Summary
Commonwealth and Council is a gallery located in Koreatown, Los Angeles. The items include a variety of publications, a CD, and a cassette tape.
Historical Note
Commonwealth and Council was founded in 2010 by Young Chung. It was first located at 202 N Commonwealth Ave, Apt D, later relocating in 2011 to 3006 W 7th St, Suite 220 in Koreatown, Los Angeles. It has represented artists since 2016 and is currently co-directed by Young Chung and Kibum Kim. The gallery's name references its original location in an apartment at the corner of N Commonwealth Ave and Council St. The collection was donated by Young Chung. [Sources: 1, 2]
Scope and Contents
The collection features books and some audio. Artists include Carolina Caycedo, Sonia Choi, Vanessa Conte, Akina Cox, veronique d’entremont, Darrel Ellis, Rafa Esparza, Patricia Fernández, fierce pussy, Mariah Garnett, General Idea, Fiona Jack, Jerry the Marble Faun, Leslie Kaliades, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Olga Koumoundouros, Ronald Lockett, Elana Mann, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Jonathan Molina-Garcia, Jennifer Moon, Cookie Mueller, Raúl de Nieves, Jeanine Oleson, Rachelle Rojany, Jason Simon, Manuel Solano, Gail Thacker, Julie Tolentino, Ariane Vielmetter, and XFR Collective. Several books include texts by Andrew Berardini, Neha Chiksi, Carmel Curtis, Eoin Dara & William J. Simmons, Camilo Godoy, Tara Hart, Leeroy Kun Young Kang, Geoff Tuck, Conrad Ventur, and Lindsay Preston Zappas. Publishers include Black Forest Library, DDMMYY Publishing, Golden Spike Press, Hester, Hyperlink Press, Visual Aids.
Objects: 30 books, one accompanied by a cassette tape. One audio CD.
Commonwealth and Council
Title | Artist(s)/Author(s) | Date Acquired | Reference # |
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[No hitting or grabbing" | Olga Koumoundouros | 2/3/2021 |
FF.32196.KO
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Working Together | Fiona Jack | 2/4/2021 |
32209.JA
|
Trouble | Mariah Garnett | 2/4/2021 |
ST.32212.GA
|
Things of Nothingness | Kristi Lippire | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32202.LI
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The Transient/The estate/ The revolutionary/The exile/The father/The destination | Patricia Fernández | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32198.FE
|
The Show is Still in the Sea | Jeanine Oleson | 2/4/2021 |
ST.32206.OL
|
The Melancholy Spring | Ariane Vielmetter | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32176.VI
|
so the memory is preserved, through meticulous curation | veronique d'entremont | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32172.D0
|
Slipping Into Darkness | Julie Tolentino | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32179.TO
|
re mains | Ariane Vielmetter | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32175.VI
|
Queer Korean Language School Workbook | Sonia Choi | 6/17/2021 |
ST.32409.CH
|
Performance Space New York | Julie Tolentino, Rafa Esparza | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32188.TO
|
instruments of accountability | Elana Mann | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32177.MA
|
Hunger as Teacher/El Hambre Como Maestra: Pisisbaiya | Carolina Caycedo | 2/4/2021 |
OS.32215.CA
|
Heavy Penalties | Vanessa Conte | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32184.CO
|
Gold House Gone | Olga Koumoundouros | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32200.KO
|
Garden | Kang Seung Lee | 2/4/2021 |
OS.32211.SE
|
Falling Towards Light | Ethan Shoshan | 2/4/2021 |
ST.32204.SH
|
face | Suki Seokyeong Kang | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32197.KA
|
Expecting a Pigeon to be a Peacock | Kristi Lippire | 2/4/2021 |
OS.32213.LI
|
Cures for Pouting Girls | Vanessa Conte | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32171.CO
|
Chamber of Commerce Annual Report | Olga Koumoundouros | 2/4/2021 |
OS.32210.KO
|
but the object must survive this destruction | veronique d'entremont | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32189.D0
|
Black Meanders | Suki Seokyeong Kang | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32195.KA
|
Black Forest Library | Christian Kosmas Mayer | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32182.MA
|
Amazon Solitaire | Akina Cox | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32199.CO
|
Altered After | Kang Seung Lee, Julie Tolentino | 2/3/2021 |
ST.32183.SE
|
ABC | Rachelle Rojany | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32186.RO
|
50 Weeks Soundtrack | Jennifer Moon | 2/3/2021 |
B.32187.MO
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Jeong 井 | Suki Seokyeong Kang | 2/3/2021 |
OS.32194.KA
|