LATFILE GALLERIES & TH!NKART PRESENT "FRENCH KISS & KARMA: A MÉLANGE OF CONTEMPORARY ART FROM FRANCE & INDIA" IN JANUARY 2009 Innovative bi-gallery exhibition --Opening receptions January 9th, 15th, & 16th Susan Aurinko's FLATFILEgalleries and Laurie R. Glenn's Th!nkArt, Wicker Park's contemporary art and policy salon, together will host French Kiss & Karma: A Mélange of Contemporary Art from France and India in January 2009 in both spaces. The innovative, bi-gallery exhibit will feature contemporary art, works on paper, photography, sculpture, slates, music, and video from leading contemporary artists from both countries including: Neha Vedpathak, Prabir Purkayastha, Alexandra Loewe, Lucien Clergue, Alison Harris, Francois Weil, Michel Haas, Todd Narbey, Nicola Kennett, David Gista, James Coignard, Pierre Marie Brisson, Herve DiRosa, Florent Moutti, Jean Pierre Pincemin, Emanuelle Renard, Monique Tello, and Franck Rapp. All artists will be exhibited at both galleries with separate works, allowing patrons to have two integral yet different experiences of the same show.

The show debuts with opening vernissages on Friday, January 9th, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at FLATFILEgalleries (217 North Carpenter Street, Chicago IL) and on Thursday and Friday, January 15th and 16th, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Th!nkArt Salon (1530 North Paulina Street, Chicago, IL), and continues through February 13th at FLATFILEgalleries and February 28th at Th!nkArt. Related artistic and cultural events will be programmed throughout the month-long exhibition, with information posted to the Th!nkArt website as available at www.thinkartsalon.com.

FLATFILEgalleries is open from 11-6, Tuesday through Saturday, or by appointment, and is a member of The Art Dealers Association of Chicago. ABOUT TH!NKART: Th!nkArt™ is a contemporary, French-inspired art salon featuring celebrated and emerging artists from Chicago and around the world. Th!inkArt uses an intimate gallery space and thought-provoking exhibitions, readings, and cultural programs to spark an ongoing conversation about the fundamental role that art plays in the everyday life of humanity. In Autimn 2008, Th!nkArt hosted Faces: A Question of Identity, a critically acclaimed exhibition of contemporary French portraiture exploring race and nationality. For more information, please visit www.thinkartsalon.com.