Jackass World interview/feature Timothy Karpinski...

Timothy Karpinski: Thinkspace Gallery from lauren Graham

Jackass World recently posted a killer lil' piece on Portland based artist Timothy Karpinski that revolves around his recent solo show with us from this past November, The Place I Call Home. The press for his debut Los Angeles solo show just keeps coming!

The short came out great (thanks Lauren), and I hope you all enjoy it, as Timothy is a special soul. They broke the mold when they made this guy. We love him and his work, so please take a moment to get to know him a bit better and get ready for his return to Los Angeles coming up this November @ Thinkspace.

ZOSO putting in time on the streets...

ZOSO has been mad busy as of late, getting up all over LA and the surrounding areas. Props to him for being so diligent on the streets as of late. We've worked with ZOSO since almost day one, and still have our eye on him as he's really getting tighter and tighter. He's got a couple nice new works over at the C.A.V.E. Gallery right now and will be showing there in a larger capacity in a month or so. One to watch for sure.

Big 'Sao Paulo' group show coming up next month at Scion...

Scion over in Culver City will host a huge group show featuring Titifreak (image on show card above), Calma & many more that opens on Sat, Feb. 28th! More details soon...

Curated by Choque Cultural - this is going to be an amazing show!

A new beginning...

To a brighter future...

'Movers & Shakers' show at POV coming up in Feb...

Über-collector Gino Joukar has teamed up with the folks over at POVevolving Gallery & Print Studio over in Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles to present a killer group show coming up next month. The full lineup can be seen below. A number of Thinkspace regulars are in this show, not to mention about ever other artist currently keepin' it hot. Great lineup, so be sure to catch this one... it's on Valentine's Day too, so a great date night out!

Below is a lil' sneak peek at the new gem from Yosuke Ueno that will be featured in the show. He's got a great feature in the new issue of Hi Fructose that just hit news stands. He's getting better and better... so excited for our solo show with him next year. Going to be an amazing show!!!

Full line-up for 'Movers & Shakers' is:
Alex Pardee, Amy Casey, Amy Crehore, Amy Sol, Ana Bagayan, Anthony Ausgang, Ben Kehoe, Blaine Fontana, Brandi Milne, Brian Despain, Brian Viveros, Buff Monster, Cathie Bleck, Chet Zar, Chris Peters, Chris Ryniak, Damon Soule, Dan Quintana, Darren Goldman, Dave Bondi, Dave Cooper, Dave Pressler, David Horvath, David Lanham, Doktor A , Dylan Sisson, Ekundayo, Eric Fortune, Eric Joyner, Eric White, Erik Alos, Gris Grimly, Ian Millard, Isabel Samaras, Jack Long, Jaime "Germs" Zacarias, Jaime Zollars, James Naccarato, Jasmine Worth, Jeff Soto, Jesse Hernandez, Johnny "KMNDZ" Rodriguez, Joshua Clay, Kelly Vivanco, Kevin Peterson, Kukula, Lola, MAD, Mari Inukai, Mark Murphy, Mark Nagata, Martin Wittfooth, Melissa Haslam, Meredith Dittmar, Mia, Michael Page, Naoto Hattori, Nate Frizzel , Nathan Spoor, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Nimit Malavia, Paul Barnes, Retna, Robert Pokorny, Ron English, Sara Antoinette Martin, Scott Belcastro, Scott Radke, Scott Scheidly, Sean Christopher, Tessar Lo, Tim McCormick, Yoskay Yamamoto, Yosuke Ueno & more TBA.

'Movers & Shakers' - curated by Gino Joukar

Opening Reception: Sat, Feb. 14th 7-11PM

POVevolving

939 Chung King Road in Chinatown

Los Angeles 90012

'The Tree Show' book from Mark Ryden...

The exhibition catalog from Mark Ryden's 'The Tree Show' at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, California is ready and about to hit shelves via Porterhouse Fine Art Editions. The catalog features images of all the paintings, drawings, and sketches featured in the exhibit, as well as some documentary photography of sculptures, installations, and the artist at work. 128 pages - hard cover - full color. Get on this quick!

Pre-order now at a great price here. Ryden is also issuing a new print soon - more info here. So wish we could get over to his upcoming solo show in Japan. Can't wait to see shots from the show's opening night. Some great preview images can be viewed here.

Catalog for 'In the Land of Retinal Delights' now available...

