In Santa Monica…Bergamot Station hosts several art events….This is where our Pick of the Week happens… Skidmore Contemporary Art!
Lora Schlesinger Gallery is delighted to present Lawrence Gipe’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery, “Where We Were, and How We Got There.”
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ee image: Lawrence Gipe, Where We Were, and How We Got There, 2015, graphite on Arches, 42 x 118″
Gipe’s modular mural drawing, currently 60’ long and is composed of a series of 10’ triptychs composed of images culled from the artist’s vast archive of clippings documenting modern technology, propaganda, and epic industrial landscapes. In the work, Gipe creates a panoramic vista of undulating scenes that engages the visual rhetoric of capitalism and nostalgia, addressing their intertwined relationship in visual culture. The drawing is based on the length and proportions of the Apocalypse Tapestry in Angers, France, an artwork that has always impressed Gipe with its scope, deep symbolism and tragic power.
Also opening tonight is Robin Cole Smith’s exhibition “Afterglow.” This will be the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery. Inspired by the natural world, Smith creates hyper-realistic drawings and paintings of landscapes and natural wonders.
July 18 – August 29
What: Opening reception
Where: Lora Schlesinger Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave. (B5b) Santa Monica, CA 90404
When: 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm
Phone: 310-828-1133
Website: http://www.loraschlesinger.com
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Gallery Luisotti (A-2) offers an opening reception from 5-7pm. http://www.galleryluisotti.com
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TAG Gallery hosts an opening reception from 5-7pm. http://www.taggallery.net/
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Lois Lambert Gallery presents Rigoberto Mena’s collection, “Bamboo Garden.” As one of Cuba’s most acclaimed artistic visionaries, Mena explores space and depth through the lens of architectural structure and abstract expressionism. In this series, Mena integrates handmade paper from around the world, providing another dimension to his canvases.
Through its ability to translate defined urban landscapes into a fluid visual language, “Bamboo Garden” functions as a reconstruction of familiar spaces, sensations, and memories. Pulling his inspiration from within, Mena describes the painting process as a deep, intimate, and honest conversation with himself and, subsequently, the viewer.
On view: July 18 – August 29
What: Opening reception
Where: Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, E-3, 2525 Michigan Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310 829-6990
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Website: http://www.loislambertgallery.com
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One more art party takes place at Bergamot Station…
Copro presents an artist reception for two new exhibits! MORPHEUS focuses on contemporary masters of the fantastic and surreal, all with a strong technique and unique imagination.
See image: DARIUSZ ZAWADZKI, TIN MAN, 40″ x 40″ oil on masonite
Naoto Hattori’s ‘Genesis’ is about creation, stream of consciousness & mind and universe creativity.
What: Opening reception
Where: Copro Gallery (T-5), Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave, SM
When: 8:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Phone: 310.829.2156
Website: Copronason.com/
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Also in Santa Monica…
Dani
el Rolnik Gallery is proud to present “Pacific & Northwest” a 2-person art show with Bwana Spoons & Tripper Dungan from Portland, OR.
3D Glasses will be provided to all attendees.
Don’t miss this unique experience to meet both Bwana and Tripper at the opening reception, since they will be in town from Portland, Oregon.
On view: July 18th – August 14th
What: Opening reception
Where: Daniel Rolnik Gallery, 1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 90401
When: 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Website: http://www.danielrolnikgallery.com/
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In Beverly Hills…Pop by Marc Selwyn Fine Art (9953 S. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, 90212), debuts a new exhibit from 6-8pm. http://www.marcselwynfineart.com
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In the Mid Wilshire area…ACME (6150 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90048) holds an artist reception from 6-8pm. http://www.acmelosangeles.com
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Continue down Wilshire to Temporary Space LA (5522 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90036), to enjoy an opening reception from 6-10pm. http://www.temporaryspacela.com/
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There are quite a few in Culver City… Start at Honor Fraser, (2622 S. La Cienega Blvd) hosts an art opening from 6-8pm. http://www.honorfraser.com
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mim Gallery (2636 S La Cienega Blvd., LA 90034), throws an art party from 6-10pm. http://www.mim.gallery
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Walter Maciel Gallery debuts a solo show entitled “A Place to Get Lost” by Pepa Prieto.
See image: Pepa Prieto, I guess it´s the Blues, 2015, 2015. Acrylic on Canvas. Size:155/122cm. 60/48 inches
The exhibition marks Prieto’s first solo show at the gallery preceded by her inclusion in the group exhibition “Illusions of a Perfect Utopia” in January 2014.
