{"id":8121,"date":"2022-10-24T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T22:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T23:30:28","slug":"brian-m-viveros-mania-opening-october-29th-at-thinkspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/news\/brian-m-viveros-mania-opening-october-29th-at-thinkspace","title":{"rendered":"Brian M. Viveros MANIA opening October 29th at Thinkspace Projects 6-11pm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thinkspace Projects is thrilled to present\u00a0Brian Viveros\u2019s\u00a0MANIA.\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The CA-based artist best known for his highly detailed paintings of anti-pin-up doe-eyed \u2018Woman of Power\u2019 and his Dirtyland universe, brings an entirely new body of work to the gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his 7th show Viveros brings his biggest collection yet, with over 25 new pieces. Featuring the beautiful and yet barbarous subjects he is known for, each piece draws from the power of the feminine and its reconciliation of vulnerability, beauty, and power. His subjects are fighters and survivors, they are the heroes standing tall, rendered immaculately, and just bloodied enough to remind us that they are formidable opponents not to be taken lightly. Viveros\u2019 work elevates the iconography of the femme-fatale as a powerful emblem of strength and retaliation: insubordinate beauties undaunted by the unruliness of a messy fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANIA<\/em>\u00a0is a tribute show, it’s a personal show, and it’s a bit of a journey taking viewers back in time to the things Viveros obsessed over as a kid, the things that ultimately drove the\u00a0MANIA\u00a0<\/em>inside of him. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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This body of work is a challenge and a true progression for the artist pushing him outside his comfort zone into breathtaking new territory, not only in theme in scale, size, color palette, techniques and even mediums like watercolors, gouache, and spray paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus far, his work has been about letting the viewer tell the story. With MANIA<\/em> he reclaims the narrator role, taking viewers on a very personal journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANIA<\/em> is the Battle Royal of everything that changed my life. <\/p>

Paying homage and tribute to such influences and heroes like Batman, Superman,\u00a0KISS, Nirvana, The early days of skating and the Bones Brigade, Bruce Lee & Quintin Tarantino, Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Cobra Kai, Wonder Woman, Lucha Libre, Wrestlemania, David Bowie, Star Wars, Boxing and more!<\/p>Brian M. Viveros<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0MANIA<\/em>\u00a0collection represents many notable firsts including his largest \u2018Matador\u2019 piece to date entitled \u2018Solid Gold.\u2019 His largest full-bodied Evillast entitled \u2018In this Corner\u2019 is also present in this collection, packed with detail using much more vibrant colors and patterns. The \u2018Dirtyland,\u2019 one of his most iconic characters, returns on a large scale more powerful than ever, with the return of spray paint elements in Viveros\u2019s work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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BRIAN M. VIVEROS
Mania<\/em>
Opening Reception:
Saturday,\u00a0October 29\u00a0from 6-11pm


LOCATION:
Thinkspace Projects\u00a0\u00a0
4217 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016


FOR ALL PURCHASE INQUIRIES PLEASE EMAIL:
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Thinkspace Projects is thrilled to present\u00a0Brian Viveros\u2019s\u00a0MANIA.\u00a0 The CA-based artist best known for his highly detailed paintings of anti-pin-up doe-eyed \u2018Woman of Power\u2019 and his Dirtyland universe, brings an entirely new body of work to the gallery. For his 7th show Viveros brings his biggest collection yet, with over 25 new pieces. Featuring the beautiful and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8121"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8150,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions\/8150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brianmviveros.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}