Thinkspace Projects Presents Four New Solo Shows For April

Gallery I | Trying to Keep it Together | Ezra Brown

Gallery II | A Gummy Wormhole in the Sugar Dimension | Caroline Weaver

Gallery III | Sweat Dreams & Beautiful Nightmares | Delisha

Gallery IV | Similarities | Willem Hoeffnagel

APRIL 1 - APRIL 22, 2023

Thinkspace Projects

4207 W. Jefferson Blvd. & 4217 W. Jefferson Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90016

T: 310.558.3375 | Tues. - Sat. Noon to 6PM

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Opening Reception

Saturday, April 1, 6-10pm

*FREE t-shirt from Artist Ezra Brown to the first 150 people through the door*

Los Angeles, CA (March 22, 2023) - Thinkspace Projects continues to be a mainstay of the New Contemporary Art Movement, bringing all new works to their recently expanded space in West Adams every month. April is no exception, with four solo shows that demonstrate emotional range and diverse subjects from candy-fueled dreams to love stories gone wrong.

Thinkspace Projects is honored to present Ezra Brown’s Trying to Keep it Together in Gallery I. In this debut solo exhibition with Ezra Brown, the artist encapsulates his many experiences, emotions, and feelings using his character ‘Happy the Clown’ as a reflection of himself to portray his message. His character, ‘Happy’, is often portrayed as quite the opposite, using him to demonstrate coping with events in the world around us today. Ezra encourages the viewer to use his work as a device to tap into their own feelings, and connect on an emotional level.

In Gallery II, Thinkspace Projects presents Caroline Weaver’s solo show, A Gummy Wormhole In The Sugar Dimension. The self-taught oil painter presents a collection of work that brings viewers into a new state, surpassing nostalgia in pursuit of what the artist deems “Time Dilation Meditation from a made-up religion for Fatalists.” With this collection she continues her color-fueled attempt to analyze our arcs of actuality, working to expand her view of the world through multiple disciplines and continued exploration.

Thinkspace Projects also brings the community Delisha’s Sweet Dreams & Beautiful Nightmares, lining the walls of Gallery III. Focusing on the “BEAUTIFUL MONSTER,” Delisha creates a series of child-like perspectives and narratives. Pulling influence from Bill Watterson’s comics and Dr. Seuss, Delisha explores children’s dreams and nightmares, their potential, and their sadness. Seeing kids as “little people sorting out their emotions,” she is able to convey their experiences in a breathtaking way, evoking imagination in all of her viewers.

In Gallery IV, Willem Hoeffnagel’s Similarities fills the space, presented in collaboration with League OTO. The painter, born in the Netherlands, brings his lifelong enthusiasm for art, depicting recognizable figures that he has been portraying for more than a decade. Using these figures as placeholders, he is able to craft understandable scenes that are not heavily influenced by the subject’s identity. In Similarities, he draws inspiration from the movements of others, gazing at strangers and those he knows as they run around his town. He leans into his personal reactions and feelings, using them to fuel the figures he is known for.

These shows open April 1, 2023 with a reception from 6PM to 10PM. They will remain on view until April 22, 2023 at Thinkspace Projects.

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.”   

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