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By ForYourArt | February 27, 2009
Image Courtesy of Project_210, Myron Kaufman
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26
CAA 2009
February 25–28
The College Art Associate (CAA) of New York holds it 97th Annual Conference this weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center and various off-site locations. Special events feature programming at the convention center, open house visits to galleries, discussions at the Convention Center, as well as various L.A. art tours. $25 for most events, please check site for further information
Expanding Architecture: Conversations on Design and Activism
Steelcase WorkLife Center, 6:30pm
Join the conversation with Metropolis magazine’s editor, Susan S. Szenasy and writers from the book, Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism with designers, developers and policy makers. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing
The Cool School
REDCAT, 7–9pm
Hosted at target=”fya”>REDCAT and screened by the CAA Annual Conference, The Cool School, a documentary about renegade artists who built the L.A. art scene from the bottom up, featuring Ed Ruscha, Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry, Billy Al Bengston, Irving Blum, Robert Irwin and more. Director Morgan Neville hosts a Q&A session preceding the screening
Freewaves: Video Cocktail
Westin Bonaventure, 8:30–10pm
In conjunction with CAA programming, Freewaves: Hollywould 2008 select screenings on view through the weekend, February 25–27, 6–10pm. Featuring the following films: Hollywould, Violations and Obfuscations, Memories of the Future, Violations and Obfuscations, Memories of the Future, Resolution 3, Selections from The Blindness Series
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Afterall: Artist Kelly Poe with writer Susan Morgan
Los Angeles Convention Center, 12pm
Complementary to the CAA’s 2009 Annual Conference at the Book and Trade Fair, Afterall (http://www.afterall.org/) presents a series of conversations between artists and critics alike. At 4pm, join the discussion on L.A.’s Feral Institutions with Mark Allen (Machine Project), Michael Ano (ASAP), Sean Dockray (The Public School) and Christine Wertheim (The Institute for Figuring), moderated by Mathew Timmons; Saturday at 11am the conversations continue with artists Piero Golia and Richard Jackson with critic Andrew Berardini. For the full schedule, click here
The Centennial of Italian Futurism
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 6pm
In conjunction with the College Art Association, the Institute presents a roundtable discussion on the centennial of Futurism, the movement started in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.The discussion features David Gariff, art historian and lecturer, National Gallery of Art in Washington; Matthew McLendon, Curator at Cornell Fine Arts Museum; Michelangelo Sabatino, Assistant Professor of architecture, University of Houston; Siobhan Conaty, Assistant Professor of Art History at La Salle University; and Ara Merjian, Lauro de Bosis Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at NYU. Reservations suggested at 310.443.3250 x114
The Warhol Party
USC Fisher Museum of Art, 8–10pm
The Fisher Museum of Art presents the opening reception for The Warhol Party, an exhibition of 100 original Polaroids and 50 gelatin silver prints, gifted by the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, that served as the template for Warhol’s portrait paintings. Curated by Ariadni A. Liokatis and Richard Meyer and on view until April 18
That’s Painting
Machine Project, 8–10pm
Book release party for conceptual house painter Bernard Brunon’s latest That’s Painting accompanied by Music To Watch Paint Dry By arranged by artist in resident Emily Lacy along with a slide show of walls painted by Brunon
3×3: Launch Party for X-Tra
Mountain Bar, 7:30–9:30pm
Three programs of short videos selected by Jordan Biren, Carole Ann Klonarides and Kris Paulsen
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Jona Frank: Church & State
Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 3pm
In conjunction with her current exhibition Church & State, the gallery hosts a talk with Santa Monica-based photographer Jona Frank and art critic Jori Finkel, contributor to The New York Times, Art in America and ArtNews, among other publications
East Hollywood ArtCycle Tour
