COTTAGE INDUSTRY
by Andrew Berardini



As an apocalyptic orange sun set behind the hazy Los Angeles skyline, the three proprietors of Los Angeles’ newest gallery -- Cottage Home, located at 410 Cottage Home Street in the city’s downtown Chinatown district -- greeted the scene’s usual suspects with nervous grace. A collaboration between Steve Hanson of China Art Objects, Katie Brennan of Sister, and Thomas Solomon of the eponymous Thomas Solomon Gallery, the 4,000-square-foot space opened on July 12, 2008, with "I Can See for Miles," a group show of artists from the three gallery stables.

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