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Jeffrey Deitch Explores the Magic of Set Design in Immersive New Exhibition

Jeffrey Deitch Explores the Magic of Set Design in Immersive New Exhibition

The Emerald Tablet is a new group exhibition and curatorial project by Ariana Papademetropoulos. Housed at Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles, the show takes viewers on a journey through the alchemy and transportive power of set design.

Co-curated by Alexandre Stipanovich, the exhibition presents work from a number of figures across the creative industry, including Gus Van Sant, Mike Kelley, Leonora Carrington, Lucy Bull, Beck, and many more. Emblematic of its title, the show is thematically based on Dorothy’s quest to The Emerald City in Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz.

Starting in the first gallery, Papademetropoulos presents five paintings that combine the surreal with the mundane, the tangible with the ethereal — a duality that prompts viewers to find magic in their immediate surroundings. Further on into the gallery, Papademetropoulos lays out an enchanting scene straight out of Hollywood folklore — from a carousel by Raúl de Nieves, a row of winged sprites by Henry Darger to Hugh Hayden’s elemental sacred ladder.

The exhibition culminates in a darkly lit room that reimagines The Emerald City as a spiritual landscape filled with monolithic sculptures and paintings by the likes of Kelley, Carrington, and Jean Marie Appriou, amongst others.

At the heart of the exhibition is a celebration of Los Angeles as an epicenter for transformation, playing special emphasis on magic as an artform in its own right, rather than a metaphor for cinematography. The Emerald Tablet is on view at Jeffrey Deith LA until October 23.

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Jeffrey Deitch
925 N Orange Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Exhibiting Artists:

Isabelle Albuquerque
Theodora Allen
Jean-Marie Appriou
Beck
Lucy Bull
Marjorie Cameron
Leonora Carrington
Sedrick Chisom
Henry Darger
Hugh Hayden
Mike Kelley
Friedrich Kunath
Justin Lowe
Jonah Freeman
Jill Mulleady
Raúl de Nieves
Precious Okoyomon
Luigi Ontani
Ariana Papademetropoulos
Agnes Pelton
Jim Shaw
Henry Taylor
Gus Van Sant
Alix Vernet
Marnie Weber
Ambera Wellmann
Jordan Wolfson
Unarius

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