Within Prieto’s gestural paintings are fragments of visual information that explore her life experience beginning with her childhood spent at an English boarding school through her adult life living abroad in different countries to her current home in Brooklyn.
Also opening is a solo exhibition titled “Landed” featuring thw work of artist Rachael Neubauer.
On view: July 18 – August 16
What: Opening reception
Where: Walter Maciel Gallery, 2642 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
phone: 310.839.1840
Website: http://waltermacielgallery.com
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Maloney Fine Art (2680 La Cienega Blvd), features a new exhibition from 6-8pm. http://www.maloneyfineart.com/
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George Billis Gallery is pleased to present our fifth annual Cityscape Show, a group show of work by gallery artists and selected guest artists.
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e image: Raymond Logan, Old Monrovia Gas Station, 2014, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches
The Cityscape Show is a visual exploration of the environs we inhabit. Los Angeles is a unique city in many regards – in its architecture, geography, and natural environment.
The exhibition will include the works of artists Eric Hesse, Danny Heller, David Thompson, Patricia Chidlaw, Teale Hathaway, Ana Medina, Ben Schwab, Brooks Salzwedel, Barbara Strasen, Raymond Logan, Rick Dula, Bryan Ida, Terry Thompson, Deborah Martin, Karen Woods, and Sharon Feder.
On view: July 18 – August 22
What: Opening reception
Where: George Billis Gallery, 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90029
When: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: (310) 838-3685
Website: www.georgebillis.com
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Cherry and Martin (2732 S. La Cienega Blvd.) features a new show – remember they have two galleries on La Cienega. http://www.cherryandmartin.com/2732
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Kopeikin Gallery, 2766 South La Cienega Blvd.) hosts a reception from 6-8pm. http://www.kopeikingallery.com
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Head to Washington Blvd…
Thinkspace presents two exhibitions… “Along Infinite River,” featuring new works by Philadelphia based artist Yis Goodwin.
See image: Nosego, Along Infinite River
An imaginative painter, illustrator and urban muralist known for his work’s unrestrained creativity, Goodwin, or “Nosego,” brings detailed totemic pieces to life. His work is inspired by his childhood memory of recombining elements from the characters in his toy box, Nosego creates new forms from borrowed individual parts.
In the project room, new works by North Carolina based artist Brian Mashburn will be on view. His beautifully detailed oil paintings are gothic in sensibility, but timely in their social and political preoccupations. Though dark and ruminating with romantic disillusionment, the works, nonetheless, suggest the possibility of redemption in a world largely burdened by its own self- inflicted ruins.
On view: July 18th – August 8th, 2015
What: Opening Reception
Where: Thinkspace, 6009 Washington Blvd. Culver City, 90232
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Phone: 310 403.8549
Website: http://www.thinkspacegallery.com
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One more art Party takes place at Roberts & Tilton (5801 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232) from 6-8pm. http://www.robertsandtilton.com
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Since you are near La Cienega, continue South to Jefferson and stop by a salon art show presented by M-Rad, 5707 W. Jefferson Blvd, at La Cienga, LA 90016) from 6-8pm. http://www.m-rad.com
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Then head North on La Brea….
Kayne Griffin Corcoran debuts an new exhibition titled “About Face.” The group show is curated by Kristina Kite and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and features the art of Joan Brown, Brian Calvin, Maria Lassnig, Dianna Molzan, Christina Ramberg, and Diane Simpson.
The artists and works in About Face employ ideas of scale, zoom, and cropping to complicate figuration and portraiture in relation to abstraction. Emphasizing images of proximity and visual intimacy or immersion, the female form, visage, and trappings loom large. About Face presents an approach to figuration perceived through the self’s inherent abstractness and an attention to abstraction that assumes as much. Ideas of defiance, insistence, and repetition are significant in the works and attitudes of the artists presented. Each, in their own way, tracks degrees of approach, withdrawal, or turning inward and considers how aesthetics can picture that path. From self-portraits to formal geometries, a sustained commitment to one’s art as an intense pursuit both fanatically private and full of tremendous humanity is evident throughout this intergenerational group.
On view: July 18 – August 29
What: Opening reception
Where: Kayne Griffin Corcoran, 1201 South La Brea Ave., LA (between Olympic and San Vincente.
When: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Phone: 310.586.6886
Website: http://www.kaynegriffincorcoran.com
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Nearby…
David Kordansky Gallery is very pleased to announce Smiley has no nose, an exhibition of new work by Tala Madani. This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, and her first at the gallery.
