WPA | Performance | David Hughes

WPA is pleased to announce a performance on December 24th from 8:30pm.
featuring:
David Hughes, Derrick Maddox and John Williams.

WPA | 510 Bernard Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 | +1 213-503-5762

David Hughes | Opening WPA

David Hughes
December 17 - January 10
Opening Reception December 19th 6pm - 9pm

WPA is pleased to announce an exhibition by David Hughes.
David Hughes’ sculpture is discursive and infused with personal narrative. His work can be seen as a peculiar kind of storytelling. In Hughes’ world, the practicality of objects is isolated from both use and subject. The care is taken in the synthesis of a unique material language, not in the directness of pointing. His work is at once about the anxiety of effort and the ease of a complex gesture.
Hughes’ art encompasses everything from performance, sound, video and film, to various forms of painting and drawing, all siphoned through the expanded definition of sculpture; even his writings have a materialist quality.

David Hughes lives and works in Los Angeles.

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Sunday or by appointment.

Terri Phillips | Group Show La Cienegas Projects

Las Cienegas Projects | Landscape Memories Revisited

Please join us this Saturday night, November 14 from 7-10 pm for the opening of 3 new exhibitions including Landscape Memories Revisited, a group show curated by Steven Hull (in the Main Gallery), Patrick Killoran Immergence (in the Project Space) and Derek Boshier Dark Web (in the Back Room).

Las Cienegas Projects is a new artist-run project space and gallery focusing on large-scale, collaborative and project-based artworks by a broad range of local, national and international emerging and mid-career artists.

The gallery is located 1 1/2 blocks north of I-10 at 2045 South La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90034, between Cadillac and Guthrie. Parking is available in building's parking lot.
For further information, please contact LCP director Amy Thoner at 213.595.8017
or write us at lascienegasprojects@gmail.com.
www.lascienegasprojects.org

Sundays now open for gallerys in Chinatown

A collection of galleries in Chinatown, has banded together to open their doors on Sundays.
We now have a place to relax, grab a bite and check out all the shows on a relaxing sunday afternoon. Click to download a walking map for all the galleries that are open for sundays.

Opening | West Los Angeles College Art Gallery

Art Exhibition: "Newman's Subconscious" a group exhibition curated by Suzanne Adelman & Keith Walsh

Exhibition Dates: October 19th - December 4th, 2009.
Gallery Reception: Tuesday, Oct. 27th from 6:00-9:00 PM.

Gallery Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10:00am-4:00pm

This show will feature artworks by: Aaron Brewer, Kristin Beinner James, Suzanne Adelman, Pamela Jorden, Kristi Lippire, Christopher James, Tracy Miller, John Pearson, Ernie Ramirez,
Keith Walsh and Matt Wardell.

"Newman’s Subconscious"

In touching upon the issue of identity and shared consciousness, the objective of this show is to stimulate confusion and contemplation around it's subject matter: Newman’s Subconscious.

The group of artists selected in this show have the skills and sensibilities to articulate a range of viewpoints that highlight the confusion of the subject: Which ‘Newman’ are we speaking of? The artists may address the question of the subject by way of means not limited to formalism, popular imagery, high/low cultural juxtapositions, the esoteric, ephemera, spirituality, art history, and music. Some ‘Newman’ subjects may be living, some have passed on, others are fictitious. Regardless of their corporeality or not, each shares one that ultimately reflects a facet of America’s own character and culture.

Recent scientific research has shown that we can 'read' or enter each other's minds by way of reading expressions that set off a firing of mirror neurons. The brain is activated in the same way for both the subject and the receiver. As well, very specific areas of our brains have been mapped while picturing a variety of objects. Perhaps conscious or not, this mapping points to an amalgam of culture and shared identity within us. But then again...what exactly is a subconscious and who knows what is lurching in the neurological alchemy and accumulated warehouse of each other's minds?

Within this mediating capacity, between the process of the artwork and what the spectator brings to the gallery, art is therefore in the service of role-playing, exploring the nature of the self, and the nature of itself, as a mirror of shared consciousness.

West Los Angeles College Art Gallery
4800 Freshman Dr.
Culver City, CA 90230
310-287-4200
http://www.wlac.edu/

WPA Opening | Fil Rüting

FIl Rüting
Tri Repetae - One 24th of a Second
WPA, 510 Bernard St, October 24 - November 15
Opening Reception Saturday, October 24, 7-10pm

WPA is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Fil Rüting,
"Tri Repetae - One 24th of a Second".

