We have two shows opening up at Angels Gate this weekend. Vessels, for the crafty folks, and New Studio Artists, for those who want to meet our newest additions.
Thursday, January 14
Steven Severin: Music to Silents @ Cinefamily. Severin, best known to weepy, sensitive teenagers as a bassist with Siouxie and the Banshees will be premiering his new live score to Jean Cocteau’s 1930 film, Blood of a Poet. $17, starts at 8, and you should buy tickets in advance, it will sell out if it hasn’t already.
Christopher Knight: Criticism, Journalism and Looking @Art @ Broad Stage, Santa Monica Performing Arts Center. Christopher Knight, current Fine Arts Critic in Residence at Otis, will be presenting a lecture. Starts at 7pm.
Friday, January 15
Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic @ Santa Monica Museum of Art. Video art featuring many versions of a rabbit being pulled from a hat. Members’ preview 6-7pm & public opening 7-9pm.
Saturday, January 16
Matt Wardell: Love is the Easy Part @ S1F Gallery. Description for this show includes the phrase “Making Love to Furniture.” It also has the most interesting press release that I’ve ever read. Reception is 6-9pm.
FYI – The Reflected Gaze: Self Portraiture Today @ Torrance Art Museum. Group show featuring Justin Bower, Chuck Close, Emily Counts, Ariel Erestingcol, Mark Greenwold, Julie Heffernan, Damien Hirst, Per Huttner, KAWS, Tom LaDuke, Hung Liu, Jennifer Nehrbass, Gavin Nolan, Fahamu Pecou, Dane Picard, Frank Ryan, Peter Sudar, Terri Thomas, Holly Topping, Alexandra Wiesenfeld, Cindy Wright and Liat Yossifor. Yes, work by Damien Hirst is being shown in Torrance. Which is kind of funny considering that it’s only a few miles from the Z Gallerie warehouse that no doubt contains so many knock off crystal skulls (still in stock, order one today!), let alone the suburbanites who buy them. Opening is 6-9pm.
Ben Talbert: Luck and Love Revisited @ Robert Berman. A selection of works from the 1960′s by the Venice beat painter, including some of his then-censored pornographic playing card paintings. Reception is 6-9pm.
Cherry Pie @ Western Project. Mysterious five person show with no press release that I can find. But it features work by sexploitation genius Russ Meyer, so I’m intrigued. Reception is 5-8pm.
Sunday, January 17
Vessels & New Studio Artists @ Angels Gate Cultural Center. We’ve got two shows opening in my galleries this Sunday. Vessels is co-curated by Jean Clad and Wynn Perry, and features a selection of artists who make vessels from both Southern California and Ohio. Featuring work by Danielle Chrissmsn, Rachelle Woo Chuang, Brian Donahue, Ellen Jantzen, Judy Kahle, Jeff Mack, Thomas S. Madden, Stephen W. Kemmerly, Karen Roderick-Lingeman, Michael F. Rohde, Susanna B. Speirs, Carol Shaw-Sutton and Rodney Tsukashima. New Studio Artists features a selection of work by artists who entered our Studio Artist Program in 2009 and features works by Lilly Aldriedge, Stuart Hamilton, Christy Johnson, Elyse Pignolet and Finishing School. Reception is 2-4pm.
