The pop-up store at Sprüth Magers Window features a selection of works generated from A-Z West, Andrea Zittel’s compound that serves as her home and testing grounds for living prototypes, and by High Desert Test Sites (HDTS), an arts nonprofit that promotes experimental exchanges in the high desert.

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Photo: Ingo Kniest

 

A-Z West is an artwork located on nearly 80 acres in the California high desert next to Joshua Tree National Park. Since its inception in 2000, A-Z West has functioned as Andrea Zittel's evolving testing grounds for living—a place in which spaces, objects and acts of living all intertwine into a single ongoing investigation of social norms, values and the concept of fulfillment. Works and projects at A-Z West include Zittel’s home, studio and weaving studio, the Wagon Station Encampment, Regenerating Field, Planar Pavilions and a 10-acre parcel for High Desert Test Sites projects.

 

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

A-Z West grounds. Photo: Josh Cho

 

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on white

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Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

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A-Z West Panel Top (Cropped), 2020
Black and white wool

West Works support the general sustainability of A-Z West, including access to collective resources for the local community and help generate income for high desert artists, where employment and means of financial support are limited. West Works include A-Z Containers, handmade ceramic bowls used for all eating and drinking functions at A-Z West, and A-Z Covers, textiles woven in the A-Z West weaving studio that serve as anything from cloak to bed cover to tablecloth.

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Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin
Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Panel Top (Cropped), 2020
Black and white wool

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West Works support the general sustainability of A-Z West, including access to collective resources for the local community and help generate income for high desert artists, where employment and means of financial support are limited. West Works include A-Z Containers, handmade ceramic bowls used for all eating and drinking functions at A-Z West, and A-Z Covers, textiles woven in the A-Z West weaving studio that serve as anything from cloak to bed cover to tablecloth.

Produced in Andrea Zittel’s studio in Joshua Tree, California, A-Z West Works are functional objects that support A-Z West: a testing grounds for experimental art and prototypes for living.

A-Z Containers are handmade ceramic bowls that serve all eating and drinking functions. Andrea Zittel began using containers in daily life in the early 1990s and they continue to serve as the sole dinnerware at A-Z West. Large bowls are perfect for main meals, medium bowls for cereals, sides, or tea, and small bowls are just right for a cocktail.

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
White on black

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
White on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Black on white

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Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
White on black

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
White on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Black on white

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A-Z Containers are handmade ceramic bowls that serve all eating and drinking functions. Andrea Zittel began using containers in daily life in the early 1990s and they continue to serve as the sole dinnerware at A-Z West. Large bowls are perfect for main meals, medium bowls for cereals, sides, or tea, and small bowls are just right for a cocktail.

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Special glaze by Bug Farm Family

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on black

Produced at the A-Z West studio in Joshua Tree, California under the auspices of West Works, this artwork is an unlimited edition that supports A-Z West, a testing grounds for experimental art and prototypes for living.  

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Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Special glaze by Bug Farm Family

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on white

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Andrea Zittel
A-Z West Container, 2020
Fired ceramic
Speckled on black

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Produced at the A-Z West studio in Joshua Tree, California under the auspices of West Works, this artwork is an unlimited edition that supports A-Z West, a testing grounds for experimental art and prototypes for living.  

“I think that the ambiguity of how things are meant to be used is deliberate” –Andrea Zittel

Andrea Zittel: A-Z West Works – Group Exhibition – Berlin

Photo of table view: Sarah Lyon
All photos of the ceramics: Andrea Zittel