*All proceeds donated to the American Red Cross to help victims of the Haiti Earthquake.
From the Upper Playgrounders:
“Each print will be numbered and signed by Quentin Tarantino. Only (6) of each amount will be made. The prints can be viewed at www.upperplayground.com beginning on Tuesday, February 16, 2010.”
Two very special movie screenings tonight in Los Angeles both featuring art, violence, outlaws and some wild and dirty guys: the art doc on a mad Chinese man Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe and Sam Peckinpah’s brutal western masterpiece, The Wild Bunch.
Giant Robot hosts Dirty Hands at the Japanese American National Museum downtown as their 15 year anniversary continues with the film segment of their Giant Robot Biennale 2. Admission to the museum featuring GR’s extensive group art show, including new works by David Choe, is free on Thursday from 5-8pm! Click the flyer below for more info.
Wow, quite an overdose of art on both coasts awaits this weekend. Los Angeles and New York have got their hands full with some major (and minor) art openings and events going down featuring amazing things to see, hear, touch, create and even eat.
The boldly inspirational artwork of pop artist, teacher and nun, Sister Mary Corita goes on display at the Zach Feuer Gallery in New York City. Some of her more prominent pieces from the work she created from 1960-1986 will be given an east coast home to inspire people who have yet to discover her art.
Sister Mary Corita1960-1986 Works
Sister Corita Talk: Saturday, November 7, 3 PM
Zach Feuer Gallery
530 West 24th St. New York, NY 10011
Show runs from October 23 through December 5, 2009
The children of some of today’s most creative artists have been unleashed to form their own group show consisting of an exhibition of Halloween masks in the appropriately titled Chip Off the Old Block at Synchronicity Space on Melrose. Featuring the offspring of Tim Biskup and Seonna Hong, Cleon Peterson, Megan Whitmarsh, Christian Clayton and more.
Chip Off the Old Block
Opening reception: Friday, October 23rd, 7-10pm
Synchronicity Space
4306 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029
Show runs from October 23-30, 2009
Three Apples
All day event: Saturday, October 24th, 10am-10pm
Royal/T Cafe
8910 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Exhibition runs from October 23 through November 15, 2009
New York artist Marilyn Minter spits out new paintings, photographs, and her film Green Pink Caviar at Regen Projects on Santa Monica.
Marilyn Minter
Opening reception: Saturday, October 24th, 6-8pm
Regen Projects
633 North Almont Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90069
Show runs from October 24 through December 5, 2009
Jim Houser-Make Room For The Emptiness
Opening reception: Saturday, October 24th, 7-9pm
Jonathan Levine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011
Show runs from October 24 through November 21, 2009
True Self-A Group Exhibition Curated by Gary Baseman
Opening reception: Saturday, October 24th, 7-9pm
Jonathan Levine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011
Show runs from October 24 through November 21, 2009
Familypresents Main Street
Opening reception: Saturday, October 24th, 7-10pm
Space 15Twenty
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028
Show runs from October 24 through December 6, 2009
And last, but definitely not least, is the premiere of my old pal Rich Newey’s short crime drama Breathe screening as part of the short film lineup for the Hollywood Film Festival screening at the Arclight. Read more on Rich’s cinematic short as well as his filmmaking process in this exclusive interview.
Breathe
Sunday, October 25th, 1pm
Arclight Cinemas
6360 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028
So it seems that the end of Summer not only makes way for Fall, but also the beginning of the art season. If you live in the LA area, love art, like mingling with people who also love art, and enjoy drinking free alcohol while looking at said art then you’re in luck because this weekend is chock full of openings and all those things.
The British artist collective known simply as The London Police respond to a call at the Carmichael Gallery on La Brea bringing with them Brothers in Arms, an exhibition of all new Hollywood-themed paintings, video and photography.
Los Angeles photographer extraordinaire Doug Aitken migrates to Regen Projects on Santa Monica with a series of new text-based light boxes along with the west coast debut of the film Migration. *Also, the large-scale cinematic installation will be presented to the public on Santa Monica Boulevard projected onto the courtyard of Regen Projects II; visible only at night from sunset to sunrise. Check out some beautiful production stills from the film here.
