// Thursday, Oct 16 Nightbreed: Director’s Cut x Clive Barker Pop-Up, at Cinefamily, West Hollywood. Co-presented by SpectreFest, a special show x tell with Clive in person, feat: 1) glimpses of audio/video/ephemera that’s inspired him 2) screenings of the new Director’s Cut 3) a pop-up gallery of memorabilia, new paintings, x Clive’s visual manifestation collection: The Dream Diaries. […]
A temporary series triangulating multiple cities simultaneously, Expanded Cities hosted telematic events at Sediment Arts in Richmond, Virginia, Mexicali Rose in Mexico, and Curio Studio in Venice, California. Commencing for the week on Friday 10.3, Expanded Cities featured a roster of visual and sound artists spanning geographies through a showcase of new media projects. The LA […]
// Thursday, Oct 2 Rise Art presents Beyond Realms, at IN THE WNDO, Venice. The online gallery’s pop-up week-long show presents art IRL. Spanning NY x LA, the exhibit features Burton Machen, Danielle Frankenthal, Lisa Piasecki, Geraldine Neuwirth, and Joseph Heidecker. opening reception 6-8pm Hyung Su Kim/Hyo Jin Kim: Madame Freedom, at REDCAT, DTLA. The Seoul-based […]
WOAH, mobile broadcast studio Experimental Half-Hour, and Curate LA‘s Shelley Holcomb, team up with multidisciplinary artist complex Werkärtz to present the latest edition of BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) Los Angeles: BYOB-LA III. A worldwide series of one-night-exhibitions curated around the world, BYOB is an idea conceived by artist Rafaël Rozendaal, with the first iteration initiated by Anne […]
// Thursday, Sep 11 Todd Gray: Exquisite Terribleness, at Meliksetian | Briggs, West Hollywood. New works by the LA artist recontextualized through the use of antique frames as a structuring device. Opening reception 6-9pm Gob Squad: Super Night Shot, at Redcat, DTLA. 8:30pm Sep 11-14 Los Angeles Plays Itself, at Cinefamily, West Hollywood. Thom Andersen’s 2003 film comprised […]
// Thursday, Aug 21 World Premiere Encore: Bill Plympton’s Cheatin,’ at Downtown Independent, DTLA. Bill Plympton’s 7th animated feature follows the fateful romance of Jake & Ella— &the fight through deceit to reclaim their destiny. With over 40,000 drawings, the film is a surrealist love story & hallmark to Plympton’s signature hand-painted style. Showtimes through Aug 28. […]
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Exploring the tension between surface and substance through a multidisciplinary practice, David Lucien Matheke combines painting, kinetic sculptures, and participatory environments to create silent spaces for collective introspection. Invoking ideas of sterility and preservation through works on paper, mixed media sculpture, sound, and performance, Matheke culls inspiration from thinking about ‘the confrontation of mortality’ that haunts and guides a process informed from within. Whether […]