Iconograph #2 from Them Thangs Editions is now available…
Curated and published by Justin Blyth, this 80-page magazine features work from 32 international artists, including BITNB artists Joel Evey, Carey Haider, Andrew Kuykendall, Dan Monick and Justin Blyth himself… Available for purchase now on their website.

Them Thangs Editions presents Iconograph #2, curated and published by Justin Blyth, with contributing editors Hassan Rahim, Justin Van Hoy & Andrew Pogany.

Due for release on January 23, 2012, Iconograph #2 is the second print offering in an ongoing series that gathers an eccentric collection of visual media and literature exploring the contemporary use of Ritualistic Iconography—the systems of symbols, mythic representations, and religious imagery from which we seek meaning.

Iconograph #2 features work from 32 artists from around the world, including Michael Willis, Adam Tullie, Carey Haider, Andrew Kuykendall, Eliot Lee Hazel, Julien Langendorff, Daniel Albrigo, Curtis Kulig, Dan Monick, Cleon Peterson, Joel Evey, Max Snow, Ward Heirwegh, and Department International, among others. It also includes a literary portfolio with writing from Barry Graham, Ernest Hardy, Larry Fondation, Maya Stocks and others.

Iconograph #2 is an 80-page curated document, offset printed on an 8-color Heidelberg press in Belgium, in an edition of 750. It is privately funded and contains no advertising, promotion, album reviews, or horoscopes.

The publication is dedicated to the untimely passing and memory of Justin Van Hoy, a renowned artist, gallery owner, and friend.

-edward

A bunch of our fantastic artists are in this show! Don’t miss it, tomorrow only!

Rebuild the Dream, MoveOn.org Civic Action,  Russell Simmons, Occupy the Dream and SEIU

Present

ALL IN FOR THE 99%

Saturday, March 31, 2012
10:30AM – 6:00 PM

400 S. La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Artists, musicians, writers and activists unite to amplify the voices of the 99%, demanding and end to Citizens United and calling for real campaign finance reform. The ALL IN FOR THE 99% gallery will be open to the public with music, readings and visual art from over 80 of the nation’s most celebrated artists including Robbie Conal, Kimberly Brooks, Chris Johanson, Cheryl Dunn, Sage Vaughn, Glen E. Friedman, Shepard Fairey, Skullphone, Kenzo Digital, Megan Whitmarsh, Retna, Daena Title, Kelsey Brookes, Deedee Cheriel, Maya Hayuk, Mel Kadel, Ashley Macomber, Deanna Templeton, Estevan Oriol, Neck Face, Ione Skye, Curtis Kulig, Jill Greenberg and Cleon Peterson.

Brought to you by:

Rebuild the Dream, MoveOn.org  Civic Action, SEIU, Occupy the Dream, Courage Campaign, Apple Via & Co, spaceland, slake: Los Angeles, Evolutionary Media Group, Greco Decor, the Embassy, Art Not War, New Image Art, FitzGibbon Media, Color of Change.org, POWER, CHIRLA, Presente.org <

www.allinforthe99percent.org

A bunch of BITNB artists are in this show. Get there early on Friday, it’ll get packed quick!

THIS los angeles is proud to present:

THESE FRIENDS 3.

February 24th – March 23rd

Opening reception this Friday February 24th, 7-10 p.m.

After two years at THIS los angeles, we are glad to announce our 3rd annual “These Friends” show.

