It’s the 3rd day of the Only in Hollywood MUSIC + Arts Festival. Click Here for a full schedule of acts.
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Start early, in Culver City…
Artist Jimena Sarno will lead a walk starting from Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd, at 11AM and ending at Steve Turner, 6830 Santa Monica Blvd.
See image: WILLIAM POPE.L
The silent parade is a soundscaped walk that links the local to global through an embodied experience of the near and far: from Los Angeles’ sites of civil unrest, riots and protest to US military interventions in different parts of the world, from the forest to the desert in fifty years of warfare and occupation.The unified, simultaneous listening experience isolated by each participant’s headphones mimics the individual driving experience in and of Los Angeles, creating an audio-visual collage of movement, sound and image as the walkers traverse the city in a silent parade.
Jimena Sarno has composed the silent parade in collaboration with: Deena Al-Adeeb, F Douglas Brown, Arshia Haq, Eunsong Kim, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Raquel Gutierrez, Jen Hofer, MPA, Tameka Norris, Yann Novak, and Suné Woods.
Jimena Sarno is a multidisciplinary artist and organizer. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
For more information, and to RSVP, please contact Ariel Pittman at ariel@vielmetter.com by November 5.
What: Opening reception
Where: Susanne Vielmetter Projects, 6006 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 90232
When: 11:00 am – Saturday, November 7, 2015
Phone: 310-837-2117
Website: http://www.vielmetter.com
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In Laguna Beach…
Lu Martin Galleries holds a reception for a solo exhibition titled “Into The City” featuring the cityscapes of Brooke Harker.
See image: Brooke Harker, “Corner of Pearl” medium: ink, oil &acrylic on canvas, dimensions: 90″ x 60″ x 3.75″
Harker will be doing some live painting at the Saturday event from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. Jennifer Verge’s art will also be on view. Brooke Harker is a contemporary American artist based in Los Angeles, California.
“Into The City” is the culmination of her artistic endeavor to express on canvas the big city environment, the amplitude of its energies, and the curious activities of its inhabitants bustling underneath a canopy of concrete. As an artist sketching and photographing in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, or Hong Kong, Brooke first allows her senses to simply observe and absorb. Among the visual cacophony she eventually finds herself attracted to specific details, accentuating those with her brush, while quieting others: streetlights, signs, colorful backpacks or purses, interesting passersby. Brooke never knows what will catch her eye, although she is predictably excited when cyclists, umbrellas or taxis pass through her compositions, for they especially stoke her imagination. Behind each detail, Brooke imagines a personal story and wonders about the lives associated with them. Sometimes she doesn’t need to imagine, as random people often approach her and volunteer their personal stories, which she loves!
For more info about artist Brooke Harker, see her website.
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ennifer Verge will be showing five works at Lu Martin Galleries. She said she is excited to show her work and will be in attendance at both the Thursday and Saturday event.
See image: Jennifer Verge, 2014 In the Moment Acrylic Mixed Media on Panel 48 x 36-2
“This painting was inspired by a conversation with a friend. Sometimes everything you want is on the other side of what you are afraid of, we confuse fear with exhilaration. Take the leap…live in the moment and enjoy every second!!!”
To find out more about the art of Jennifer Verge, visit her website.
What: Opening reception
Where: Lu Martin Galleries, 372 North Coast Hwy. Laguna Beach, CA 92651
When: Thursday, Nov 5, 6-9pm & Saturday, Nov 7, 2pm-5pm
Phone: 949-494-8074
Website: LuMartinGalleries.com
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Downtown LA…
Another early event takes place at CB1 Gallery. Three exhibitions are set to open today…
For Timothy Nolan’s third solo exhibition at CB1 Gallery we present his newest body of work, The Constant Speed of Light. The Constant Speed of Light features a series of large-scale, collage-based prints on aluminum and fabric.
See image: Timothy Nolan, The Constant Speed of Light, 2015, latex print on Samba with LED light box, 72″ x 54″
Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia’s work consists of small paintings on wooden panels, paper and canvas which continue the artist’s Christian references inspired by ornamentation common to small Catholic chapels and matachín outfits.
In his first exhibition at the gallery, Better Living Through Design, San Francisco based artist Brett Reichman constructs images where the rules of domestic life are flipped: for instance a figure is posed on top of the dining table and the dinnerware is arranged on the floor.
