“Now everyone can be a dealer.”
—Maurizio Cattelan
The 1:6 Scale Wrong Gallery takes New York’s tiniest exhibition space and shrinks it even smaller: located at 516A1/2 West 20th Street in Chelsea, the non-profit venue opened its 1 square meter of exhibition space in 2002 before closing its doors in September 2005. The Wrong Gallery utilized its miniscule exhibition space for artistic experimentations, featuring exhibitions with works by Lawrence Weiner, Elizabeth Peyton, Paul McCarthy, and many more. As The Wrong Gallery founders Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, and Ali Subotnick declared, “The Wrong Gallery is the back door to contemporary art, and it’s always locked. The concept of the original Wrong Gallery, to replicate the structure of the art system while radically transforming scale and resources, is now taken to the next level by recreating a realistic 1:6 scale home version.”
As part of the edition, Cerealart additionally introduced reproductions of a selection of the original exhibitions hosted by The Wong Gallery in 1:6 scale to be inserted into the miniature exhibition space, which encourages the owner to organize their own personal gallery program. The present lot includes a reproduction of Elizabeth Peyton’s 2003 exhibition 593 Napoleon After His Bath; screenprinted on glass, this multiple is backlit by the gallery’s glow upon installation.
