Opening today, “Delayed Gratification” features the work of B+, Jianai Jenny Chen, Martha Cooper, Nat Finkelstein, Jim Jocoy, Eric Johnson, Slavery, and Jennifer Uman. The two-month exhibition at Edition One Hundred was curated by Miss Rosen.

“Delayed Gratification”: Curator’s Statement.

I Want This.
Now.

Patience has never been a virtue of mine. I’d like to attribute my desire for immediacy to social conditioning, but I think it’s time I take full responsibility for my enthusiastic, impetuous, impulsive disposition. Perhaps it is because I always know what I want, and once I have identified my desire, I take immediate action to create results. Craving and waiting? That’s never been my game.

However, I have slowly, oh so slowly, come to understand that the universe does not shine kindly upon those who impose their will on this earth. Where I was once a control freak, masterminding the most mundane aspects of my life, I learned that my need to control the outcome was born from a lack of trust-and as a result frustration and disappointment lurked around every corner.

It occurred to me that the ends justify the means. That which is worth having is well worth the wait for staying the path is its own reward.

I chose to the title “Delayed Gratification” while looking online for a bio on Jim Jocoy. Jim is a physical therapist based in San Francisco whose path has crossed with the likes of Michael Jackson, Joe Strummer, Charo, and more. I knew I wanted to feature his Polaroid of Sid Vicious, bare-chested and bleary-eyed, but I didn’t know why. Jim’s bio was not listed online; instead I found a story I had written on him for Swindle a few years ago and the first sentence has Jim saying, “I might have a problem with delayed gratification.”

Those two words leaped off the page. That they spoke to me now attests to this transformative phase. Im not so sure that I would be entertaining patience if I didn’t have my heart set on someone who shall remain anonymous. But I am nothing if not single minded and since I must learn to control my desires, there might be nothing finer, for if not for him, then not for this show. “Delayed Gratification”? YeaI will let you know how that goes.

-Miss Rosen

Above is Martha Cooper’s “New York State of Mind.” View more work from “Delayed Gratification” after the jump.

As part of Freedom and Revolution (a two-month exhibition that launched September 1), Edition One Hundred has released “Freedom in Her Eyes” by RETNA. The piece  is a photograph with silk-screen overlay print made exclusively for for Edition One Hundred. On the subject of freedom, Retna says, “”To me, freedom means expressing yourself with out getting persecuted. Free expression through mediums like art, religion and speech is what the “American Dream” is all about. Sometimes revolution goes hand in hand with freedom because if someone or a group feels they aren’t granted the same free rights as others they demand change.”

“Freedom in Her Eyes” is shown above. After the jump, check out a video from Edition One Hundred’s opening at A&I Gallery in Los Angeles.

“Los Angeles-based Trinidadian artist Miles Regis is a self-taught fine artist. His work taps into the emotions of the exotic cultures of the world and adopts them in a proud and authoritative manner. He has kept that inner, explorative imagination of his mind saturated with notions, ideas and images reflective of a world filled with conflicting interests. Recently featured on CNN’s African Voices, Regis’ powerful work is provides thought provoking dialogue to which many notable collectors including Isaiah Washington, Nicollette Sheridan, and Ron Perlman are now paying attention.” Regis is one of the artists featured in Edition One Hundred’s FREEDOM AND REVOLUTION exhibition, which opened on September 1, 2010. Each of Regis’ prints through Edition One Hundred finds a portion of the sale donated to Remedee.

A look at the remaining pieces by Miles Regis for Edition One Hundred after the jump.

Edition One Hundred is pleased to announce the September 1 launch of Freedom & Revolution, a two-month exhibition curated by founder Cat Jimenez and Veronica Thomas featuring the work of Brooke Ashe, B+, Kevin Hayes, Ardith Ibanez, Cynthia Loebe Wendell Mc Shine, Miles Regis, and RETNA.

Designed to provide beautifully packaged and produced art and photography at prices within reach, Edition One Hundred is a gallery without walls, open twenty-four hours a day in any time zone around the globe. Founded by curator Cat Jimenez, Edition One Hundred represents the spirit of “Freedom & Revolution” in that Ms. Jimenez is starting this new company with an eye towards innovation, free expression, and original thinking.

Above: Cynthia Loebe, 120 Feet.

More from Freedom & Revolution after the jump.

Just launched – on June 30, 2010 – Edition One Hundred offers beautifully designed and packaged art photography at affordable prices. The gallery/shop opened with I Love LA an exhibition of how local art has effected Los Angeles residents. It should, then, be no surprise that Edition One Hundred has chosen one of Estevan Oriol’s most iconic LA photographs as an offering. “LA Fingers” is printed in a run of 100 (in exclusive size) and a cost of $100.

Learn more at Edition One Hundred.

View the full photograph after the jump.