After a slight delay, the long awaited catalog for the landmark exhibition In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor is now available. We were honored to have helped present this show as it stood as a testament to the strength of the artists we all work with and collect. The catalog came out just beautifully and features the work of all the artists in this groundbreaking exhibition. Also included are essays by the curator Meg Linton and Museum director Bolton Colburn, along with full details on where all the pieces came from and more.

Full-color, paperback, designed by Mark Murphy / Murphy Design. For more questions about the catalog, please call 949.494.8971 or email the Laguna Museum store@lagunaartmuseum.org

To order now, go on over to the Laguna Museum store here.

JUST ANNOUNCED: special book signing this Saturday, Jan. 17th @ Copro/Nason (located in the Bergamot Station art complex in Santa Monica / 2525 Michigan Ave) - taking place during their big 'Zap Masters' exhibition with Robt. Williams, S. Clay Wilson, R. Crumb and Rick Griffin starting at 8PM... no firm lineup just yet, but sure to be worth picking up a book at and getting in line.

BrooklynStreetArt.com post interview / preview of "From the Streets of Brooklyn"...

The good folks over at BrooklynStreetArt.com just posted a nice interview with myself and the curator of 'From the Streets of Brooklyn', Ad Hoc Art's very own Andrew Michael Ford. You can check out the full interview with both of us here.

Image of Stikman direct from the streets of LA shown above. Be sure to get down early to the show at Thinkspace on Friday, as there will be many 'free' works from Stikman to be found around the gallery!!!

The good folks over at The Art Collectors blog and forum recently stopped by our gallery to check things out and then followed me back to our home to view our personal collection. It was a great day filled with tons of art talk and the feature came out great. Thanks much to Ronnie and the gang for picking us to be the first folks featured in this ongoing series. Looking forward to future installments for sure.

Read the full interview / feature here. Be sure to watch their blog regularly, always good stuff!

Dan-ah Kim's debut NYC solo show coming up...

Hot off showing with us down at Art Basel as part of our 'Looking Glass' exhibit, Brooklyn-based artist Dan-ah Kim is preparing for her debut solo show in NYC coming up this weekend.

Dan-ah Kim

'Misadventures'
January 10 – February 4, 2008
Reception: Saturday, January 10, 6:30
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street (Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village)
New York, New York 10009 / (212) 674-GRNY (4769) / grny.net

Dan-ah Kim is a Brooklyn-based artist and designer who divides time between making art and freelancing in film and television. Kim's show will include paintings and mixed media pieces of various sizes, done with gouache, ink, acrylic, layers of paper, and threaded details. Of her recent work, the Pratt Institute graduate says she has found inspiration in everything from history and mythology to constellations. Kim mingles such stories and curiosities with her New York surroundings to create multi-layered, highly textured experiences and imagery of new worlds featuring female protagonists and fantastic creatures in heroic, colorful settings.

Look for Kim to return to Thinkspace for her second Los Angeles solo show in the spring of 2010. Until then, check out our 'available artworks' section to view some great works and if you are in NYC this weekend, be sure to swing by her show.

Art Basel / GenArt Vanguard photos now posted...

We have finally posted all 500+ shots we took during Art Basel / GenArt Vanguard week... check 'em out here.

The above video courtesy of the Miami New Times really captures the insanity and visual overload that is Art Basel. Already making our plans for next year... can't wait!

Joshua Clay's new video for Fall Out Boy...

Hot off creating the artwork for the latest from GYM CLASS HEROES, Joshua Clay has gone and done it again - providing the art/animation for the new video from FALL OUT BOY.

Look for Clay's next show this spring at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn, NY - the follow up to our Un Autre Monde exhibition from this past summer. From what we've seen thus far, he looks to be taking another big step with this upcoming show.

David Choe signing for his Choegal at GR2...

Tonight was the signing at GR2 for the long awaited wooden Choegal figure from David Choe. Limited to only 1,000 pieces, it features mechanical parts and has three facial expressions (happy, sad, angry). All are hand-painted, so no two are different, though not by Choe himself.

Choe was signing anything and everything, taking his time for each fan as they waited patiently in line, some for well over two hours plus. In addition to the Choegal, GR2 also had a new limited edition skateboard deck on hand that many were picking up, as well as the new issue of Giant Robot which Choe graces the cover of. Below he can be seen working on a sweet whale drawing that the owner was going to go get made into a tattoo...

The "PostIt Show" (see below) was still up and provided a great back drop to pass the time for those waiting in line once they got into GR2 (picked up a sweet lil' Evah Fan and LeMerde myself)...

