Category Archive: THIS pals.

THIS visits Jim Smith of The Smell

This pal Dallas has a new book!


Come out to Family Saturday night to celebrate it’s release.

Video after the jump…
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This pal: Aska.

Aska – There Are Many of Us from Lance Bangs on Vimeo.

Richard Colman – Something Better

This Saturday, October 16th, our homie Richard Colman will be unveiling his solo show, Something Better, at The Guerrerro Gallery in San Francisco. Colman’s work, brightly hued and dense with intricately complex patterns and geometric shapes, abstractly presents theatrical narratives from an alternate world.  Drawing influences from Byzantine art and Islamic mosaics, the craftsmanship behind the language he creates through character, symbol and line abstractions seeks to provide a hiding place, a better place, away from the fallacies of everyday life. Provoking escapism and the use of one’s imagination, his work, focuses on the interaction between different landscapes rather than on character interaction. Colman challenges his work by either simplifying it or by barraging it with complexity. He creates a beautiful world that is, well, simply complex, and constantly evolving as he is. Colman was born in 1976 and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Colman graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, in 2002. He has exhibited throughout the world in solo and group exhibitions including the Museum of Contemporary Art in D.C., New Image Gallery in Los Angeles, Krets in Malmo, Sweden, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen, Union Gallery in London, and ARKEN Museum Of Modern Art in Denmark. Colman has completed murals for Coca-Cola, Mattel Toys, and NYNY Hotel, and has been included in publications such as While You Were Sleeping, Arkitip and Juxtapoz. In 2006, Gingko Press released a book cataloging his work titled “I Was Just Leaving.” Colman currently lives and works in San Francisco, California. Saturday, October 16th, 2010 7pm to 11pm 2700 19th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415.400.5168

Aaron Beckum dropped in

Aaron Beckum at THIS from THIS on Vimeo.

I first met Aaron over email, from Jen Furchess, who told us we had to have him come in and play.. We couldn’t get it together with our schedules and the emails were lost out in the space wherever old emails go. Then one beautiful day at Griffith park, a conversation ensued with some friends of friends, and little did I know, that friend of a friend was Aaron’s wife. The emails started back up, and here we are, finally, a song is recorded. go to myspace.com/aaronbeckum amazingalphabetpeople.com/

Next show Sept. 9th

Our good friend Lisa Ziven has curated the next show which is going to be a quick one. The opening is on the 9th and up on the walls until the 15th. Check the list of artists to get your mind blown..

Danny Gibson

We caught up with Danny Gibson, before he swooped up to live in San Francisco.. Also Incase has given us a space on their site to post all our videos and other stuff at goincase.com/this.. more coming soon.

EXPOSED @ THIS.




THIS los angeles presents:


“EXPOSED”

A Photography Exhibition for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research, Curated by Magdalena Wosinska.


Opening Night – Friday August 13th 7-10PM


And book launch party for “Bite it You Scum” by Magda Wosinska. Click here to read more »

a little preview to show #4 at THIS.


We are having a celebration of kid’s books: a show and month long event. THIS pal Dallas is a big part of it.

Six Stair films screening at THIS, this Friday.

Phase 1 of the Six Stair/ THIS Culturual Exchange Program:
( a night of short films from Rick and Buddy of Six Stair ) Friday April 23 8-10pm

B.Y.O.C ( bring your own chair ).

Beers during the films and at the little cave afterwards.

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