Sour Harvest

David MacDowell 'My Beloved' - 20x16" - Acrylic on canvas

Gallerist/curator Andrew Michael Ford and artist Mikal Hameed (aka M11X) recently joined forces to open the new 99% Gallery in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. After a couple of special events to help kick things off they come correct with their 1st proper group show this weekend with ‘The New Order’. A number of Thinkspace family members are taking part including David MacDowell, Allison Sommers, Camilla d’Errico, Sarah Joncas, Amy Crehore, and Tony Philippou.

Fri, July 16th 7-10PM
99% Gallery and Art Center
99 N. 10th, Room 102 in Brooklyn, NY
‘The New Order’ group show featuring works from Allison Sommers, Anthony Ausgang, Amy Crehore, Camilla d’Errico, Daniel Hyun Lim, David MacDowell, Gilbert Oh, Isabel Samaras, Jennybird Alcantara, Jeremiah Ketner, Jon Rodriguez, Justin Brooks, Lisa Petrucci, Mia, Sarah Joncas, Scott Altmann, Tony Philippou, Tristan Henry-Wilson, and Van Arno
www.ninetyninegallery.com

Look for great things to come in the future from 99%.

‘Look What’s In My Pants!’ print from Dabs Myla, Craola, and Rime

Static Medium recently moved into a beautiful new space in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. To help christen the new space they invited some of their friends over to have some fun and paint a mural. The first mural on the new Static Medium compound was created by the talented team of Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins, Dabs Myla, and Rime (aka Jersey Joe). This special timed edition will be released on July 16th, 2010 at 12:00pm PST at the low price of only $50. The edition is open and will be closed after one week’s time. Each giclee will be numbered and hand signed by all four artists. Each artist will also be adding hand embellishments to the print (each one will be unique in this way).

Rime, Craola, Dabs, and Myla in front of their mural on the side of Static Medium

A little information on the creation of this special mural and print release from Myla:
“We all spoke about doing a collaboration character wall and when Static Medium offered up their new studio for a spot for us to paint it, we went there with a loose idea of how we wanted the wall to feel and how we would lay it out. We started painting in the morning and kept going till we all felt that it was finished…each of us adding bits and pieces till it was done. We were all so happy with how the wall came out we sat down to work on making a print of it!” – Myla

The mural on the side of Static Medium that inspired the 'Look What's In My Pants' print

PRINT INFO:
‘Look What’s In My Pants!’
From Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins, Dabs Myla, and Rime (aka Jersey Joe)
Open timed edition (edition quantity will be set after sale closes)
Giclee print on Museo Portfolio Rag paper (printed with Epson HDR Ultrachrome Ink)
Hand-signed, numbered and embellished by each artist 12” x 24”
$50 each or $125 including optional frame (price does not include s&h)
Place your order here: http://www.staticmedium.com

Kelsey Brookes 'Horse Meat' - 36x36" - featured in 'Survey Select'

Whatever you do, plan on getting down to San Diego this weekend. Between ‘Survey Select’ and ‘Viva La Revolucion’, there’s something for every taste and both exhibits stand to be monumental shows in the further development and broader acceptance of the new contempoary art movement.

Mark Murphy of Murphy Design has been hard at work for the past year putting together this special survey of narrative artists from around the world. There are also several special events lined up throughout the life of the exhibition plus there will be a second public opening next week during ComiCon (more on that soon).

Fri, July 16th 6-11PM (21 and over / RSVP required)
Wonderbread Factory
171 14th Street (at Imperial) in San Diego, CA
‘Survey Select: A Narrative Art Exhibition’ group show featuring the work of 65 internationally renowned contemporary artists featuring the likes of Kelsey Brookes, Hugo Crosthwaite, Jeff Soto, the Clayton Brothers, Shawn Barber, James Jean, Mel Kadel, Erik Mark Sandberg, Brendan Monroe, Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson, Souther Salazar, Kent Williams, Barbara Nessim, Marshall Arisman, Martin Wittfooth, Kevin Paulsen, Anthony Pontius, Blanquet, Titi Freak, Anthony Lister, Hiro Kurata, Dan Kennedy, Marco Wagner, Miss Van, Henry Gunderson, Bonnie M Smith, Sean McGaughey, Albert Reyes, Mars-1, James Marshall (aka Dalek), and many more plus live music and more – regular exhibition hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm with free admission – numerous special events throughout the run of the exhibit – check link below for full details
(On view through Sept. 5th)
http://www.surveyselect.org/

Os Gemeos outdoor mural for 'Viva La Revolucion' located in the back of Horton Plaza (G Street between 2nd and 3rd)

Then on Saturday head over to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for the first major US Museum exhibition celebrating the street art movement curated by Pedro Alonzo, the man responsible for putting together Shepard Fairey’s big show at the ICA in Boston earlier this year.

