Rob Pruitt's Flea Market

LAND will present the ninth iteration of Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, a nomadic concept that has taken place across the globe, from February 12-14, 2016 in Downtown Los Angeles. The premise is simple: Pruitt and LAND invite the top artists and tastemakers in Los Angeles to participate in a traditional-style flea market, making their wares available for sale to the public. Past examples of flea market offerings include Martha Stewart's grab bags, a slew of coffee mugs emblazoned with portraits of Aida from Alex Katz, Sylvia Miles’ boots she wore in Midnight Cowboy, Haim Steinbach's accouterments for a reptile tank, and a real William Wegman drawing from a New York museum curator for $20. There have also been fortune tellers, Rosy Brown’s homemade lemonade, and in the 2007 edition at Frieze London, Sam Taylor Wood shot portraits of visitors with Pruitt dressed in a panda costume.

APT artist carolyn castano is participating the show, co-curating a table with Big City Forum of some of artists and writers.

APT artist Zoe Crosher wil present "SPECIAL EDITION WEARABLE ART 2016", a fruit of colaboration between Zoe Crosher and the designer Adriana Caras, joining forces to create an Italian made swimwear capsule. The wearable art features the artist's work "LA-LIKE: The Pools I Shot digitally" printed on LeSwim's luxe suits and apres swim. The work continues Crosher's interest in conceptually mapping Los Angeles, this time through the surface of pools.

Other participating artists include Jon Pylypchuk, James Franco, Michele O’Marah, Brendan Fowler, Pentti Monkonnen and Liz Craft, Bert Rodriguez, Kim Fisher, Matt Greene, Dean Spunt (of the band No Age), Mario Ybarra Jr., Joe Sola, Mark Verabioff, Bari Ziperstein, among many others. The vendors will be accompanied by food/drink, music, and performances for a weekend celebrating the vibrant artistic community of Los Angeles.

A portion of the proceeds (at the discretion of the artists) will be donated to a charity for the homeless in Downtown Los Angeles. This exhibition is made possible with support from Creative Space, an integrated real estate company that transforms buildings and places into “housing” for the most innovative businesses, brands, and people.