Doug Aitken
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 6-9pm
Regen Projects
633 North Almont Drive Los Angeles, CA 90069
Show runs from September 12 through October 17th, 2009
Cartoon master painter Kenny Scharf comes home to the Honor Fraser Gallery on La Cienega with Barberadise, a showcase of new paintings that integrate familiar icons from Scharf’s visual lexicon and implies a utopian world that is at once nostalgically comic and vibrantly cosmic.
Kenny Scharf-Barberadise
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 6-8:30pm
Honor Fraser Gallery
2622 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034
Show runs from September 12 through October 31, 2009
Camille Rose Garcia comes to the Merry Karnowsky Gallery on La Brea and brings with her The Hydra of Babylon, her latest paintings on wood and paper which explore the converging ecological and human catastrophes and the healing power of nature.
Philip Lumbang brings his friendly faced bears and found mediums to a warehouse space in LA and transforms it all into a gallery space as he opens his show, Hug Life. Special musical guests DJ Diabetic (Shepard Fairey) and Intricate Machines will keep the show rocking all night long.
Phillip Lumbang-Hug Life
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 8pm-???
724 S. Park View St. Los Angeles, CA 90057
Scion Installation 5: Self Portrait
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 7-10pm
Scion Installation LA
3521 Helms Ave (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
Show runs from September 12 through September 30, 2009
Flock to the Flock Shop in Chinatown as they celebrate their 2 year anniversary with a show of Patrick Hruby’s new serigraph work in CMY Not?
Synchronicity Space on Melrose opens the group show From Here to There, a show featuring photography, drawing, and collage centered around the theme of transitory spaces which the collective defines as spaces that represent pauses between a range of states or being. Wait-what?
From Here to There
Opening reception: Saturday September 12th, 7-midnight
Show runs from September 12 through October 10, 2009
Cinespia’s second to last screening of the season brings Tim Burton’s 1985 classic comedy Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure to both the dead and undead at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Saturday, September 12th
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
gates open at 6:30pm, movie starts at 8:00pm
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
$10 donation tickets available at gate
And finally for all you music lovers and beat heads out there, spend your Sunday diggin the crates with fellow record collecting connoissieurs at the Beat Swap Meet at the Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown.
Oh how I long to be one of the many thousands of lucky nerds in San Diego for Comic-Con (still can’t believe I’ve never been, I fear my dork credibility may be in jeopardy!) Fortunately there are many a happening around Los Angeles to take your mind off all the geeky goodness we’re missing out on.
With that being said, allow me to start with a few events at Comic-Con for those who made the trek down the 405 freeway:
Last Gasp Publishing artist signingsLast Gasp Booth #1616Friday Ron English-Noon, Mark Ryden-2pm, Scott Musgrove-4pm
Saturday Joe Ledbetter-noon, Todd Schorr-2pm, The Pizz-3pm,
Mark Ryden-4pm, Joe Ledbetter-5:30pm (2nd signing)
SundayTravis Louie-noon, James Jean-2pm
Wayne White/Exene Cervenka-We Are Not the Jetset
Opening reception: Saturday July 25th, 5-8pm Western Project Gallery3830 Main St, Culver City, CA 90232
Show runs from July 25 through September 5, 2009
Stick around Culver City for a three person show featuring some Heavy Petting with David Burke, Riddles In the Dark with Mia, andKeep It Down with guest artist Sarah Folkmanat the Corey Helford Gallery.
Dave Burke-Heavy PettingMia-Riddles-In The Dark Sarah Folkman-Keep It Down
Opening Reception Saturday July 25th, 7‑10pm
Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232
Show runs from July 25 through August 11, 2009
2009 Vice Magazine Photography Exhibition
Opening reception: Saturday July 25th, 7-10pm
Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Avenue (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
Show runs from July 25 through August 8, 2009
The Muppet Movie Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Saturday, July 25th
gates open at 7:00pm, movie starts at 8:30pm
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
$10 donation tickets available at gate
$5 parking available inside
Urban Hike-Little Tokyo
Sunday July 26th, 11am-1pm
MEETING PLACE: Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple
815 E 1st St. Los Angeles, CA 90012-4304
Three-Tour Package: $30
General Price per Tour: $15
Student Price: $5
A+D Members: FREE
Spread your wings and fly to the MOCA’s Pacific Design Center on Melrose for an art talk with Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues whose installation Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is currently on view and features “over 21 miles of colored strings configured in catenary curves span the gallery space to form a dynamic environment.”
