Posts Tagged ‘Scion Installation L.A.’

SATURDAY (Feb. 20): It Was On Earth That I Knew Joy at Scion LA

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Find some joy roup at Scion’s Installation Space in Culver City as they presents It Was On Earth That I Knew Joy, “a group exhibition curated by Lionel Vivier of Sixpack France that explores the increasingly blurry boundaries between humans and the technology we create”. With original posters, installations and a short film exploring the theme of man vs. machine, the show features the art of Ill-Studio, Cody Hudson, PMKFA, Steven Harrington and many more.

It Was On Earth That I Knew Joy
Opening reception: Saturday, February 20th, 7-10pm
Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
Show runs from February 20 through March 13

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SATURDAY (Jan. 23): Scion Installation 6: VIDEO

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Scion’s Installation 6, which focuses on my medium of choice-video, occupies the Scion Space in Culver City where a talented lineup of artists were “challenged to create non-narrative video installations that will eventually transform five unique exhibitions around the country”. Featuring Dust la Rock, Eric Nakamura, Saelee Oh, French, Josh Graham, Ill-Studio, Monihan Monihan, Mark Mothersbaugh, PMKFA and Sage Vaughn.

Scion Installation 6: VIDEO
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 23, 2010 | 7-10pm
Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave. Culver City, CA 90232
Show runs from  January 23 through February 13, 2010

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THIS WEEKEND: Tim Burton’s MOMA, Shag’s Autumn, and Eupohoria Left the Room

Friday, November 20th, 2009

What this weekend’s events and openings may lack in quantity they more than make up for in quality.

  • New Yorkers are in for quite the creepy treat as visionary director Tim Burton invades the MOMA for a retrospective of the director’s uniquely original visions from his many odd films, sculptures, creatures, and equally quirky works on paper.

Tim Burton
The Museum of Modern
Art 11 West 53 St. New York, NY 10019
Show runs from November 22, 2009 through April 26, 2010
  • One of the founding fathers of the lowbrow art scene, Shag (aka Josh Agle) makes a triumphant gallery return with a series of large format panoramas in Autumn’s Come Undone at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. View a selection of the works from Shag’s website here.

Shag-Autumn’s Come Undone
Opening reception: Saturday, November 21st, 8-11pm
Corey Helford Gallery
8522 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA  90232
Show runs from November 21 through December 9, 2009
  • The Scion Space hosts another interesting group show in their massive Culver City residence with Euphoria Left the Room, “an exhibition addressing the sense of creativity and visionary imagination, which throughout the 20th century was set free through experimentation and what-if scenarios governed by the “if anything was possible” logic commonly displayed in Sci-fi literature and film.”

Scion Presents: ‘EUPHORIA LEFT THE ROOM’ Preview from Scion ART on Vimeo.

Euphoria Left the Room
Opening reception: Saturday, November 21, 7-10pm
Scion Installation Space LA
3521 Helms Ave (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
Show runs from November 21 through December 12, 2009

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THIS WEEKEND: Beyond Eden, ITO, Frank Kozik, Infinity, A Day in LA, Ghostbusters

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Art all weekend long from Fullerton to Culver City to the entire expanse of Washington boulevard and Beyond Eden with a little ghostbusting thrown in for good measure.

Beyond Eden Art Fair
Saturday, October 10th, noon-midnight
Sunday, October 11th, noon-5pm
Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
  • Homeboy Ito not only strolls into town from New York to catch all three Thom Yorke shows, but he also “presents images from his time traveling the world as Damon Dash’s personal photographer and a collection of personal work captured during the Summer of 2009″ in his photo show titled EVERYBODY SOMEDAY at the PÄS Gallery in Fullerton.

