{"product_id":"primetime-contemporary-art-art-by-the-gala-committee-as-seen-on-melrose-place-9781737797975","title":"Primetime Contemporary Art: Art by the Gala Committee as Seen on Melrose Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA facsimile of the GALA Committee's mock auction catalog for an artistic intervention into the props and plots of \u003ci\u003eMelrose Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in a limited run in 1998, \u003ci\u003ePrimetime Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e documented \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of the Place\u003c\/i\u003e, a radical two-year intervention by a group of artists, initiated by Mel Chin and known as the GALA Committee, on the primetime television show \u003ci\u003eMelrose Place\u003c\/i\u003e. This extremely rare artist's book is reproduced for the first time as a facsimile edition.\u003cbr\u003eThe artists comprising the GALA Committee worked with the producers of \u003ci\u003eMelrose Place\u003c\/i\u003e to develop a series of political works that were used as props and plot devices across two seasons of the show, providing surreptitious commentary on reproductive rights, HIV\/AIDS, the Gulf War, domestic terrorism, corporate malfeasance and substance abuse. Some of these topics were banned by the FCC at the time, and the group's works allowed for the artists and the show to create political commentary that went unnoticed by censors. The artworks they produced were exhibited at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in 1997 and then sold at an auction at Sotheby's to support several charities. \u003ci\u003ePrimetime Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e was created by Mel Chin and Helen Nagge as a mock auction catalog documenting the artwork made for the show and the conceptual framework of the GALA Committee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10360205\"\u003eMel Chin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Primary Information\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.40w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737797975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1737797976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART006010\"\u003eCollections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Group Shows\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART016010\"\u003eIndividual Artists | Artists' Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-ART\"\u003eArt\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-ART008000\"\u003eConceptual\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Primary Information","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44526279524589,"sku":"9781737797975","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c59afbaa-f8a4-4080-bcdd-d061434e67e1.jpg?v=1701361137","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/primetime-contemporary-art-art-by-the-gala-committee-as-seen-on-melrose-place-9781737797975","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}