*Trichromacy, the condition upon which humans perceive color, is a fundamental exploration point in "Tri Repetae". Sampled from iconic film, the videos and prints in this exhibition contain ghost like figures in shades of red, green, blue, moving within a stationary camera space such as a hallway, trash heap, or skate park. These images hint at a sublime subtext within the original sampled narrative releasing the imagery from the restraints of its linear form, by continuously cutting the frame in overlapping time. One 24th of a second is the time in which a single frame of film is seen; these prints as single frames however implicate the multiple frames found in cinematic film. This literal liberation of image and sound from the formal and conceptual constraints of historical linear filmic space succeeds predominantly though this direct relationship to time. Time is represented as historical form, context, and idea. Rüting’s playful reconstructive approach to sampled cinematic imagery implies a sort of visual haiku; instead of three lines of text, we have three colors, three compositions… a tri repetae.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Fil Rüting now lives and works in Los Angeles.

*The human eye contains three types of color receptors (cones), with different absorption spectra. The RGB (red, green, blue) additive color model used in video and other electronic devices, was derived from this trichromatic perception of color.

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Saturday or by appointment.

WPA Opening | Michael Minelli

Michael Minelli
" "

WPA, 510 Bernard St.,September 24 - October 17
Opening Reception Saturday, September 26, 7-10 pm

WPA presents “,” an exhibition of recent work by Michael Minelli. This is the second in a series of exhibitions scheduled at WPA, a new artist-run space located in Chinatown. Minelli’s work has long been invested in the quid pro quo between popular media discourse and the individual subject. In this recent series of sculpture and drawing, Minelli renders microphones, boom stands and free standing banners as avatars of public address. However, as opposed to being either “behind” or “in front of” the mic, the voice in these works emerges as stuck somewhere between states of mediation and misrecognition. Minelli’s use of materials and language suggests how distortion itself might be claimed as a site of agency. Be it through quotation, lyric or utterance, the voice in “” erupts as a shower of alternative somebodies; occupying positions of both call and response.

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Sunday or by appointment.

Video Screening | LAXART

A night of video, curated by Pilar Conde
At LAXART
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
7 pm

Featuring work by:
Uri Aran / Trisha Baga / Sena Basoz / Ronnie Bass / Susan Black / Mary Walling Blackburn / David Brooks / Sari Carel / Isami Ching / Joshua Clayton / Deville Cohen / Lucy Dodd / Debo Eilers / Maggie Foster / Marc Ganzglass / Tommy Hartung / Nick Herman / Nina Hoffmann and Ryan Harden Brown / David Horvitz / Chris James / Dani Leventhal / Matt Luem / Marylea Madiman / Yasue Maetake / Michael Mahalchick / Abby Manock / Gabriel Martinez / Alexander May / Justin Moore / John Pearson / George Raggett / Alia Raza / Tim Ridlin / Aki Sasamoto / Annie Shaw / Fern Silva / Bad Trucker / Arturo Vidich / Connie Walsh

www.laxart.org
LAXART
2640 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

WPA Opening | Charles Irvin

Charles Irvin
Four Baboons Adoring the Rising Sun

August 29th - September 20th, Opening, Sat. Sept. 12, 7-10 pm

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Saturday or by appointment.

WPA presents "Four Baboons Adoring the Rising Sun," an exhibition of paintings by Charles Irvin. This is the first solo exhibit at WPA, a new artist-run space located in Chinatown. The title refers to the granite sculpture placed at the base of the Temple of Luxor in ancient Egypt. This massive sculpture shows baboons raising their hands, singing, and dancing in homage to the rising sun, which they guide and assist in its passage through the gates of day. Just as the Egyptian King Ramesses II appreciated this sculpture, enough to have his name inscribed upon the breast of each baboon, so does Irvin find fascination in this and other mythological concepts and belief systems that he explores and gives form to in this group of paintings.

