C-Pop Gallery

C-Pop Gallery (sometimes stylized as "(C)-Pop" or "©-Pop" or "CPOP") was an art gallery that operated from 1996 to 2009 in Detroit, MI. Originally opened in March 1996 by Rick Manore with partners Michael Lask and Marty Geramita in the basement of a former church at 515 S. Lafayette 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 gallery later moved to the David Whitney Building (Suite 313) in Detroit before finally opening in its final location at 4160 Woodward in September 1999, with a sign created by Alex Porbe and renovations 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.