ITO-EVERYBODY SOMEDAY
Opening reception: Saturday, October 10th, 5:30-9:30pm
PÄS Gallery
115 S. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832
Show runs from October 10 through November 8, 2009
  • Concert poster master/vinyl toy creator Frank Kozik unveils a show shrouded in mystery at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Culver City. Who knows what to expect but I have a feeling it involves these two mutants:

Frank Kozik
Opening reception: Saturday, October 10th,  7-10 pm
Billy Shire Fine Arts
5790 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Show runs from October 10 through November 7, 2009

Infinity
Opening reception: Saturday, October 10th, 7-10pm
Scion Installation Space LA
3521 Helms Ave (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
Show runs from October 10 through November 7, 2009

  • Spend A Day in LA as over 60 artists Los Angeles artists and non-artists show off their work in unused public outdoor spaces along the entire length of Washington Boulevard’s 27 miles, from Whittier to Venice Beach. “For one day artists will perform works, create installations, facilitate happenings, and make music in unexpected spaces, such as on the sidewalk, between dumpsters, along railroad tracks, as well as inside the audience’s cars as they traverse one of LA’s most iconic boulevards.”

A Day in LA
Sunday, October 11th, 12-6pm
The entire length of Washington Blvd., from Whittier to Venice Beach

Ghostbusters
Sunday, October 11th
Gates open at 6:00 pm, Movie starts at 7:30 pm
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038

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THIS WEEKEND: London Police, Doug Aitken, Kenny Scharf, Camille Rose Garcia, Anthony Lister, Hug Life, Scion Self Portraits, CMY Not?, From Here to There, Pee-Wee and the Beat Swap Meet

Friday, September 11th, 2009

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.

The London Police-Brothers in Arms
Opening reception: Thursday, September 10th, 7-10pm
Carmichael Gallery
1257 N. La Brea Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90038
Show runs from September 10 through October 1, 2009
  • 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.

Camille Rose Garcia-The Hydra of Babylon
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12, 8-11pm
Merry Karnowsky Gallery
170 S. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036
Show runs from September 12 through October 10, 2009

Anthony Lister-And Then The Wind Changed
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 6-9pm
New Image Art Gallery
7908 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90046
Show runs from September 12 through October 17, 2009
  • 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?

Flock Shop 2 Year Anniversary/Patrick Hruby-CMY Not?
Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 6-10pm
Flock Shop
#103 943 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012
  • 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
    Synchronicity Space
    4306 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90029
    Show runs from September 12 through October 10, 2009

    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.

    Beat Swap Meet
    Sunday, September 13th, 12-6pm
    Grand Star Jazz Club
    943 Sun Mun Way Los Angeles, CA 90012-1722

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    THIS WEEKEND: Flux Super 8, India, Junk in the Trunk, Second Shift, Handmade Nation, Grind for the Green, and J-Rocc

    Friday, August 14th, 2009

    Looks like Saturday is the big winner with many a good thing in this weekend’s stacked schedule of events for your cultural and social pleasures.

    Flux Super 8
    Opening reception: Saturday, August 15th, 7–10pm
    Scion Installation L.A. Space
    3521 Helms Ave. (at National)
    Culver City, CA 90232
    Show runs from August 15 through September 5, 2009

    • And while you’re in Culver City hop on over to the Corey Helford Gallery and take a trip to India with the moustachioed madman Carlos Ramos as he once again dazzles with his trademark contrasty colors and sublimely shaped stable of animals. (Moustache subject to availability.)

    Carlos Ramos-India
    Opening reception: Saturday, August 15th, 7-10pm
    Corey Helford Gallery
    8522 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA  90232
    • Giant Robot cleans out their closet with the group show Junk in the Trunk in which over 30 artists including Apak!, David Horvath and Albert Reyes among others, bust out new, old, and random pieces of art that need new homes at GR2 on Sawtelle. Bonus yard sale on Sunday too!

    Junk in the Trunk
    Opening reception: Saturday, August 15, 6:30-10:00pm
    Yard sale: Sunday, August 16, 11:30-4:00pm
    GR2
    2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025
    Show runs from August 15 through September 23, 2009
    • The second shift Saturday night continues (or starts) in Chinatown at the Sabina Lee Gallery on Chung King Road with the group show Second Shift.

