It’s the first official full day of PHOTO INDEPENDENT which celebrated it’s opening night last night (Friday, April 29,2016) at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, 90038) 11am-6pm. Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events Page for more details and admission. 

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In Venice…

Venice Arts hosts a new art fair called PAF LA OPEN which takes place all weekend.

PAF LA OPEN features paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, textiles and crafts direct from the artist.

The event opened Friday and and will run through Sunday.
Saturday 30th April, 12pm – 6pm; Sunday 1st May, 12pm – 6pm

Aritsts include Richard Mann, Stuart Marcus, Rohitash Rao, and many more. 

For more info, visit the FB Page.

Click Here to order FREE tickets

What: PAF LA OPEN
Where: Venice Arts, 1702 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
When: 12pm – 6pm Saturday, April 30, 2016
Website: http://www.parallaxaf.com/LA.html

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Enjoy the 2nd official day of The Malibu Guitar Festival (it opened on Thursday April 28, 2016). Performers include Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Randolph with Kenneth Brown Band, The Empty Hearts, Eddie Money And The Sound Of Money, Cody Simpson, Steve Stevens with The Buzz Wizards, Fabrizio Sotti, Dale Watson, Michael Hayes, Laurence Juber, Marcus Eaton, Zeparella, The Malibooz, Dankrupt, Roman Helmets, Zack Zotos and the Karma Dealers. See our Upcoming Event Page for more info on the event and to purchase tickets. Noon – 10pm. See schedule on http://www.malibuguitarfestival.com

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See below for some earlier events downtown startig at 4pm (along with some starting later)

BergamotStationlogo copyWe also have some art events at Bergamot Station (where are pick of the week takes place) in Santa Monica – starting at 5pm.

Start off at FIG (G-6) for a solo exhibion featuring the art of Keisho Okayama from 5-7pm.

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Skidmore Contemporary hosts an opening reception for a solo exhibition titled “Radiance,” featuring the art of Courtney Murphy!
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See image: Courtney Murphy, Vermilion, 2016, oil on panel, 36″ x 48″

You can read more about this exhibition on our Upcoming Events Page.

Courtney Murphy’s dramatic and elegant paintings of women are rendered with exceptional technical skill. Her canvases depict intimate snapshots of women adorned in billowing fabrics. The figures occupy the space with a kinetic energy, and the rich colors and warm, soft lighting imbue her images dramatically. The rhythmic movement within Murphy’s paintings culminates in her depiction of the figures’ textiles, which she compares to “flowing water” for the way that they “shine and move in waves over the figure.” – Kelly Bertrando, July 2015

On view: January 23 – April 20

What: Opening reception
Where: Skidmore Contemporary Art, Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, B-4 Santa Monica, 90404
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm – Saturday, April 30, 2016
Phone: 310-828-5070

Website: http://www.skidmorecontemporaryart.com

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Just a couple doors down…

Lora Schlesinger Gallery debuts “Abstraction” featuring paintings and mixed media artworks by Miya Ando, Richard Bruland, Sophia Dixon Dillo, Mark Steven Greenfield and Maxwell Hendler.

In the post digital age where images are instant and abundant, abstract art is a record of an artist’s individual mark. The artists included in this exhibition explore the various realms of abstraction through materiality and technique.

Sat-April23-LoraSchlesingerSee image: Miya Ando

Also opening…”Silence is a Thing I See, new still-life paintings by Gershom. The artist has been exploring and navigating the diverse world of still-life painting, ranging from sumptuous abundance and riches to the traditional vanitas of life .Through paint, his objects tell stories captured through shape, texture, light and color. Each painting is a veneration of each object that invokes the viewer to look more closely at the objects often overlooked.

On view: April 30 – June 4, 2016

What: Opening reception
Where: Lora Schlesinger Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. (B5b) Santa Monica, CA 90404
When: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Phone: 310-828-1133
Website: http://www.loraschlesinger.com

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Pop by the ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY (B7) to see “Space and Motion,” a pop up exhibition for Britt Week, featuring artist John Rose : sculpture and Gary Palmer : Painting from 6-9 pm

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Head to the other side of Bergamot (where our Pick of the Week takes place) ROSEGALLERY hosts an artist reception tonight to celebrate the art of Dirk Braeckman from 6-8pm at Bergamot Station (G5).

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Downtown…

Wilding Cran Gallery Unit B is pleased to present TRI(…ed)-Revisiting TRI Gallery, a group show organized by Rory Devine.
 