See image: Un
titled, 2015, oil on linen, 80 x 98 1/4 inches (203.2 x 249.6 cm)
Tala Madani makes paintings and animated videos whose indelible images bring together wide-ranging modes of critique. She uses humor not only to upend social mores, but also to open up dialogue about cultural forms that too often remain in the background of collective awareness. In so doing, she also upsets formal and art historical conventions, openly embracing caricature, gags, and disarming simplicity as she develops and hones the conceptual underpinnings of each body of work.
On view: July 18th – August 29th
What: Opening reception
Where: David Kordansky Gallery, 5130 W. Edgewood Pl., LA, 90019
Where: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Phone: 323.935.3030
Website: http://davidkordanskygallery.com
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In Hollywood…Stone Malone Gallery (7619 1/2 Melrose Ave) hosts an opening from 7-9pm. http://www.stonemalonegallery.com
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Another one close by…Steve Turner, 6830 Santa Monica Blvd., LA 90038), hosts a reception from 6-8pm. http://www.steveturner.la
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Head East..near the Los Angeles River….François Ghebaly Gallery (2245 E Washington Blvd., 90021) 6-8pm. http://ghebaly.com
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Or you can zip by Chinatown for some late night art parties…
The Good Luck Gallery hosts an opening reception to celebrate the art of Andrew Frieder.
In the work of Andrew Frieder (1959-2014), figures struggle with each other and themselves: A dead-eyed nun prepares to kill a snake with a rock, a demon restrains the strings of an archer’s bow, a naked man communes with a skull. These depictions of serpents, phantoms, sexual grotesques and hybrid beasts – often drawn from classical mythology and the Old Testament scriptures that Frieder was so conversant with – are playful but menacing and carry a highly-charged psychological weight. A gentle and subtle coloration of soft pastel and muted earth tones distinguishes the work, which is sometimes scrawled upon with text, and frequently pierced, perforated, sewn, glued and otherwise driven into aesthetic submission, resulting in a strangely harmonious combination of the visceral and the meticulous.
On view: July 18 – August 29, 2015
What: Opening reception
Where: The Good Luck Gallery, 945 Chung King Road, LA 900
When: Saturday, July 18, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Website: http://www.thegoodluckgallery.com/
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Coagula Curatorial throws an art party for “Wild Kingdom,” a solo show of new work by artist/writer Clayton Campbell. 7-11pm. www.coagulacuratorial.com
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Also downtown…ASHES/ASHES, 2404 Wilshire Boulevard, LA 90057), offers an art event from 7-9pm. http://www.ashesonashes.com
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Back in Venice….
Perhaps you are up for a performance….
Its the tenth annual celebration of song and literature – The Lit Show, LA’s Diva Deluxe (as so proclaimed by L.A. Weekly) Suzy Williams will be joined by accomplished pianist and composer Brad Kay, performs songs with lyrics taken from classic literature. You’ve read the book, now hear the song!
Williams performs works by George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jorge Luis Borges, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and many more.
Admission charge $15.00
Wine will be served.
What: Performance
Where: Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
When: Saturday, July 18, 8pm – 10pm
Phone: 310-306-7330
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Night Gallery (2276 East 16th St., LA 90021) holds a reception from 8-11pm. http://www.nightgallery.ca
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One more later art happening and performance takes place in Echo Park…
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS present “IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, I GUESS,” a group exhibition featuring new work by Gregory Bojorquez, Tim Diet, Mark Drew, Michelle Guintu, Jeramee Haynie, Patrick Martinez, and Kevin Woodruff.
The title of the show is a direct reference to a lyric from The Recipe by Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre. Yet the show also touches on indirect references, such as the intangible essence of summer in Southern California, the individual experiences each exhibiting artist has had with music, and the disparate communities music can bring together.
Artists include: GREGORY BOJORQUEZ, Jeramee Haynie, Tim Diet, Patrick Martinez, Mark Drew, Kevin Woodruff, Michelle Guintu
The event will feature a special performance by Kevin Woodruff and Jeramee Haynie. A number of the artists will be in attendance at the opening,
An RSVP is required to attend: rsvp@subliminalprojects.com.
On view: July 18 – August 15
What: Opening reception/Performance
Where: Subliminal Projects, 1331 W Sunset Blvd., LA 90026
When: 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Phone: (213) 213-0078
Website: http://subliminalprojects.com
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