Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
I wanted to send a big thanks to all those who made it out to Gallery 24B on Friday see my artwork and help spread the gorilla love. I remember looking at the full house at one point and thinking one word – AWESOME. It was an amazing night and I am truly grateful to have had the chance to share all that we created here with you. You can check out pics from friday’s gorilla gala here.
If you haven’t gotten your ape shirt yet you can get them online (ships out of the U.S.), or directly from me here in Buenos Aires. Also, to commemorate the launch of my website and Gallery 24B I have limited edition prints available of Changin’ Times Revisted (Dylan) for $50. We did a run of 200, offset printed on matte cover stock, stamped on numbered. Purchase (ships out of the U.S.).
For those of you who didn’t make it, our monkey cage will be opening again sometime in the near future with new work and we know it will be an even bigger night than the last, so keep your eyes peeled.
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
Almost exactly one year ago I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. During that year’s time I’ve helped design and build not just our home, but a gallery for my art on the top floor of a 24 story building. We call it our Piece Of the Sky – Gallery 24B. This Friday I invite you all to join us as we open the doors to it for the first time.
In preparation for this occasion I’ve created the very first Dank T-shirt – Necesito Más Mono (I Need More Monkey). It’s available on my website right now ($15 – mens & womens – click here to purchase) or you can get one directly from me here at the gallery. If a magical monkey t-shirt wasn’t enough awesomeness for you, Friday I will also be unveiling a few brand new paintings.
It’s going to be an insane night. Not just a night to share my art and the Orange Gorilla, but a night for Annie and I to share what we’ve created here in this big crazy South American city. So please join us to throw one back and toast to a new chapter. Invite your friends. Invite your friends’ friends. Spread the word to anyone you think might want to come check it out. We want to see our place bouncing and alive with friends and strangers alike.
Day:
Friday, July 3rd 2009
Time:
7pm – Midnight
Where:
Rivadavia 2151, 24B
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(take the elevator up to 23 and walk up one flight of stairs)
• 2 blocks from the Congresso building
• on Rivadavia between Uriburu and Junin
• closest subte stop is half a block away: Pasco – Line A
RSVP:
jimmy@jimmydanko.com
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Ha llegado el momento de compartir mi arte de una manera mayor. Esta semana voy a liberar al Gorila Naranja de su jaula y dejarlo libre en el mundo.
La primera parte de esta liberación comienza ahora con el lanzamiento de mi nueva website Jimmy Danko Orange Gorilla. Pueden vera en www.jimmydanko.com
La segunda parte de esta liberacion es algo que espero todos Ustedes sean parte. Casi un ano atras me mude a Buenos Aires, Argentina. Durante ese ano, he ayudado a diseñar y construir no solo nuestra casa sino tambien una galleria para mi arte en el piso mas alto de un edificio de 24 pisos. Nosotros lo llamamos nuestro Pedazo de Cielo – Galería 24B. Este viernes los invito a todos Ustedes a la apertura.
En preparación para esta ocasión he creado la primera Dank T-shirt – Necesito Más Mono (I Need More Monkey). Esta disponible en mi website (U$S15 – mens & womens) o la pueden comprar directamente aqui en la galeria (50 pesos – hombe & mujer). Por si una t-shirt magica del mono no fuese suficiente, el viernes también voy a presentar pinturas nuevas.
Va a ser una noche loca, no solo una noche para compartir mi arte y el Gorila Naranja, sino también una noche para compartir lo que Annie y yo hemos creado aquí en esta loca cuidad de Sudamerica. Por favor vengan a brindar por este nuevo capitulo. Inviten a sus amigos y a los amigos de sus amigos. Hagan conocer este evento con quienes piensen que pueden estar interesados. Queremos ver nuestro lugar repleto de gente, amigos y extraños, todos con algo en común.
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Since the beginning of May I’ve been holding the day July 3rd in my head as the launch of Gallery 24B. What is Gallery 24B?
When we moved to Buenos Aires way back on July 5th of 2008, our intentions were to open a joint yoga and art studio. The months that followed had us looking at one business space after another while simultaneously learning in detail about the mystifying bureaucracies that go behind running a business here. It wasn’t long into our search that we purchased a home. Well not really a home per say, but an empty space on top of a 24 story building, just two blocks from the Congress building in the heart of Buenos Aires.
Formally an office for one of the yellow and black taxi companies, the space had no hot water, no kitchen, no shower. It was a single empty room full of pillars, half-painted walls, a concrete floor, left over construction refuse, and a couple of old taxi signs. What it did have though is an amazing amount of potential and a view of the city that was unlike any we had ever seen. For me it was a blank canvas waiting to be painted and turned into something more, and it’s elevation above the city offered solitude and escape from the frenzied buzz of the streets below.
In September (2008) we closed escrow and began the remodel. As the year progressed we searched and searched for a business space to lease but to no avail, and then it happened. The U.S. economy flipped upside down leaving the world both shaken and stirred. For awhile we weren’t even sure how we stood in the volatile aftermath. As the dust settled we began step back from it all and eventually made the decision to refocus and rescale our attack. Instead of having a yoga and art studio somewhere in the city we decided to turn the place that we bought, apartment 24B, into both our home and a gallery space. Gallery 24B.
At the beginning of May, with all the major work of the remodel behind us we picked Friday, July 3rd as opening night, and since then have been working both day and night in preparation for it all. The living room area has been my makeshift studio where the midnight oil has been bringing a couple of new pieces to life. Ape t-shirts have been designed and are being printed. Paintings are being framed and hung. Gorilla stickers sit ready to disperse in the pockets of patrons in droves. Final touches like painting wood trim and installing terrace lighting are seeing their conclusion. The last bugs are working there way out of the new Jimmy Danko Gorilla Empire website and content is being flowed in (launches in a few days). And last but not least, wine and wine glasses are being ordered to toast to the night.
It’s going to be a f@#king awesome night (sorry I got excited). Not just a night to share my art, but a night for Annie and I, partners in crime, to show what we’ve created here in this big crazy South American city. So keep Friday night July 3rd open. We love to see you here.
I will post all the event details (where, when, etc.) in the next couple of days here on the blog as well as on facebook and anywhere else I can find to spread the Orange Gorilla.
For more of how we ended up in Buenos Aires check out the first post of Harmony and Dissonance.
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
The last painting I finished…
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Changin’ Times Revisited
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The black and white photograph (Michael Ochs Archives) used as reference for this piece was taken of Bob Dylan in January of 1964 to promote his album ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’. At the time the U.S. was just two months removed from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and on the verge of sending its first combat units to Vietnam. In comparison , when this piece was painted the U.S had just elected its first black president, Barack Obama, and was well into it’s sixth year of the Iraq War. – PURCHASE
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
The new Gorilla site is almost here….
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