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Photos: From the Streets of Brooklyn at Thinkspace in L.A.

By c-monster on January 12, 2009 in C-Monster, Galleries, Graffiti, Los Angeles and Street Art. 3 Comments

Getting pensive: Veng RWK at Thinkspace. (Photos by C-M.)

A gaggle of about 40 NYC artists descended on Thinkspace in L.A. for From the Streets of Brooklyn, a group show put together by New York’s Ad Hoc Art Gallery. The opening was packed, the Grolsch cold and plentiful — and the gallery’s snack cabinet, blissfully well stocked. All around: a very, very good time.

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Calendar. 01.08.09.

By c-monster on January 8, 2009 in C-Monster, Calendar, Galleries, Los Angeles and Street Art. 1 Comment

Dan Witz, in From the Streets of Brooklyn, at Thinkspace, in L.A. (Image courtesy of Juxtapoz.)

In L.A.: From the Streets of Brooklyn at Thinkspace, opens Friday at 7 p.m.
In L.A.: Oranges and Sardines at the Hammer, through Feb. 8. Plus, while you’re there: Check out the portraiture show, and the kickin’ woodcut show. (Modern Art Notes.)
In L.A.: The Post-It Show at GR2, through Jan. 14.
In Santa Ana: Anthony Gordon and David Michael Lee, Invasion, at Space Gallery.
In San Diego: Drawing the Line at the Museum of Contemporary Art, through Feb. 22.
In S.F.: Family First at White Walls, opens Saturday.
In Seattle: Adam Ekberg, Next to Nothing, at Platform Gallery, opens today.
In Philadelphia: AJ Fosik and Andrew Schoultz at Space 1026, opens Friday. (Fecal Face.)
In NYC: The Outsider Art Fair at 7 West 34th Street, opens tomorrow at 11 a.m.
In NYC: Postcards From the Edge at Metro Pictures, Friday and Saturday only.
In NYC: Mark Mulroney, Follow the Nosebleeds, at Mixed Greens, opens tonight.
In NYC: Artists Meeting, in collaboration with You3B.com, Triptych Party, at Postmasters Gallery, opens Saturday.
In NYC: Narrative Thread at Lyons Wier Ortt, opens Friday.
In NYC: A screening of Helvetica: Typography and Literacy, a documentary film by Gary Hustwit, at the Philoctetes Center, this Saturday at 1 p.m.
In Lisbon: Alexandre Farto at Vera Cortês Art Agency, opens Friday.

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The Digest. 12.12.08.

By c-monster on December 12, 2008 in C-Monster, Los Angeles, Street Art and The Digest. 1 Comment

Carlton Arms, by Elbow Toe. Opening tonight, at Thinkspace, in L.A. (Image courtesy of Elbow Toe.)

Crayon sculptures.
R.I.P. Bettie Page.
Let the drama, whining and second-guessing begin!! The Whitney chooses curators for the 2010 Biennial.
Harry Belafonte withdraws Martin Luther King Jr. documents from Sotheby’s auction after King’s estate issues a statement saying that it believed that the items had been “wrongly acquired.” (Arts Journal.)
Paul Klee’s Twittering Machine. Clever. (MoMA’s Twitter.)
Art21 is talking controversy. Today’s post is all about artists stuck in various Freudian stages: chocolate Jesus, piss Christ, poo Virgins.
Late addition: Speaking of controversy: The LAT‘s Christopher Knight on the MOCA Mess on KPFK, opening up with some cattiness towards the New York Times. Mee-ow!
Anaba has a nice round-up of pix from the Marlene Dumas show at MoMA. There’s even more images on his Flickr feed. Related: La Smith’s review.
Art and mental illness: Exploring the Martín Ramírez case.
Happy holidays from Paul McCarthy. Plus: Just in time for Christmas…the alcohol calorie counter. (Flaming Pablum.)
Mad Scientist laser-etched wood blocks.
The world’s robot density is highest in Europe.
Better than fish-wrap: Recycling the New York Times into wallpaper.
Photo Essay: Art by contemporary Indian artists at the Serpentine, in London.
Cooper, the cat with his own Flickr page. Cooper has some beautiful shots (like this awesome POV, in which he’s attacking the Christmas tree), but I’m very disappointed to learn that he watches Jay Leno. Sorry, Cooper, I don’t care if you don’t have opposable thumbs and shit in a box. You have no excuse.
3-D Graff of the Day: Ovbal in Mexico.
More graff flicks from Basel. Plus: Video of a Shepard Fairey wall in Miami getting reworked.
Nothing like authoritarian diktat: China to trim tall buildings around Guangzhou in an effort to earn UNESCO World Heritage status.
A Frank Lloyd Wright chair, purportedly stolen from Johnson Wax, was almost sold on e-Bay. (The Skyline.)
The burger ring.
Your moment of Olafur Eliasson rapping.

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Tag Archive for 'thinkspace'

Photos: From the Streets of Brooklyn at Thinkspace in L.A.

Calendar. 01.08.09.

The Digest. 12.12.08.

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