Congratulations to our dear friends at Thinkspace Projects!!
In a monumental exhibition that promises to be both inspiring and reflective, join Thinkspace Projects as they proudly commemorate ‘PERSEVERANCE: 20 Years of Thinkspace’. This event will be held at the esteemed Brand Library and Art Center, in Glendale, California. Mark your calendars for this Saturday, February 1st, for an unforgettable evening that promises to be a feast for the senses.
The exhibition showcases a very special collection that pays homage to the many creative talents Thinkspace Projects has collaborated with over the past two decades. It’s a heartfelt tribute that not only celebrates artistic achievement but also underscores the gallery’s unwavering commitment to nurture and promote the arts. This journey through time is a testament to the enduring relationships and memories they’ve created, especially in honor of the beloved Shawn Mary Vezinaw Hosner, whose contributions have left an indelible mark on the community.
In a time of togetherness and like-mindedness, let us all navigate this path with hearts of gratitude while courageously stepping forward with optimism and hope for what is yet to come. Together, we honor and remember SHAWN FOREVER, whose spirit will always inspire us to persevere and innovate.
‘PERSEVERANCE: 20 Years of Thinkspace’
Brand Library & Art Center
1601 W. Mountain Street
Glendale, California 91201
On view: February 1 – March 29, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 1, 2025 | 5 – 9 pm
With cash bar courtesy of Peroni + DJs + The Burger Game Food Truck + Live Painting from AnimalItoLand + Live Screen-printing from Open Gallery.
No RSVP necessary / Free and open to all / Parking is available in the park, but ride share is suggested
This exhibition is at the Brand Library & Art Center, NOT at Thinkspace Projects
Press // ‘PERSEVERANCE’ serves to pay tribute to all the creatives we have worked with over the last two decades and features a diverse mix of artists on our current roster alongside some longtime gallery favorites and a look forward with some fresh new talent that will be inspiring us for years to come. New works from 80 artists + 4 ephemeral site-specific murals will be on display for all to enjoy.
We are more driven than ever to keep forging our path forward in honor of our dear Shawn Mary Vezinaw Hosner’s legacy and to keep building on all we have accomplished thus far.
Featuring murals and installations from // Allison Bamcat, Darel Carey, GoopMassta, Scott Listfield. Alongside new works from 80 artists spanning our rich history of showcasing the freshest rising talent within the New Contemporary art movement.
SHAWN FOREVER.
About Thinkspace Projects //
Thinkspace Projects was founded in 2005; now in LA’s burgeoning West Adams District, the gallery has garnered an international reputation as one of the most active and productive exponents of the New Contemporary Art Movement. Maintaining its founding commitment to the promotion and support of its artists, Thinkspace Projects has steadily expanded its roster and diversified its projects, creating collaborative and institutional opportunities all over the world. Founded in the spirit of forging recognition for young, emerging, and lesser-known talents, the gallery is now home to artists from all over the world, ranging from the emerging, mid-career, and established.
The New Contemporary Art Movement, not unlike its earlier 20th Century counterparts like Surrealism, Dada, or Fauvism, ultimately materialized in search of new forms, content, and expressions that cited rather than disavowed the individual and the social. The earliest incarnations of the Movement, refusing the paradigmatic disinterest of “Art” as an inaccessible garrison of ‘high culture’, championed figuration, surrealism, representation, pop culture, and the subcultural.
By incorporating the ‘lowbrow,’ accessible, and even profane, an exciting and irreverent art movement grew in defiance of the mandated renunciations of “high” art. Emerging on the West Coast in the 90’s partly as a response to the rabid ‘conceptual-turn’ then championed on the East Coasts, the Movement steadily created its own platforms, publications, and spaces for the dissemination of its imagery and ideas.
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