Up in Smoke Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Sunday, July 26th
gates open at 7:00pm, movie starts at 8:30pm
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
$10 donation tickets available at gate
$5 parking available inside
Group shows, group shows, and more group shows with Sarah Silverman, Z-Trip, Shepard Fairey, Diego Rivera, some graffiti, a dragon, and a Winnebago man mixed in to make your weekend well done.
Richard Heller Gallery
Opening reception: Friday June 5th, 5-8:00 pm
2525 Michigan Ave. B-5A Santa Monica, CA 90404
Show runs from June 5 through July 3, 2009
At their not-so-secret Silver Lake comic book shop, The Secret Headquarters presents the Guilty Pleasures of artist Aiyana Udensen. Come for a drink or two and an “an informative slide presentation on rodent care”.
Scion Installation FiveAnno Domini Gallery
Opening reception: Friday June 5th, 8pm-12am
366 So. First Street San Jose, CA 95113
Show runs from June through June 20, 2009
LA’s downtown Crewest crew presents a group tribute show to the mecca of the LA graffiti scene with The Legendary Belmont Tunnel. Featuring writers Cab, Man One, and the legendary Saber, among others.
The Legendary Belmont Tunnel
Crewest Gallery
Opening reception: Saturday June 6th, from 6-9pm
110 Winston St. Los Angeles, CA 90013
Show runs from June 6 through June 27, 2009
Sometimes there’s nothing funnier than found footage and the Cinefamily has a bunch of it as the Silent Movie Theater presents TV Carnage Night, the equivalent of “a mystical night of channel-flipping, in which every single click of the remote lands you on that bizarre something that stops you in your audiovisual tracks”. Check out a clip here:
TV Carnage Night (feat. One Man Force)Silent Movie Theater
Saturday June 6, 2009 at 10:45pm 611 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Cost: $10
Giant Robot New York spotlights “indie-comics creators from across the country, ranging from stapled-and-folded stars of DIY to art-gallery superstars” with the group show Panelists V.
Panelists VGiant Robot New York
Opening reception: Saturday June 6th, from 6:30-10pm
37 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village New York, New York 10009
Show runs from June 6 through June 24, 2009
The ever visceral Amanda Visell unleashes her latest vinyl toy, The Dragon Scout, for a release party at Pasadena’s Switcheroo workshop.
Amanda Visell-The Dragon ScoutSwitcheroo workshop
543 B South Raymond Pasadena, CA 91105
For the Internationally inclined, the irrepressible street art icon Shepard Fairey opens a retrospective of his screenprint work at the Berlin arm of LA’s Merry Karnowski Gallery.
See the Life-size Murals of Diego Rivera as educator Gregorio Luke leads an innovative multi-media lecture of the Mexican muralist’s life and work with the aid of 20,000 lumens at the Ford Theater. “Murals are projected life size using the most advanced projection technology and gives viewers the sensation of being in front of the original murals”.
Gregorio Luke at the Ford: Life-size Murals of Diego RiveraThe Ford Thearter
Sunday June 7 at 8:30 pm
2580 E Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, 90068
Cost: $30
And finally, end your weekend on a f-ing high note with a sneak preview of Winnebago Man, a film in which filmmaker Ben Steinbauer takes on the seemingly impossible task of tracking down Jack Rebney (aka “the angriest RV salesman in the world”) and his hilariously foul-mouthed and ill-tempered outtakes from a Winnebago promo he made in the 80s. Check the original clip here:
Today marks the opening of three shows at the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, including the much hyped group show Get Rich Quick! This isn’t just any group show mind you, this is a group show featuring a selection from the collections of collector’s collections. So basically it’s like an all-star team comprised of all-star teams. From the gallery:
Also opening tonight at the Carmichael is one of Paris’ best know graffiti artists, Alëxone. Featuring new works on acrylic, ink and mixed media works on paper, the show will be the centerpiece of the evenings openings.
And last but not least, Brazilian artist Thais Beltrame’s debuts his first U.S. solo show with When All the Stars are Gone. A new series of ink and watercolor works on paper will be on display, as well as a site-specific installation.
Get Rich Quick!AlëxoneThais BeltrameCarmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 7pm–10pm
1257 N. La Brea Avenue
W. Hollywood CA 90038
All exhibitions will be open for viewing through Thursday, May 28th 2009 from 1pm-7pm.