Nieves Library
Exhibition schedule: Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, March 7–April 3, 2008
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July 16, 2008
Nieves Library. Exhibition image. Courtesy Ooga Booga.
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A curtain of clear plastic sleeves hangs in the shop window that serves as the façade to Ooga Booga’s main space. Inside each transparent pocket rests a simple, photocopied, and staple-bound book available for visitors to touch and flip through. In this modest exhibition of zines and artists’ books, the manner of installation complements the temperament of the work on view. Everything is straightforward and accessible. Ooga Booga, an alternative space in Los Angeles’s Chinatown...