Joe Hahn of Linkin Park swung by (seen below) to offer up his congrats to Choe and got in on the action as well, signing/drawing in a few sketch books for fans... James Jean was also spotted swinging through to offer his congrats to Choe as we were leaving for the evening...

If you weren't lucky enough to roll through GR2 this evening, you can pick up the new Choegal from Ningyoushi here.

Sneak peek at Hi Fructose Vol. 10...

Annie and Attaboy over at HI FRUCTOSE just shot out a lil' preview of the goodness that will be Volume 10. Look for the new issue on stands this January.

Included within are features with Thinkspace artists Yosuke Ueno (solo summer 2010), Nicholas Di Genova (solo winter 2010), Camilla d'Errico (two person show with Caia Koopman this coming summer) and Andrew Hem (solo summer 2010)... below are sneak peeks at some of their features for Volume 10. Can't wait!

Hi Fructose Vol. 10 will also feature Glenn Barr (cover image shown above), Chris Scarborough, Mandy Greer, Bob Dob, Chris Ryniak, Kevin Cyr, Laurie Hassold, plus reviews and much more.

Great new book just released by Gestalten out of Germany... 'The Upset'

The Upset
Young Contemporary Art
Editors: R. Klanten, H. Hellige, S. Ehmann, P. Alonzo
288 pages, full colour, hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-89955-221-8

A new breed of contemporary artists is celebrating new found international recognition for their style and approach to creating art that is sprouting from and largely influenced by visual subcultures. The Upset documents the burgeoning artists in this new movement whose works are often figurative and narrative employing classical techniques with great skills to create sculpture, illustration design and painting with the use of spray cans, sharpies and elaborate colour palettes on canvas. In addition to the striking visual work, the book features portraits of the artists as well as in-depth interviews with selected artists who are creating outstanding cutting-edge contemporary fine art.

Featured artists:
Maike Abetz / Oliver Drescher, Alexone, Grant Barnhart, Gary Baseman, Tilo Baumgartel, Tim Biskup, Mark Bradford, Daniele Buetti, Cailan Burns, Ray Caesar, Miguel Calderon, John Casey, Paul Chatem, The Clayton Brothers, Joe Coleman, John Currin, Brendan Danielsson, Stephan Doitschinoff, Blaise Drummond, Dzine, Ala Ebtekar, Martin Eder, David Ellis, Ron English, Faile, Christian Farner, Rosemarie Fiore, FriendsWithYou, Camille Rose Garcia, Os Gemeos, Michael Genovese, Charles Glaubitz, Benjamin Güdel, Robert Hardgrave, Maya Hayuk, Ryan Heshka, Femke Hiemstra, Cody Hudson, Gisela Insuaste, Rich Jacobs, John John Jesse, Colin Johnson, Mel Kadel, David Kassan, Aya Kato, David Kinsey, Henning Kles, Kozyndan, Susanne Kuehn, Mia Mäkila, Mateo, Elizabeth McGrath, Casey McKee, Jason McLean, Philip Metten, Moki, Brendan Monroe, Heiko Müller, Muntean/Rosenblum, Yoshimoto Nara, Aaron Nather, Anne Faith Nicholls, Jose Parla, Nigel Peake, Raymond Pettibon, Danielle de Picciotto, Anthony Pontius, Pooch, Johan Potma, Jeremy Pruitt, Leopold Rabus, Scott Radke, Rex Ray, Scott Rench, Daniel Richter, Rostarr, Christoph Ruckhaberle, Mark Ryden, Christoph Schmidberger, David Schnell, Sebastian Schrader, Michael Sieben, Michael Slack, Jeff Soto, Fred Stonehouse, David Stoupakis, Swoon, Johannes Tiepelmann, Chris Uphues, Miss Van, Vania Ivan Zouravliov, Matthias Weischer, Martin Wittfooth and Chet Zar.

More details here. Currently only available on their site to those in Europe, but Gestalten books get out there pretty good distribution wise, so be sure to hit up your local museum book shop, or search the web, but this is well worth the hunt. Gestalten's books are always the highest quality.

Yoshitomo Nara opening at Blum & Poe...

Yoshitomo Nara's big LA opening was last night over at Blum&Poe, and what a show it was. A great way to wrap up the year and the opening brought many regulars out to view the playful works of Nara. A nice lil' mini family reunion of sorts before the holidays. In attendance were Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzel, Gary Baseman, James Jean, Beau from Cerasoli : Le Basse Gallery, Steve and Marcus from Arrested Motion, CommandaX and so many more... a great night!


