CRACK OPEN THE SPACE EGG: a little 16 person show
THE DAY, TODAY, TO DATE: Moments Scrapped by Thomas Joseph11.06 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.
11.05 2008
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group art show opening
With Friends Like These
November 8 – December 3, 2008
Reception: Saturday, November 8, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net
Giant Robot is proud to present With Friends Like These, a group show featuring new works by Isaac Lin and AJ Fosik.
After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 with a BFA in painting, Isaac Tin Wei Lin moved to Philadelphia. There, he became a Space 1026 member, made paintings and screen prints, participated in shows, and worked odd jobs. In 2003, he moved to San Francisco to attend California College of the Arts. Completing his MFA, he attended a two-month long residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Having had his fill of school, he returned to Philadelphia where he continues to create art ranging from psychedelic, hyper detailed illustration to found photos adormed with geometric corruption.
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. Viewers are confronted with cryptic symbols from overlapping sources, both traditional and contemporary, creating a dynamic tension where art and viewer come together in an expanded definition of culture and assumption.
A reception for Lin and Fosik will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, November 8. For more information about the artists, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
11.05 2008
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group art show opening
With Friends Like These
November 8 – December 3, 2008
Reception: Saturday, November 8, 6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net
Giant Robot is proud to present With Friends Like These, a group show featuring new works by Isaac Lin and AJ Fosik.
After graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 with a BFA in painting, Isaac Tin Wei Lin moved to Philadelphia. There, he became a Space 1026 member, made paintings and screen prints, participated in shows, and worked odd jobs. In 2003, he moved to San Francisco to attend California College of the Arts. Completing his MFA, he attended a two-month long residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Having had his fill of school, he returned to Philadelphia where he continues to create art ranging from psychedelic, hyper detailed illustration to found photos adormed with geometric corruption.
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. Viewers are confronted with cryptic symbols from overlapping sources, both traditional and contemporary, creating a dynamic tension where art and viewer come together in an expanded definition of culture and assumption.
A reception for Lin and Fosik will be held from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, November 8. For more information about the artists, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
11.03 2008
1026 ANNUAL ART AUCTION: Jason Hsu Poster
1026’s Annual Art Auction is coming up in the beginning of December. You can participate by donating or buying work.
Schedule of Events
December
5th: SUBMISSION DEADLINE & Art Auction Preview from 6 to 10pm
5th – 11th: Art Auction Preview and eBay auction (we will continue to accept donations)
12th: Art Auction from 7 to 10pm
14th: eBay Auction ends at 7pm
10.31 2008
Times are tough for the freelance film producer
Ted Passon’s car is mangled mess of shattered glass and broken dreams.
PLEASE HELP!
My name is Ted. Philly flipped my car. I hope they can help fix it. It happened after the world series at Broad and Ellsworth St. at approx. 1:30am. Please help if you can. If 300 people (ideally those on Broad St. who got to enjoy the flipping spectacle) give $10.00 each I’m sure I could get a new car. Whatever you can offer will be much appreciated.
Help him here:
http://phillyfixmycar.blogspot.com/
He too is turning to the web.
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
10.30 2008
#1
Snax, Bill and Aryon on Broad Street after the Phillies won the World Series.
Aryon is a faker. Bill is a fan.
We’re #1.
This happened to Ted’s Car.
My name is Ted Passon. Philly flipped my car. I hope they can help fix it. It happened after the world series at Broad and Ellsworth St. at approx. 1:30am.
Please help if you can. If 300 people give $10.00 each I’m sure I could get a new car. Whatever you can offer will be much appreciated.
Donate to Ted at:
Philly Fix My Car
Phillies win! Trees lose!
Avenue of the Torn Up Tree Planters.
Video of the fire that Snax is number oneing in front of.
10.29 2008
AUCTION TIME: 1026 Art Auction PREVIEW
December 5th from 6 to 9pm
Stop by the gallery and preview art auction items. Visitors in the gallery and online can place bids on our eBay auction that will run throughout the following week.
AUCTION TIME: Live Call In Show from 7-9pm
Mary Beth Flannery and Eduardo Luardo come from a retail and performance art background. They are longtime fans of home shopping as they were both extremely overweight for several years and couch-ridden. They will be hosting a very special hour of Space1026 Shop From Home, “AUCTION TIME!” this December 5, 2008.
They started the show, “Auction Time” after a stint on The Antique Road Show where they were humiliated after bringing what they though was an authentic alicorn (unicorn horn).
They live and work in Narberth, Pennsylvania with their 3 cats, Chairman Meow, Col. Otis J. Whiskerson and Lord Alfred Powerbottom and their many collectible dolls.