062 presents Remembering Thomas Kong, a pop-up exhibition of Thomas Kong (January 16, 1950 – May 1, 2023) at BARELY FAIR. Kong was both a Chicago artist and prominent member of the Roger's Park community where he operated a convenience store. The store, Kim's Corner Food, would serve as an exhibition space for the prolific artist. Kong would create thousands of collages while he operated the community store, working in collage and assemblage with packaging materials from the goods he sold, then interweaving his works with the products on display. At Barely Fair, 062 will present the work of Thomas Kong that was mailed to the gallerist S.Y. Lim during the pandemic. Recent acquisitions of the artist's works include 2000 pieces by Kohler Foundation.

BARELY FAIR 2024 is the 4th iteration of the international art fair. Operated by the Julius Caesar artist collective and hosted at Color Club, the miniature art fair presents works at 1:12 scale. Exhibitors share a tiny peek of their programming inside 20 x 20 inch booths, arranged in rows like a standard art fair.

This year's fair includes 36 galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects from around the world, with this year's participants having spaces in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tokyo, Ireland, Toronto, Montréal, Buenos Aires, Belgium, and many more. To see a full list of this year's participating spaces, visit their participant page here. 

This year's fair also features pop-up exhibitions in alignment with BARELY FAIR, available for visitation throughout the fair's duration:

• Christina Ballantyne's See-Through Place, curated by Julius Caesar Gallery in the Museum

• 062 presents Remembering Thomas Kong in the Ballroom Lobby

• Kristen Miciotta's Flowers of Flesh & Blood, hosted by Color Club in the Tavern

Tickets for vernissage are $10, and can be bought online through EventBrite (here) or be purchased at the door. To schedule a visit, please e-mail contact.juliuscaesar@gmail.com