On view: November 7th – December 19th
What: Opening reception
Where: CB1 Gallery, 1923 S Santa Fe Ave, LA, 90021
When: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Phone: (213) 806-7889
Website: http://cb1gallery.com
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In Chinatown…Arts organization Create:Fixate (C:F) presents Branching Out. The ongoing event series will be held at Werkartz, a new multidisciplinary arts complex in LA’s Chinatown (198 Wilhardt St., Los Angeles, CA 90012) from 4-1:30am. Be sure to check the website as there is a family portion and an adult portion. Admission prices range from $5 to $25, depending on when you arrive.
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In Venice…
Join Venice Arts as it celebrates its 22nd Anniversary Gala on Saturday, November 7, 2015. This signature event will begin with a walk on the red-carpet and will include hosted wine and cocktails, specialty tastings, heavy hors d’oeuvres,and desserts; live music; a student-run photo booth and caricature stations; and a silent auction featuring collectible photographs by noted professional photographers and Venice Arts’ talented students, as well as items from local artisans and creative businesses.
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the Gala, Venice Arts takes time to recognize individuals whose support of Venice Arts and its mission has enabled the nonprofit to flourish and grow. This year Ruth Seroussi, Esq. and Michael Newhouse, Esq. will be honored as this year’s Community Angels.
For more info about this event visit our Upcoming Events Page. To read a review by one of our staff writers about last year’s Venice Arts Gala, see our Event Review Page.
Tickets are $175, CLICK HERE to purchase tickets NOW!
What: Anniversary Gala
Where: Venice Arts Gallery, 1702 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
When: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Phone: 310-392-0846
Website: www.venicearts.org
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In Santa Monica…
Bergamot Station offers several art events.
There is an EARLY art event at Lois Lambert Gallery. At noon, enjoy a demonstration and art talk with Russell Smith who will offer an inside look to his kinetic art.
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Leslie Sacks Contemporary (B6), offers an opening for Marc Katano from 5-7pm.
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Shoshana Wayne Gallery presents “The Weight of Color.” a new solo exhibition by Kathy Butterly. This is the artist’s fifth solo show with the gallery.
Continuing and developing an idea she began for her 2014 New York show, Enter, Butterly builds on the concept of color heeding its visual, physical, and psychological weight. Paying attention to how color works in each piece, Butterly thinks of herself as a “collector of color” and explores how each hue relates to the other, the tensions that are created between colors and the ways in which they become equal.
On view: November 7th – December 24th
What: Opening reception
Where: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station (B-1) 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, 90404
When: 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Phone: 310.453.7535
Website: http://shoshanawayne.com/
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TAG Gallery (D-3), hosts an artist reception for three new exhibitions featuring the art of Carole Garland, Ernie, Carol Kleinman, and Marjoram from 5-8pm.
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dnj Gallery (J-1) features an Art Institute of Los Angeles group exhibition titled “Present Tense” from 6-8pm.
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Duncan Miller Gallery will debut a rare set of original NASA photographs from the Apollo 11 mission from 6-8pm.
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bG Gallery hold a closing reception for “Gay Summer Rick: City and Sea.” Gay Summer Rick’s new series of work takes the viewer “from Broadway to Speedway” (Downtown Los Angeles to Venice Beach) along freeways, side streets, and out to the sand.
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image: “After the Golden Bull”, Oil on Canvas, 48 x 60 Inches
Rick’s paintings depict urban habitats vibrating alongside Southern California’s ephemeral coastline. Rick intended to focus on the journey rather than the destination with this body of work. Views from the roadways and walkways traveling from downtown Los Angeles to the beaches of Venice or Malibu take us on an adventure where we are able to enjoy unanticipated perspectives along the way. We can observe and relish intimate moments; stopping to enjoy the lights on Broadway in a moment without traffic, or by walking up 6th Street toward the Bridge without the sight or sound of cars.
The dynamic relationship between the two environments of urban habitats and the coastline is heightened by the artist’s choice of using a palette knife instead of a brush. Her distinctive painting style creates an arresting color field in which the city’s sharp edges dissolve into the impressionistic embrace of sand, sea and sky.
What: Closing reception
Where: bG Gallery at Bergamot Station 2525, Michigan Avenue, Space G8A, Santa Monica, CA 90404
When: 6:00pm – 9:00pm – Saturday, November 7, 2015
Phone: 310-906-4211
Website: bGartGalleries.com
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One more art party takes place at Bergamot, at Copro Gallery (#T-5) from 8-11:30pm.
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Also in Santa Monica…Daniel Rolnik Gallery (1431 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 90401 celebrates a new exhibition from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
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In West LA…Design Matters (11527 West Pico Blvd.), features a group exhibition titled “XENOTYPES” with a reception from 6-8pm.