TRI Gallery was founded in 19Sat-April30-WildingCran-unit B92 by artist Rory Devine in his home at 1140 S. Hayworth Ave in Los Angeles. It was created as a response to the lack of exhibition opportunities for emerging artists—similar to artist-run spaces such as FoodHouse, Bliss, Nomadic Sites and Three Day Weekend that were opening at the same time.

Save the date – May 15, for an art talk at 2pm.

On view: April 30 – May 28

What: Opening reception
Where: Wilding Cran Gallery (unit B) , 939 S. Santa Fe Ave., LA 90021
When: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Saturday, April 30, 2016
Website: http://www.wildingcran.com

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Nearby…Parrasch Heijnen Gallery (1326 South Boyle Ave., LA 90023) debuts “Joan Snyder: Womansong” from 5-7pm.

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Also Downtown…

“10 Years of Giant Artists” opens at Contact Photo Lab downtown.

Sat-April30-GiantArtists-MOPLA-DavidBlack cowboy-2The group exhibition features the photographic talent of trend-setting agency Giant Artists, curated by Sabrina Bajaj.

“MOPLA has energized the photographic community in Los Angeles..bringing with it a spirit of collaboration and support,” said Jen Jenkins, owner of Giant Artists.

See image: by David Black

Artists include: David Black, João Canziani, Todd Cole, Lauren Dukoff, Collin Erie, Christaan Felber, Ryan Schude, Michael Schmelling, Emily Shur, Jake Stangel and many more.

What: Opening reception
Where: Contact Photo Lab, 618 Moulton Ave., Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90031
When: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, April 30, 2016
Website: http://www.giantartists.com

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Also downtown…The Box (805 Traction Ave., LA 90013), hosts a reception from 6-9pm “Wally Hedrick: The Absence of Light: Black Paintings (1957-2003).”

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MAMA Gallery is proud to present “The Earth Is Flat,” James Georgopoulos’ second solo exhibition at the gallery.

Buoyed by four new video sculptures thaSat-April30-2016-MAMAGallery-JamesGeorgopoulost the artist created out of found, fabricated, and handmade materials, “The Earth Is Flat” is an interrogation of artificial intelligence (AI) and the values and hazards implicit to autonomous computing. The artist‘s four sculptures themselves are superficially interconnected to insinuate that technology has inculcated itself as an indissoluble event in human history.

On view: April 30 – June 11, 2016

What: Opening reception
Where: MAMA Gallery, 1242 Palmetto St., LA 90013
When: 7:00pm – 10:00pm – April 30, 2016
Website: http://www.mama.gallery/

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In the MId Wilshire/Miracle Mile area…ACME (6150 Wilshire Blvd.) debuts two exhibitions “Natalie Frank:Intermission,” and “Matt Lifson: Part 2” from 6-8pm.

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Sat-April30-MaitlandFoley-ChrisCascio-full-melt-finalIn the neighborhood…

Maitland Foley is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition, “Full Melt,” a solo show of new work by Houston-based artist. 

Building off of his continuing series of Drug Maps, Cascio scales down the presence of his previous work for “Full Melt,” and focuses in on cannabis, and its industry. Referencing notable strains and marquee brands, Cascio plots these signatures and marks across varying neo-camouflage canvases, giving a nod to both the fashion of street culture, as well as the renegade journeymen who take the risk of growing to bring the product to market.

Utilizing a palette that lends itself to the subject matter, tones of honey, orange, and brown dominate works focused on manmade extraction, while greens, browns, and purples carry the eye through nature’s bounty. Ultimately, a chronicle of the artist’s own consumption, the works in “Full Melt” show a sophisticated understanding of the landscape of this culture and its new environs.

What: Opening reception
Where: Maitland Foley, 6130 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90048
When: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, April 30, 2016
Website: http://maitlandfoley.com/

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Richard Telles Fine Art (7380 Beverly Blvd.) hosts an opening for “Relations in Public” featuring the art of John Miller from 5-7pm. 

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In West Hollywood…Matthew Marks Gallery (1062 North Orange Grove, LA, 90046) features a group exhibition from 6-8pm. http://www.matthewmarks.com/los-angeles/

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Honor Fraser Gallery presents default with participating artists Trisha Baga, Morgan Canavan, Cheryl Donegan, Victoria Fu, Guthrie Lonergan, Miami-Dutch, Erin Jane Nelson, Adam Parker Smith, Jesse Stecklow, and Mungo Thomson.

