Speakeasy with Rabbit Hole Gallery’s Bethany Marchman
As the gallery prepares to close at the end of the year, its proprietor looks back at both the agony and the ecstasy.
Rabbit Hole Gallery’s 2006 opening for Tyson McAdoo featured go-go dancers, a live DJ and half of the nation’s PBR reserves. The festivities were a fitting launch for the underground space, which has featured a consistent set of pop surrealist, low brow and comics-influenced work by artists from Atlanta and elsewhere. Proprietor Bethany Marchman and business manager Joe Cruz will be closing the space at the end of the year. Marchman took the opportunity to look back at both the agony and the ecstasy.
Tell us about the current work that you have at the gallery right now.
Right now at the gallery, we have the KRK Ryden solo show. It’s called Globoid Fun, and that’s original paintings by KRK Ryden. Got a few prints available, too. They’re pretty colorful, kind of pop. He’s from California.
Why did you originally open the gallery?
I just wanted a venue for some of this underground art. At the time there weren’t too many options; there seem to be a lot more now, though, which is a great thing.