Check out some great coverage of this special exhibition and the surrounding public art installations coming together here via our friends at Arrested Motion.

Sat, July 17th 7-10PM ($20 admission / free to museum members)
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD)
1100 Kettner Blvd – Downtown location in the Jacobs Building – San Diego, CA
‘Viva La Revolucion: A Dialogue with the Urban Landscape’ group show featuring the work of 20 artists from 8 countries curated by guest curator Pedro Alonzo and MCASD Associate Curator Lucía Sanromán featuring works from Akay (Sweden), Banksy (U.K.), Blu (Italy), Mark Bradford (U.S.), William Cordova (U.S.), Date Farmers (U.S.), Stephan Doitschinoff [aka CALMA] (Brazil), Dr. Lakra (Mexico), Dzine (U.S.), David Ellis (U.S.), FAILE (U.S.), Shepard Fairey (U.S.), Invader (France), JR (France), Barry McGee (U.S.), Ryan McGinness (U.S.), Moris (Mexico), Os Gemeos (Brazil), Swoon (U.S.), and Vhils (Portugal) + look for outdoor installations around downtown San Diego from the likes of Invader, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, Os Gemeos, and others in the works
(On view through Jan. 2nd, 2011)
www.mcasd.org

All this, and San Diego will be rockin’ the annual ComiCon next weekend too. SO many reasons to head on down to San Diego this month!

Sat, July 17th 9PM-1AM ($8 admission)
Cannibal Flower
Special Orange County show @ World Gallery at 1980 Placentia Ave in Costa Mesa 92627
‘Monthly Group Show & Performance’ with featured artist Glen Arthur along with a huge group show featuring N.S. David, Craig “Skibs” Barker, Michael Pukac, JoKa, David Cooley, Kelly Castillo, Kelly Thompson, Aaron Kraten, Paul Torres, Jimmy Bell, Paul Garcia, Alex Chiu, Sarah Ramirez, Crystal Sylver, Douglas Alvarez, Christopher Willingham, Terri Berman, Heidi Bluegirl Calvert, Taren Meacham, Yuki Miyazaki, Steven Lopez, Andre Ajibade, Donna Letterese, Kitty Brown, Charms 1, Lowell Ong, Jesse Fortune, L. Croskey, Michele Waterman, Kirsty Sandoval, Tony Venegas, Jamie Johnson, Neight Adamson, Will Thompson, Zonk One, Scott Ludwig, Chris Bradley, Burk, Geoffrey Doolittle, Amy Bernays, Robert Mars, James Peterson, Laura Brody, Teri Hendrich and more plus live DJ action along with live painting from Van Sarno, installation art from Tony Venegas, performance by Happy Box (skateboarders), and live music from Early Bird Circus – first 6 people in costume get in free / discount of $6 to those in costume after that
www.cannibalflower.com

Yosuke Ueno alongside his piece 'Positive E. no. 4'

Thank you to all that came out to support Yosuke and Dan-ah this past Friday! We had one amazing turnout and great sales thus far for Yosuke’s first solo show in the States in almost five years.

Dan-ah Kim alongside her piece 'Sister, Be With Us'

Several artists were also out this past Friday to show their support including Gary Baseman, Audrey Kawasaki, Yoskay Yamamoto, Andrew Hem, Eric Alos, Yuki Miyazaki, Melissa Haslim, Seth Armstrong, Tommy Hollenstein and others I’m sure I’m forgetting.

View the entire set of opening night photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157624475868000/  

Main gallery view with look into the project room - July 2010

View the works from Yosuke’s show:
http://www.thinkspacegallery.com/2010/07/works.php

View the works from Dan-ah’s show:
http://www.thinkspacegallery.com/2010/07/project/works.php

Both exhibits on view through July 30th – don’t miss your chance to see their work in person.

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