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.

Ellis G. leaves his mark on Los Angeles...

Don't sleep - these won't last for long, so be sure to get on out and check out our block and the surrounding area before nature cleans Ellis G.'s delicate chalk etchings away. His chalk work captures the shadows (both from the sun and from streetlights) of everyday street objects and their surrounding environment. Anything that casts a shadow is fair game for Ellis: benches (see above), bikes, fences, lightposts, and even full city blocks (most of our block has been outlined)...

Arrested Motion did a great write up on the installation he did around our gallery, check it out here. Some great shots from the area are also posted there (shot above courtesy of AM).

Check out a great interview with Ellis G. below from Friends We Love... great insight into how he approaches the streets...

View the below video "Life Of A Shadow" to see reactions to Ellis' work and to get a lil' background on what inspired Ellis G. to start this project:

To view more videos on Ellis G.’s work check out his MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ellis_gee

In addition to his chalk outlines of shadows at night, be sure to check out across the street from our gallery to see a whole array of his sunlight shadow outlines (see above)... just amazing. Very cool to try and get them to line up again... amazing to see how quickly the world really does turn when you have a reference point such as these.

Ellis G. will soon publish his first book 'Adhesives', the ultimate compendium of graffiti, graphic design and street art stickers with Miss Rosen Editions for Powerhouse Books. Watch for it!

'From the Streets...' opening night shots + works from the show now posted

Again, thank you to all that came through our gallery this weekend to view 'From the Streets of Brooklyn'. Just an amazing turnout the whole night long and so many props - the crew at Ad Hoc Art put together one epic show and it will be on view through Feb. 6th - be sure to come on through before it comes down.

The works from the show will be posted live on our homepage tomorrow, but for readers of our blog, you can view them here now.

In addition to the opening night shots already posted by Daily DuJour, we've also posted a good 150+ shots from the opening reception here.

The good folks over at Arrested Motion have now posted their coverage of the opening here. Also at the same link you can view the details to their Stikman Contest. AM and Sour Harvest have teamed up to give AM's readers a chance to win some original pieces from Stikman. The three giveaways up for grabs: a stenciled playing card, a laser cut NYC Metro card, and a laser cut playing card can be viewed at the above link. To enter, leave a comment on AM's post about the opening reception (link above). Three lucky winners will be chosen at random on Tuesday, 1/13 @ 12pm PST. Good luck everyone!

'From the Streets of Brooklyn' opens BIG!!! Works posted online Monday...

Huge turnout last night for our 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' group show that was curated by Ad Hoc Art out of Brooklyn.

We will have the works posted on our site come Monday from the show. Sorry we didn't get posted prior to the opening as we usually do, but this was a monster undertaking and Disaster was working right up to the last minute on her awe-inspiring installation in our project room

For those of you that requested a preview, the digital link to the works will go out Sunday morning PST and then all works will be mosted come Monday afternoon on our site for those that didn't request a preview proper.

The show came out great - thank you to all that made it out last night. The exhibit remains on view through Feb. 6th and we'll be open Thur-Sun from 1-6PM.

More opening night shots will be posted soon, but to get a glimpse of the action, check out the first folks to post opening night shots here - thanks Jack and the Daily D!

Image above is of Gaia and Rachel Lowing's Uroboros Project install from our front entry area... be sure to come on out and view this one in person.

Thinkspace

4210 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles (near Sunset Junction)

Big news - 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' will now feature FAILE + live screen printing on opening night from PMP...

We are excited to announce that one of the surprises for 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' is that FAILE will be taking part in this epic group show now as well!!!

As if that wasn't enough... you will also be able to view original works from the likes of Swoon, Bast, Gaia, Imminent Disaster, Chris Stain, GRL, Elbow-Toe, Skewville, Michael De Feo and many, many more... PLUS we are also offering an incentive to be one of the 1st 100 people through the door.

Those lucky few who arrive early this Friday will receive a poster from the show, a copy of the latest issue of Juxtapoz + a 2009 wall calendar from Thinkspace featuring all the artists we’ll be showing in 2009.

ALSO – free original works from Stikman will be placed about the outside of our gallery for patrons to find and give a new home to. So keep your eyes peeled for those - they are killer lil' pieces!!!

JUST ANNOUNCED:
LIVE SCREEN PRINTING from 8-10PM by PERIPHERAL MEDIA PROJECTS and GROW YOUR OWN MEDIA!!!

Bring your clothing – they will print 'em up. Propah.

Some add'l behind the scenes shots can be viewed over at Arrested Motion here and at Juxtapoz here.

Don't miss this one!!!

'From the Streets of Brooklyn' - the install @ thinkspace continues...

The installation process for 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' continues at Thinkspace. Look to Arrested Motion and Daily DuJour for add'l behind the scenes shots to be posted in the coming days, as well as over at the Wooster Collective.

Imminent Disaster is just flat out killing it with her massive installation in our project room (see shots above and below). Crazy thing is... she's just getting started. Can't wait for you all to see this!

We'll be posting some great shots tomorrow of Gaia and Rachel Lowing getting busy on their installation in our front entry way... then Thursday Ellis G. arrives into town... oh yeah!

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!!!

Recommended openings to catch this weekend...

