Sour Harvest

Specter on the streets of NY - © Jaime Rojo

To help introduce art lovers to some of the Street Artists in the upcoming show “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories”, Thinkspace arranged to have Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo of Brooklyn Street Art connect with a number of the artists in the exhibit so they could take part in the “Back Talk” interview series made popular by the good folks at Juxtapoz. Many thanks to Juxtapoz for running this series of interviews and to Steven and Jaime for all the hard work putting them together and for writing the beautiful introductory paragraphs that accompany each interview.

Check out the full ‘Back Talk’ interview with Specter (art pictured above) here:
www.juxtapoz.com/Current/back-talk-a-conversation-with-specter

El Sol 25 on the streets of NY - © Jaime Rojo

Check out the full ‘Back Talk’ interview with El Sol 25 here:
www.juxtapoz.com/Current/back-talk-a-conversation-with-el-sol-25

NohJColey on the streets of NY - © Jaime Rojo

Check out the full ‘Back Talk’ interview with NohJColey here:
www.juxtapoz.com/Current/back-talk-a-conversation-with-nohjcoley

‘Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories’

Curated by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, founders of Brooklyn Street Art
In collaboration with Thinkspace

Opening at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, CA on Friday, August 12th 6-10pm

More details, interviews, and sneak peeks coming soon!

www.brooklynstreetart.com/theblog/
www.thinkspacegallery.com
www.cavegallery.net

Esao Andrews is already hard at work on his upcoming solo show with us (January 2012). Esao is planning to record the creation of several of the pieces planned for the show, so look for more of these great videos to be posted here as we get closer to the opening. This show will mark Esao’s first exhibit in Los Angeles in over two years and is already proving to be well worth the wait.

Esao Andrews returns to Thinkspace – January 2012 – get ready!

Houston based artist Kevin Peterson is on the cover of the new Blue Canvas. His debut west coast solo show is now on view at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice. The show is on view through August 6th, so be sure to check it out if in the area. We debuted Peterson’s work at our gallery during this past June’s Art Walk group show and we’ll be showing his work again as part of our curated show at the University of Arizona this coming September. Past that look for more to come in 2012 from Peterson including a solo show at our gallery next November.

Issue #9 of Blue Canvas also features a small feature on the work of fellow Thinkspace family member David MacDowell.

Pick up your copy of Blue Canvas here.

Inside the goodness factory that is DABS and MYLA's studio

DABS and MYLA have been at it non-stop for months now and we’re about to share with you all the fruits of their labor as we present ‘The Best Of Times’ – coming August 13th to Thinkspace – new paintings – new drawings – murals – installations – the release of a new print & more! You don’t want to miss this one.

If you haven’t had a look yet, check out the ‘Sneak Peek’ photo set on our Flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157626821470632/

DABS MYLA ‘The Best Of Times’

Reception with the artists: Sat, August 13th 5-9PM

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

STREET ART STORIES
Presented by Brooklyn Street Art
A Presentation and Panel Discussion About New Stories Told on the Street Today

In Street Arts’ latest chapter, the storytellers are hitting up walls with all manner of influences and methods. More than ever before, formally trained and self taught fine artists are skipping the gallery route and taking their work directly to the public, creating cultural mash-ups and highly personal stories of their own, altering the character of this scene once again. Eclectic, individual, and as D.I.Y. as you can imagine, these Street Artists may have knowledge of who came before them or not, but they are determined to be a part of one art scene that is perceived as authentic, relevant, and alive.

Join Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, authors and founders of Brooklyn Street Art and contributing Street Art writers for The Huffington Post ARTS, as they show and compare examples of work from New York’s streets today. Then join a lively discussion with knowledgeable panelists about precursors to this storytelling practice and how it may be evolving what we have been calling “Street Art” for the last decade.

Hosted by The Huffington Post ARTS and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) at MOCA Grand Avenue Ahmanson Auditorium, our panelists are:
• Kimberly Brooks, Fine Artist and Founding Arts Editor of the Huffington Post
• Shepard Fairey, Fine Artist, Street Artist, and Graphic Designer
• Marsea Goldberg, Director of New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood, CA
• Ken Harman, Managing Online Editor at Hi-Fructose Magazine and Owner and Curator at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, CA
• Ethel Seno, Editor of “Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art” and Curatorial Coordinator for the MOCA exhibition “Art in the Streets” at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Presenters and moderators, Steven P. Harrington, Editor in Chief, and Jaime Rojo, Editor of Photography at BrooklynStreetArt.com

Date / Time / Location:
Sat, August 13th 3PM
MOCA Grand Avenue / Ahmanson Auditorium
250 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles

RSVP:
Admission is free and seating is very limited so please RSVP your request to MOCApanel@BrooklynStreetArt.com today. You will receive a confirmation via email by August 4th if your request can be honored.

This special panel discussion is being presented as part of ‘Street Art Saved My Life : 39 New York Stories’, a show curated by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo of BrooklynStreetArt.com. The show is being presented in collaboration with Thinkspace and taking place at the C.A.V.E Gallery in Venice from August 12th – September 4th.

Immediately following the panel discussion, please make sure you get over to Culver City for the opening of ‘The Best Of Times’ from DABS MYLA taking place from 5-9PM at Thinkspace. We’re going to be rocking LA the weekend of August 12th and 13th!!!