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Dabs Myla & Friends + Sergio Hernandez (Sept. 1st), by Thinkspace on Aug 9, 2012 8:14:31 GMT 1,
Dabs Myla & Friends 'Marvelous Expeditionsโ
Plus in our project room: Sergio Hernandez (aka Surge MDR) 'Donโt Trip'
Reception with the artists: Sat., September 1st 5-9PM
Exhibitions on view: September 1st โ September 22nd
Take a sneak peek at the works coming to life for โMarvelous Expeditionsโ here: thinkspacegallery.com/shows/2012-09/#photos
Thinkspace is pleased to present the highly anticipated Marvelous Expeditions by Dabs Myla and Friends. In the spirit of travel and all things wonderfully itinerant, acclaimed duo Dabs Myla will take over the gallery space and will feature new work and an installation alongside curated selections from 32 of their closest and most inspiring artist friends. The gallery will in effect become a locus of meeting and communal exchange, as artists from all over the world are brought together by Dabs Myla to share their experiences of traveling through its landscapes.
Dabs Mylaโs meticulously executed work combines narrative illustration, photorealistic drawing, and architectural rendering with a playful bawdiness and irreverence. Cast frequently as themselves in their imagery and host of characters, the artist pair create worlds of contentious and playful encounters against the seductive chaos of the urbanscape. The city features prominently in their work as the stomping ground for their numerous adventures. When looking at their pieces one has the impression of aesthetic confluence and fluidity, of two minds toiling together as one. The viewing experience is the keen pleasure of looking into another world and enjoying a story, and just as it is with the unrelenting freneticism of the city, there is always a new discovery to punctuate every observation right around every corner - and weโd be remiss to exclude mention of the donuts and street meat.
As artists and urban enthusiasts Dabs Myla translate their experience of the world through a distinctly collaborative amalgamation of their styles and rendering strengths. Their work conveys a synchronicity of vision and aesthetic uncommonly allied and collusive. It is constituted by their shared love of travel, food, graffiti, illustration, and urbanity. Just as all productive chaos emerges from unlikely places, the momentum of travel fosters unexpected discoveries and collisions of worlds. Dabs and Myla, originally from Melbourne Australia and now currently based in LA, are no strangers to this productive geographic disruption, and this project seeks to celebrate the unexpected encounters and inspirations catalyzed by travel. They have invited each of their featured friends to produce a piece for the exhibition on a 16โ x 20โ wood panel, and with these set material parameters each artist will work their magic. The series is loosely meant to invoke exploration and travel, and each participating artist will metabolize their impressions of the theme differently through their respective styles, voices, and memories.
Marvelous Expeditions showcases the duoโs love of friends, collegiality, exchange, and the proliferation of vision and variety that thrives alongside constant movement and displacement. These are the exploratory impulses of travel that lead to constant revisions, reconstitutions, influences, and to the indelible encounters that change everything.
Featuring 16x20โ works from: 123 Klan Aaron, De La Cruz, Askew, Augustine Kofie, Axis, Cat Cult, Dabs Myla, Dscreet, Dvate, EINE, Elliot Francis Stewart, Ephameron, Greg Lamarche, Honkey Kong (aka Adam Hathorn), Johnny 'KMNDZ' Rodriguez, KC Ortiz, KEM5, Logan Hicks, Luke Chueh, Mark Mulroney, Meggs, Misery, NEW2, Pose, Remi Rough, Revok, Rime, Stormie Mills, Tatiana Suarez, Tom Gerrard, Tristan Eaton, Witnes and The Yok.
Dabs Myla: Melbourne natives Dabs and Myla are a dynamic duo who have lived, worked and soaked in the sun of Los Angeles since 2009. Dabs started painting graffiti in 1995, and began teaching Myla the ropes of writing about ten years later, after they met while studying illustration in art school and fell in love. Soon afterward, they decided they liked their collaborative pieces better than their individual work, and from that point on, they worked together exclusively, as Dabs Myla. Inspired by graffiti, food, travel and their wonderful chaotic life together as a couple, their paintings play Dabs' mischievous and sometimes ribald characters off Myla's photorealistic cityscapes. Since their move to California, they have never spent more than a few hours apart. They say, "I guess we are pretty lucky... two peas in a pod! Two crazy, workaholic, mad dorks in a pod! After years of living, painting walls and working together, we have only become closer, stronger and even more in sync. Every day we wake up, paint all day, and keep each other entertained with constant chatter and stupid jokes. Who could ask for more out of life?"
Artist website: www.dabsmyla.com
ON VIEW IN OUR PROJECT ROOM:
Sergio Hernandez (aka Surge MDR) โDonโt Tripโ In conjunction with Marvelous Expeditions, Dabs Myla will be curating the Thinkspace project room with new work by Sergio Hernadez (SURGE MDR). Hernadez is an artist informed by a multiplicity of media and styles deeply rooted in the culture of the urban landscape. Known in the San Diego graffiti community as SURGE MDR, his work has continued to inspire Dabs Myla and elicit their admiration.
Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Hernadez has felt a life long filial connection to Tijuana Mexico. As a child, he frequently visited and was inspired by the hand painted advertisements throughout the city, a sort of prototypical forerunner to his interest in graffiti and the city as a canvas. He studied painting and printmaking, and received a BFA from San Diego State University in 2004. Hernadezโs painting and drawing practice is inspired by the city, and the characters and encounters from his life. His work is often memory and narrative based, and is founded in the stories from his childhood or those gleaned from experience. The work is at times playful, and at times dark, but the characters that proliferate his stories are intended to be universally enjoyed by children and adults alike, an inspiration from his wife and children. His prolific work as a graffiti artist, tattoo artist, illustrator, and painter speaks to his dexterous, and graphic, versatility.
Take a sneak peek at Sergio Hernandezโs new works for โDonโt Tripโ here: thinkspacegallery.com/shows/2012-09-project/#photos
Artist Website: surgemdr.com/home.html
Dabs Myla & Friends 'Marvelous Expeditionsโ Plus in our project room: Sergio Hernandez (aka Surge MDR) 'Donโt Trip' Reception with the artists: Sat., September 1st 5-9PM Exhibitions on view: September 1st โ September 22nd Take a sneak peek at the works coming to life for โMarvelous Expeditionsโ here: thinkspacegallery.com/shows/2012-09/#photos Thinkspace is pleased to present the highly anticipated Marvelous Expeditions by Dabs Myla and Friends. In the spirit of travel and all things wonderfully itinerant, acclaimed duo Dabs Myla will take over the gallery space and will feature new work and an installation alongside curated selections from 32 of their closest and most inspiring artist friends. The gallery will in effect become a locus of meeting and communal exchange, as artists from all over the world are brought together by Dabs Myla to share their experiences of traveling through its landscapes. Dabs Mylaโs meticulously executed work combines narrative illustration, photorealistic drawing, and architectural rendering with a playful bawdiness and irreverence. Cast frequently as themselves in their imagery and host of characters, the artist pair create worlds of contentious and playful encounters against the seductive chaos of the urbanscape. The city features prominently in their work as the stomping ground for their numerous adventures. When looking at their pieces one has the impression of aesthetic confluence and fluidity, of two minds toiling together as one. The viewing experience is the keen pleasure of looking into another world and enjoying a story, and just as it is with the unrelenting freneticism of the city, there is always a new discovery to punctuate every observation right around every corner - and weโd be remiss to exclude mention of the donuts and street meat. As artists and urban enthusiasts Dabs Myla translate their experience of the world through a distinctly collaborative amalgamation of their styles and rendering strengths. Their work conveys a synchronicity of vision and aesthetic uncommonly allied and collusive. It is constituted by their shared love of travel, food, graffiti, illustration, and urbanity. Just as all productive chaos emerges from unlikely places, the momentum of travel fosters unexpected discoveries and collisions of worlds. Dabs and Myla, originally from Melbourne Australia and now currently based in LA, are no strangers to this productive geographic disruption, and this project seeks to celebrate the unexpected encounters and inspirations catalyzed by travel. They have invited each of their featured friends to produce a piece for the exhibition on a 16โ x 20โ wood panel, and with these set material parameters each artist will work their magic. The series is loosely meant to invoke exploration and travel, and each participating artist will metabolize their impressions of the theme differently through their respective styles, voices, and memories. Marvelous Expeditions showcases the duoโs love of friends, collegiality, exchange, and the proliferation of vision and variety that thrives alongside constant movement and displacement. These are the exploratory impulses of travel that lead to constant revisions, reconstitutions, influences, and to the indelible encounters that change everything. Featuring 16x20โ works from: 123 Klan Aaron, De La Cruz, Askew, Augustine Kofie, Axis, Cat Cult, Dabs Myla, Dscreet, Dvate, EINE, Elliot Francis Stewart, Ephameron, Greg Lamarche, Honkey Kong (aka Adam Hathorn), Johnny 'KMNDZ' Rodriguez, KC Ortiz, KEM5, Logan Hicks, Luke Chueh, Mark Mulroney, Meggs, Misery, NEW2, Pose, Remi Rough, Revok, Rime, Stormie Mills, Tatiana Suarez, Tom Gerrard, Tristan Eaton, Witnes and The Yok. Dabs Myla:Melbourne natives Dabs and Myla are a dynamic duo who have lived, worked and soaked in the sun of Los Angeles since 2009. Dabs started painting graffiti in 1995, and began teaching Myla the ropes of writing about ten years later, after they met while studying illustration in art school and fell in love. Soon afterward, they decided they liked their collaborative pieces better than their individual work, and from that point on, they worked together exclusively, as Dabs Myla. Inspired by graffiti, food, travel and their wonderful chaotic life together as a couple, their paintings play Dabs' mischievous and sometimes ribald characters off Myla's photorealistic cityscapes. Since their move to California, they have never spent more than a few hours apart. They say, "I guess we are pretty lucky... two peas in a pod! Two crazy, workaholic, mad dorks in a pod! After years of living, painting walls and working together, we have only become closer, stronger and even more in sync. Every day we wake up, paint all day, and keep each other entertained with constant chatter and stupid jokes. Who could ask for more out of life?" Artist website: www.dabsmyla.com ON VIEW IN OUR PROJECT ROOM:Sergio Hernandez (aka Surge MDR) โDonโt TripโIn conjunction with Marvelous Expeditions, Dabs Myla will be curating the Thinkspace project room with new work by Sergio Hernadez (SURGE MDR). Hernadez is an artist informed by a multiplicity of media and styles deeply rooted in the culture of the urban landscape. Known in the San Diego graffiti community as SURGE MDR, his work has continued to inspire Dabs Myla and elicit their admiration. Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Hernadez has felt a life long filial connection to Tijuana Mexico. As a child, he frequently visited and was inspired by the hand painted advertisements throughout the city, a sort of prototypical forerunner to his interest in graffiti and the city as a canvas. He studied painting and printmaking, and received a BFA from San Diego State University in 2004. Hernadezโs painting and drawing practice is inspired by the city, and the characters and encounters from his life. His work is often memory and narrative based, and is founded in the stories from his childhood or those gleaned from experience. The work is at times playful, and at times dark, but the characters that proliferate his stories are intended to be universally enjoyed by children and adults alike, an inspiration from his wife and children. His prolific work as a graffiti artist, tattoo artist, illustrator, and painter speaks to his dexterous, and graphic, versatility. Take a sneak peek at Sergio Hernandezโs new works for โDonโt Tripโ here:thinkspacegallery.com/shows/2012-09-project/#photos Artist Website: surgemdr.com/home.html
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Dabs Myla & Friends + Sergio Hernandez (Sept. 1st), by Thinkspace on Aug 9, 2012 8:19:25 GMT 1,
To help spread the word on 'Marvelous Expeditions', the Dabs Myla curated exhibition coming up this September at Thinkspace, Juxtapoz asked the duo to come up with questions for their friends that will be in the exhibition. Before that series gets started though, they turned the tables on โem and had them answer their own questions first to help kick things off.
Check out the full Juxtapoz interview with Dabs Myla here: www.juxtapoz.com/Features/feature-dabs-myla-in-conversation-with-dabs-myla
As add'l interviews are posted, I'll be sure to share the links here.
To help spread the word on 'Marvelous Expeditions', the Dabs Myla curated exhibition coming up this September at Thinkspace, Juxtapoz asked the duo to come up with questions for their friends that will be in the exhibition. Before that series gets started though, they turned the tables on โem and had them answer their own questions first to help kick things off. Check out the full Juxtapoz interview with Dabs Myla here: www.juxtapoz.com/Features/feature-dabs-myla-in-conversation-with-dabs-mylaAs add'l interviews are posted, I'll be sure to share the links here.
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Dabs Myla & Friends + Sergio Hernandez (Sept. 1st), by sal on Sept 2, 2012 9:51:59 GMT 1, just saw the opening photos and wanted to congratulate you on what looks like a great opening and amazing show setup.. big names from the art world that showed up proves how big and anticipated it was (Esao Andrews, James Jean, David Choe, Eine, Seen, Craola, Chueh, etc)..
congrats Andrew!
just saw the opening photos and wanted to congratulate you on what looks like a great opening and amazing show setup.. big names from the art world that showed up proves how big and anticipated it was (Esao Andrews, James Jean, David Choe, Eine, Seen, Craola, Chueh, etc)..
congrats Andrew!
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Dabs Myla & Friends + Sergio Hernandez (Sept. 1st), by Thinkspace on Sept 2, 2012 21:36:52 GMT 1, just saw the opening photos and wanted to congratulate you on what looks like a great opening and amazing show setup.. big names from the art world that showed up proves how big and anticipated it was (Esao Andrews, James Jean, David Choe, Eine, Seen, Craola, Chueh, etc).. congrats Andrew!
Thanks much Sal!!! Such an amazing night for all involved - those two just delivered and then some - it was a true joy and honor to help them bring it to life and provide them a base to showcase their talent and vision.
Some early coverage here: www.streetartnews.net/2012/09/dabs-myla-friends-marvelous-expeditions.html
We'll be posting a couple hundred pics tomorrow to our Facebook, Flickr and website. I'll post links here once live. In the meantime, for those not on Instagram, check out a slew of shots on our Webstagram here: web.stagram.com/n/Thinkspace_art
just saw the opening photos and wanted to congratulate you on what looks like a great opening and amazing show setup.. big names from the art world that showed up proves how big and anticipated it was (Esao Andrews, James Jean, David Choe, Eine, Seen, Craola, Chueh, etc).. congrats Andrew! Thanks much Sal!!! Such an amazing night for all involved - those two just delivered and then some - it was a true joy and honor to help them bring it to life and provide them a base to showcase their talent and vision. Some early coverage here: www.streetartnews.net/2012/09/dabs-myla-friends-marvelous-expeditions.html We'll be posting a couple hundred pics tomorrow to our Facebook, Flickr and website. I'll post links here once live. In the meantime, for those not on Instagram, check out a slew of shots on our Webstagram here: web.stagram.com/n/Thinkspace_art
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