Events for September 5th, 2008
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Friday - September 5th
Events / Film Showing
I Pierre, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother...
Billy Wilder Theater @ the Hammer - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
7:30 p.m.
In the tradition of "In Cold Blood," this 1976 French film directed by Rene Allio, zeroes in on a horrific murder in 1830's Normandy and the trial that followed. Working primarily with non-actors, and based on texts compiled by philosopher Michel Foucault, "I Pierre..." delves into the psychology...
Events / Museum Exhibit
Henry Coombes
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Scottish video artist Henry Coombes drops two sets of moving pictures on the Hammer museum. In both 2005's "Laddy and the Lady" and "Gralloch" (2007) Coombes plays with the roles of hunter and hunted—sportsman and sport. June 12 - Sept. 7
Events / Museum Exhibit
Sun Xun - exhibition
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Chinese-born artist Sun Xun brings his series of metriculously-rendered animations to the Hammer Museum. July 11 - Oct. 12
Events / Museum Exhibit
Between Earth and Heaven - the architecture of John Lautner
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
July 13 - Oct. 12: Architect John Lautner is single-handedly responsible for those space-age buildings in Los Angeles that made people stop and stare, dreamily imagining a future of sleek "Jetsons"-like proportions. The Hammer Museum takes a look back at six decades of his iconoclastic, often...
Events / Museum Exhibit
Tomma Abts - exhibition
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Small, severe, abstract paintings by German-born, London based artist Tomma Abts. July 27 - Nov. 9
Events / Contemporary Art
Nathan Danilowicz - All Internal
Crisp London Los Angeles - 1355 Westwood Blvd. - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Aug. 23 - Sept. 20: Los Angeles-based artist Nathan Danilowicz offers up personal recollections through text, video and other material appropriated from or generated by the internet. Opening reception Aug. 23, 6 - 8 p.m.
Events / Theater Event
Beethoven, As I Knew Him
Geffen Playhouse - 10886 Le Conte Avenue - Los Angeles (Westwood Village)
Hershey Felder's one-man show explores the great composer's life. We're expecting plenty of piano concertos and 19th century-tastic hair. Through Sept. 28 Tues, Wed, Thurs 7:30 p.m.Sat, 4 p.m., 8:30 p.m.Sun, 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
