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Candy Store Gallery

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Announcement for Gladys Nilsson exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles
Announcement for Roy De Forest exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles
Exhibition announcement for the Candy Store Gallery, including artists Roy De Forest, Gladys Nilsson, and James (Jim) Nutt. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles

decade

1960s

1962–92 1962

Roy De Forest often hangs out at Adeliza McHugh’s Candy Store Gallery, where Nut artists and Hairy Who artists gather.

1968

Exhibition announcement for the Candy Store Gallery, including artists Roy De Forest, Gladys Nilsson, and James (Jim) Nutt. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles

1968–72 1968

Roy De Forest is included in group exhibitions at the Candy Store Gallery.

1969

Color Polaroid labeled “Adeliza McHugh and Candy Store Gallery, Folsom. Adeliza, Pascale and Oriana, Roy De Forest.” Roy De Forest papers, 1916–2015, bulk 1948–2007. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

1960s–70s 1969

Adeliza McHugh’s Candy Store Gallery (1962–92) in Folsom, California, becomes an important place for Gladys Nilsson and Jim Nutt to show and mingle with Funk artists like Roy De Forest.

1969–72 1969

Jim Nutt has solo exhibitions at the Candy Store Gallery.

decade

1970s

1970

Jim Nutt is included in the group exhibition Three Famous Artists from Chicago at the Candy Store Gallery.

1970

Gladys Nilsson and Jim Nutt discuss their initial impressions of Adeliza McHugh and the importance of the Candy Store Gallery in the Bay Area art community. Interview for Candy Store Film Project by Laurence Campling, 2012.

1971

Announcement for Gladys Nilsson exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles
Announcement for Roy De Forest exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery. Courtesy of Parker Gallery, Los Angeles

1971

Gladys Nilsson has a solo show at the Candy Store Gallery

1971

Roy De Forest has a solo exhibition at the Candy Store Gallery.

decade

1980s

1987

Gladys Nilsson has a solo show at the Candy Store Gallery.

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