Events for October 8th, 2008
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Wednesday - October 8th
Events / Photography
Melanie Pullen - Violent Times
Ace Gallery - Los Angeles - 5514 Wilshire Blvd. - Los Angeles (Park La Brea)
July 12 - January, 2009: Los Angeles photographer Melanie Pullen reconstructs epic images of war through history. Working with make-up artists, wardrobe designers and set builders, Pullen has designed single troops and even battlefields by building large sections of the city of Berlin and using a...
Events / Photography
Yin Zhaoyang - Radiation
Df2 Gallery - 314 N. Crescent Heights Blvd. - Los Angeles
Sept. 6 - Nov. 8: New paintings and sculptures from Yin Zhaoyang. Notable among these is "Tearful Buddha," a full-body self-portrait of the artist, carved from a single block of marble. Opening reception Sept. 6, 6 - 8 p.m.
Events / Installation Art
Wish Trees - Yoko Ono
Aug. 2 - Nov. 8: Write your wish on a piece of paper and hang it from a limb of one of Yoko Ono's wish trees. Our wishes: paychecks that come on time, Oreos.
Events / Contemporary Art
All Of This Is Melting Away - group exhibition
Royal/T - 8910 Washington Blvd. - Culver City
August 14 - Dec. 31: Jay Sanders, fresh from Greene Naftali Gallery in New York, curates this overview of contemporary Asian art. Like Royal/T's previous "Just Love Me" exhibit, expect a colorful spray of offerings large and small, 3-D and superflat, from usual suspects Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo...
Events / New Media Art
RabbitHoles - group show
Gnomon Gallery - 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd. - Los Angeles (Hollywood)
Time just keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future. This group show features the 3-D work of ten artists, utilizing state-of-the-art digital motion holograms that display 1280 frames of full-color, 3D imagery, including up to seven seconds of fluid and seamless animation on a...
Events / Emerging Artists
Sirens - group show
The Whole 9 Gallery - 6101 Washington Blvd. - Culver City (Art District)
Aug. 23 - Oct. 18: This Culver City group show features work from Anahit Vart, Anna Trubnikov, Clauia Monroy, Gary Palmer and Jeff Nemeroff. Opening reception Aug. 23, 6 - 10 p.m.
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Alexandra Grant - A.D.D.G . (aux dehors de guillemets)
Honor Fraser - 2622 La Cienega Blvd. - Los Angeles (Art District)
Sept. 6 - Oct. 25: Paint a writing, or write a painting? Inspired by the text of hypertext writer Michael Joyce's "Six Portals," Alexandra Grant has decided to have it both ways with this new exhibit, which includes mobile sculpture, video and six large works on paper. Opening reception Sept. 6, 6 -...
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Elizabth Turk - Traces
Bandini Art - 2635 South Fairfax Ave. - Culver City (Art District)
Sept. 6 - Oct. 18: Stone carving is some serious business, but Elizabeth Turk makes it look both easy and beautiful. Her water droplet-pooled sculptures favor heavy naturalism and, if you squint, an exactingly hewn subterranean world might just present itself. Opening reception Sept. 6, 6 - 8 p.m.
Events / Paintings and Drawings
Kyle Field - More Country Questions
Taylor De Cordoba - 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd. - Los Angeles (Art District)
Sept. 6 - Oct. 25: Kyle Field, a San Francisco-based artist who also plays most excellent music under the moniker Little Wings (and just happened to play in a band called Rodriguez with a guy named M. Ward) presents a new exhibition of ink and watercolor works on paper. Just like the songs he...
Events / Photography
Julian Hoeber - All that is Solid Melts into Air
Blum & Poe - 2754 La Cienega Blvd. - Los Angeles (Art District)
Sept. 6 - Oct. 18: L.A.-based artist Julian Hoeber presents a new series of fifteen works on paper that delve into both psychology and nausea through perceptual tricks. Will you lose your lunch? We guarantee nothing. Also keep an eye out for his bronze-cast heads, which have been pummeled, shot and...


