Presented by MΓΊsed and Other People's Children, "Femme Fatale" is a Los Angeles pop up including work from artists Remy Holwick, Yana Toyber, Leah Schrager, Yulia Nefedova, Annallisa Benston (Famous on Mars), Maya Fuhr, Pola Esther, and Emily J. Snyder, as well as emerging labels Whatever 21, Ghost Modern, AMPL Apparel, and Gavin Rossdale's Sea of Sound. photographs by Summer Bowie.
CAM WORLS features fifty of the artistβs videos, made between 2007 and 2017, including eighteen never-before-exhibited artworks. Take a walk around the gallery to trace the evolution of Petra's online presence and take a seat on one of the many beanbags to view the works simultaneously from a distance, then make your way to the back gallery to view her 2015 piece, mind_candy_pfaffs, a collection of life-sized sexy girls in motion pulled from VirtuaGirl, one of the many technologies that the artist has employed in her work, its broader purpose is to give its users the impression that the sexy woman of their choice is trapped and living right within their own computer screens. CAM WORLS will be on view through April 7 at UTA Artist Space 670 S. Anderson Street Los Angeles. photographs by Oliver Kupper and Lani Trock
American culture has always been a mosaic of imported elements, the internet and globalism have only amplified this pluralism. Logan Crileyβs work seeks to elucidate the cultural fragmentation and to interrogate the construction of individual and collective identity. βOne Thousand American Nightsβ aims to explore a unique cultural moment where the beauty and insidiousness of this condition are ever-present. Criley's solo exhibition will be on view through March 17, 2018 at As It Stands Gallery 2601 Pasadena Ave Los Angeles. photographs by Edem.
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40 French, and foreign experts were invited to form a think tank. The objective of this think tank? Define the essence of le French Design, and then select 40 cult objects to represent it. An exhibition of these objects will be on view until April 29 at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles. photographs by Mika Larson
In the new works on view at Hauser & Wirth, Mark Bradford probes stories found in comic books to question the archetype of the antihero and the influence of the media on contemporary society, while also revisiting misconceptions of black identity and gender as seen in previous works. βNew Worksβ presents paintings that extend the artistβs examination of homophobia and racism in American society. Mark Bradford "New Works" will be on view until May 20, 2018 at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. photographs by Summer Bowie
Katya Grokhovsky's SYSTEM FAILURE is on view through April 10th at Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104. The artist will be performing live in the gallery on March 14th at 5pm and at the closing ceremony on April 10th. She will also be conducting a lecture in the space on March 21st. To learn more about the artist, her practice and curatorial work, read our interview of Katya Grokhovsky here.
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βGeta BrΔtescu. The Leaps of Aesopβ is the first Los Angeles solo presentation devoted to the 92-year-old forerunner in the field of Romanian Conceptualism. Her diverse oeuvre β comprising drawing, collage, engraving, textiles, and photography, as well as experimental film, video, and performance β mines themes of identity, gender, and dematerialization, often drawing from the stories of literary figures and addressing the symbiotic relationship between art making and working environments. Aesop, the ancient Greek fabulist, serves as a point of departure for this exhibition, which features more than fifty works that span BrΔtescuβs career. In many ways a fitting avatar for BrΔtescu, Aesop manifests in the works on view as a symbol of antic irreverence, mocking authority and status. A spirited believer in the role of the artist as that of a disruptor, BrΔtescu has championed ideas of play and disorder throughout her vibrant practice, remarking, βthere is much economy and at the same time rebellion in the creation of expression.β Geta BrΔtescu "The Leaps of Aesop" will be on view until May 20, 2018. photographs by Summer Bowie
Hauser & Wirth will present βLouise Bourgeois. The Red Sky,β the galleryβs first Los Angeles solo exhibition devoted to the legendary French-American artist whose remarkable life yielded what she once described as βan exorcism in art.β βThe Red Skyβ is an intimate presentation of never before exhibited works on paper from the final years of the artistβs life: six multi-panel works on paper, created between 2007 and 2009, with words and images mining Bourgeoisβs central themes of memory, trauma, nature, and the body. Louise Bourgeois "The Red Sky" will be on view until May 20, 2018 at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. photographs by Summer Bowie
New Cinema cofounder (and Hollywood screenwriter) Becky Johnston recently described her little-seen featurette Sleepless Nights as βan East Village reinvention of the Otto Preminger movie Lauraβ that plays βfast and loose with the noir detective genre.β The film was screened at MoMA along with a short discussion between Johnston and Maripol on the making of the film and it's lasting cultural almost 40 years later. photographs by Annabel Graham
Aleph & The Rock, a two-person exhibition of painting and sculpture by Theodore Boyer & Grant Falardeau is on exhibition January 13th through February 24 at H I L D E L.A. photographs by Summer Bowie
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Nino Mier Gallery is currently presenting Jansson Stegner's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. This new series of oil paintings that ascribe male and female figures with exaggeratedly rendered physiques explores the inversion of gender roles within myriad aspects of authority, dominance, submission and beauty. Jansson Stegner Paintings will on view until March 3 at Nino Mier Gallery 7313 Santa Monica Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90046. photographs by Summer Bowie
