Fans have incarnated their favorite stars,
musicians paid homage to their beloved
bands, and designers reinterpreted their
icons' classic styles, but never before has an
art gallery temporarily 'become' another.
During two brief whirlwind years, from 1965-
1967, London's Indica gallery was an electrifying
experimental art ground and hipster hang
out: Paul McCarthey helped hang the art, a
teenage Marc Bolan painted the walls, and
John Lennon met and fell in love with one of
the gallery's up-and-coming artists, Yoko Ono.
Transplanting the past into the present,
London's Riflemaker gallery invests itself with
the "shining light of 60s' free expression," just
to see how it feels today. Filling its space with
Indica memorabilia (photographs, diaries, invitations
and posters that have been kept in
storage for 40 years) and featuring the art of
Yoko Ono, Takis and Jesus Rafael Soto, the
show is designed as a spirited foil to the
"more organized, more business-oriented art
environment" of the London art scene today.

Riflemaker
Riflemaker Becomes Indica
Through February 28, 2007
79 Beak Street, London
T. + 44 (0)207 439 0000