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In West Hollywood…the artist SHAG (love his work) celebrates the grand opening of the SHAG Store Melrose at 8443 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA (one block east of La Cienega). The event runs from 7-10pm.
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In Culver City…there are tons of art openings.
You may want to start on the Venice Boulevard side (or end up here)…but if you begins here you can end up on Washington where there are other openings as well.
Just East of La Cienega Blvd., (right off Venice Blvd), China Art Objects Galleries (6086 Comey Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90034) offers an artist reception from 6-8pm.
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Head to La Cienega…
Honor Fraser Gallery presents Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance, Rosson Crow’s third exhibition with the gallery.
See image: Madame Psychosis Holds a Séance, 2015, Film still
Rosson Crow’s new work explores the fictional world of Madame Psychosis, an aging showgirl obsessed with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Crow’s striking and mysterious protagonist—whose name is derived from David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest and is a play on the term “metempsychosis”, also known as reincarnation—is a character whose sense of herself is inextricably bound up with the events and conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy’s death. Comprising a short film and a series of paintings, Crow’s new project explores individual psychology and the ways in which national identity is shaped around moments of historical significance. Giving rise to countless alternative accounts and conspiracy theories, the events of November 22, 1963 are etched into the American cultural consciousness and are still enmeshed in a web of confusion and contradiction more than fifty years later. In this exhibition, Crow employs this charged event as a narrative device to engage questions of individual identity, the power of emotion to confuse our sense of reality, and the human desire to connect to shared pasts while establishing relevance in the present.
What: Artist reception
Where: Honor Fraser, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
When: 5:00pm- 8:00pm – Saturday, November 7, 2015
Website: http://www.honorfraser.com
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Samuel Freeman (2639 South La Cienega Blvd., LA 90034) presents an exhibition of recent paintings, drawings and prints by Los Angeles artist, Martin Mull from 6-8pm.
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Walter Maciel Gallery (2642 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA), debuts “Sundry Stories,” an exhibition of narrative paintings by San Francisco based artist John Bankston from 6-8pm.
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LoudHailer (2648 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA), celebrates the art of Becca Mann with an opening reception from 6-8pm. http://loudhailergallery.com/
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Bustamante Gill (2675 S La Cienega Blvd), hosts an opening from 6-8pm.
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Bustamante Gill (2675 S La Cienega Blvd), hosts an opening from 6-8pm.
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umphreys is an emerging American contemporary artist whose education and career as a designer have played an integral role in her ability to communicate through the medium of paper. The artist’s blind embossings eschew the trappings of traditional printed work, leaving only shape and shadow visible in an effort to draw the viewer closer and create a quiet and intimate conversation.
n this exhibition, the artist explores the visual dialogue of communication in a digital age, questioning our current paradigms through matters of love, memory and an acute curiosity of the ever-evolving definition of connection.
Expanding upon the iconographic lexicon that characterizes her work, the artist now introduces color, optimism, and love in this collection in an honest and thoughtful attempt to re-sensitize and reconnect to the tangible.
What: Opening reception
Where: P A U L L O Y A G A L L E R Y, 2677 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA 90034
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Saturday, Nov 7
Phone: 310 876 1410
Website: WWW.PAULLOYAGALLERY.COM
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Maloney Fine Art features Jeff Colson’s second exhibition at the gallery.
See image: (detail) Jeff Colson, Stacks, 2015, carved and painted wood and resin
“Stacked Desk” debuts a new monumental sculpture titled Stacks and a group of wall relief paintings titled Notes, all of which mock the strive toward efficiency while immortalizing the never diminishing pile of paper that once symbolized “work.”
On view: November 7th – December 19
What: Opening reception
Where: Maloney Fine Arts, 2680 South La Cienega Blvd., LA 90034
When: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Phone: 310.570.6420
Website: www.maloneyfineart.com
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Von Lintel Gallery (2685 S. La Cienega Blvd.) debuts new exhibitions from 6-8pm.
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George Billis Gallery LA (2716 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA, 90034) hosts a reception for new exhibitions from 5-8pm.
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Head to Washington and hook a left…Koplin Del Rio (6031 Washington Blvd.), offers an art event from 5-7pm.
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Klowden Mann is proud to present The Letting Go, the gallery’s first solo exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based artist Debra Scacco.
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Scacco, This is our past (detail) 2015, Ink and acrylic on paper, 39 by 79 inches (framed)
The work discusses the impossibility of truly releasing our personal geographies — the trinity of time, memory and place that form our individual identities — while giving voice to the compellingly unattainable fantasy of fixing our complete personal history into one singular place.
