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“Mother Earth: We Are All One” at Thinkspace Projects.

Currently virtually on view at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, California is the group exhibition, “Mother Earth: We Are All One.”

“Mother Earth: We Are All One” will bring together 50+ artists, all of whom have been asked to work within the same space confines of 12×12 inches (30×30 cm) and to take into consideration the general state of our Mother Earth and how much we have scarred her for our own gain and how many specifies of animals have gone extinct due to our constant advancement and taking over of lands near and far. We’ve asked them all to also consider how the current pandemic has so clearly illustrated that we are all in this together, and when we work together as one, anything is possible. To single out any one person due to their race, religion or sexual orientation is an archaic way of thinking that needs to be abolished. Fundamentalist extremism has been rearing its ugly head all around the world over the last couple years, and it needs to be stopped.

A portion of the proceeds from this special exhibition will be donated to Thinkspace Project’s longtime partners at Born Free USA to help them in their goals of ensuring that all wild animals, whether living in captivity or in the wild, are treated with compassion and respect and are able to live their lives according to their needs.

A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to the NAACP in the name of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Hikari Shimoda’s “Silence and Affirmation” at Corey Helford Gallery.

Opening virtually on July 11th, 2020 at Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, California is artist Hikari Shimoda’s solo exhibition, “Silence and Affirmation.”

Regarding the exhibition, Shimoda shares: “2020 has been an unforgettable year of drastic change for our world. Many problems and issues, which the world has ignored for a long time, have been brought to light. I believe deep-rooted social problems pose a risk of undermining individual identity and bring out anxiety, which asks human beings to consider the meaning of their existence. I’ve focused on creating works for this solo show for a year. It was a year ago that I started to reconsider my own existence and continued to think about how humans should be. During this time I learned the power of ‘yes’ or affirmation. This word is used by Japanese artist Yoko Ono in her 1966 conceptual artwork, entitled “Ceiling Painting/Yes Painting,” which she described as being representative of a journey towards hope and affirmation from pain. I also choose this word for the theme of my solo show. I’m praying for a world where we human beings are not bound by any of our physical attributes and to be affirmed as we are. There’s another word in my show title – ‘silence.’ I picked this word to state the idea of an unbreakable soul. Nobody can conquer or violate another person’s heart.

From silence to affirmation, these works are a glimpse of the world from my own point of view; to respect one another’s souls, and affirm our existence, free from judgment. It’s a message to the world from deep inside of my heart.”

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SaBrea Phenix

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