Artists include:

Aaron Ruell

Alana Goldstein

Alex Prager

Andrew paynter

Andy Mueller

Andy Suriano

Annie Thorton

Anthony Anzalone

Arlie Carstens

Ben Venom

Bill Mcright

Blake Marquis

Brad Elterman

Brent Owens

Brian Montouri

Brian Steinhoff

Bruce Gilbert

Bryan Sheffield

Carlos Don Juan

Cassiel Getz

Chris Bettig

Chris Moore

Chris Pastras

Chris Wessman

Christian Moreno

Claire Weiss

Cleon Peterson

Clint Peterson

Cody Hoyt

Cole Barash

Corey Arnold

Curtis Mead

Dallas Clayton

Dan Monick

Daniel Gibson

Don Pendleton

Drew Heffron

Emiliano Granado

Emily Shur

Erin Althea

Erin Garcia

Geoff McFetridge

Gil Shuler

Graham Walzer

Greg Beyer

Greg Bojorquez

Hannah Hooper

Hassan Rahim

Herstel Baltrotsky

Jared Eberhardt

Jeaneen Lund

Jeremy Shockley

Jeremy Weiss

Jessica Wassil

Jessie Cowan

Joe McKay

Jon Huck

jon rajkovich

Jordan Rae

JRF

JT Helms

Juan Puente

Justin Donais

Justin Krietemeyer

Justin Waugh

KC Ortiz

Kelly Jones

Kevin E. Taylor

Kimberly Scola

Lee Corbin

Lisa Solberg

Louise Ingalls Sturges

Luis Farfan

Malia James

Mark Penxa

Megan Whitmarsh

Mel Kadel

Michael Coleman

Michael Hsiung

Mike Bertino

Mike Perry

Natas Kaupas

Nicholas Haggard

Noe Montes

Pose

Raymond Molinar

Rich Colman

Robin Laananen

Ronnie Günter

Rory Wilson

Ruben Fleischer

Ryan Allan

Ryan Lopez

Ryan Wallace

Sage Vaughn

Scott Toepfer

Sean Mcgaughey

Seonna Hong

Shawn Records

Sonny Kay

Steven Harrington

Steven Nereo

Suzannah Sinclair

Suzy Yun

Ted Gahl

Travis Millard

Victor Saldana

Will Bryant

Will Copeland

Zach Mccaffree

Zara Bucci

The exhibition is FREE, all ages and open to the public! See you here!!

THIS los angeles is located on Figueroa St and 59th in the historical Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

THIS los angeles
5906 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042.

For press inquiries & presale list, please contact:
this@thislosangeles.com

323.747.5301

http://www.thislosangeles.com/

Come visit our friends at These Friends

These Friends at The Ace Hotel

Ace Hotel New York
20 W 29th St
NY NY 10001

Aug 12-31

Opening Reception

Aug 12th  8-11 PM

Thanks to This Los Angeles and the Ace Hotel.

Curated by Audrey Landreth featuring Dan Monick and some really great photographers.

A Place In The Sun:
Picturing California:
Curated by Audrey Landreth
April 22 – April 29

A Place in the Sun showcases a selection of images by LA based
photographers. All images of California by artists who have chosen to live
and work here. Together, the images comprise an honest portrait, one
interpretation, of California as a place of promise. Promises fulfilled,
promises deferred, and promises denied.

Artist Reception April 22: 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Hi-Lite Studio and Project Space
533 South Los Angeles Street, 6th Floor, LA, CA 90013

Finally! Gingko Press has released Dan Monick’s first book of photographs documenting his years and travels with Atmosphere and Rhymesayers.

To celebrate the fine folks at Rhymesayers and Fifth Element have put together a collection of prints from the book and will be showing them at Fifth Element  on December 16th 7-10 PM.

For those of you in Minneapolis and or who know folks in Minneapolis, please try to make it down. It should be a really nice night.

BLOOD IS THE NEW BLACK MARKET GIFT-SHOP

1825 Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, CA

Grand opening Tuesday November 23rd
(use the password “pork chop” for 25% off November 23-28)
open November 23- 24 & 26-28 from 3 PM – 11 PM &
Thursdays thru Sundays the entire month of December

+ gifts of every size and shape all under $50 +

Blood is the New Black, Dark Matter + Ace Mommawolf tee shirts for guys & gals
Jewelry by Alex & Chloe, Species by the Thousands, Laura Lombardi, & Dark Matter
Toiletries that smell good from Portland General Store
Pretty party dresses from Curatorial by popomomo
Clothing for bad-ass babies from Izzy Wolf
Zines, records, small gifts and prints by artsy artists
Vintage flannels for the manly men in your life
Calendars from the Wild Unknown so you don’t miss important appointments
Robert and Leopold mix tapes for people who still have cassette players
Home-made bacon brittle . . . . .and lots more on the way!

