery
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GALLERY HISTORY
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We opened our first gallery in September,
1974, in a storefront in Portland, Oregon. It was called the 24th Avenue Gallery, after its location near Thurman Street in northwest Portland. The 24th Avenue Gallery was a then needed venue for younger artists. We had the first show of video art in the city, and also hosted poetry readings, music and performance art. |
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Portland Oregonian documents
opening of 24th Avenue Gallery
September, 1974.
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Installation view,
paintings by Richard Rezac and sculpture by Stephen Soihl, 1975. |
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Three-dimensional photography by
Dominic Fucci, and equipment for a video workshop, 1975. |
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Portland, Oregon
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Installation view, paintings
by Judy Cooke, 1975. |
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Cover story on the
new gallery, Downtown News,
October 31, 1978
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Installation view, fall 1978,
paintings by Kathleen McCuistion.
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Los Angeles, California
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605 E. Third Street Gallery,
Los Angeles, in March, 1978.
We replaced the plate glass
windows for the ground floor
gallery, which opened in September. |
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In 1976, we moved to Los Angeles, where we
found our first downtown studio at the corner of 3rd and Central, in Little Tokyo. We opened the 605 East Third Street Gallery in September, 1978, and had shows there for Kathleen McCuistion, Jim Lawrence, and Roy DeForest. We were the second gallery to open in the artist loft district, following Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, (LACE), which had opened earlier the same year at its original location in the Victor Clothing Building on Broadway. During our years downtown, we were part of an art scene that grew to include more than thirty galleries. |
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Installation view, Portland artist Jackie Johnson looks
at paintings and drawings by Kathleen McCuistion,
September, 1974. Photo, Portland Oregonian. |