Opening Reception Saturday, April 14 from 7-11pm
On View April 14 - May 5

Corey Helford Gallery presents “As A Man Thinketh, So He Is,” an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles artist Andrew Brandou. His first solo show with the gallery explores the history of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple, creating a visual roadmap of the Jonestown story. Integrating wood from significant locales of Jones’ past into the series of acrylic and silver and gold leaf paintings, Andrew Brandou’s stable of symbolic animal caricatures lead the viewer from Jim Jones’ Indiana birthplace and his days as a young preacher in the San Francisco Bay Area to his final destination - Guyana. Through his vibrant and childlike imagery, Brandou translates tragic themes into engaging narratives that are as alive with cultural and religious references as they are just plain dark fun. The exhibition includes a life-size recreation of Jones’ iconic throne, on which patrons may have a specially framed commemorative Polaroid taken. Open to the public, the reception for “As A Man Thinketh, So He Is” will take place on Saturday, April 14 from 7 to 11pm, and the show will be exhibited until May 5, 2007.