Open November 23rd – December 30th
Thursdays – Sundays 3 PM – 11 PM
1825 W. Sunset Blvd
www.bloodisthenewblack.com
@bloodyblack

Dan Monick is in a group show this Saturday night at Space 15 Twenty. If you are in Los Angeles come on down! Should be a blast!

July 17-31 2010
Group Show At Space 15 Twenty
1520 N Cahuenga
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Opening Party Sat July 17th 7-10PM
With live performance by the Magic Bullets

BITNB’s own Dan Monick is involved in an awesome group shop opening at Scion Space. Don’t miss it.

Scion presents: ROOMS

April 24 – May 15, 2010

An exhibition curated by Roger Gastman

Built out and divided into eight separate spaces, ROOMS allows an unlikely group of artists to show together. The artists’ work will not only be hung on the walls, but each artist will design their own themed room, so that their work literally comes off the walls. The possibilities are endless, and sure to be inspiring.

Featuring Rooms by:
Adam Wallacavage, Bill Daniel, Chris Stain, Dan Monick & Caitlin Reilly, Dueling VHS, Justin Van Hoy, Kime Buzzelli, and Rocky Grimes

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 24th, 2010 | 7-10pm

Complimentary Valet & Open Bar

Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave (at National)
Culver City, CA. 90232
Gallery Phone: 310.815.8840

Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 11 AM – 6 PM & by appointment

Dan Monick lives and works in Los Angeles. Dan is publishing a book of photos, art directing the L.A. Record, making videos, photographing furniture and bands. He owes Sean Daley and Paddy Costello his life. If they hadn’t been so free with their likenesses and patient with all Dan’s bullshit requests to do weird shit, he would still be driving a delivery truck part time in Eagen, MN. Now he drives a Volkswagon Passat wagon most of the time in California. Fair trade? Anyone’s guess.

Check out Dan Monick’s BITNB designs and get 25% off on his tees through April 15th.

Use the code MINNESOTA at checkout

Blood is the New Black is thrilled to support Manifest Equality! We’re offering shirts for sale at the Manifest Equality Pop Up Shop designed by Cali DeWitt for $20 a piece. All profits from sale go to Manifest Equality and their organizations.

In addition to our BITNB tees, come check out art by BITNB artists Dan Monick, Mel Kadel, Jesse Spears and Travis Millard.

Throughout history artists have lent their creative expression to the ideas and issues that shape life in our communities, our country and our world. The MANIFEST EQUALITY Gallery gathers together a diverse array of hundreds of the nation’s most talented visual artists under one roof to celebrate that role and join with our gay (LGBT) friends, family members and co-workers to demand full and equal rights for all Americans.

The MANIFEST EQUALITY Gallery, issues an inspiring, visual call-to-action, with hundreds of artists motivating public energy toward true reform on a local, state and national level.

MANIFEST EQUALITY will be open to the public, Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 through Sunday, March 7th, 2010 between the hours of 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM with extended hours Friday – Sunday.