    Second Shift
    Opening reception: Saturday, August 15th, 6-9pm
    Sabina Lee Gallery
    971 Chung King Road. Los Angeles, CA 90012
    Show runs from August 15 through September 5, 2009
    • Reform School, Home Ec, and the Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax join hands to bring you the Los Angeles premiere of the documentary on D.I.Y. culture, Handmade Nation. *Saturday’s 12pm premiere screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, and ticket holders for this show will receive specialized gift bags and surprise giveaways! In-between the two Saturday screenings, during 2-6pm, there will be a mini-craft fair eaturing some of LA’s most talented makers, a “Handmade Nation” book signing with Faythe Levine, and hands-on make-and-takes (craft demos). Admission to the craft fair is free, and open to the general public.

    Handmade Nation
    August 15th (12pm & 7pm) & August 16th (3pm, 5pm, 7pm & 9pm)
    The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater
    611 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036

    • For my Bay Area brethren, Grind for the Green presents the second annual Battle for the Bang as bay area environmentally conscious youth battle with beats for cash and prizes at the Zeum in San Francisco.

    Grind for the Green presents Battle for the Bang
    Saturday, August 15th, 7-10pm
    Zeum
    221 Fourth St. SF, CA 94103

    Stones Throw Sundays at Amoeba featuring J-Rocc
    Sunday, August 16th, 1-2pm
    Amoeba Music

    6400 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028

    Get Directions

    * approximate times

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    THIS WEEKEND: Comic-Con Artists, Awesome Con, We Are Not the Jetset, Heavy Petting Riddles, Vice Photography, The Muppet Movie, Urban Hike, MOCA Art Talk, and Up in Smoke

    Friday, July 24th, 2009

    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:

    Artist signings by Mark Ryden, Joe Ledbetter, James Jean, The Pizz, Scott Musgrove, Ron English, and Travis Louie for Last Gasp Publishing.

    Last Gasp Publishing artist signings
    Last Gasp Booth #1616
    Friday
    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)
    Sunday
    Travis Louie-noon, James Jean-2pm

    James Jean (again), David Choe, and David Horvath for Giant Robot.

    And a Tim and Eric sighting at their very own con of the awesome variety, appropriately called Awesome Con!

    Tim and Eric’s AWESOMECON ‘09
    Saturday July 25th, 3-5pm
    400 Kettner Blvd. Embarcadero Marina Park North (behind the Marriott) San Diego, CA 92101

    Wayne White/Exene Cervenka-We Are Not the Jetset
    Opening reception: Saturday July 25th, 5-8pm
    Western Project Gallery
    3830 Main St, Culver City, CA 90232
    Show runs from July 25 through September 5, 2009


    Dave Burke-Heavy Petting
    Mia-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

    Ball-Nogues Studio Art Talk
    Sunday July 26th, 3pm
    MOCA-Pacific Design Center

    8687 Melrose Ave. West Hollywood, CA 90069-5701

    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

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    THIS WEEKEND: Shepard’s Arkitip, Teenage Teardrops Drops, Patton’s God, Scion’s Space Place, GR Turns 15 in SF, Wacko Toy Swap, Design-n-Dim Sum, The Graduate, Propaganda and Satellite Films Tribute, and Dance the Bowl

    Friday, June 19th, 2009

    Come one, come all! LA is once again hustlin’ and bustlin’ this weekend with art, film, food, and music galore.

    Arkitip + Shepard Fairey
    Issue edition release and installations
    Alife Los Angeles
    Opening reception: Friday June 19th, 7–10p.m.
    1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd Suite 10 Los Angeles, CA 90028

    Teenage Teardrops release
    Ooga Booga
    Opening reception: Friday June 19th, 7-10pm
    943 N. Broadway #203 Los Angeles, CA 90012

    God Told Me To presented by Patton Oswalt
    Silent Movie Theater
    Friday June 12th, 8:00pm
    611 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

    This Must Be The Place
    Scion Installation L.A.
    Opening reception: Saturday June 20th, 7-10pm
    3521 Helms Avenue (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
    Show runs from June 20 through July 11, 2009

    • After unleashing their brand of Asian pop culture to the world in magazine form way back in 1994, Giant Robot has expanded their operation quite significantly with stores in LA, NY, and SF. Celebrate their quinceañera with them as they launch their 15th anniversary group show at the bay area branch.

