ARMSROCK prepares for 1st European solo...

ARMSROCK is hard at work on his upcoming debut European solo show, set to take place at Intoxicated Demons in Berlin, Germany.

“A Horrible Jungle”
A room installation made of drawings, and an archive of things done
May 16th - June 7th
Intoxicated Demons Gallery
Berlin, Germany
info@intoxicated-demons.com
http://www.intoxicated-demons.com/


Juxtapoz also just posted a fresh set of '20 Questions' with the man, check it out here.


ARMSROCK's statement on his new series for "A Horrible Jungle":

Because I used to regard art and its attached institutions as a method and a space, through which and where I could examine and convey things, I have become a collector of information and images. Because I was secretly hoping that the collected amount of visual debris and human byproduct would yield some kind of answer from which I could wrench out some kind of sense. Therefor it seems only natural to me, that I would set out to create an archive. Most of everything I do seems to be connected to the assembling of information for this notebook on the human condition. Therefor it is not easy for me to identify or name the specific nature of this archive. It is a traveling black box...

It is a unsorted pile of vicious and unvictorious information that they brought in the newspapers, the books, the televisions. It is an echo of something that they shouted in the streets, and it is the smell of smoke from its own burning. It's a theatrical violence report. A letter of acknowledgment of my own subjective fear andfascination combined with that which is dreadful and violent, grotesque and morbid. It is a paradox. It is pathos. It is a collage of registrations and colliding observations. An examination of the riddle that lies within that which is made visible as well as a study of invisible mechanisms. It is an attempt to,create comprehensibility while also striving to break it apart. An axis of accumulated signals and mis-communication...

To “know” each thing and its form. To make “signs” of the multitudinous, the incomprehensible, the impassable. To make these thing graspable. All the while acknowledging their fleeting and in-graspable nature. An attempt of decoding through the creation of form in imagery. To strive to identify those abstract powers that propels us into action. To make the human figure into a tool, as it has been so often and for so long, through which the language of form can transmit the identity of ”deed”. It is an attempt to keep nihilism at bay, and positivism in check.

Keep tabs on ARMSROCK via his blog here.

Walrus TV post feature with ARMSROCK...

ARMSROCK is featured in a new interview with Walrus TV that was just posted today. The streets are his canvas and the people that populate our cities his focus. His last words in the interview some up what he's all about, "Make things, do something, creating something with your hands". In a constant state of evolution, it's always exciting to see what he'll be coming up with next. Speaking of what's next...

'The End of the World Came and Went Without Mr. Jones Noticing a Single Thing' opens this week at Andenken Gallery out in Denver and serves as a notebook on human folly and viciousness. A lumber-room of violence and power structures. A diagram of fear and disintegration. Reports on the end of the world as a continuous and very contemporary motion.

Opening Reception: Fri, March 6th at 7PM

Andenken Gallery (2990 Larimer St. in Denver, CO)

Keep tabs on the man here and look for his return to Los Angeles next March with Imminent Disaster at Thinkspace.

Vimby post their interview with ELBOW-TOE & ARMSROCK...

VIMBY - Armsrock & Elbow-Toe

The good folks over at Vimby.com posted their interview with ELBOW-TOE & ARMSROCK today. They swung through during the set up and on the opening night of our big 'Mostly Memory' exhibit last month. The short feature came out just great - thanks Vimby!

View more about 'Mostly Memory' here

View works from the show here

Tons of love for thinkspace in new issue of Juxtapoz...

A full-page of opening night shots from 'Mostly Memory' with ELBOW-TOE and ARMSROCK and 'Life Sentence' with Jon Todd are included in the 'Pop Life' section...

Plus a 'Showstoppers' feature for our current exhibition 'From the Streets of Brooklyn'...

Pick up the new issue of Juxtapoz on stands now with cover art from the one and only Mars-1

Happy New Year - tomorrow's the last day to view "Mostly Memory" + "Life Sentence"...

We're closed today, but please know that tomorrow, Fri, Jan. 2nd from 1-6PM will be your last chance to view 'Mostly Memory' from ELBOW-TOE and ARMSROCK + 'Life Sentence' from Jon Todd @ Thinkspace

"Armsrock and Elbow-Toe exceeded expectations with their two person show and made their mark on Los Angeles by 'getting up' all over the city. Armsrock pushed the bounds with his unrelenting portrayal of atrocity victims. The works were a gripping depiction of not so distant events which prompted viewers to pause for a moment of reflection. Elbow-Toe took his fine-art work to another level in this show. His characters were intricately rendered and flawlessly executed. The combination of his street work and fine art background were reflective in the emotional embodiment exhibited by his characters." - Arrested Motion

Thinkspace - 4210 Santa Monica Blvd in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles

'Mostly Memory' + 'Life Sentence' opening night shots posted...

View the opening night shots we took during 'Mostly Memory' and 'Life Sentence' at thinkspace here: http://flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157611198032408

(L-R) Jon Todd, Sam Horine (ELBOW-TOE's photographer/friend), ARMSROCK, ELBOW-TOE, Martin Wittfooth (in town assisting Jon Todd with his install/mural)

Some beautiful works from Mostly Memory still on hand, view here:
http://flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157611198032408

As well as absolute gems all the way from Canada courtesy of Jon Todd here:

http://www.sourharvest.com/thinkspace/2008/project/lifesentence/works.php

Some great shots from the opening have also been posted at the below links:

http://arrestedmotion.com/2008/12/openings-mostly-memory-thinkspace-gallery/

http://dailydujour.com/2008/12/13/seen-mostly-memory/

Book signing + Q&A with ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE today @ Thinkspace...

