More Beginning of the Season Show Pimping
Again, I’m not sure I want to make this a regular thing, but since it’s the beginning of the season, and there’s so much great stuff going down, here it is.
Thursday, September 13
Impressions, The Printed Image @ the El Camino Art Gallery. This show is a winner, featuring both South Bay and regional talents. Check out the post below, or the Flickr page of images from the show for a preview. Artists in the show include Jessica Dunne, Jocelyn Foye, Mark Greenfield, Yunsun Lee, Besty Lohrer-Hall, Robin McCloskey, Phyllis McGibbon, Patrick Merrill, Kamran Moojedi, Annette Owens, Victor Raphael, Laura Stickney, Richard Wagener, Medora Wildenberg and Thomas Wojak. Parking at El Camino after 7 PM is easy, and you can use the staff lot at that time, so you don’t have to hike.
Friday, September 14
Barry McGee: Advanced Mature Work @ REDCAT. Some people love REDCAT, and think it’s the smartest thing in LA. Some people hate it. Everybody loves Barry McGee, so therefore, everyone will love REDCAT’s next show. Not sure exactly what the site specific piece is going to look like or be, but I’m sure it will be awesome. The PR says it’s his first solo show in LA since his Hammer show in 2000, but I remember him having a show at a gallery on Wilshire that involved an upturned, painted van more recently than that. Is my memory gone? Opening reception is Friday, from 7-10 PM.
Saturday, September 15
re-Perspective @ The Office. I’ve enjoyed watching The Office hit the right notes over the past 4.5 years, but all songs end. This Saturday, the final show at The Office opens. It’s a a show guest curated by Chloe Flores and Autumn Beck that “explores the relationship of politics, technology and the feminist movement of the 1970’s as they are positioned in dialogue with the contemporary concerns and ideology.” Artists are Audrey Chan, Gioj De Marco, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Robert Hollister, Yucef Merhi (warning - Yucef Merfhi link makes a ton of noise) Seth Price and Greg Santos.
Chris Hoff, who runs the Office, also runs the excellend OC Art Blog, a must read in Los Angeles, and he curated the Who Killed Bambi? show that opened last week. I’m hoping that he stays a busy guy - he’s one of the people making the Southern California art scene interesting.
MorYork: (dis)place, two - performances @ Mor York Gallery. I made my first visit to Moryork Gallery on Saturday night, and I was blown away. John’s installation is beautiful, and it does amazing things with light when people are moving through it. The Gallery itself is a mind blowing space, too. It’s a massive warehouse filled with some of the most amazing things you’ll ever see, scores of glass cases filled with neatly organized curios, massive hanging sculptures made from buttons, puzzle pieces and bottle caps, furniture made from hundreds of yardsticks, all belonging to artist Clare Graham. It’s one of Los Angeles’ most awesome hidden secrets.
Saturday night David Meyer and PJ Wyderka will be performing 3 Movements for Cello and Bass in relation to the piece. Also, Molly Bendall and Daniel Tiffany will be reading poetry.
Mor York is located at 4959 York Blvd., Highland Park, CA 90042.
Sunday, September 16
Humor Us @ the Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park. Because of its lack of funding, the limited hours and various PR issues, good shows at MAG often end up under the radar. It’s one of the best exhibition spaces in the city, though, with high walls and ceilings, open spaces, and various rooms that are perfect for installation works. The show that opens this Friday has been described to me as a “three curator Japanese humor show.” I’ve also been told by one of the people at the gallery that “I will like it.” I know that the show has something for everyone, including bestiality, scatology and a snail strapped to a roller coaster.
Artists in the exhibition include Shane Abad, Tetsuji Aono, Susan Choi, Young Chung, Allan deSouza, Cirilo Domine, Reanne Estrada, Pearl Hsiung, Byoung Ok Koh, Terence Koh, kozyndan, Dinh Q Lê, Candice Lin, Sandra Low, Sandeep Mukherjee, UuDam Nguyen, Kaz Oshiro, Joey Santarromana, Anna Sew Hoy, and Niphan Suwannakas.
Opening reception is Sunday, from 2-5 PM. As always, parking at Barnsdall is a bitch, good luck.
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September 12th, 2007 at
Thanks for the kind words Marshall. Much Appreciated.
Chris
September 12th, 2007 at
I’ve got high hopes for any future projects you do. We’ve show a lot of the same folks over the years, often before anyone else has, so I think you’ve got great taste! Thanks for taking the risk on so many great people.
September 16th, 2007 at
I kinda remember the Barry McGee show w/ the van, and I think there were a couple other artists involved. So, not a “solo” show.
September 17th, 2007 at
I couldn’t remember if it was one way or the other, either. I think it was probably a group show, but the show was really all about Barry McGee and his van in the press, so that’s what I remember. Also, I remember driving by the van a dozen or so times, so it’s stuck in my mind.