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PERSEVERANCE: 20 Years of Thinkspace

Glendale Library, Arts & Culture and Brand Library & Art Center present PERSEVERANCE: 20 Years of Thinkspace in collaboration with Thinkspace Projects, a Los Angeles-based gallery. Featuring over 70 artists, PERSERVERANCE celebrates the 20th anniversary of the gallery with a presentation of new works by local artists as well as site-specific murals. On view: February 1 – March 29, 2025 Opening reception: Saturday, February 1, 2025 from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Thinkspace Projects has garnered an international reputation over the past 20 years as one of the most active and productive exponents of the New Contemporary Art Movement. In reverence to 'lowbrow' art, this booklist features Los Angeles street art, graffiti, pop surrealism, self-taught artists, as well as Los Angeles art publications and artists that have influenced or collaborated with Thinkspace Projects.

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  • Pop Surrealism

    the Rise of Underground Art

    BookSan Francisco, Calif. : Ignition Pub./Last Gasp, c2004. — 709.0407 POP
  • New Surrealism

    the Uncanny in Contemporary Painting

    Zeller, Robert, 1966-
    BookNew York : Monacelli Studio, [2023] — 759.0663 ZEL
  • Pop Painting

    Inspiration and Techniques From the Pop Surrealism Art Phenomenon

    D'Errico, Camilla,
    BookBerkeley : Watson-Guptill, [2016] — 751.4 D'Errico,C DER
  • BookLos Angeles : Getty Research Institute, [2021] — 751.73 LAG
  • Stay Up!

    Los Angeles Street Art

    Daichendt, G. James
    BookPetaluma, CA : Cameron + Company, 2012. — 751.7309 DAI
  • Juxtapoz

    Car Culture

    BookBerkeley, Calif. : Gingko Press, 2009. — 741.9 JUX
  • Tales of the Rat Fink

    the Legend of the World's Greatest Kustom Car Builder, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth

    Also available for streaming on hoopla
    DVDLos Angeles, CA : Shout Factory, [2006] — ROTH TRF
  • Nonconformers

    a New History of Self-taught Artists

    Slominski, Lisa,
    BookNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] — 700.922 SLO
  • Vitamin P3

    New Perspectives in Painting

    BookLondon : Phaidon Press Inc., 2016. — 759.07 VIT
  • Prime

    Art's Next Generation

    BookLondon : Phaidon Press Limited, 2022 — 709.22 PRI
  • The Upset

    Young Contemporary Art

    BookBerlin : Gestalten, c2008. — 709.05 UPS
  • BookBerkeley : Gingko Press, Inc., 2014. — 751.4 JUX
  • Turn the Page

    the First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose

    BookVirginia Beach, VA : Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, [2016] — 709.05 TUR
  • Weirdo Noir

    Gothic and Dark Lowbrow Art

    Jordan, Matt Dukes
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2010. — 709.7309 JOR
  • BookLondon : Whitechapel Gallery ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2022. — 709.04 CUT
  • Street Art Today 2

    the 50 Most Influential Street Artists Today

    Poucke, Bjørn van
    Book[Tielt] : Uitg. Lannoo N.V., [2019] — 751.73 POU
  • BookBerkeley, CA : Gingko Press, 2018. — 751.73 IOS
  • The Dirtyland

    the Art of Brian M. Viveros

    Viveros, Brian M.,
    Featured artist
    BookCulver City, CA : Thinkspace Gallery, [2015] — 759.13 Viveros,B VIV
  • Includes work by featured artist, Audrey Kawasaki
    BookNew York, NY : Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2023. — 811 Fox,M FOX