Please join us for a live Q&A with ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE today, Sat, December 13th, from 4-5pm with a book signing to follow at 5-6pm with ARMSROCK for "All My Friends Are Made Of Paper"

ARMSROCK's book features a special introduction by Swoon, a hand screen-printed cover, 96 pages with lots of color images, is limited to 2,000 copies and was printed by the fine folks over at Wooster Collective.

Q&A with ARMSROCK & ELBOW: Saturday, Dec. 13th 4-5PM

ARMSROCK Book Signing: Saturday, Dec. 13th 5-6PM

Thank you to all that came out to the opening last night, it was an amazing evening!!!

More opening night shots posted soon on our flickr...

For now check out some great shots from the folks at Arrested Motion here.

Be sure to keep an eye out about town too... they've been busy.

Show previews now live / don't miss Thinkspace this Fri...

Thinkspace has been a hub of activity for the past week - all three artists have been putting forth their all to make our last show of 2008 one to remember. We're really proud with how the show has come together and hope you all can make it out to view in person...

Mostly Memory preview from ARMSROCK and ELBOW-TOE: http://www.sourharvest.com/thinkspace/2008/mostlymemory/works.php

Life Sentence preview from Jon Todd:

http://www.sourharvest.com/thinkspace/2008/project/lifesentence/works.php

Watch the streets of Los Angeles this week/weekend for sightings from both ELBOW-TOE (shown above) and ARMSROCK... more to follow soon, including a nice recap of the week to be posted by the amazing folks over at www.vimby.com

For more pics from behind the scenes of install week, check out AM here.

Mostly Memory + Life Sentence - both open this Fri, Dec. 12th @ Thinkspace

Book signing + Q&A with ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE this Sat @ Thinkspace...

ARMSROCK - virtual tour of his book / signing this Saturday...

The good folk over at Wooster Collective just posted a lil' "video tour" of the book "All My Friends Are Made Of Paper" that they published last year with ARMSROCK.

Here's the specs if you are interested (we'll have at opening + a special signing that will follow this Sat, Dec. 13th):

"All My Friends Are Made Of Paper"
A Survey of the Work of ARMSROCK
With An Introduction By Swoon

Limited Edition of 2000
96 Pages / Color
Hand Screenprinted Cover
Softcover / 6.5" x 8.5"

ARMSROCK arrives in town...

ARMSROCK just arrived into LA from Germany and is already mad busy on things for Mostly Memory opening this Friday at Thinkspace...

More sneak peek shots soon as ELBOW-TOE just arrived as well.

ARMSROCK featured in the new Juxtapoz...

ARMSROCK is featured in the new issue of Juxtapoz (Sam Flores on cover / see below) that hits stands next week. An in-depth 14-page interview can be found inside and offers an amazing look inside the psyche of a very special person. The new issue also includes a show preview of 'Mostly Memory' in the 'Events' section along with an image from ELBOW-TOE. Nice.

Be sure to pick up your copy and get acquainted with ARMSROCK. Watch for a feature with ELBOW-TOE in a future issue as well... more on that soon.

Mostly Memory

ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE

Opening Reception: Fri, Dec. 12th 7-11PM

ELBOW-TOE debuts his "every-man" on the streets of Brooklyn...

"My current body of work is an allegory about memory's power to hold us back or move us forward. The central character in this parable is a 6 x 10 foot linocut of an Everyman (shown above making his debut on the streets of Brooklyn this past weekend), who has lost it all and wanders the plains with all his belongings strapped to his back. He navigates a world in crisis by learning from his past. The remainder of the characters that he encounters are individuals lost in regret. I have developed these paintings and prints during the American housing and credit crisis of the past year. In contemplating where we are and where we might be, I have found myself looking back at history, remembering the Great Depression, and considering what effects it had on the American psyche. The uncertainty that existed then is present now, and I am addressing the kind of escapism through nostalgia that can occur in the midst of calamity. Every character that the Everyman sees is gripped by this need to escape their present circumstance. They are people lost in a memory at the very point when they should be paying attention to what lies ahead. Many different artists have inspired the flavor of this world including the photography of Walker Evans, the films of the Cohen brothers, the music of Tom Waits and the theatre of Robert Wilson." - ELBOW-TOE

Peep the 'sneak peek' via the link below for more from ELBOW-TOE. Many new shots have been uploaded and more still to be loaded as we near the opening of Mostly Memory:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157606341876562/

Mostly Memory
ELBOW-TOE & ARMSROCK
Opening Reception: Fri, Dec. 12th 7-11PM

Both artists will be on hand doing an install, street work, and a talk the afternoon following the show (details announced soon).

Plans are in place to have Jet Set Graffiti flim both artists doing a mural somewhere in downtown LA area as well as portions of the install process at our gallery hopefully. If you haven't checked out Jet Set's site, be sure to do so. They just posted a great in the studio report with ELBOW-TOE and have a couple older videos up as well from ARMSROCK and many others, including Ron English and Invader.

ARMSROCK continues to kill it...

ARMSROCK is getting busy over in Germany (studio shot above)...

Peep the 'sneak peek' via the link below - many new shots uploaded and more as we get closer to the opening of Mostly Memory:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157606341876562/

Mostly Memory

ARMSROCK & ELBOW-TOE

Opening Reception: Fri, Dec. 12th 7-11PM

Both artists will be on hand doing an install, street work, and a possible talk the afternoon following the show, complete with a book-signing from ARMSROCK... more on that soon.

If that wasn't enough, Jon Todd will be coming down from Canada and presenting Life Sentence in our project room. His work is amazing and we can't wait to profile a large body of his work. This will be his first major showing in the States and we're super stoked to be hosting it.

'Sneak Peek' for Life Sentence here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157606482334419/

Juxtapoz.com is already heating up the show as well, check the links below:

http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4706&Itemid=1

AND: http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4659&Itemid=1

So excited for this, get ready everyone!!!