Events for December 2nd, 2008
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Tuesday - December 2nd
Bars & Clubs / Hotel
Whiskey After Work at Whiskey Blue
Whiskey Blue - 930 Hilgard Ave - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Because no one wants to deal with screeching tires and stop-and-go traffic
Events / Museum Exhibit
Nathalie Djurberg - exhibition
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Sept. 28 - Jan. 4: The Swedish-born, Berlin-based artist excels in wonderfully antic claymation videoswith soundtracks from her collaborative partner Hans Berg. Below, you can watch the two of them walk around a room and talk into the camera. If you don't speak whatever language they're speaking,...
Events / Museum Exhibit
Ryan Trecartin - exhibition
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Sept. 10 - Dec. 7: Recalling our blink-and-you-miss-it culture of internet, TV and video games, Ryan Trecartin "mixes cheap special effects with absurd narratives in which he and his regular cast of collaborator-friends act out a sort of Lord of the Flies for the 21st century."
Events / Theater Event
By the Waters of Babylon
Geffen Playhouse - 10886 Le Conte Avenue - Los Angeles (Westwood Village)
Arturo, an exiled Cuban with a green thumb, tends to Texas widow Catherine's garden. Don't go getting any saucy ideas, thoughwhat flowers between the two is friendship. Richard Seyd directs Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Schenkkan's play. Nov. 5 - Dec. 7 Tues, Wed, Thurs 7:30 p.m.Fridays 8...
Events / Art
Aaron Curry- exhibition
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Oct. 26 - Feb. 1: Exploring aspects of the disorienting, depth-perception camouflage techniques used in World War I, Aaron Curry presents a series of new sculptures.
Events / Art
Gouge - The Modern Woodcut, 1870 to Now
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Nov. 9 - Feb. 8: Tracing the history of the woodcut from its emergence in the late-1800s as a modern medium, the Hammer presents selections from Europeans like Paul Gauguin, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Picasso, as well as work from points South including Cuban revolutionary banners and cuts...
Events / Art
Oranges and Sardines - Conversations in Abstract Painting
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Nov. 9 - Feb. 8: The work of six contemporary abstract paintersMark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl, and Christopher Woolis displayed alongside specific pieces from sources of inspiration like Paul Klee, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Willem de Kooning and more.
Arts and Culture / Art
Other People - Portraits from Grunwald and Hammer Collections
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
Nov. 26 - Mar. 15: An exhibition of works in a variety of media dating from the 16th century to the present day, charting the enduring form of the portrait genre with works by such diverse artists as Hendrick Goltzius, Gustav Klimt, Catherine Opie and Jenny Saville.
Events / Book Author Readings
The Paris Review at the Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum - 10899 Wilshire Blvd - Los Angeles (Westwood)
6 p.m.
One of America's longest running literary magazines, the Paris Review celebrates its 55th Anniversary with the release of the third volume of the "Paris Review Interviews." Editor Philip Gourevitch, along with former staff members Stephen Gaghan and novelist Mona Simpson, read work from the...
