CURATED BY DAPHNE FITZPATRICK

“Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you’ll duck soup for the rest of your life.” – Groucho Marx

La Galleria is pleased to present a group exhibition curated by artist Daphne Fitzpatrick entitled Duck Soup. The exhibition title refers to both the Marx Bros. film and the American slang use of the term; if something is as good as done or will be done very easily it is said to be “duck soup”.

With this in mind, Fitzpatrick visited 43 artists’ studios and chose a single non-art object. The assembly of these curiosities creates an intriguing incidental menagerie – a most unusual and innocently intimate group portrait is the result of this quirky collection – each item becoming a talisman for the others.

Artist list: 1. Allison Smith 2. Jacob Robichaux 3. Ester Partegas 4. Sam Gordon 5. Jim Hodges 6. Siobhan Liddell 7. Suzanne Wright 8. Sharon Molloy 9. Amy Sillman 10. Elizabeth Bethea 11. Bill Abott 12. Cheryl Donegan 13. Ginger Brooks Takahashi 14. Ian Cooper 15. Rachel Foullon 16. Sara Greenberger Rafferty 17. Jessica Stockholder 18. Joe Scanlan 19. Leidy Churchman 20. Matt Keegan 21. Michael Queenland 22. Lisi Raskin 23. Lisa Ross 24. Adriana Farmiga 25. Bonnie Collura 26. Sam Messer 27. Celeste Dupuy-Spencer 28. Dave Hardy 29. Abbey Williams 30. Sharon Hayes 31. Elisabeth Subrin 32. Tim Davis 33. Lisa Sanditz 34. Cameron Martin 35. Lucky DeBellevue 36. Adam Putman 37. Carrie Moyer 38. Luis Mazias 39. Robert Buck 40. Catherine Opie 41. Wolfy 42. Pam Lins 43. A.L. Steiner