Michael Leavitt "Don't Stop Object Shopping" @ Fuse Gallery March 21, 2009

In this exhibition, Mike Leavitt signals an art market shift. the Seattle artist accurately replicates in cardboard a nostalgic footlocker of shoes, from ladies pumps to 1980's sneakers. installed like a thrift shop, the figures, trading cards, Barack Obama pieces, woodcarvings, velvet paintings, and other small collectables. Traditional distasteful and mosest objects consciously designed for commerce become appropriate in the art world. Traditionally distasteful and modest objects consciously designed for commerce become appropriate in the art world.