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Jason Thielke’s latest solo show and brand new body of work opens this Friday, July 17th at the all new David B. Smith Gallery.  Jason dropped us a bit of a preview – and damn…  Above is a detal of Tangle a 24″ x 36″ Laser Cut.  The work is exceptional.  Friday night is gonna be seriously eyeball poppin’ fresh.  Thielke has once again elevated his work to a new level.

A back-to-front view of the brand new David B. Smith Gallery.  Thielke‘ll be takin’ her virginity on July 17th.

The all “NEW” David B. Smith Gallery on 1543 Wazee in downtown Denver will be hosting a Jason Thielke solo show on Friday, July 17th.  Jason is sure to be in attendance.  We’re excited.

…and Thielke is up next!!!

We just dropped all of Josh’s imagery for Sprout on davidbsmithgallery.com.  Cruise it for a look.  It’s all quite brilliant work.  To see Mr. Keyes’ works in person you’ll have to swing by DBS on Saturday May, 30th.  And, doh!!! Prints will be dropping here real soon!

Josh Keyes - Burst I, Acrylic on panel, 30" x 80", 2009

Burst I (detail)

Josh Keyes will be returning to our neck of the woods for Sprout, his upcoming solo exhibition at Denver’s David B. Smith Gallery.  The exhibition opens on May 30th.  Preview pics comin’ soon…

will be showing new work at Denver’s David B. Smith Gallery on Thursday(tonight), April 2nd from 6 – 8 p.m. The artists will be in attendance.  If you’re into contemporary – well, this is a good one.  The show will be accessible through the 25th of April.

It’s been about 4 years since Denver’s Jason Thielke quit his graphic design gig to pursue art full time.  In that short span of time he’s become a father, shown work coast to coast, as far away as Germany, and is now  recognized as one of our nations leading young contemporary artists.  I missed Jason’s first semi-professional (still working a day job) show, but caught his second at Boulder’s Ins+allation alongside Scot Lefavor (another super contemporary who calls Denver home).  It was immediately clear that Jason had the talent, skills and aesthetic sensibilities to break into the contemporary art world, and do it on his own terms.  Since then it’s been nothing but progress.  In 2007 Jason teamed up with another Denver art world star in David B. Smith, and began showing at Dave’s Limited Addiction Gallery (since renamed David B. Smith Gallery).  Now, it’s 2009, we just wrapped up Jason’s new website (there’s a lot more yet to come) and Mr. Smith is out in New York exhibiting Jason’s work in the Scope Art Fair.

Being a creative professional myself, albeit predominantly a commercial one, and having a body of friends, peers, and mentors made up primarily of artists, and other creative professionals I’d like think I have some idea as to what it takes to make in the art world.  And to put it simply, it’s not easy.  It takes talent, honed skills, dedication, and an ability to perpetually adapt, evolve, and sacrifice – on all sorts of levels.  Jason possesses all of these traits in abundance.  He’s an inspiration to my partners and I, and we’re proud to call him a friend and have the pleasure of working with him.  We can’t wait to see what Mr. Thielke’s got up his sleeve in 09′.

Kim & Jesse by Jason Thielke for the 2009 Scope New York Art Fair

David B. Smith has yet again packed his Denver gallery with a terrific array of new artworks, by some serious young and contemporary art world heavies.  Several of these artists, Lori Field, AJ Fosik, Robert Hardgrave, and Naoto Hattori are returning to the Gallery, having been very well received during past shows.

A number of them are new to the Gallery, including Bruno 9li, Tara Lisa Foley, Katherine Guillen, Kristian Kluver (local Boulder art/design star), and Hiro Kurata. These artists bring new ideas and creative approaches, each reflecting their own unique way of viewing the world around them.

A preview of the show can seen here.  The show opens February 28th through March 21st, 2009.

Bruno 9li - Concentra

Naoto Hattori - Thoughts Creating

AJ Fosik - One Hundred Percent Savage

Nice teeth for a pig.

Kristian just finished installing his pieces with Dave and Travis over at David B. Smith Gallery for Group Exhibition, Part 2 (opening this Saturday night).  There’s a couple new additions to the BOX PIG family, including #3 and #4.  Both are amazing, but #4 is 6′ of awesome.  Check it out!

Josh Keyes evolution as an artist is becoming the stuff of legend.  His ability to morph and improve his work in sync with current contemporary sociocultural trends, world views, and predominant ideologies at play is straight up amazing.  Look for more of Keye’s work to be coming to our neck of the woods, in the form of his next solo show at David B. Smith Gallery on May 30th.

Here’s a little excerpt from Keye’s bio on Dave’s site to help frame his thinking, “The work also conveys an anxious vision of what the world might be like in the future as a result of current global warming predictions. Keyes’ interest in creating paintings that fuse realism with the possible often evokes the imagery found in dystopian and post-apocalyptic literature, while other works express the optimism and utopian ideas found in the writings of Buckminster Fuller and Paolo Soleri.”