See image: VictSat-April30-HonrorFraser-VictoriaFuoria Fu, Belle Captive II, 2013 Video with sound 6 min. loop (still) Edition of 8 +2 AP

Often seen in early online publishing platforms like Angelfire or WordPress, defaults are preselected options computer programs provide when no alternative is specified by the user. As artist Guthrie Lonergan notes on his webpage Hacking vrs. defaults (2007), the most banal websites are generally constructed from these preselected options. In desktop computer programs like Photoshop and iMovie, defaults allow users to digitally mimic complex aesthetic techniques like color gradients with the click of a mouse. The result can be described as what artist Michael Bell-Smith referred to in his 2013 talk Image Employment at MoMA PS1 as the “readymade affect.”

On view: April 30 – June 11, 2016

What: Opening reception
Where: Honor Fraser, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
When: 6:00pm – 8:00pm – April 30, 2016
Website: http://honorfraser.com/

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KeSat-April30-2016-AnatEbgiep heading South…

Anat Ebgi is pleased to present “Quote Unquote,” Amie Dicke’s second solo show at the gallery, composed of photographic prints, mixed media assemblages and raw color ink plates. In this new series of work, Dicke interrogates the language of visual culture through breaks, spaces and intervals of absence.

Each item used by the artist is a quotation of an existing structure, an artifact of a previous visual or material identity culled from print media, archived photography or found studio materials. Dicke’s work interrogates these existing visual mediums through sandpaper abrasions, selective framing, cropping and other deviations.

On view: April 30 – June 4, 2016

What: Opening reception
Where: Anat Ebgi, 2660 La Cienega Blvd.
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Website: http://anatebgi.com/

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Edward Cella Art & Architecture presents its second solo exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Adam Berg titled “In the Blink of an Eye.”

FeaSat-April30-EdwardCella-AdamBergturing new paintings and sculptures by the multidisciplinary artist, the exhibition will present a culmination of three interrelated, and ongoing, bodies of work. Berg has spent the last three decades exploring art at the intersection of science and philosophy, staging conceptual and experiential encounters with objects and surfaces. In the Blink of an Eye,

In this exhibition, Berg explores the temporal and shifting nature of perception, focusing on the moment in which an artwork is experienced and apprehended by the viewer. Fleeting and momentary, the impression of the object is a time-based instant of cognition that lingers; a space of flux and instability in which boundaries are lax and mutable.

Save the date – Saturday, May 7,  2-4pm
Reversible Machines – Irreversible Processes
Adam Berg, Amanda Beech, Peter Lunenfeld, and Guy Bennett in Conversation.

On view: April 26 – June 4, 2016

What: Art reception
Where: Edward Cella, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd
When: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, April 30, 2016
Phone: (323) 525-0053
Website: http://www.edwardcella.com/

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Head to Washington Boulevard….

ThSat-April23-Thinkspace-MatthewGrabelskyinkspace hosts receptions for two exhibitions…”Melancholia,” the gallery’s first solo exhibition of paintings by Korean artist Kwon Kyung-yup. A graduate of Sejong University in Korea, where she completed an M.F.A, Kwon is currently based out of Seoul. Known for her pale ghostly paintings of delicately rendered figures, the artist uses the human body in her imagery as a vehicle for healing, mourning, and memory. Meditative in their starkness and otherworldly in their filmy delicacy, her figurative depictions are cathartic and emotional, suggesting both trauma and recovery, forgetting and remembering.

See image: by Matthew Grabelsky

Concurrently on view in the Thinkspace project room is Underground, featuring new oil paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Matthew Grabelsky. His works combine a hyperrealistic painting technique with a surreal penchant for unlikely juxtapositions. Raised in New York City, Grabelsky uses its subway’s underground world as the setting for his unlikely pairings.

On view: April 30, 2016 – May 21, 2016

What: Opening Reception
Where: Thinkspace, 6009 Washington Blvd. Culver City, 90232
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Saturday, April 30, 2016
Phone: 310 403.8549
Website: http://www.thinkspacegallery.com

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At 8pm, Dysonna City Art Gallery (5373 Wilshire Blvd LA, 90036) holds the final event for its jazz series from 7-9pm. Be sure to check their website for admisson prices and performer info.

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