619 North Western Avenue: Inaugural Exhibition

For its inaugural exhibition, Alexander May convened a global group of artists, designers, dealers, and collectors in a site-specific installation within a 15,000-square-foot warehouse in Los Angeles. Developed around a conceptual glossary that included terms such as "vessel," "mineral," "useful," and "sustain," the project positioned site as medium and object as aura, shaping a spatial encounter rooted in both material and meaning.

The installation employed the stage as a framework for display. Works were presented on industrial steel decks at a unified height, forming a continuous plane where objects could be encountered without hierarchy or imposed sequence. Visitors moved freely through the space, navigating a landscape of works that encouraged open interpretation.

Objects on view included couture sculpture by Sterling Ruby / S.R. STUDIO. LA. CA., performance-worn instruments from Lykke Li, furniture by Luka Sabbat, a Gallic chair by Michèle Lamy for Rick Owens Furniture, hand-crafted garments by No Sesso, and terracotta head vases by Casa Ahorita. The Indigenous women–led nonprofit CIELO contributed its publication Dižà Nó Ole, extending the exhibition into broader cultural dialogue.

Location

Los Angeles

Year

2021

Role

Curation, Creative Direction, Spatial Storytelling