March 3rd – March 7th, 2010
Wed & Thurs – 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday – 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sat & Sun – 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

1341 Vine Street
(between Hollywood & Fountain)
Los Angeles, CA 90028-814

Every week a different FADER staff member will pick a clothing item or accessory that he or she has lately been spending a lot of time with—or would like to—and write a little love letter to it. We would’ve done a column on who we’re dating but that seemed a little bit much. This week Maia Stern writes about the Blood is the New Black Storm Coming tee.
You know how when it’s scorching hot outside in the summertime and you wish it would snow just for a minute to cool you down? Or when it’s nose-nipping cold outside and all you want to do is bake in the sun until you’re light golden brown? Well, how come no-one ever wishes upon a storm? It’s unusual for someone to hit the beach and say “I’m just so hot at the beach right now, I’m just melting on all this sand and all I want is to look up and see a dark, black sky with hints of nimbus clouds and heavy rain approaching.” I mean, we just don’t want that, right? But that doesn’t mean we don’t want that printed on a shirt for all to see!

This Blood Is The New Black women’s boyfriend shirt by Dan Monick fills that void perfectly. The stormy print suggests there is nothing wrong with the idea of an advancing storm, a far cry from the general distaste one may feel for an actual storm warning. It’s a feeling not unlike the one ol’ Magritte conveys with his moody, bluish-grey colors and tones. This style gets its “boyfriend” moniker from its larger-than-most neckline and sexyish slit on the back. Ladies, we’ve come a long way from the Baby tee—keeping it loose is the way to go and definitely the most comfortable. This shirt also comes in a regular cut for all you actual boyfriends out there. Perhaps the more people who can recreate a storm, the higher the chances we can prevent future ones, no?

So exciting! Come out and support This Gallery. Their Inaugural group show features works by almost a dozen BITNB artists!

This: Los Angeles

These Friends

Inaugural group show

Friday February 12th 7-10

5906 N Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90042

http://thislosangeles.com/blog/ for more info

THIS Los Angeles Opening Promo from Say Mayday on Vimeo.

Last night we hosted a holiday dinner for 40 of our closest friends and members of the BITNB family! A big thank you to all who came out to Good Girl Dinette for dinner, your company was all we needed to celebrate the wonderful year that was 2009, and to usher in the even better 2010. We wish our extended family of fans, customers, friends, and artists a happy holiday season, and all the best in 2010.

We thank you all for the love and support. We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you.

xo

Blood is the New Black

For all of you still looking for holiday gifts, check out the new tees we added to the site.

Love our Joy Division tee? Pick up the Black Flag one too

New one from Sumi Ink Club, California Roll. It’s an front and back all over print, and feels so soft.

Couple new ones from Dan Monick too. Here’s Dino Roar.

More coming over the weekend too. Keep checking back at our store as a lot of these shirts are in very limited runs!

Thanks to all who have come through to Dan Monick’s solo show, My Love For You Is Immense. They are having a closing celebration with coffee and snacks on Sunday!

Dan Monick
My Love For You Is Immense
Sunday Nov 22
12-4
At: Grain
3135 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039

Annie Hollywood makes it to Complex’s list of the top 100 tees!

Travis Millard, Dan Monick, and Mel Kadel plus 50 other artists are part of a group show at Subliminal Projects Gallery right down the block from our office. Check it out Saturday night, it’ll be amazing, I’m sure.

You Know Only You Can Break Your Heart, a solo show by Dan Monick opens Saturday in Atwater Village. Details here.

Dan Monick directed the Icarus Line’s video for Slayer, watch it on YouTube.

Dan Monick shot the new cover of Paper Magazine with Daft Punk and Josh Slater is in a group show on Friday in Seattle. More about both here….

We love Griffith Park, birds, and Dan Monick. That’s why we’d love to see you here! Also all summer shirts are in (we’re still waiting on Hello…) so feel free to place an order for instant gratification. We also teamed up with our  pals COACD to bring you a limited edition fashion week tee that just got a shout out in the Wall Street Journal, you can get the shirt in our store (models not included)

Dan Monick’s part of a group show at Fluxco Gallery tonight. Be sure to stop by and check it out. Flyer and details are posted here.

Dan Monick has original artwork for sale on Art for Empty Walls. Sold in limited editions of 3, pick up his amazing photos while you still can.