Charles Irvin makes paintings, drawings, videos, performances and more. Most recently his work was presented at the Hammer Museum as part of Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from L.A. After the Sept 12 reception there will be performances by Santonio Flowere at 10pm and Charles Irvin's band Dude Dogg at 11pm

August 29th - September 20th, Opening, Sat. Sept. 12, 7-10 pm

Gallery open 12-6pm, Thursday - Saturday or by appointment.

WPA Opening | Group Show

An Exhibition of Selected Skills of the Unemployed
guide-LA.com is proud to announce the inaugural group show featuring the members of WPA. Bart Exposito, Andrew Hahn, David Hughes, Charles Irvin, Pamela Jorden, Michael Minelli, Rachael Neubauer, John Pearson, Terri Phillips, Fil Ruting, Henry Taylor, Ryan Tomcho, Tyler Vlahovich.

August 8 - 23, opening August 15 7 - 10pm
510 Bernard St, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 90026
WPALA.com
list@wpala.com

Conversation | Dennis Hollingsworth and Bart Exposito

New Conversation | Watch online now!
Dennis Hollingsworth and Bart Exposito

This is the second of the two conversations between Los Angeles painters Bart exposito and Dennis Hollingsworth. In this episode Bart visits Dennis's studio to see what his been doing as well as follow up on their ongoing conversations about each others philosophy and art practice.

Conversation | Bart Exposito and Dennis Hollingsworth

New Conversation | Watch online now!
Bart Exposito and Dennis Hollingsworth

This is the first of two conversations between LA painters Bart Exposito and Dennis Hollingsworth. In this episode Dennis visits Bart's studio to talk about his history as an artist and continue their ongoing dialogue about personal philosophy and studio practice.

Technical Update | Video problem fixed | New Video by Andrea Bowers

As you may or may not know there has been an issue with our video files stopping at 1/4 hr intervals recently. For anyone who has tried to watch any videos recently this has now been fixed and they will now all play completely through. Additionally there is also a new video by Andrea bowers, An Eloquent woman, 2009, now playing on her artist page here.

Guide-LA Conversations | Podcast now on iTunes - iPhone

iPhone and iPod Touch users can now watch all the Guide Los Angeles conversations in iTunes. Click here to open iTunes on your computer or iPhone and subscribe to the guide-la.com podcasts. Please rate us and write a review on iTunes.

New Video | Aaron Brewer

Red Planes (The Eagle And the Hawk), by Aaron Brewer. A new video now playing in the recent video section.

Conversation | Steve Canaday and Parker Jones

New Conversation

Parker Jones talks to Steve Canaday about his recent show at his gallery. "Black, Blacker, Blackest." These "Stealth-like" minimal abstactions offer a surprising break from his figurative works and a deeper insight into the practice of this Los Angeles painter. Click here to watch online now.

Video Journeys | Sister Group show @ Cottage Home

Sister presents - Video Journeys
May 30 - June 27, 2009
Opening Reception Saturday May 30th, 7 to 10 PM
410 Cottage Home St.
Chinatown, 90012

Starring:
Kathryn Andrews
Michele O'Marah
Jason Meadows
Alfred Hitchcock
John Williams
Mark Borchardt
Katie Grinnan
Takeshi Murata
Marco Rios
Kirsten Stoltmann
Alexandria Harris
Alex Bag
Amy Sarkisian
Kai Althoff
Justin Beal
Cal Crawford
Eric Wesley
Paul Pfeiffer
Ry Rocklen
Paul Slocum

Watch older videos by Jason Meadows and Amy Sarkisian in the artist videos section here on guide-la.

New Conversation | Henry Taylor and Pamela Jorden

Click here to see the new conversation video featuring Pamela Jorden talking to Henry Taylor at his most recent show at Mesler&Hug

New video | Julian Pozzi

Denis, by Julian Pozzi
A new video now playing in the
Recent Video Section.

LACE Benefit Art Auction 2009

LACE Benefit Art Auction 2009

Join us on May 20 and May 21 for the LACE Benefit Art Auction.

This year LACE has invited a select group of artists, curators, and creative professionals to each organize their personal “visual playlist”. The resulting array of mini-exhibitions will reflect the multitude of styles and interests that make Los Angeles’ contemporary art world such an exciting place to be.

