Lots of buddies in tonight’s opening at PRISM in West Hollywood. 7-9pm on Sunset Strip…

THIS pals over in Atlanta, Armchair Media, produced a great little item that you may or may not ever use. Armchair is a serious next level new media group that doing some really great work in the Southeast. They are starting to leak over into the west coast and up in the northeast. It’s only a matter of time before they will have global dominance.

Armchair Summer 2010 Reel from Armchair Videos on Vimeo.

The pixel ruler is the perfect way to measure things… umm, on screen and in the flesh.. Pick one up at THIS. Measure important items such as…

THIS buddy, Jim Houser, just released his first musical recordings. He teamed up with our other pals at Free News Projects to create this really handsome package with a booklet and custom Houser tint blue vinyl. Some words from Jim about the record: ” for the last 10 or so years, making music has always been the place that i turned when the paintbrush wasn’t working for me. i found that even when i was burned out from making art , the act of sitting and making music would allow me not to feel like a waste of time and space. i came to realize that this was part of my whole process , so why not incorporate those sounds into the installations i do in a gallery. from an art-show- type-view , it felt like , ok , so now this represents EVERYTHING i made during the last 6 months or so , not just the visual art. and i was very happy with how the sounds accompanied the sights . my music found a home in my artwork . so this record represents the best bleeps and bloops and thuds and screeches and crashes from the past 2 years of art shows , condensed and recorded at home into 6 short songs . just like my paintings : heartfelt and repetitive. ” Pick one up here.

Friday night brought a solid crowd out for emerging artist John Hill, Jr. at THIS. No one rushed by this work.. the drawings are so intricate that you have to spend some serious time taking in all details of these pieces. This little guy showed up hours early. He used to live in the neighborhood, but moved to Boston. John drew him a customized piece with a skull and sunglasses… Click here to read more »

Get there early and get a limited edition bag filled with some goods.

More shots from the show… Just the tip of the ice-berg on drawings… John Hill, Jr. THIS

John started installing this week at THIS. Looks like it’s going to be a solid show Friday night. Tools of the trade… Lots of detail. More as the week goes on. John Hill, Jr. THIS

July 12 – 16 THIS los angeles welcomes John Hill, Jr.. John will be installing in our gallery all week with an opening Friday July 16th.

More information to come…

John Hill, Jr.

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The Musical masterpieces at THIS have been a little bit few and far between but Adam came in and sang one of my favorites that we’ve recorded so far..

Adam Arcugari at THIS from THIS on Vimeo.

Please join us this Saturday night (June 26th) for a closing party for “Kids of All Ages” with a special talk by artist Souther Salazar. If you bought art from the show, you can take it home with you that night!