Sour Harvest

Joshua Petker - opening this Saturday at Corey Helford Gallery

Sat, April 17th 5-8PM
George Billis Gallery
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles
New works from Jorge Santos and Adam Normandin
(On view through May 29th)
www.georgebillis.com  

Sat, April 17th 7-10PM
Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Blvd in Culver City
‘Between Butterflies’ featuring new works from Joshua Petker
(On view through May 5th)
www.coreyhelfordgallery.com  

COMING UP NEXT WEEK:
David Choe returns to Los Angeles – get ready!
http://davechoe.blogspot.com /
www.lazinc.com

“Schlaraffenland”

new work by Allison Sommers

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“III”

new work by Joao Ruas

Opening Reception: Fri, May 7th 7-10PM

May 7th -June 4th, 2010

Both artists will be in attendance.

Allison’s Statement for ‘Schlaraffenland‘:
In these works, I want to engage with the metaphor of Schlaraffenland, the world of plenty, to explore the facets of gross abundance and to complicate what it means to take pleasure in the flesh. In Schlaraffenland, everything and everyone is part of a grotesque banquet of plenty, and consumption of others is not a transgressive act but rather a necessary engagement of the world around them.

There is an eroticism – consumption is, after all, the taking-in of the external– that charges Schlaraffenland with excitement and danger; while some creatures give themselves freely for consumption, others are trapped, tricked, or cajoled into giving bits of themselves up to the feast. I’m fascinated by the uncertainty this creates in the relationships between my creatures, who are at once both so cheerful and dangerous. It’s the tension created by this ambiguity that invigorates the world of these creatures: seductive, dangerous, peculiar Schlaraffenland.

Allison’s main site:
http://allisonsommers.typepad.com/  

Allison’s sneak peek set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157623393138819/

Joao’s Statement for ‘III‘:
What divides the sacred from the mundane? Is that an universal or a personal matter? Can a moment, a place, a person in your life ever be sacred? These questions were the starting point of obsessive and transforming thoughts and drawings which resulted in this series of works. Iconography obviously plays a big part in the aesthetic being explored but so does everyday life, everyday dreams and everyday fears.

Sacred can give you hope and happiness. Sacred can bring you disillusionment and tears.

Joao’s website:
http://feral-kid.com/

Joao’s sneak peek set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157623517671516/

Expect a new print from each as well opening night. More details announced soon!

Both exhibitions taking place at our new Culver City location:
Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Wed-Sat 1-6PM
#310.558.3375
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Anthony Pontius flanked by LC and Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace

Thanks to everyone that came out and helped to make our opening night kick off such a massive success! All the support was just amazing, so many faces we hadn’t seen in a good while. We look forward to the year ahead and rockin’ things over in Culver City. See you all again next month!

Opening night pics from our grand opening in Culver City are now online:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157623702303951/

Opening night crowd surges onto the streets

All exhibitions on view through April 30th

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Wed-Sat 1-6PM
#310.558.3375
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Opening night at our new Culver City location

We were recently interviewed by our good friend and artist Nathan Spoor for a gallery-spotlight feature on Hi-Fructose and we wanted to be sure all got the chance to see it. Nathan did a great job delving into our first 5 years as a gallery and asked some great questions about what keeps us going.

Excerpt from the feature’s introduction:
“Los Angeles is a fascinating place to live the artistic life. We’re not just talking about being an artist per se, but being involved in the arts as a part of one’s life. The good folks that own and operate Thinkspace Gallery in LA do just that. Thinkspace was conceived during a time when there just weren’t enough options for showing talent, and talent was in abundance. A partnership between an enthusiastic and positive minded set of individuals would provide a ravenous contingency with just what they needed: the opportunity for young artists to show their work and test their mettle, and a place for new collectors and appreciators of the arts to begin their journeys as well. Join us as Nathan Spoor speaks with Thinkspace owners and founders Andrew Hosner and L.Croskey, taking us into the soft underbelly of this cornerstone innovative space.”

Check out the full interview here:
http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/522-thinkspace-gallery-profile.html

Also, if you didn’t check it out yet, there’s a great interview with us on Erratic Phenomena too:
http://commandax.blogspot.com/2010/04/thinkspaces-audacious-vision.html

Please be sure to come out tonight to the big book-signing event for ‘Hunt & Gather’ featuring over a dozen artists plus the author at our new location in the heart of Culver City. Full details here.

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
Wed-Sat 1-6PM
www.thinkspacegallery.com

Thanks to the LA Times’ Brand X magazine for the amazing coverage of our big move to Culver City!

Check out a higher res image of the piece here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/4507951565/in/set-72157623393134393/