Shimabuku

Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles

Freedman Fitzpatrick

A long installation view of a white gallery with a wall of windows open to the street. In the center of the image is a white rectangular plinth the height of a coffee table. There is a hole in the plinth where a prickly pear cactus is planted, the pot and dirt submerged in the table. Beside the cactus, we can see a stack of clear plastic bags with writing on them (unreadable from this image). To our left there is a wall with a monitor, and to our right a large framed photograph is hung on the wall. The back wall of the room has black letters that read "Shimabuku: The Snow Monkey's of Texas"

Another installation view from the opposite side of the gallery. We're now looking across the plinth and cactus at two walls. On our left is a large, vertically oriented photograph showing a monkey standing in the midst of cactus and desert chaparral. On our right is a mounted monitor showing the back of a pickup truck filled with bags of carrots and boxes of bananas. The blurs of monkeys can be seen going after the fruit.

A tighter view of the plinth. From this angle we can see that the bags carefully laid beside the cactus plant are the empty 20 pound bags of ice used in the exhibition and read, "FRIO SELF SERVE". Beyond the plinth we can see the wall with the large vertical portrait of the monkey. The monkey's gray, brown fur blends well with the desert chaparral and cactus plants but its red face is sharply in contrast.

A close up of the video monitor showing a grey pickup truck parked on grass with gray chaparral and trees in the background. In this video still, two monkeys have climbed onto the truck and are taking fruit and vegetables from boxes. A third monkey is running along the ground beside the truck.

A close up of a vertically oriented, framed photograph. A standing monkey is centered among greenery in the photograph. The monkey has long light brown and tan fur and a smooth red face. Its hands are at its sides and it is looking directly at the camera. In the foreground are low growing green plants and clumps of tall dry grasses. Behind the monkey are crisscrossing branches with tiny leaves and large cactus with large green paddle shaped pads.

An installation view of a dim gallery. On our left a wall with text reads, "Do snow monkey's remember snow mountains?" On our right is a large projection, filling the whole wall with an image of a mound of ice piled next to cactus and trees. Two monkeys sit next to the ice. One of the monkeys is eating a handful of ice and the other is looking at the ice.

A video still from the projection in the last image. In the foreground is the edge of a ruddy dirt road. Beside the road, low plants and large clusters of cactus grow under trees. A pile of ice sits in front of cactus at the edge of the dirt. A monkey is raising a handful of ice to its mouth to eat.

ShimabukuThe Snow Monkeys of TexasFreedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles

Exhibition Images and Videos

ShimabukuThe Snow Monkeys of Texas
Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles