The Storefront for Art and Architecture is pleased to announce the new neon edition, WATCH THE WATCHERS by conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll for its annual benefit. Carroll and Lars Müller are the 2018 honorees for LIT— The Storefront for Art and Architecture annual benefit. It will be held at the New York Public Library on May 7th from 6 pm to 9 pm. The neon edition is being produced in conjunction with Lite Brite Neon and is available in an edition of 10.

Four original drawings for the edition will also be available. They simultaneously function as the plan for the neon works, as well as being distinct works of art, in and of themselves.

WATCH THE WATCHERS is a work of art that Carroll envisioned in neon as well as the tagline for FEDERAL, a body of work executed by Carroll in 2003 with a Guggenheim. FEDERAL is the series of 24 photographs of the north facing façade of the Federal Building (the western headquarters) on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and the 24 hour two theater movie of the north and south facade that was exhibited at Storefront and screened at Cinema Village in 2005.

WATCH THE WATCHERS, 2004
18”x 24”unframed
Black and White, Ink and Pencil on Arches Paper

WATCH THE WATCHERS, 2018
Ink and Pencil on Arches Paper
18”x 24”unframed
Safety Pink, Gouache and Pencil on Arches Paper

WATCH THE WATCHERS, 2018
18”x 24”unframed
Black and White, Ink and Pencil on Arches Paper

WATCH THE WATCHERS, 2018
18”x 24”unframed
Red-White-Blue, Ink and Pencil on Arches Paper