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Hi-Fructose ‘On The Road With Bretty Amory’ feature

June 23rd, 2010 Comments off

Julianne Yates from Gallery Heist up in SF recently tagged along with artist Brett Amory as he drove down to LA for his solo show with Thinkspace. Julianne did a great job photo documenting the trip – tag along as the duo travels down south from SF and tag along with Brett as he paints a great wall mural as part of his show, gets some tattoo touch up work from Sean Barber, hunts out photo references for his next body of work and rocks his debut LA solo opening.

Check out the full feature over at Hi-Fructose here:
http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/734-brett-amory-is-waiting-pt-2.html

'Waiting #58' - oil on wood panel

Brett Amory
‘The Waiting Room’

On view through July 2nd

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd in Culver City
www.thinkspacegallery.com

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Yosuke Ueno hard at work finishing up ‘Negative Never Again’

June 21st, 2010 Comments off

Yosuke putting the finishing touches on 'N.N.A.'

Yosuke Ueno is hard at work finishing up the final pieces for ‘Negative Never Again’, his first solo show in the States in almost five years and first with our gallery after numerous group show outings. Ueno’s work has shown with some of the most established galleries within our movement. Ueno has also taken part in major exhibitions in his home country of Japan at the Shimoni-Seki Museum (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) and the work ‘eFil’ (from his solo show last year in Japan) is currently touring major museums in China as part of a special traveling exhibition.

Take a ‘Sneak Peek’ at the works from ‘Negative Never Again’ coming together here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157624114215102/

Check out a great ‘image key’ to the recurring symbols and characters in his work here:
http://www.spaceegg77.com/spaceegg77site/index2/key/key.html

More info and advance images to follow soon.

Yosuke Ueno
‘Negative Never Again’
New paintings, drawings and the debut of Yosuke’s new sculptural works

Opening Reception: Fri, June 9th 7-11PM
*Yosuke will be in attendance

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
www.thinkspacegallery.com

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’100 Artists See Satan’ Fundraiser this Saturday

June 21st, 2010 Comments off

Eric White's piece for '100 Artist See Satan Fundraiser'

Sat, June 26th 7-10PM
Special Fundraiser Party and Reception

100 Artists See Satan: The Fundraiser
On view: June 26 – August 15, 2010

Grand Central Arts Forum, the support group for Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) is revitalizing the hit exhibition, 100 Artists See Satan, a survey of contemporary artists and their interpretation of the supreme demon. Unlike the original exhibition, this iteration of the collection will be presented as a fundraiser, with works available for sale to the public. All proceeds will benefit future GCAC programs and exhibitions.

100 Artists See Satan was originally organized by GCAC in response to another exhibition, 100 Artists See God, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston for Independent Curators Inc. New York. The two shows exhibited simultaneously in 2004, Satan at GCAC and God at Laguna Art Museum, and gained notable attention from the public and media.

Featured artists include: Kim Abeles, Rev. Ethan Acres, Robby Adams, Peter Adamyan, Shag aka Josh Agle, Kii Arens, Julie B., Ana Bagayan, Gary Baseman, Becca, Bigfoot, Chris Bradley aka SMASH, Scott G. Brooks, Mike Brown, Hugh Brown, Liz Carroll, Amy Caterina, Luke Chueh, COOP, Albert Cuellar, Bryan Cunningham, Dalek, Kelly Hutchison aka Dark Vomit, Bob Dob, Diana Donaldson, Richard Edson, Ron English, Korin Faught, Eric Finzi, Alan Forbes, Paul Frank, Camille Rose Garcia, Gregg Gibbs, Jeff Gillette, Mat Gleason, Alex Grey, Des Grisham, Don Ed Hardy, Alexander Harris, Andrea Harris, Dana Harvey, Laurie Hassold, Mercedes Heinwein, Tim Hendricks, F. Scott Hess, James Hill, Jason Houchen, Jim Jenkins, Michael Knowlton,Will Koffman, Charlie Krafft, Dennis Larkins, David Michael Lee, Joshua Levine, Bad Otis Link, Laurie Lipton, Tiffany Liu, James F. Lorigan, Danni Shinya Luo, Jason Maloney, Chris Mars, Sally Mars, Elizabeth McGrath with Brian Poor, Jeff McMillian, Tara McPherson, Matthew William Miller, Miso, David Molesky, Gary Musgrave, Scott Musgrove, Jessica O’Dowd, Skot Olson, Joe Ongie, Naida Osline, Nathan Ota, Sonya Palencia, Manuel Pardo, Joshua Petker, Gail Potocki, Matthew J. Price,Victoria Reynolds, Drew Roulette, Beau Roulette, Mark Ryden, Leigh Salgado, Krystopher Sapp, Kathy Staico Schorr, Todd Schorr, James P. Scott, Mike Shine, Skinner, Morgan Slade, Nathan Spoor, Tyler Stallings, CR Stecyk III, Cole Sternberg, Mike Stilkey, Eric Stoner, Ken Tanaka, Paul Torres, Christopher Ulrich, Jeffrey Vallance, NicolaVerlato, Marnie Weber, CW West, Mark Whelan (Kill Pixie), Eric White, Edward Walton Wilcox, Robert Williams, Witnes AWR, Christine Wu and others

Grand Central Art Center
125 N. Broadway in Santa Ana / 714-567-7233
www.grandcentralartcenter.com

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Todd Schorr this Saturday at OTIS

June 21st, 2010 Comments off

Todd Schorr ‘Designed For Extinction’ (10 Year Retrospective)

Opening Reception: Sat, June 26th 4 – 7 pm

Ben Maltz Gallery at OTIS College Of Art and Design
9405 Lincoln Blvd in Los Angeles

Schorr will be in attendance and hosting a book signing for his “American Surreal” monograph. There will also be a special shirt available from Hurley.

