‘The Gilded Age’
Aaron Horkey
Esao Andrews
Joao Ruas
Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 12th 6-9PM
Collector Previews for both shows will be shared on Wednesday, September 9th. NO additional details of any kind are available currently regarding original works.
Please note: Horkey and Ruas will each have nine new works and Esao will have eight. If you’d like to be added to the preview list, please sign up for our mailing list on the Thinkspace Gallery website.
Here are the details on how and when we will release ‘The Gilded Age’ editions:
We’re excited to share these details with everyone and can’t wait for you all to see the exhibition. There has been a slew of moving parts for this show to sort out, awaiting final invoices to come in, making sure all the production at various companies was on track, etc. before we felt confident in sharing everything with you all. So, here we go…
- There will be a folio set in an edition of 250 featuring a 12.75×12.75 inch varnished giclee print from each artist in the exhibition, housed in a deluxe folio similar to the recent ‘Vacuum’ set. Three prints total, only available as a set.
- Each artist will have an individual screen print, in an edition of 200. Each sold separately and of varying size.
- There will be an enamel pin set featuring a deluxe soft enamel pin from each artist ranging in size from 1.25 to 1.5 inches. Available as an edition of 100 and only as a set of three.
- Images and pricing for all of the above editions will be shared next week (we are just awaiting final images and a photograph of the completed folio set and enamel pins).
Out of respect to our neighboring businesses, we do not want anyone lining up overnight or before the day of the show. To make sure this does not happen and to avoid making anyone sleep overnight or sit all day in the heat, we will be passing out numbered tickets. The number you receive will correspond to the folio sets and/or individual screen prints, guaranteeing you first choice at those corresponding numbers.
The numbered tickets will be passed out in random order, so those showing earliest could get a higher number, making it a total in-person lottery system. We will, however, aim to give out 1-200 first, helping to alleviate any worry of showing early and being shut out of the individual screen printed editions.
We will aim to pop outside on the morning of the exhibition (Saturday, Sept. 12th) every 30 minutes from 9AM until 12 Noon (9 / 930 / 10 / 1030 / etc.) to hand out tickets to those awaiting us outside. Please do NOT show up before 8AM the morning of Sat., Sept. 12th. Anyone gathering before 8:30 am will be asked to leave and come back at 9:00 am. We’re serious in trying our best to be courteous to our neighbors, prevent lines, and be fair.
Prints will then be pre-sold that same afternoon (Saturday, Sept. 12th) from 1PM to 4PM to avoid a long line at the opening and to help ease the stress of the sale for everyone. The numbered ticket you receive will give you 1st dibs on anything corresponding to your number. Those that get a number higher than 100 will not have a chance at a button set unless someone that did get 1-100 passes. Those with numbers 200-250 are not guaranteed an individual screen print, but will get one of the folio sets being offered guaranteed. Odds are not everyone will pickup each edition, and thus the love will be spread. There is a strict limit of one per person on each edition, no matter the circumstances. Horkey’s individual screen print will have ONE variant, but please note now you are only allowed to purchase one of them (no one is allowed to purchase both editions, this from Aaron himself).
The opening reception then takes place from 6 to 9PM with all artists in attendance.
To help with the worry and wait of those with a number lower than yours, passing over an edition to open it up for someone with a later number, we feel that come 7PM during the opening reception, we will open up all editions for sale. If you received a number that morning, I would think it a good plan to come to the 1st window of sales or arrive 1st thing to the opening at 6PM. So, come 7PM, ALL editions will go wide for open sale. We are not calling numbers or such, so no need to worry about missing out, but after 7PM the tickets become null and void.
We went over many different scenarios and at the end of the day, this is the one we all agreed on and has been approved and given the thumbs up by all three artists and those that work closely with them. We hope this works for everyone, we know we will never be able to make everyone happy, but please know we put a good bit of thought into this and all is now set.
None of the editions are being held back for later on-line offering. If any remain come the end of the exhibition, we will share details at that time. For now, the editions will only be available for in-person purchase at our gallery during the run of ‘The Gilded Age’ exhibition.
Thank you and we look forward to all seeing the works for the 1st time in person. Each artist has delivered in such a huge way, being pushed by one another to deliver simply incredible new bodies of work.
– The Thinkspace team
