Los Angeles Weekend Planner

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 152014
 

Maximo Park- Brain Cells

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/15-5/18)-

Thursday

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club), Chelsea Cain and Willy Vlautin host a night at the Echo with readings, music and gifts- Vlautin’s book is included in the ticket price and there are extra presents for people in pajamas – http://www.theecho.com/event/538659-chuck-palahniuk-chelsea-los-angeles/

Artopia LA Weekly Event at Grand Central Market- http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/03/25/la-weeklys-artopia-party-comes-to-dtla-may-15

New Young Pony Club at the Bootleg- http://foldsilverlake.com/event.cfm?id=141701

Friday

Maximo Park with Eternal Summers at the Troubadour- http://www.troubadour.com/event/498827-maximo-park-los-angeles/

Triple feature at the Egyptian Theatre- Dystopia Gone Wild: Thirty Years after 1984- Nineteen Eighty-Four/Logan’s Run/ Spacedisco One– http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/nineteen-eighty-four-logans-run-spacedisco-one

Kishi Bashi at the Fonda- http://www.axs.com/events/249088/kishi-bashi-tickets?skin=thefonda

Friday and Saturday

Thirteen Torches for a Burn– two nights featuring bands from Copenhagen at the Church on York- Friday’s headliner is Iceage- http://www.ticketfly.com/event/499655-church-on-york-posh-los-angeles/

Saturday

A Landing Site for Madeline Gins– Poets, artists and architects read from the late artist’s writings at LACMA (free)- http://www.lacma.org/event/landing-site-madeline-gins

Continuing that night at LACMA is International Museum Night- the galleries stay open for activities and viewing- ticket includes two glasses of wine (20$ members/30 $non)- http://www.lacma.org/event/international-museum-night-0

Saturday and Sunday

Annual Santa Fe Art Colony Open Studios- https://www.facebook.com/events/610848825662707/?ref=22

Beverly Hills Art Show- http://www.beverlyhills.org/exploring/beverlyhillsartshow/artshowinformation/

Sunday

Ann Magnuson hosts a one hour “mini-carnival in the spirit of Mike Kelley” (free) at MOCA- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/2014/05/05/ann-magnusons-one-hour-bacchanal/

Damien Jurado at the Bootleg- http://foldsilverlake.com/event.cfm?id=142489

Lykke Li at the Roxy- http://www.theroxy.com/event/571211-stubhubs-next-stage-lykke-li-west-hollywood/

Tyvek at the Smell- http://www.songkick.com/concerts/20516513-gangrene-gang-at-smell?utm_source=1471&utm_medium=partner

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Lay of the Land- Group Photography Show at Von Lintel Gallery

 Art, Artists, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Photographers / Photography
May 102014
 

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Melanie Willhide- T and V, Mesa Elks, 2008

Farrah Karapetian has put together a wonderful collection of photographs from various artists for Von Lintel Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in Los Angeles titled Lay of the Land. It’s fitting then that the artists in the show, including Zoe Crosher, Ed Ruscha, and Catherine Opie, are primarily based in Los Angeles and that many of the photos have a connection to Los Angeles in some way.

Farrah Karapetian is both an artist and a curator. She also recently curated the excellent Unsparing Quality at Diane Rosenstein Fine Art.

This show closes 5/10.

Chris Engman at Luis de Jesus Gallery

 Art, Artists, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Photographers / Photography
May 092014
 

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Chris Engman: Ink on Paper

Luis de Jesus gallery is currently showing Chris Engman’s incredible photographs which play with the notion of what is real. Although the images sometimes appear three dimensional (like the cube and paper above) or altered in some way, they are more straight forward than they seem.  These optical illusions should be seen in person to get the full effect.

Also take a moment to see Antonia Wright’s video work in the back of the gallery. Watching her fall through a sheet of glass naked repeatedly is mesmerizing and disturbing.

Both shows close 5/10.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 082014
 

A Place to Bury Strangers- And I’m Up

Things to do in and around Los Angeles this weekend (5/8-5/11)-

Thursday

Artwalk Downtown LA- this month focusing on textiles- http://www.downtownartwalk.org/

Artist Michael Smith speaks at MOCA (FREE/RSVP)- http://sites.moca.org/the-curve/art-talk-michael-smith/

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Amoeba Hollywood (FREE)- http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/upcoming/detail-2957/

Mona Simpson and David O. Russell speak as part of the Hammer’s Some Favorite Writers series- http://hammer.ucla.edu/calendar/detail/type/program/id/2216

Tycho, with Gardens and Villa at the Fonda- http://www.fondatheatre.com/events/detail/249541

Thursday and Friday

Found Footage Festival stops in Los Angeles at the New Beverly- http://www.foundfootagefest.com/

Friday

iam8bit gallery is having an opening for the art show Grace & Ritual: Hidden showcasing the work of 33 women artists- https://www.facebook.com/events/1539734432919779/

Saturday

A Place to Bury Strangers at the Observatory (Santa Ana)- http://www.observatoryoc.com/events/a-place-to-bury-strangers

Citizen Kane at LACMA- http://www.lacma.org/event/citizen-kane

Part Time Punks 9 Year Anniversary Party with Ariel Pink and others- http://www.theecho.com/event/480519-ptps-9-year-anniversary-very-los-angeles/

National Lampoon’s Vacation at Hollywood Forever Cemetery-http://cinespia.org/event/vacation/

Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Wiltern- http://concerts.livenation.com/event/09004C710907CF60?camefrom=ramya_8e1

Saturday and Sunday

Echo Park Craft Fair- http://www.echoparkcraftfair.com/may2014/

Sunday

Psycho de Mayo at the Observatory- bands include SUUNS and Pentagram among others- http://www.observatoryoc.com/events/psycho-de-mayo

The Wizard of Oz (1939) in 3D at the Aero- http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/the-wizard-of-oz-3

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Irit Batsry at Shoshana Wayne Gallery

 Art, Artists, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows, Photographers / Photography
May 032014
 

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Irit Batsry- Altered Sites

Currently at Shoshana Wayne gallery is Irit Batsry’s fourth solo exhibition. From the press release:

Altered Sites is a partial survey of Batsry’s photographic work from the last two decades illuminating key themes for the artist: the fragmentation of space, the construction of virtual space, and the dissolution of borders between photography, painting, sculpture, and the moving image.

Three different series of photographs are presented in the show. Neither There Nor Here is a series of photos taken from video material shot in Southern India. The Through the Looking Glass series, taken in Northwest Brazil, includes fun house mirror images of the sky and buildings, like the one seen above. Also shot in Brazil, the images from the third series, Caution, incorporate sculptures she built with security caution tape that she places within a coastal landscape.

This show closes 5/3.

Daniel Arsham at OHWOW Gallery

 Art, Artists, Los Angeles Art Shows, Los Angeles Art Shows
May 032014
 

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Daniel Arsham- Kick the Tires and Light the Fires

For his current show at OHWOW gallery, Daniel Arsham molds familiar American cultural objects out of rocks and minerals, such as obsidian, quartz, volcanic ash, or glacial rock dust to create work that feels like its been unearthed from a time capsule.

This show closes 5/3.

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