Trekking Los Angeles: Melrose & Heliotrope, 2–7pm
In conjunction with Trekking Los Angeles, East Hollywood Neighborhood Council and East Hollywood Arts, this event merges more than a dozen art galleries/creative spaces (Antai, Breakfast Club, Junc, Think Space, among others) with biking in East Hollywood. Meet at “Hel-Mel,” intersection of Heliotrope Drive and Melrose Avenue, for a post-cycle party
Needle in the Haystack
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, 7–10pm
Closing reception for the show curated by Nate Garcia featuring artists Edgar Arceneaux, John Barlog, John Burtle, Harrell Fletcher, Allan Kaprow, Ari Kletzky, Erik Knutzen, Rick Lowe, Elana Mann, Linda Pollack and organizations such as Sea & Space Explorations, Otis Public Program and Suzanne Lacy. Performance by DJ Nobody
São Paulo
Scion, 7–10pm
Curated by Choque Cultural Gallery, São Paulo features the energy of emerging art culture from this South American city, including work by Calma, Carlos Dias, MZK, Ramon Martins, Silvana Mello, Speto, Titi Freak and Zezão
Bruce Conner’s Explosive Cinema: A Tribute, Part I
UCLA Film & Television Archive @ Billy Wilder Theater, Hamer Museum, 7:30pm
The first part of a tribute to Bruce Conner (1933–2008), “the father of MTV-style editing” co-presented by the Hammer Museum, the UCLA Film and Television Archive present in association with REDCAT and Los Angeles Film Forum. Longtime friend Dennis Hopper will introduce the program with honored guest Jean Conner. Programming includes Comic Ray, A Movie, The White Rose, Breakaway, Vivian, Ten Second Film, Mongoloid, America is Waiting, Crossroads and Easter Morning. Part 2 will be presented at REDCAT on March 2
SUNDAY, MARCH 1
Vanity Fair Portraits
LACMA, Closing Sunday, 11am–8pm
Last chance to see LACMA’s exhibition Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs (1913–2008), the first major show to bring together the magazine’s historic images of vintage and contemporary photographs, exploring the way in which photography and celebrity fuse and adapt through time
Rock, Paper, Scissor
SMMoA, 2pm
Concert benefiting the Santa Monica Museum of Art with The Niche Makers featuring Raymond Pettibon, Ron English’s Illuminati and Mike Watt + secondmen combining art and rock for an afteroon. $35 tickets benefit the museum and are available here
Women in the City – One Year Later
The Standard, Downtown LA, 4pm
Join the panel discussion with West of Rome’s Emi Fontana, artist Barbara Kruger, and Broad Foundation curator Joanne Heyler, moderated by Joshua Decter, director of the Public Arts Studies Program at USC, of the viral public art exhibition that first spread throughout the streets of L.A. last February. Women in the City featured the works of Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler and Cindy Sherman. Reservations required: westofrome@foryourart.com
Myron Kaufamn: Observations and Ideas
Project_210, 4–7pm
Storyteller and painter, Kaufman’s work is mostly sketchbook-sized acrylic renderings of his perceptions of today’s quirk and comedy. On view until March 28
Forever Haunt You
Michael Benevento, 6–8pm
Artist Anthony Burdin presents his solo show with an opening performance and reception featuring large-scale pencil drawings, paintings, textiles and two video pieces. His installation/performance takes place Sunday with his ghostly structure titled, JUNK TOMB CRYPTOS VII IV VIII – VII IV IX (2009)
Batsheva Dance Company: Max
UCLA Live, Royce Hall, 7pm
With the assistance of Martha Graham and beginning in 1964, Batsheva has gained international success as Israel’s esteemed dance company. Directed Israeli dancer/choreographer by Ohad Naharin and performed by 10 dancers to Maxim Waratt’s music
MONDAY, MARCH 2
Bruce Conner’s Explosive Cinema: A Tribute, Part 2
REDCAT, 8:30pm
Second part of the two-part weekend series featuring the work of Bruce Conner. In person introducing the series is Dennis Hopper and Jean Conner that features A Movie, Marilyn Times Five, Permian Strata, Mea Culpa, Looking for Mushrooms, Report, Television Assassination and Easter Morning
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
Big City Forum
Echo Park Film Center, 4–6pm
Big City Forum comes together with Echo Park Film Center to present an informal discussion between Stephanie Smith of Ecoshack, and Jenna Didier and Oliver Hess of Materials & Applications. Reservations suggested: info@echoparkfilmcenter.org
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