SKEWVILLE "Blah Blah"

One of the featured artists in Thinkspace's 'From The Streets Of Brooklyn'

Opening Fri, Jan. 9th (full details below)

Thurs, Jan. 8th 6-10PM
Crewest
110 E. Winston Street @ Main St in Los Angeles / 213.627.8272
“Unification Theory: On The One” – live painting event with Man One and others… see site for full breakdown
http://www.crewest.com/

Thurs, Jan. 8th 12-9PM
Downtown Art Walk
LA's only monthly art walk kicks off '09 with a series of girl-centered shows. Pharmaka's New Mythologies presents the works of six LA-based female artists, divulging universal themes of spirituality, science, and psychology. Phantom Galleries and THE Magazine explore themes of feminine power in What’s the Matter with Mommy, the Hang-Over, a multimedia celebration of alternative icons featuring 30+ artists. Phantom's huge adjacent space in the PE Lofts on Main & 6th hosts Lilli Muller's four-person curatorial project, Change is the Only Constant...part 2. Much more as always will be going on, so be sure to make it down, especially if you haven’t checked one of these out yet
http://www.downtownartwalk.com/

Thurs, Jan. 8th 7-10PM
Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.937.7088
“Under The Influence: An Official Tribute To The Beastie Boys” featuring works by over 100 artists – go to http://www.88beasties.blogspot.com/ to view the complete list and for more info
(On view through Jan. 29th)
http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/

Fri, Jan. 9th 7-11PM
C.A.V.E. Gallery
507 Rose Ave in Venice
“Winter Light” group show featuring works from Terri Woodward, Zoso, Macsorro, Shahid Brown, Walt Hall, Zombienose, L. Croskey, Andy Haynes, Nathan Cartwright, Johnny Siu and much more plus live DJ action and live painting from J. Martin
(On view through Jan. 24th)
http://www.cavegallery.net/

Fri, Jan. 9th 7-11PM
Thinkspace Gallery
4210 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.913.3375
“From The Streets Of Brooklyn” curated by Ad Hoc Art – featuring installations from Gaia and Rachel Lowing in the front room, Imminent Disaster in our project room and chalk art on the streets from Ellis G. in addition to works from almost 50 artists in our main gallery all representing the streets of Brooklyn
(On view through Feb. 6th)
http://www.thinkspacegallery.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 7-10:30PM
Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles / 323-660-9393
“Welcome to the Greenhouse” featuring new works from Renee’ Lawter + on the Project Wall: “The Soreheads” featuring new works from Vanessa Matthews & Nancy Mancini
(On view through Jan. 31st)
http://www.blackmariagallery.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 8PM-Midnight
Carmichael Gallery
1257 N. La Brea in Los Angeles / 323.969.0600
“Man Is The Bastard” featuring new works from Ericailcane
http://www.carmichaelgallery.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 6-9PM
Kinsey / DesForges
6009 Washington Blvd. In Culver City / 310.837.1989
“Beg To Differ” featuring new works from The Cum Collective
(On view through Feb. 14th)
http://www.kinseydesforges.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 6-8PM
Koplin Del Rio
6031 Washington Blvd in Culver City / 310.836.9055
“Night Vision” new watercolors from Moira Hahn
(On view through Feb. 28th)
http://www.koplindelrio.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 6-10PM
POVevolving Gallery

939 Chung King Road in Los Angeles
“It’s Just A Ride” featuring new works from Derek Albeck
http://povevolving.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 7-10PM
Billy Shire Fine Arts
5790 Washington Blvd in Culver City / 323.297.0600
New works from Esther Pearl Watson + Jessica Joslin
(On view through Feb. 7th)
http://www.billyshirefinearts.com/

Sat, Jan. 10th 6-9PM
Track 16 Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue, C1 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.264.4678
“All Hands On Deck” featuring new works from Harriet Zeitlin
(On view through Feb. 21st)

http://www.track16.com/

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!

'From the Streets of Brooklyn' - day one of install @ thinkspace...

Day one of the installation process for our epic 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' group show began on Sunday afternoon... gallery shot above of the works being unpacked... over 100 works will be on view this Fri, Jan. 9th once we open to the public...

Imminent Disaster arrived into town safely and was quickly underway on her huge installation (see above)... more on this later in the week...

Gaia and Rachel Lowing have also safely arrived and are in the thick of thier installation as well (shown above working on 'the bridge' aspect of their install)... you'll have to wait and see what that's all about...

Celso and Stikman are also lurking about in the shadows of LA... keep an eye out for them about town.

Many more artists arriving as the week progresses and we near the opening this Fri, Jan. 9th for 'From the Streets of Brooklyn' at Thinkspace... so can't wait! More behind the scenes action posted soon...

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!

"From the Streets of Brooklyn" at Thinkspace - sneak peek #2

Avoid Pi "Bushwick Ave"

c.damage "This Much"

Michael De Feo (aka The Flower Guy) "Self Portrait #3"

Skewville "Shine"

Get ready... the gallery will definitely be a visual overload come Fri, Jan. 9th once we re-open and kick off the new year with 'From the Streets of Brooklyn'. We can't wait to share this amazing collection of work with you all - so inspiring, so varied... so BROOKLYN.

Thinkspace - Fri, Jan. 9th 7-11PM

4210 Santa Monica Blvd in the Silver Lake / Sunset Junction area of Los Angeles

1st 100 people through the door will get a free 2009 Thinkspace wall calendar highlighting the artists we will be showing during our 2009 exhibition program.

ALSO be on the lookout opening night for original works from the mysterious Stikman that will be hidden about our block for a lucky few to give a new home to.

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.

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