The main gallery hall featured a handful of beautiful new paintings on canvas, including the gem of the show shown above - “Agent Orange in the Milky Lake”. There was also a nice wall of tightly hung new large drawings (shown below)...

The below piece measured a good 6' tall and greeted patrons as they entered the main hall (outside of the two main gallery spaces)...

As one left the main gallery, and prepared to enter the next gallery (which had been outfited with a special rounded and lowered opening - sorry, we didn't get a good shot of the entry way), you noticed hanging above a large clear acrylic peace symbol that was packed full of hand-made Nara plush characters... a good 4' round, it was a sight to behold and set the vibe for the fun that lay within Nara's covered wagon...

Upon entering the 2nd gallery that housed the magnificent covered wagon studio installation, you were met with the below monster of a piece - "Lonely" - it had to have been at least 18-20 feet long and a good 8 feet high. Impressive in scope for sure.

But the true highlight of the show was the amazing covered wagon installation - “California Orange Covered Wagon” - from Nara's YNG.

Every lil' detail was thought through and executed with amazing skill... just a magical wagon that we wish we could have hitched up to our VW and drove home with...

Below was the entry to the back of the wagon, where one could see a small recreation of sorts of Nara's working space. Included were many smaller works, works in progress, old mail, photographs, and various ephemera that might normally be found in his studio and in some way had an impact on the creation of the works that made up this show.... many great interior shots follow...

Below is a glimpse behind the scenes, at many smaller works most patrons probably didn't get the chance to view. There were at least an additional dozen unframed smaller drawings on old, discarded envelopes, as well as two additional works on canvas that were just beautiful and a series of about 4 drawings based around The Ramones that were framed and hanging about... so tempting to have all laid out in front of you like that :)

New works from Yoshitomo Nara - on view at Blum & Poe through January 30th - don't miss it. Blum & Poe is located at 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd. in Culver City.

Last show of the year in LA... and it's a big one...

Yoshitomo Nara

New works at Blum&Poe in Culver City

Opening Reception: Sat, Dec. 20th

December 20th, 2008 - January 31st, 2009

The amazing studio shot above is courtesy of the fine folks over at Arrested Motion. The in progress shot below is from Blum&Poe directly.

Looks to be an amazing show, with lots of work to go around including many smaller works, so get ready all you collectors out there!

For more information check out:
http://www.blumandpoe.com/exhibitions/

Book your tickets to Japan now!!!

MARK RYDEN

The Snow Yak Show

February 7th - February 18th, 2009

Tomio Koyama Gallery

Tokyo, Japan

http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/ (may have issues loading / all in Japanese)

The gallery that debuted his epic new work at this year's Art Basel in Miami announced at the fair their upcoming solo show with Ryden - can't wait!!!

GenArt Vanguard opening night goes off!!!

The opening night of the GenArt Vanguard Fair during Art Basel drew over 3,000 art lovers out and the house was packed for the full four hour affair - great vibes, strong sales (a real rarity during this year's fairs), and massive ammounts of props from all in attendance really set the night off in a big way. We're stoked we took part in this fair and can't wait for next year's - good things already brewing to make next year's event even bigger and better!

For more on the action, check out here:

http://dailydujour.com/2008/12/06/seen-genart-vanguard-and-obey-in-miami/#more-3284

And here:

http://dailydujour.com/2008/12/04/gen-art-vanguard-fair-preview-highlights/#more-3141

UPDATED - the good folks over at Arrested Motion now have some awesome coverage up too...

Check it here: http://arrestedmotion.com/2008/12/gen-art-vanguard-basel-party/

And here: http://arrestedmotion.com/2008/12/gen-art-vanguard-basel-party/

UPDATED yet again... local press now coming in too:

Miami New Times: http://www1.mia.vvmedia.com/slideshow/view/201556/9?play=true

Miami Sun Post: http://www.miamisunpost.com/archives/2008/12-04/ARTBASEL08/4MS54XXX1204.pdf

We'll be posting a bunch of shots we took soon too, including many of our booth and more. Wish I could have posted them by now, but there's just not enough time in the day down here to see all the art, meet everyone, and still try to get some sleep at day's end. An art wonderland to say the very least.

* Pictures above courtesy Daily DuJour (thanks)

Have you checked out OvationTV?

Ovation TV is a relatively new TV channel focusing on the arts that is just amazing. Their site has an active community and so many add'l features... check out their site for more info.

http://www.ovationtv.com/