for On the Edge show at Launchpad
The Best is Yet to Come
Out of the Darkness Emerges the )Uncreated( Light
On the Edge.. On the Verge.. Emergence
It's a New Dawn it's a New Day
"Ah yes, on the verge.. )the edge(.. the precipice.. Where all artists converge, & fall to their fate." - Renoir character, Modigliani movie
On the Edge of Darkness There is Light
About the Show
It seems only fitting that as we near the end of our journey with our beloved gallery that we invite you (and us) to reflect on transitions.
The very first show to open at Launch Pad was “Lift Off”, a show featuring lonely images of outer space travel and sparkly exploration. At the time, the space that the gallery inhabited was very, very raw, and the warehouse had mainly hosted wild theme parties and Burning Man-esque debauches, that while VERY artsy, were somewhat limited in their audience.
With Launch Pad, I wanted to make a space for beginning artists to share their work and cut their teeth, a place where we could learn together how to be more professional, how to reach more people, and what makes art a viable means of growing, communicating and sharing together, and I wanted it to be accessible to all types of people- freaks, outsiders, children, the art-naive, collectors, performers, musicians, curators- everyone. Over six years later, we have traveled deeper into the world of ideas, feeling and expression than I ever imagined we would through such a humble undertaking.
Now it’s time to transition to the next phase, to travel once again beyond what is familiar, beloved and known into new territory. The working title for this show was, “The Outer Limits”, and while a little corny, that title communicates some of what I hope our artists will bring to this show: while Launch Pad is closing, we are all continuing on our journey together into our personal and artistic futures- we are approaching the outer boundary of what can be done at Launch Pad, but I am confident that all of us will continue to grow and share together in the future, in other art spaces that we will assist in creating, and in our individual lives. We’ve invited our artists to make work about a time when they reached the cusp of something, a breaking point, a breakthrough, a new peak, a new low- and then dared to go further.
Love, respect, and infinite gratitude,
Ben Pink, Launch Pad Founder
And the whole Launch Pad team, you included!
Out of the Darkness Emerges the )Uncreated( Light
On the Edge.. On the Verge.. Emergence
It's a New Dawn it's a New Day
"Ah yes, on the verge.. )the edge(.. the precipice.. Where all artists converge, & fall to their fate." - Renoir character, Modigliani movie
On the Edge of Darkness There is Light
About the Show
It seems only fitting that as we near the end of our journey with our beloved gallery that we invite you (and us) to reflect on transitions.
The very first show to open at Launch Pad was “Lift Off”, a show featuring lonely images of outer space travel and sparkly exploration. At the time, the space that the gallery inhabited was very, very raw, and the warehouse had mainly hosted wild theme parties and Burning Man-esque debauches, that while VERY artsy, were somewhat limited in their audience.
With Launch Pad, I wanted to make a space for beginning artists to share their work and cut their teeth, a place where we could learn together how to be more professional, how to reach more people, and what makes art a viable means of growing, communicating and sharing together, and I wanted it to be accessible to all types of people- freaks, outsiders, children, the art-naive, collectors, performers, musicians, curators- everyone. Over six years later, we have traveled deeper into the world of ideas, feeling and expression than I ever imagined we would through such a humble undertaking.
Now it’s time to transition to the next phase, to travel once again beyond what is familiar, beloved and known into new territory. The working title for this show was, “The Outer Limits”, and while a little corny, that title communicates some of what I hope our artists will bring to this show: while Launch Pad is closing, we are all continuing on our journey together into our personal and artistic futures- we are approaching the outer boundary of what can be done at Launch Pad, but I am confident that all of us will continue to grow and share together in the future, in other art spaces that we will assist in creating, and in our individual lives. We’ve invited our artists to make work about a time when they reached the cusp of something, a breaking point, a breakthrough, a new peak, a new low- and then dared to go further.
Love, respect, and infinite gratitude,
Ben Pink, Launch Pad Founder
And the whole Launch Pad team, you included!