"Big House" opened on January 20, 2018 at Denk gallery in Downtown Los Angeles.

Installation detail of a readymade that was incorporated into the installation.

Map of the name and location of the individual works within the installation.

The installation measured 24 feet wide by 14 feet tall and was comprised of 96 different canvases, 15 autonomous works, and three readymade objects.

Minotaur’s Big Day (2017) was one of the anchors of the painting installation.

Terrible Infant, oil on canvas, 77 x 60 in., 2017

Here I am hard at work completing the intricate installation.

A 3/4 angle view of Big House just after installation was completed. It took me and an assistant over 10 hours to install.

Origin Story is composed from several individual paintings like panels on the page of a comic book. I call these types of works Gutter Paintings.

Speaking in Tongues (gutter painting), oil on canvas (11 canvases), 36 x 36 in., 2017

Big House by Frank J. Stockton at Denk Gallery in Downtown Los A

Frank J. Stockton / Big House / 2018 Big House is an installation of 15 discreen works made up of 96 canvases and found objects juxtapozed on a single 23 foot wall. Fragments of the exhibited at Stockton's Summer 2017 open studio. "Big House" debuted at DENK Gallery in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, where he worked with Curator/Gallery director Carl Berg. Stockton is a 2015 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) recipient in Drawing and Painting from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he worked with artists such as Lari Pittman, Hirsch Pearlman, Patty Wickman, Barbara Kruger, and Roger Herman.

Me posing with my wife on the night of the opening

Shift, a group show featuring Karen Carson, Kim Dingle, Iva Gueorguieva, Elisa Johns, also opened at Denk gallery the same evening as Big House.

Big House Opening at Denk Gallery

January 8, 2021

As if becoming a parent wasn’t enough excitement, my solo show, Big House, opened on January 20th at Denk Gallery in the Downtown L.A. Arts District. The opening had great energy and featured an open bar, which kept spirits high. Vanessa was even able to make a brief appearance. In addition to Big House, Denk is also displaying a fantastic group show, Shift, of the esteemed artists Iva Gueorguieva, Karen Carson, Kim Dingle, and Elisa Johns, in the front gallery space.

Denk is a relatively new gallery, but already has an impressive roster of artists that includes the likes of Tim Hawkinson and Folkert de Jong. It even has its own parking lot, which will come as a relief to those of you inclined to stop by (please stop by!). The show is only up until February 17th, 2018. www.denkgallery.com

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