For more information about the exhibition, CLICK HERE.
What: Opening Reception
Where: Klowden Mann 6023 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
When: Saturday, Nov. 7 6-8pm
Phone: 310-280-0226
Website: http://klowdenmann.com
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Maxwell Alexander Gallery (6144 W. Washington Blvd.), features an artist reception for a three person exhibition from 7-9pm.
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In the Miracle Mile area…Couturier Gallery, 166 N. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036) hosts an art event from 6-8pm.
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Also nearby…enjoy a musical event at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts (357 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036). Enjoy a wine reception at 7 and live music featuring Jie Ma and The Lyris Quartetstarts starting at 8pm. $20 admission. 323 938-5222.
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Head South on La Brea to The Loft at Liz’s for an opening of a group show titlled “Divergent Voices” from 7-10pm.
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In Echo Park…
Detroit-based contemporary and fine art gallery, Library Street Collective, is pleased to announce “Legacy,” a solo exhibition of new work by Tristan Eaton at Subliminal Projects 1331 Sunset Blvd., Los Angele
In this exhibition, Hollywood-born Eaton explores the topic of “legacy,” in his most personal and introspective exhibition yet. Eaton looks for ways to pay respect to those who came before him and honor their legacy for infinite generations to-come, with a captivating array of paintings and fabricated metal print works. The canvas works include mixed-media portraits of spray paint, acrylic and silkscreen, involving patterned, symbolic and metaphoric layers inspired by audio interviews the artist conducted with nearly a dozen people who have played an important role in his life.
An RSVP is required to attend: rsvp@subliminalprojects.com.
On View: November 7 – November 14th, 2015
What: Opening reception/Performance
Where: Subliminal Projects, 1331 W Sunset Blvd., LA 90026
When: 7:00 pm – Saturday, November 7, 2015
Phone: (213) 213-0078
Website: http://subliminalprojects.com
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Nearby…Future Tongue (1461 1/2 W. Sunset Blvd.), hosts its very first exhibition and art party from 6-10pm.
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Downtown LA…
MAM
A Gallery is pleased to present Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?, an immersive exhibition exploring the art, music and mind of prolific cult singer-songwriter-artist, Daniel Johnston. Tonight’s opening reception will feature the world premiere of the short film Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?, directed by Gabriel Sunday, starring Daniel Johnston.
This unique exhibition explores Johnston’s early work from 1979 to 1989, the era when Johnston created his iconic album Hi, How Are You and had his first mental breakdown. The work included expose his heartrending tales of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps, and existential torment. Johnston’s drawings depict his Spirit World characters, a cast of alien-like creatures who battle demons and giant naked torso women. Pop culture and religious comic book imagery spin together to create the schizophrenic psychedelia that has made Johnston famous. The artist has a remarkable following of fans, most notably the late Kurt Cobain who often wore Johnston’s Hi, How Are You t-shirt in public, as well as Matt Groening, David Bowie, and an ongoing list of key figures in the music and art world.
On view November 7 – November 11, 2015
What: Opening reception
Where: MAMA Gallery, 1242 Palmetto St., LA 90013
When: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Saturday, November 7, 2015
Website: http://www.mama.gallery/
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In Highland Park…Adjunct Positions (5041 Coringa Dr.LA 90042), hosts a reception for Carmen Argote a Los Angeles based artist whose work focuses on the exploration of personal history through architecture and the spaces that she inhabits. opening runs from 7-9pm.
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In the Valley…
At Town Burr Gallery, enjoy “small works of GREAT ART” juried by English artist, Jon Measures.
The group exhibition features 70 intimate collage and assemblage works by 33 members of Collage Artists America. The exhibit is captivating and the selected art is as varied and eclectic as each artist’s imagination and creativity.
Free to the Public Parking is available. Refreshments will be served. Guitar mellow jazz will be provided by Riner Scivally.
There will be a closing reception on Friday, Nov. 27.
On view: November 7 – November 28
What: Opening reception
Where: Towns Burr Gallery, 3609 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505
When: Reception and Awards for Artists: Saturday, Nov. 7, from 5-8pm 6-9pm
Phone: (818) 845-7144
Website: www.townsburrgallery.com
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Later in the evening…staring at 8pm, stop into the Hollywood Arts Council’s CreateLA“Pop-Up pARTy” (1538 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood 90028), this is part of the Only in Hollywood Music + Arts Festival (mentioned on Friday today at top of this post and Sunday).
