Jason Hirata and Park McArthur
Lot C
11 July – 8 November 2026
Curated by Saim Demircan
Lot C is an exhibition of existing, new, and adapted work by Jason Hirata and Park McArthur. The title is lifted from Day (2023), an artwork by McArthur. In this piece, the artist experiments with description as a means of collective experience: “I owe you a day at the beach. Do we meet at parking lot C? No, the tide is low. Low enough to bring the car.” For Circle (2026), which Hirata has made for this show, he asks, “Per favore, potrebbe portarci a fare il giro al Lazzaretto?” (Could you please take us for a tour of the Lazzaretto?) Cars arrive to answer this request, but it could as easily be asked of the stray cats in the square outside the exhibition space.
While Hirata and McArthur have been working with and alongside one another for over a decade, Lot C is their first show in tandem. In their own words: can our audienceship bring us together for a day at the beach or a drive around town?
Jason Hirata was born in Seattle in 1986. He investigates heteronomy, or "subjection to something else," as a basis for the creative act. Recent presentations of his work include exhibitions at Bodenrader, Chicago; 100 Bell Towers, Montreal; Kaiserwache, Freiburg; Fanta-MLN, Milan; Billytown, the Hague; Ulrik, New York; Theta New York; Artists Space, New York; and Svetlana New York. Supporting Role, a collection of his texts and writings, was published by Reliable Copy in 2024. Concurrent to Lot C, his work is on view at Musei Civici di Palazzo Buonaccorsi, Macerata; MGKSiegen, Siegen; the 59th Carnegie International; and Bel Ami, Los Angeles.
Park McArthur recently published a book as part of her solo exhibition Contact M at Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, and mumok, Vienna (2025). Her work is in the public collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. With Jennifer Burris, McArthur is a contributor on the work of American artist Beverly Buchanan to the 61st Venice Biennale catalogue (2026).