Had to take some time off from posting about shows, because I’ve been knee deep in my own. But we’re back.
Thursday, January 8
Flashpoint between the Fleeting and the Eternal @ AndrewShire Gallery. Reception is 6-9 PM.
20 Years Ago Today Artist Roundtable @ Japanese American National Museum. Roundtable with Eve Fowler, Lari Pittman and Erika Rothenberg, in conjunction with 20 Years Ago Today: Supporting Visual Artists in LA, a look back at 20 years of the California Community Foundation’s Fellowships for Visual Artists. Starts at 6:30.
Timothy Nolan, Edge @ Phantom Galleries LA at The Title Guarantee Building. Tim Nolan’s work has long held a place in my heart, one of the few Studio Artists from before my time at Angels Gate who’s work I’ve made sure to keep on my radar. Opens during the Downtown Artwalk, so there’s sure to be more to see around downtown. 7-9 PM.
LAAA Open Show Film Screening and Panel Discussion @ National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. Juried by David Pagel, this is the film component of the Los Angeles Art Association’s Open Show. Featuring films by Teresa Flores, Zig Gron, Daniel Young and Daniel Forrest, Hadiya Finley, Arzu Arda Kosar and Jessica Mentesoglu. 7:30 – 10 PM.
Friday, January 9
Paprika @ The Silent Movie Theatre. After a brief holiday break, the Cinefamily is back. Paprikia is the first film in their Beyond Anime series. The Cinefamily folks describe Paprika “as maddening and terrifying as a Philip K. Dick reality deconstruction, and as densely packed and beautifully realized as a Bosch canvas.” Can’t beat that. Midnight, $10. Trailer at top.
Saturday, January 10
Moira Hahn: Night Vision @ Koplin Del Rio. No one does anthropomorphic animals better, and Hahn has a solid understanding of the compositional forms that her Ukiyo-e inspired work demands. Reception is 6-10 PM.
Sush Machida Gaikotsu: New Wave of Turner, New School Pollock @ Western Project. Hokusai influenced ocean works, steeped in art historical reference. Reception is 5-8 PM.
Walter Gabrielson: Babies and Bombs @ Jancar Gallery. Works by recently passed (LA Times obit) Gabrielson, featured in the Jancar/McCorkle Projects gallery, including a selection of his small paintings of atomic explosions. Reception is 6-9 PM.
Browne Molyneaux & Randall Fleming: Murder Your Car @ The Loft. Part of Post-Post-Apocalypse, anti-car activists Molyneaux and Fleming will engage in the symbolic destruction of a “car object” accompanied by a general assault on consumerism. Starts at 7:30.
Los Angeles No Pants 2k9 @ The Los Angeles Metro System. No pants on the subway, brought to you by Improv Everywhere. 2-5 PM, with the prime meetup at 2 PM at the 7th Street/Metro Center to catch the 2:22 train, sans pants.
Return to Oz @ The Silent Movie Theatre. Holfuckingshit: Fucked-Up Kids’ Movies is on the menu for January. Starring a pint sized Fairuza Balk and a cast of much, much more L. Frank Baum characters than the Wizard of Oz could have ever hoped for. Starts at 10 PM, $10. Trailer here.
Sunday, January 11
Linsley Lambert: Portraits @ Offramp. Linsley is one of the city’s foremost portrat painters. Reception is 2-5 PM.
Grey Gardens @ LACMA. 1975 documentary about two reclusive Jackie O relatives who lived in a decrepit mansion a super wealthy area of New York. Introduced by director Albert Maysles. 1 PM in the Bing Theatre, $7 for members, $10 for non-members.
Nicholas Klemek’s Post-Post-Apocalyptic Family Film Festival: Purple Section @ The Loft. The final “official” double feature in our series of apocalyptic films being shown as part of Post-Post-Apocalypse, featuring Four for the Apocalypse and Mother of Tears. Join us for some casual movie watching in our plywood and blanket fort. Four for the Apocalypse starts at 6 and Mother of Tears starts at 8.
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