NEXUS IV: RAIZ

All Day Opening Event Includes Group Show, Site-Specific Murals, and More

JANUARY 21 - MARCH 17, 2023

The Brand Library and Arts Center

1601 W. Mountain Street

Glendale, California 91201

Opening Reception:

Saturday, January 21, 4-10pm

Live Music, Refreshments, Car Clubs, Live Painting and More

Los Angeles, CA (January 2, 2023) - Always in pursuit of uniting and elevating the New Contemporary Art community, Thinkspace Projects teams up with Tialoc Studios and the California Cowboys Collective to present RAIZ, an all day blowout event to mark the opening of the two month art show at The Brand Library and Arts Center in Glendale, California.

With 60 artists in the group show alone, the extravaganza is sure to be diverse and varied, bringing universal appeal from so many incredible contributors. With a focus on local Los Angeles based artists, the lineup is as impressive as it is varied, including new work from the likes of Antonio J. Ainscough, Young-Ji Cha, Kristy Moreno, Zeye Oner, Perez Bros, and Aof Smith just to name a few.

Five solo shows round out the gallery exhibits, filling the walls with innovative and genre-blending pieces across mediums. Anthony Clarkson’s Enigmatic Dreams is a portal into child-like innocence, mixed with troubled spirits, broken hearts and a sense of emptiness. Matthew Grabelsky’s new body of work, Riders, continues the artist’s exploration of people with animal heads riding the New York City Subway, and in one case the London Tube. With Ken Flewellyn’s Remix, he shares pieces, like a remix tape of familiar songs, with a new twist. Verified from Anthony Hurd explores the “golden age of the death of social media.” Cody Jimenez presents Efferverence, in which he explores a world where emotions are embodied in physical forms.

It’s not just the walls inside the Arts Center, but the walls inside the hallways of the Brand as well that are being transformed for this event, with site-specific murals from Brek, Love Yo Dreams, and Mr. B Baby adorning the entry hallway area and outdoor courtyard.

The surrounding grounds themselves will also be bursting with compelling content, from the food provided by Zavalas Pies, Sweet Life LA, and Bad Jimmy’s to the car and bike clubs in the parking lot with Cabrones Car Club, Ghetto Car Club, and Bikes On The Blvd. That’s not all that is happening for the opening event, so be sure to keep an eye out for local artisans painting live around the grounds alongside video projections, a cash bar, Venice Beats providing the tunes, and live painting curated by GoopMassta. Be sure to save the date.

The show opens January 21st with a reception from 4PM to 10PM. They will remain on view until March 17th at The Brand Library and Arts Center in Glendale, California.

About Thinkspace                                       

Thinkspace was founded in 2005; now in LA’s thriving 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 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.

Though the New Contemporary Art Movement has remained largely unacknowledged by the vetted institutions of the fine art world and its arbiters of ‘high culture,’ the future promises a shift. The Movement’s formative aversion to the establishment is also waning in the wake of its increased visibility, institutional presence, and widespread popularity. Thinkspace has sought to champion and promote the unique breadth of the Movement, creating new opportunities for the presentation of its artists and work. An active advocate for what is now one of the longest extant organized art movements in history, Thinkspace is an established voice for its continued growth and evolution, proving their commitment by expanding its projects beyond Los Angeles, exhibiting with partner galleries and organizations in Berlin, Hong Kong, London, New York City, Detroit, Chicago, and Honolulu among many others, participating in International Art Fairs, and curating New Contemporary content for Museums. Committed to the vision, risk, and exceptional gifts of its artists, the gallery is first and foremost a family. From the streets to the museums, and from the “margins” to the white cube, Thinkspace is re-envisioning what it means to be “institutional.”

About Tlaloc Studios

Tlaloc Studios is an interdisciplinary creative space with a diverse range of artists and practices, including Film Photography, Printmaking , Ceramics , Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Graphic design ,Videography and Fashion Design. Tlaloc Studios also host workshops and curates exhibitions and events for the Los Angeles community.

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