Good Deal

Good Deal is a group exhibition by Copenger, at Distillery Gallery and additional satellite locations. The exhibition space will be transformed into a store-like environment, with artworks displayed on commercial industrial shelves reminiscent of sustenance in groceries stores, rows of books in libraries, or prescriptions at CVS.   

The works will be available for visitors to take free of charge. This participatory aspect challenges the prestigious status of art objects, turning art objects into commodities that are similar to nourishments, knowledge, and remedies for everyday life. Good Deal explores trust and generosity between artists, audiences, shelves, and spaces that bring them together. The exhibition treats the act of taking an artwork not as a purchase, but as an exchange between the visitor and the exhibition.

We look towards forms of distribution and exchange found both within and outside the art world, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s paper stacks and candy piles, Paul Chan's free whistles, to tourist postcards, department-store samples, flyers. This exhibition not only builds upon Copenger's desire to complicate the boundaries between art and everyday spaces, but explores conditions of trust, accessibility, and labor which make collective reimagination possible.

Copenger is a curatorial and arts programming collective driven by community, spontaneity, and the possibilities of inhabiting shared spaces. Operating from a three-bedroom Boston apartment, we orchestrate experimental gatherings—communal dinners, pop-up exhibitions, readings, and performances—unfolding across both conventional and unconventional venues. Our work explores the physical, social, and temporal means by which art is made and made possible. Each gathering emerges through the contributions, stories, and presence of those who take part, making Copenger not just a platform, but a living, collective practice.