In Santa Monica…haleARTS hosts an opening for a group show from 5-8pm. haleARTS, 2443 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405;

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Also let’s not forget that the Venice Art Crawl has added an additional day to its last big event of the year. Check the VAC website for details.

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JAUS is very pleased to present a two-person exhibition featuring new works which will include an outdoor installation, sculpture, drawing, painting and one big mural by artists Mark Dean Veca and Kiel Johnson. 

SeeFri-Sept16-2016-JAUS-MarkDeanVeca image: See image: Mark Dean Veca. Hatter 2. 2016. Acrylic on canvas. 72 x 72 inches.

The idea for this exhibition arrived last year through casual conversation, as both artists expressed interest in creating outdoor projects on the JAUS premises.  Veca wanted to make a large scale mural, as he has done countless times elsewhere, on one of the walls that surrounds the gallery that is visible from the street.  Johnson was interested in creating a temporary installation on the exterior of the gallery itself which would give a cartoonish illusion that the building was catching fire.

The band Ohr perform a special acoustic set in conjunction with our opening reception for the two-person exhibition, New Works by Kiel Johnson and Mark Dean Veca.

What: Reception
Where: Jaus, 11851 La Grange Ave., LA 90025
When: 6:30pm – 8:30pm; Ohr performance: 8:30pm to 9:30pm – Friday, September 16
Phone: 424.248.0781
Website: http://www.jausart.com

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Kohn Gallery celebrates renowned artist John Altoon from 6-8 pm; Kohn Gallery, 1227 N. Highland Ave., LA, 90038;

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Downtown…Fahrenheit Gallery presents “We Dance, We Smoke, We Kiss” curated by Myriam Ben Salah. Reception: 7-10 pm; Fahrenheit Gallery, 2245 E. Washington Blvd., LA, 90021;

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Also Downtown…

HauFri-Sept16-2016-HauserWirth-Schimmel-MariaLassnigser Wirth & Schimmel is pleased to present ‘Maria Lassnig. A Painting Survey, 1950 – 2007,’ the first Los Angeles solo exhibition for the acclaimed late Austrian artist.

Spanning work made from the 1950s to the end of the artist’s life, this survey traces Lassnig’s evolution from early experiments with abstraction to a richly inventive figuration and the refinement of her ‘body awareness’ paintings, in which she captured physical sensation as felt from within. Lassnig devoted much of her career to recording her physiological states through a direct and unflinching style, believing that ‘truth resides in the emotions produced within the physical shell.’ Pursuing her extraordinary science of the self, Lassnig rendered an oeuvre that has influenced such important younger artists as Martin Kippenberger and Paul McCarthy.

‘Maria Lassnig. A Painting Survey, 1950 – 2007’ will be on view through 31 December 2016. The exhibition has been organized by Peter Pakesch, Chairman of the Maria Lassnig Foundation, Vienna, and Paul Schimmel, Vice-President and Partner, Hauser Wirth & Schimmel. A major international retrospective of works by Lassnig is currently touring Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England; Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; and the National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic, through 2018. A 2017 retrospective of Lassnig’s works on paper will travel from the Albertina, Vienna, Austria to Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

September 17th – December 31st

What: Opening reception
Where: Hauser Wirth & Schimmel 901 East 3rd St., LA, 90013
When: 6:00pm – 8:00pm – Friday, September 16
Website: http://hauserwirthschimmel.com/

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Night Gallery features two new exhibitions from 6-8pm; Night Gallery, 2276 East 16th St., LA, 90021;

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Also in a different part of Downtown…

CirruFri-Sept16-2016-CirrusGallery-Tyler Matthew-Oyer-90s Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of RELEASE, Tyler Matthew Oyer’s second solo show with the gallery.

See image: Tyler Matthew Oyer, Marquee # 90, 2016, Acrylic on paper

The exhibition continues Oyer’s theatrical investigations and critiques of American imperialism, neoliberalism and greed with an installation of paintings, sculptures, apparel, and an original music album.

What: Opening reception
Where: Cirrus Gallery, 2011 South Santa Fe Ave., LA,  90021
When: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Website: http://www.cirrusgallery.com/

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Across the river…François Ghebaly Gallery presents two solo exhibitions by artists Davide Balula and Willa Nasatir. Reception: 7-10pm; François Ghebaly Gallery, 2245 E Washington Blvd., LA 90021;

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Moran Bondaroff hosts an opening for a solo exhibition featuring artist Charlie Billingham from 7-9pm; Moran Bondaroff, 937 N. La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90069;

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Future Tongue is beyond excited to announce Extraction, a group exhibition featuring the work of Kay Cheng, Deedee Cheriel, Bri Cirel, The Ladies Dewald, Shepard Fairey, Harry Gamboa Jr, Britt Harrison, B. Justine Jaime, Rebecca Marino, and Johnie Thornton. The show will also include a public discussion with artists Maja Runzic and Suné Woods.

EFridays-Sept16-23-30-2016-FutureTongue-EXTRACTION-FLYER-LAYERS-smxtraction is curated around the concept of memory. A memory that is so impactful that it seems to of been excavated from your body. Stolen, preserved yet removed. Despite the vivid likeness that some memories hold, they are often distorted and reconstructed with visual fillers or completely lacking of embodiment. Each artist has interpreted this extremely subjective concept through the lens of their own individual styles.

This is an ongoing event and will continue Sept 23, and Sept 30.

Be aware there is a donation requested…Refreshments will be served.

What: Art Party
Where: Rooftop – 312 W. St, LA CA 90013
When: 7:00pm – 10:00pm – Friday, September 16
Phone: 336-399-8293
Website: http://www.futuretongue.com/

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Artist Stuart Marcus will be featured in the Beyond the Lines Art show tonight from 7pm-1am. There are two other events, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Sept. 16-18. 1495 Beverly Blvd. LA 90026 (Off the 110 FWay) Tickets are required. Admission: $10 at the door and $5 on line; http://www.beyondthelinesartshow.com

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