    15-Year Anniversary Show at GRSF
    Opening reception: Saturday June 20th, 6:30-10:00 pm
    GRSF
    618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117
    Show runs from June 20 through July 15, 2009
    • Toy Swap! Toy Swap! Toy Swap! Sale! Sale! Sale! On Saturday dork out and trade your toys with other toy dorks at Los Feliz’s venerable Wacko/Soap Plant/La Luz De Jesus.
    Wacko Toy Swap and Sale
    June 20th, 12 noon-3 pm
    4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Feliz, CA 90027
    Free cookies and lemonade!
    • Bike down and get your design and dim sum on deliciously with DeLab (design east of La Brea). Read details and more from Alissa (Gelatobaby) here. Don’t forget to RSVP to hello@designeastoflabrea.org!

    Design-n-Dim Sum Ride
    starting at 10-10:30 am at Flying Pigeon LA
    continuing from 11-11:30 am to Fung + Blatt
    journey to the Chung King Loft tour from 12:30-1:30pm
    and concluding and eating at Ocean Seafood in Chinatown

    *Also, it’s not too late to submit your tasty designs for Dwell’s Coolhaus ice cream contest also being judged by the cream loving Alissa.

    The Graduate
    Hollywood Forever Cemetery
    Saturday, June 20th
    gates open at 7:30pm, movie starts at 9pm
    6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
    $10 donation tickets available at gate
    $5 parking available inside

    Where It Was At: A Propaganda and Satellite Films Tribute
    LA Film Festival
    Sunday Jun 21st, 5:00pm
    Italian Cultural Institute
    1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024

    Femi Kuti, Raphael Saadiq, Santigold w/host Garth Trinidad
    Hollywood Bowl
    Sunday June 21st 7:00-10:00 pm
    2301 N. Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90068

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    THIS WEEKEND: N.A.S.A. vs. Japan, Milk Photography, 1000 Days, The Red Balloon Scores, To Catch a Dazed and Confused Thief

    Friday, May 22nd, 2009

    N.A.S.A. music blasts off in Japan, Milk photos in San Diego, 1000 Days in LA, The Red Balloon gets scored live silently, and the cemetery screenings end the weekend on a high note:

    Chris Milk
    W Hotel
    Opening reception: Saturday May 23, 7:00-10:00pm
    W San Diego, Living Room, Veranda and Beach
    421 West B Street, San Diego , CA 92101

    1000 Days
    Scion Installation L.A.
    Opening reception: Saturday May 23, 7-10pm
    3521 Helms Avenue (at National) Culver City, CA. 90232
    Show runs from May 23 through June 13, 2009

    The Red Balloon with live score by AsDSSka, Lucky Dragons, and the Ladies Choir
    Silent Movie Theatre
    Saturday May 23, 2009 at 7:30pm
    611 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
    Cost: $10

    *Bonus bonus: There will also be a record release party and screening of AsDSSka’s music video for “Hold On” directed by Spike Jonze and Crystal Moselle at Family!

    AsDSSka record release party and screening
    Family Bookstore
    Sunday May 24, 2009 7:00pm
    436 N.Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

    To Catch a Thief
    Hollywood Forever Cemetery
    Saturday May 23th
    gates open at 7pm, movie starts at 8:30pm
    6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
    $10 donation tickets available at gate
    $5 parking available inside

    Dazed and Confused
    Hollywood Forever Cemetery
    Sunday May 24th
    gates open at 7pm, movie starts at 8:30pm
    6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
    $10 donation tickets available at gate
    $5 parking available inside

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