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12.02 2008

WHAAAAT

Jim Houser’s donation to the Art Auction.
Yeah.
7pm. 12/12/08
Preview: 6pm. 12/05/08

11.06 2008

New Ancient Structures, AJ FOSIK & ANDREW SCHOULTZ at Space 1026

NEW ANCIENT STRUCTURES
AJ Fosik and Andrew Schoultz
January 9th-30th, 2009.
Opening Reception: January 9th, 7-10pm
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AJ FOSIK AND ANDREW SCHOULTZ
NEW ANCIENT STRUCTURES

Space 1026 is pleased to present AJ Fosik and Andrew Schoultz New Ancient Structures an art exhibition, opening Second Friday January 9th from 7 to 10 pm at 1026 Arch Street in Philadelphia.

Showing for the first time in Philadelphia, San Francisco-based painter Andrew Schoultz joins Philadelphia-based sculptor AJ Fosik to present a collaborative installation at Space 1026. With drawings spilling off the wall and sculptures filling the floor, New Ancient Structures will fill the gallery with an explosion of color, pattern and potent imagery.

AJ FOSIK
Drawing inspiration from his background creating street art and signage, AJ FOSIK is a Philadelphia-based sculptor who creates animal abstractions, or as he calls them “existential fetishes.” Totemic apparitions of ursine beasts and delicately rendered paintings skirt American folk art and psychedelia. Cryptic symbols from overlapping sources, traditional and contemporary, create a dynamic mashup. Fosik has recently exhibited at the L.J. Beaubourg in Paris and White Walls in San Francisco.

ANDREW SCHOULTZ
With his distinctively ornate, intricately rendered imagery, ANDREW SCHOULTZ insinuates a greater state of global frenzy. Themes touching on environmental and social destruction allude to the artist’s awareness of both the environment he creates and the one in which he exists. Schoultz addresses confined space with unlimited possibility, based on his penchant for creating large-scale murals in public spaces. Schoultz has upcoming exhibitions at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark and Roberts and Tilton in Los Angeles and his work has recently been acquired by the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

11.06 2008

Leon Reid IV Lectures at Space 1026

Leon Reid IV will present over 150 images of street work as featured in his new book, “The Adventures Of Darius and Downey” As told to Ed Zipco. The lecture will follow his trajectory from graffiti to street artist and detail his current urban interventions.

Book signing and sale after lecture.

The Adventures Of Darius and Downey, As told to Ed Zipco, is street art’s first non-fiction novel. This as-told-to narrative explores the excitement, danger and tragedy of the urban art experience. Author Ed Zipco intimately details the creative relationship between Leon Reid IV (a.k.a Verbs, a.k.a, Darius Jones) and Brad Downey, two young artists coming of age in Brooklyn, New York City.

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2008.

10.30 2008

SATURDAY NIGHT<< SAN FRANCISCO

If anyone out there is reading this from the Bay Area, I am having an opening reception for a new exhibition of drawings this Saturday.
IN DEFENSE OF HOME, IN DEFENSE OF INDUSTRY opens November 1st at ICEBERGER, 18th and Treat in the Mission. 7-9 pm.
Afterwards, you can head over to WHITE WALLS for an amazing Jim Houser / Rich Coleman show.
-Alex

10.26 2008

NEW PRINTS<<

Available on-line from
CANTAB PUBLISHING

10.23 2008

FRIDAY NIGHT< BROOKLYN

You Are Forgiven by Matt Leines (Free News Projects, 2008)
Book Release and Signing
Friday, October 24th, 7:00

09.30 2008

TONIGHT< YOU ARE FORGIVEN

Space 1026 friend Matt Leines will be signing copies of his new book “You Are Forgiven” (Free News Projects, 2008) tonight at the MEGAWORDS STOREFRONT from 7-9pm.
Tonight will be the world’s first chance to see this brand new hardcover, 144 page extravaganza. It features new essays by Gary Panter and Taylor McKimmens and a ton of images. This book is brand new, so new that there are not even images of it floating around the interweb yet, so yes, tonight will really be the first chance to see it. No lie.
So stop by, meet Matt, get a book, drink a beer.

09.09 2008

***TONIGHT***

I’m going to be giving a short presentation tonight (Tuesday, September 9th) on the history of the East Side Railroad Tunnel at the MEGAWORDS STOREFRONT.
Copies of the new zine on the same subject will be available as well.
It all kicks off at 7pm at the corner of 11th and Cherry.
_Alex

08.16 2008

UNDERNEATH PROVIDENCE

UNDERNEATH PROVIDENCE, Findings Thus Far.
A new ‘zine presenting a short history of the East Side Railroad Tunnel in Providence, Rhode Island.
8.5″ x 5.5″, offset, 24 pages plus cover, edition of 1000.
Co-published by Cantab Publishing and Free News Projects.
ORDER YOUR COPY HERE

08.14 2008

TONIGHT

Sandman.
Jonny Fritz.
Moustaches
8pm at Space 1026
FREE

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