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Over 50 of the world’s best illustrators including Ryan Berkely, Gary Taxali and Mark Todd among others come together for the Illustration Conference’s group show ICON6: A Labor of Love proudly presented by Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra.

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From Gallery Nucleus:

“ICON The Illustration Conference, the 6th biennial, one-of-a-kind, global conference unites more than 600 highly-skilled, highly-educated, independent, entrepreneurial illustrators, educators, students and creative professionals from all media.

In conjunction with the 2010 Sunny Side Up conference held in Los Angeles, Gallery Nucleus is pleased to present a select group of work from this year’s contributors featuring over 50 artists in all.  Absorb an inspiring array of fresh ideas from the contemporary world of illustration presenting a mixture of mediums.”

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Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra hosts a book signing and Q&A for The Art of Avatar featuring some of the extraordinary artists who helped bring James Cameron’s sci-fi epic to life. Guests include: James Clyne, Dylan Cole, Steven Messing, Ben Procter, Neville Page, Jordu Schell, Daphne Yap and Ryan Church.

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A wild weekend awaits with James Jean, Michael vs. Prince, Wild Things x 2, the antichrist in a cemetery, and Barry McGee somewhere in Pasadena.

• The super talented James Jean signs various items at Giant Robot’s GR2 on Sawtelle.

• Michael Jackson. Prince. DJ Spinna makes you dance your ass off time to their music at Soul Slam LA V at the Echoplex in Echo Park.

• Where the Wild Things Are monster suits created by Christian Joy and sold for charity at Space 15 Twenty along with an exclusive pop-up shop in Hollywood. The always rock ready Squeak E. Clean will be providing the music. Click here or below for more information and to see each unique monster suit.

• Where the Wild Things Are will also be in Alhambra for the Terrible Yellow Eyes group show at Gallery Nucleus.

• Cinespia’s last screening of the season is Roman Polanski’s classic 1968 horror film Rosemary’s Baby at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Needless to say, creepiness ensues.

• Barry Mcgee, Ed Ruscha and many more install installations outdoors and indoors for Installations Inside/Out: Armory 20th Anniversary Exhibition at the Armory Center for the Arts as well as various outdoor locations around Pasadena.

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Got time for things to do on a Saturday in Los Angeles? Sure you do. Hopefully LA will stop burning by then.

• Tony Alva’s Exhibit A Gallery on Fairfax goes Bipolar with the group show featuring the likes of Tim Biskup, Bigfoot and Tiffany Liu among others.

• Hi-Fructose and Gallery Nucleus present Sweet Streets, a group exhibition inspired by the ever-changing and uniquely unexpected Japanese fashion sub-cultures. Featuring Tim Biskup and
  Tiffany Liu in another weekend show, Junko Mizuno, Kozyndan, Yumiko Kayukawa and many many more.

• The Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo opens for Mike Shinoda (yes, the Lincoln Park dj) as he follows his highly-successful 2008 show, Glorious Excess (Born) with Glorious Excess (Dies), the next chapter in his series exploring society’s obsession with celebrity culture, consumer addiction, and fascination with excess.

• And why not end your Saturday watching werewolves while in a cemetery? Cinespia and the Hollywood Forever Cemetery screen John Landis’ classic 1979 horror film, An American Werewolf in London.

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Los Angeles’ weekend warriors become Pacifists in Echo Park, put on Red Shoes in Alhambra, take a bike Tour da Arts in Santa Monica, watch the Jackson 5 in Africa, Junction on Sunset in Silver Lake, and do some unique shopping at the Mini-Mart in Hollywood.

• Skateboarders/artists Andy Jenkins, Mike Myers, Chris Pastras, Russ Pope and Michael Sieben become Weekend Pacifists at Shepard and Amanda Fairey’s Subliminal Projects in Echo Park.

• AMMO Books and Alhambra’s Gallery Nucleus invite you to a reading, artist panel, and signing with The Red Shoes illustrator Sun Young Yoo. On display will be original pieces from the book, a reading of the fable, as well as a discussion on childrens book publishing and the creative process behind the retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.

• If you haven’t had enough Michael Jackson coverage recently head downtown to the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles’ closing night gala which features three special screenings of The Jackson 5 in Africa.

• URB Magazine and Asics illuminate downtown LA with the world’s biggest Lite Brite with musical performances by DJ Daisy O’Dell, 87 Stick-Up Kids and Mid City West.

• Silver Lake. Sunset Junction. ‘Nuf said.

• Sonja Rasula takes the local and independent artists and designers of Unique Los Angeles to Hollywood’s Space 15 Twenty with the Mini-Market. On top of good music and free Pabst, there’s a little something for everyone: clothing, art, jewelry, plush dolls, stationery, bath/beauty products, baby stuff, eco stuff, etc.

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Openings all over Los Angeles, a walking tour that turns into a Big Parade, and a dime bag to take home from New York.

• The Clayton Brothers come home to Santa Monica’s Patrick Painter Gallery with Jumbo Fruit, their latest series featuring their trademark surreal twist this time focussing on the standard issue still-life model of fruit.

• A big two for one opening for Culver City’s LeBasse Projects summer season with Distorted Lens, featuring “Superflat” styled pop artists David Flores and Lisa Alisa.

• Make a move to the group show Momentum, featuring Tiffany Bozic, Chigi (also known as Neri), Ina Kyung Lim, Tessar Lo, Veronique Meignaud, and Brooks Salzwedel at Alhambra’s Nucleus Gallery.

• Giant Robot New York goes tiny for their massive group show Dime Bag 3. Among the over 200 New York painters, illustrators, graphic designers, filmmakers, photographers, and product designers, are Cynthia Connolly, Evah Fan, Maya Hayuk, Rich Jacobs, Andy Kehoe, Matt Leines, Jeff Soto, and Tobin Yelland.

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