The weekend is here.

Friday, May 16

Edith Abeyta, Dyed @ Scout. I posted about this installation a few days back, all the details are here. I haven’t seen it past it’s initial stages, but I’m sure it’s tops. Reception/Party/Trunk Show is 7-10.

Saturday, May 17

Vexing: Female Voices From East L.A. Punk @ Claremont Museum of Art. I’m jealous that this show isn’t being done in LA proper. I have A LOT of opinions of punk history, mainly that everything has been watered down to this LA, New York & London axis that really has little to do with how the scene evolved. But I won’t go into that here, other than to say that it’s a damn shame that most young folk today get their introduction to punk either through Penelope Spheris’ snapshot of a film Decline of Western Civilization or through any number of books that cover the scene in LA as if it only took place in Hollywood. Anyways…….. This show should be awesome. Alice Bag has a great post about the show on her blog, too. Reception is at 7 PM.

Misato Suzuki, Unknown Quantities @ Sam Lee Gallery. Misato is new to me, but I keep seeing more than solid work at Sam Lee, so I’m gonna keep pimping it. Also featured in the Project Room is Carrie Yury. Reception is 6-9 PM.

Sunday, May 18

Salty Dog Bites The Hand Artist Talk & Film Screening @ Angels Gate Cultural Center. All of the folks in our current exhibition will be on hand to talk about their work. For the screening we will be showing Justin Long’s goofy re-telling of the Odyssey and exhibition curator Allan Sekula’s film The Lottery of the Sea. I can’t say enough how much this is a can’t miss opportunity to see Allan’s film work. Artist Talk at 3 PM & the screenings start at 6 PM. We’re going to break for chow and good times between the talk and the screening, so join us for that, too.

COLA 2008 @ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. There are two faves of mine in this exhibition, El Camino College Professor Joyce Dallal, who has constructed a paper airplane based installation, and ex-AGCC Studio Artist Timothy Nolan, who’s work never fails to move and impress me with its unyielding precision. Also featured on the visual arts side of things are Judie Bamber, Erin Cosgrove, Lewis Klahr, Suzanne Lacy, Stas Orlovski, Louise Sandhaus and Alex Slade. Also notable, but having nothing to do with the exhibitions side of things is that Phranc received a fellowship this year (she’ll be performing on April 13). Reception is 2-5.

At Top - Heather Rasmussen’s installation Pier J, Long Beach, California. Google Satellite Photograph, 3/39/2004. 1″=1′-0′, as seen in Salty Dog Bites The Hand. It links to a Flickr set of the installation, FYI.

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