the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for MAY 1-4, 2008

the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for MAY 1-4, 2008
compiled by IAN O'PHELAN

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Thursday May 1, 2008

Broad Art Center (EDA Broad Art Center 240 Charles E. Young Drive,
Room 1250 LA CA 90095)
BEAMED BY MACHINE + DJ CARLOS NIñO WITH JESSON DULLER AND RANI DE LEON
(from Spaceways Radio, KPFK, LA)
5:00pm
http://www.design.ucla.edu/


Friday May 2, 2008

Altered Space Gallery (1221 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291)
Richard Patterson and Grace Ann Warn
7:30pm to 9:30pm
Exhibition runs through May 31, 2008
310-452-8121
http://www.alteredspacegallery.com

Bonhams & Butterfields (7601 W. Sunset Blvd., LA CA 90046)
Modern, Contemporary and Latin American Art
Los Angeles Art Auction Preview
May 2-3, 10am to 5pm
May 4, 12pm to 5pm
323-850 7500
http://www.bonhams.com/us

La Luz de Jesus (4633 Hollywood Blvd., LA CA 90027)
UNDIGESTED KERNEL – SCOTT HARRISON
ARCHITECTUAL MONSTERS – SAM SAGA
THOMAS WARGIN
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 2, 2008
323-666-7667
http://laluzdejesus.com/

ZAK IMAGES GALLERY (2526 Hyperion Ave. #1, Silverlake 90027)
Glam Men Sampler – Fred Pyrczak
6:00pm to 9:00pm
323-662-3661
http://www.ZakImages.com


Saturday May 3, 2008

Blum & Poe (2754 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA CA 90034)
Takashi Murakami – Davy Jones' Tear
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 14, 2008
310-836-2062
http://www.blumandpoe.com

Chango Coffee House and Gallery (1559 Echo Park Avenue, LA CA 90026)
Young Forever - an exhibition of work themed around famous people who died too young (Kurt Kobain, Bob Marley, etc..) created by Terri Tooter Berman
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 31
http://www.myspace.com/changocoffeehouse
http://www.terriberman.com

Couturier Gallery (166 N. La Brea Ave., LA CA 90036)
(Don’t) Want To Be Anonymous – James Gilbert
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 14, 2008
323-933-5557
http://couturiergallery.com

Crewest (110 Winston St. LA CA 90013)
FOTOGRAFF – an urban photojournalism exhibit
7:00pm to 10:00pm
213-627-8272
http://www.crewest.com/

dkrm (2121 San Fernando Road, Suite 3, LA CA 90065)
Aftermath: The Griffith Park Fire – Photographs by Colin Remas Brown
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 18, 2008
323-223-6867
http://drkrm.com

Found Gallery (1903 Hyperion Ave. LA CA 90027)
Not Particularly Tall – A&K
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 6, 2008
323-669-1247
http://www.foundla.com

Gallery 1988 (7020 Melrose Ave., LA CA 90038)
The Revolution Will Be Fabulous – Peter Gronquist
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 16, 2008
323-937-7088
http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/

The Hive (729 S. Spring St., LA CA 90014)
HIVE MOMENTS: Nancy Macko, Works on Paper
7:00pm to 9:00am
Exhibition runs through June 14, 2008
818-242-5303
http://www.thehivegallery.com

Hyaena Gallery (1928 W Olive St., Burbank, CA 91506)
Clint Carney
8:00pm to midnight
Exhibition runs through May 15, 2008
818-972-2448
http://www.hyaenagallery.com

Merry Karnowsky Gallery (170 South La Brea Ave., LA CA 90036)
Mere Inches – Jim Houser
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 24, 2008
323-933-4408
http://www.mkgallery.com

Orange County Center For Contemporary Art (117 N Sycamore. Santa Ana,
CA 92701)
On, Of, and About Paper – juried by Art on Paper Magazine
Paper Pieces, Paper Made – a curated sculpture exhibition
6:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 31, 2008
714-667-1517
http://www.occca.org

project:gallery (8545 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232)
the upside of down – a solo exhibition by Yoskay Yamamoto
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 30, 2008
310-558-0200
http://www.projectgalleryla.com/

Raid Projects (602 Moulton Ave., LA CA 90031)
Swap Meet - closing exhibition
7:00pm to 10:00pm
323-441-9593
http://www.raidprojects.com

S B London (3740 W. Sunset Blvd. 2nd fl, LA CA 90026)
VIDEOworks – Carolyn Castaño
6:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 21 2007
323-668-0734
http://sblondon.com/

SCALO|GUYE (302 N. Robertson Blvd (at Beverly Blvd) West Hollywood, CA
90048)
Fictional Spaces – Daniele Albright
6:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 31, 2008
310-358-9396
http://www.scaloguye.com

SECRET HEADQUARTERS (3817 w. Sunset blvd., LA CA 90026)
Cute Hunter – Scott Campbell
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 29, 2008
323-666-2228
http://www.thesecretheadquarters.com/

SolwayJones (5377 Wilshire Blvd., LA CA 90036)
Useable Histories – Carmine Iannaccone
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 7, 2008
323-937-7354
http://www.solwayjonesgallery.com/


Sunday May 4, 2008

Celebrity Centre International (5930 Franklin Ave. at Bronson,
Hollywood, CA 90028)
11th Annual Rose Variety Arts Show
presented by The Rose Breast Cancer Society
11:00am to 4:30pm
310-274-1130
http://www.rosebreastcancersociety.org

HAUS (517 S Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107)
Jamison Carter
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Exhibition runs through May 31, 2008
626-356-2408
http://www.hausgallery.com

Two Roads Gallery (4348 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City, CA 91604)
Urban Underground – Douglas Alvarez, Kelly Thompson, Walt Hall & Tooter
6:00pm to 9:00pm
310-773-1585
http://www.tworoadsgallery.com