Check out a great studio visit with Schorr from our friends at Arrested Motion here:
http://arrestedmotion.com/2010/06/studio-visit-todd-schorr-designed-for-extinction-otis/

Watch out for a series of special events for kids and families on July 10th, July 31st, and August 21st. As a special closing event, on September 11th – the last day of the exhibition, the gallery will host a talk between Schorr and Curator Meg Linton. Watch here for details.

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Ekundayo + Brett Amory featured in new issue of Juxtapoz / press overview for current exhibitions

June 17th, 2010 Comments off

Ekundayo 'Profile' feature in the new issue of Juxtapoz (Os Gemeos on cover / hitting news stands next week)

EKUNDAYO press recap:

“Ekundayo’s work illustrates the sacrifices we make in the pursuit of fulfillment, while simultaneously questioning the actions taken to attain it.” - Juxtapoz.com

“The new work for this show is some of Ekundayo’s best yet. The pieces are quite varied — some are frenetic while others have a much more sublime feel.” – Dailydujour.com

“His distinctive and grotesque work reflects on the struggles and adversities of life as well as the joys and lessons that can come from fighting through the difficult times.” – ArrestedMotion.com

“The work is phenomenal.” – Art Nouveau Magazine

Juxtapoz.com interview with Ekundayo:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-with-ekundayo

Arrested Motion studio visit with Ekundayo:
http://arrestedmotion.com/2010/05/studio-visit-ekundayo/

Dailydujour install visit / show preview:
http://dailydujour.com/2010/06/10/preview-ekundayo-joy-today-jeopardy-tomorrow-6-11/

Juxtapoz.com show preview:
http://juxtapoz.com/Current/preview-ekundayos-installation-for-joy-today-jeopardy-tomorrow

Hi-Fructose show preview:
http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/700-behind-the-scenes-with-ekundayo.html

Known Gallery show preview:
http://www.knowngallery.com/blog/post/ekundayo-show-at-thinkspace-gallery-opening-june-11th

Graphotism show preview:
http://www.graphotism.com/bench/article/preview-ekundayos-installation-for-joy-today-jeopardy-tomorrow/

Art Nouveau show pics / review:
http://www.an-mag.com/artist-ekundayo-wants-joy-today-and-jeopardy-tomorrow/

p0pnz interview with Ekundayo:
Part 1 – http://p0pnz.blogspot.com/2010/06/janky-tv-ekundayo-interview-part-one.html
Part 2 – http://p0pnz.blogspot.com/2010/06/janky-tv-ekundayo-interview-part-2.html

Juxtapoz.com opening night pics:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Current/opening-night-photos-ekundayo-x-brett-amory-at-thinkspace

Brett Amory 'Profile' feature in new issue of Juxtapoz (Os Gemeos on cover / hitting news stands next week)

BRETT AMORY press recap:

“His style is both realistic and impressionistic, but most of all each painting is engrained deeply with feeling. That’s the magic of Amory’s work, it’s leaves you with a true sense of curiosity and wonder.” – Warholian.com

“In a culture where newborns are weened on iPhones and adderall, Brett Amory calls attention to our generation’s impatience epidemic. How often do you see a waiting line full of calm, contemplative individuals? Brett observes these uncomfortable pauses with camera in hand and oil on the brain. In his paintings, the environment strips away to reveal a lonely soul searching for the next distraction.” - Juxtapoz.com

“Waiting. At a bus stop, in a line, at the DMV, it’s a pretty tedious thing, thank goodness we’ve got our iphones, books, kindles, and mp3 players… Amory, oddly enough, finds beauty in this most tedious of chores. He captures the moment, washes out the background and focuses on the Now. His work finds beauty in the banal, serenity in the soporific.” – HiFructose.com

Warholian.com video interview with Brett Amory:
http://warholian.com/?p=646

Arrested Motion interview with Brett Amory:
http://arrestedmotion.com/2010/06/interview-brett-amory/

Juxtapoz.com interview with Brett Amory:
http://juxtapoz.com/Features/back-talk-with-brett-amory

Juxtapoz.com video preview:
http://secure.juxtapoz.com/Current/brett-amory-video-untitled

Juxtapoz.com studio visit with Brett Amory:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/studio-visit-x-video-with-brett-amory-indulging-in-contemplation

Hi-Fructose.com studio visit with Brett Amory:
http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/656-brett-amory-is-waiting.html

The Klax video feature on Brett Amory:
http://vimeo.com/12110424

Plus numerous show listings and calendar posts across the blogosphere. Both shows on view through July 2nd.

Thinkspace
6009 Washington Blvd in the Culver City Arts District
www.thinkspacegallery.com

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