PARTICIPATING CURATORS
Nayland Blake, Phil Chang, Anne Collier, Stuart Comer, Fallen Fruit, Carlee Fernandez, Eve Fowler & Lucas Michael/ACP, Soo Kim, John Knuth, Jenée Misraje, Shamim Momin, Terri Phillips, Lucas Reiner, Marco Rios, Aaron Rose, Sterling Ruby, Maya Schindler, Anna Sew Hoy, Thomas Solomon, Carol Stakenas, George Stoll, Catherine Taft, Ed & Deanna Templeton, Matt Wardell and Amy & Wendy Yao.

DATES
Artist Reception , Wednesday May 6, 2009, 8 - 10pm.
All artwork will be on view at LACE from May 7 – 17, 2009
Gallery Hours: Wed – Sun, 12 – 6pm

Live Auction, Wednesday May 20, 2009
6:00pm: Silver Circle Preview
including walkthrough with select curators & artists
7:30pm: Cocktail Party
8:30 pm: Live Auction
with Blake Koh, Director of Fine Arts West Coast, Sotheby’s as guest auctioneer

Silent Auction, Thursday, May 21, 2009
8:00pm: Cocktail Party
9:00pm: First lots promptly close
10:30pm: Last lots close

TICKETS
To purchase tickets call LACE at 323.957.1777 ext 12.

Charles Irvin | Screening and Q+A

Sunday Afternoon with Chaz
03:00pm, Sunday, April 26 Hammer Screenings

In his drawings, videos and paintings, Charles Irvin takes absurdity to the extreme. For this special screening, Irvin presents his new video, Membrane Lane. Adopting the style of conspiracy theory documentaries such as Loose Change and Zeitgeist, Membrane Lane explores the origins and agenda of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, a support group for individuals who claim to have been falsely accused of perpetrating child sexual abuse. Irvin mixes found footage with live action scenes, moving from highly-authoritative moments to silly and rebellious characters and scenarios, keeping everything slightly off balance. Irvin will also show a selection of earlier shorts, and the screening will be followed with an informal Q&A with the artist.

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required.

Parking is available under the museum for $3 for 3 hours.

Tucker Stilley | Exibition Extended

Extended to May 3rd.
To see some of what tucker is about click here

Monte Vista Projects
5442 Monte Vista St (at Ave. 55),
Los Angeles, CA 90042.
info@montevistaprojects.com

Steve Canaday | Parker Jones Gallery

Steve Canaday
Black Blacker Blackest
April 18- May 23
Parker Jones Gallery
510 Bernard St.
Los Angeles, 90012

New Video | When you Love Someone

When You Love Someone, 2009 - Terri Phillips Watch it now!

Tucker Stilley | Monte Vista Projects

April 10 – April 25, 2009
The Permanent Record of Newjack_Rasputin Tucker Stilley
Monte Vista Projects
5442 Monte Vista St (at Ave. 55),
Los Angeles, CA 90042.
info@montevistaprojects.com
Walking the tenuous line between a "virtual residency" and an unsuccessful artificial intelligence test, multi-media artist Tucker Stilley pops the hood on his syncretic art-making process. Walking the tenuous line between a "virtual residency" and an unsuccessful artificial intelligence test, multi-media artist Tucker Stilley pops the hood on his syncretic art-making process. In a marathon 2 week session hosted at the Monte Vista Projects - Stilley, almost completely paralyzed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), demonstrates via live webcast & installation the method behind the creation of his on-going hyper-sigil artwork The Permanent Record of Newjack_Rasputin. "I feel it is logical, my own nervous system failing, that I would spontaneously generate an alter-ego, tear a hole-in-space and try to escape. My situation warrants immediate and drastically uncompromising self-metamorphosis. An exquisite new aesthetic unfolds when you are standing on the deck of a burning ship. Being paralyzed amplifies the uneasy link between intent and action and brings into question the true meaning of this place and time that we occupy…and of what our ultimate audience might prove to be." An artist for over thirty years, in as many media, Tucker Stilley 48, attended Studio for Interrelated Media, at the Massachusetts College of Art. He has worked in Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles as a media artist, sound designer and film editor. Previous exhibitions include ART, Cambridge, REDCAT & Octopus Garden Salon, LA.
This exhibition was curated by Sam Durant.

Henry Taylor | Mesler&Hug

Open April 4 - May 9
Tue-Sat 11-6
Mesler&Hug
510 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA. 90012
T.323.221.0016 · info@meslerandhug.com

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