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Closing this weekend at SADE is a show where whimsical fantasy and sophisticated reconfiguration marry in a perfect plane.  Transforming the angular cubicle walls of the former Night Gallery into an atmospheric scene with hanging ferns and lilac carpet, the painted worlds of Ariana Papademetropoulos envelope us in a picture of a surreal salon….

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‘It’s about creating a gateway where a seemingly traditional environment is liquified; revealing it’s organic and interpretive forms that bare similar effects to a Rorschach inkblot test,’ says Ariana Papademetropoulos, a portrait of beauty herself, perched amidst a sea of plants suspended above painted interiors embellishing…

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Through site-specificity and the documentation of ephemeral occurrences, two shows reassemble painting and photography into archival experiences tracing movement and temporality. Propelling two-dimensions into a three-dimensional plane, April Street and Doty/Glasco— the collaborative product of artists JR Doty and Joe Glasco— take image-processes beyond the…

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Last weekend it was that one-time of year in Los Angeles where three big international art happenings happened simultaneously— otherwise known as Superbowl weekend to the rest of the world.  The first and longest running in the trio of art fairs to hit was Art Los Angeles…

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It’s art fair season in Los Angeles… kicking-off this weekend with the LA Art Show and the 24th iteration of the international exposition photo la.  Returning to downtown’s historic LA Mart fortress The REEF January 15-18th, photo la showcases a lens-based potpourri ranging from the 19th Century to…

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It’s the time of year when your inbox fills with ‘top’ lists… top art shows you missed… top art dealers dating artists they represent… top Klaus Biesenbach selfie’s with a pop star… you name it… there’s probably a curated list tagged with ‘art’ and ‘top’ somewhere.  Unlike…

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// Thursday, Nov 13 ANVI: Jane Chariet: Why I Use My Body + Appetite / Timeghost / Nephila / Saran Man at MATA Noise, West Adams. Photo series by NY artist Jane Chariet.  Sounds from Appetite, Thimeghost, Nephila, & Saran Man. opening reception 8pm |…

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// Thursday, Nov 6 EUREKA & the BIOMASS, at 5 Car Garage, Santa Monica. A ‘Beauty & the Beast’ set in 2100, Megan Daalder’s sci-fi musical follows a human’s love affair with a synthetic organism: ‘the biomass,’ a spectacular behemoth, humanoid puppet.  Performances are sold-out,…

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// Thursday, Oct 30 ALONE [an existential haunting], Secret Location, DTLA. A fully immersive haunted house! A site-specific & artistic exploration of fear, loneliness & self preservation. open now thru Nov 1 The Dirty Furnace: Metal Works by Metal Workers, at SOSM Project Space, DTLA / East LA. New…

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// Thursday, Oct 23  MFA Media Arts Fall exhibition: .CALM, at New Wight Gallery, Culver City / West LA. Works by John Brumley, Aliah Magdalena Dark, Julieta Gil, Camella DaEun Kim, Jane Chang Mi, Miguel Nobrega, Kate Parsons, Saakshita Prabhakar, Alex Rickett & Daniel Schwarz….

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