Haunting House November 8 ‑ November 24, 2024 Daniel Klaas Beckwith, Matthew McGaughey, and Alex Stevens In collaboration with Jamison Edgar Opening Reception: November 8, 2024 - 6 PM - 9 PM DEPARTURE LOUNGE is pleased to present Haunting House, a group exhibition featuring the artwork of Daniel Klaas Beckwith, Matthew McGaughey, and Alex Stevens. Together, the three LA-based artists mount an immersive pop-up installation of sculptures, video, and augmented-found objects. The resulting exhibition conjures the symbolic residues of domestic life, as well as the radiating power relationships that domesticity engenders. Visitors will find the warehouse-turned-gallery transformed into a domestic haunt, where carpets and curtains bubble up from demolished walls and floating beds. McGaughey’s quasi-silicon constructions evoke a domestic space in the midst of renovation. Pocketed within these false walls, McGaughey stages filmed vignettes with masked facsimiles of the celebrity home renovation duo, Chip and Joanna Gaines. Alex Stevens continues to draw out the uncanny connections between pop iconography, religious extremism, and the home—bringing together the strange interlocutors of Justin Bieber, Jesus Christ, and Heaven’s Gate. Daniel Klass Beckwith’s camouflaged assemblages of rubbish are a noticeable departure from McGaughey’s and Stevens’s bombastic visions of domestic terror. In their quiet incongruity, however, Klass Beckwith’s quiet sculptures gesture to a patchwork of invisible norms that underscore the strange realities of living in close quarters. Presented as an entangled installation, the artworks found within Haunting House strike a chord that is at once familiar and dissonant. While showcasing unique research methods and material investigations, Klaas Beckwith, McGaughey, and Stevens find harmony in their collective interrogation of the home, using its most ubiquitous symbols and fixtures. Join us Friday, November 8th as we celebrate the opening of Haunting House and the launch of Departure Lounge. DEPARTURE LOUNGE is an artist-run exhibition platform, established to support working artists and experimental arts practices throughout Los Angeles. Led by Matthew McGaughey, and organized in collaboration with Jamison Edgar, DEPARTURE LOUNGE provides artists with time, space, and exhibition resources that are not always prioritized for emerging artists in the for-profit gallery model. The roving pop-up gallery aims to empower local artists by providing unique exhibition opportunities in unconventional spaces. Each pop-up event will spotlight emerging talents and established creators alike, fostering collaboration and dialogue within the vibrant art ecosystems of Los Angeles. Please join us on Friday, November 8th, from 6-9 PM for DEPARTURE LOUNGE’s first pop-up exhibitions — Haunting House.