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C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop) was a metro-Detroit art gallery.

History
C-Pop was originally opened in March 1996 by Rick Manore with partners Michael Lask and Marty Geramita at 515 S. Lafayette in the basement of a former church in Royal Oak with a significant initial emphasis on rock posters, but was also associated with and moved towards a focus on less mass produced art, including the Lowbrow art movement. The first exhibit in the space was for Robert Williams in May 1996. The gallery later moved to the David Whitney Building (Suite 313) in Detroit before finally opening in its final location at 4160 Woodward (the former Detroit Bowling & Trophy, in the same block as the Majestic Theater) in September 1999, with a notable sign created by Alex Porbe and significant renovatins to the space funded by artist and eventual gallery owner Tom Thewes (son of Compuware co-founder Thomas Thewes. The physical gallery closed in the summer of 2009.

Exhibitions
Amongst the many artists who exhibited at C-Pop were Niagara, Glenn Barr, Mark Dancey, Robert Williams, Shag, and Shepard Fairey The following is an incomplete listing of C-Pop exhibits:

Robert Williams May 17-June 23, 1996

All Men are Cremated Equal - Niagara 1996

The Art of Derek Hess March 21, 1997

Blinkless Eyes and Fresh Fruit Pies, The Art of the Residents and Steven Cerio May 3, 1997

Good to the Last Drop - Mark Dancey October 4, 1997

Nocturnal Planet - Glenn Barr November 22, 1997

Faster Niagara, Kill... Kill 1997

Carne d'Amour / Carne De Amore (Group Show) February 06, 1998

Is Schism - Parlangeli Bill Brovold May 2-31, 1998 (final Royal Oak show)

It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To - Niagara November 14, 1998

C Stands For….. (group show) September 25, 1999

Underbelly - Glenn Barr December 11, 1999 - January 14, 2000

Cat Scratch Derek - Derek Hess June 03, 2000

Crime Lines - Niagara October 7, 2000

Cortex of Desire - Glenn Barr and David Sandlin December 2, 2000

The Leisure Principle - Shag / Allegories: The Fall of Virtue - Isabella Samaras / Hoods & Heaters Pulp Illustrations September 7, 2002

Tight as a Tourniquet - Derek Hess / Superhero Group Show October 05, 2002

They Won't Let Me Be Good - Niagara April 5, 2003

Flying Circus The Graphic Energy and Inspired Illuminations of Mark Dancey December 6-30, 2003

Fun House Art Show The Visual Art of Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton & Scott Asheton plus related group show February 7, 2004

TEN WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE BOOK: VICIOUS, DELICIOUS, AMBITIOUS; March 6, 2004

The Silver Opium Series - Niagara November 2005

Incidental Contact (group show) May 1 2006

Obey With Caution The Phenomenology of Shepard Fairey November 1, 2006

Saints Preserve Us (group show) November 18 - December 18, 2006

It’s All About © (group show; apparently referred to at times as "The End Is Near") May 01-June 13, 2009 (Final show)

Music
C-Pop hosted various musical acts in its space as well in a limited fashion, including Jack White, the Demolition Doll Rods, and the Time Stereo Noise Camp.