the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for JULY 18-19, 2008

the WEEKEND ARTGUIDE for JULY 18-19, 2008
compiled by IAN O'PHELAN

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Friday July 18, 2008

Club 740 (740 South Broadway, LA CA 90014)
Visionary Art Los Angeles - a presentation and panel chat on art with Alex & Allyson Grey (art show, dancing, etc after)
7:00pm to 4:00am
$25, $35 includes dinner
http://www.cosm.org

Eye Candy Gallery (4622 Van Nuys Blvd. Sherman Oaks CA 91403)
What Big Eyes You Have – Misha
9:00pm to 2:00am
818-501-0332


Saturday July 19, 2008

ARENA 1 (3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405)
Pulchritudo Vaga – Regina Wilson
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 3, 2008
310-397-7456
http://www.santamonicaartstudios.com

Billy Shire Fine Arts (5790 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232)
Forever and Ever – Book Signing by Shawn Barber
7:00pm to 10:00pm
323-297-0600
http://www.billyshirefinearts.com

Corey Helford Gallery (8522 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232)
Life, Death & the Inbetween – Tiffany Liu
Phobias, Foibles & Fiends – M. Mararian
Krista Huot
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 9, 2008
310-287-2340
http://www.coreyhelfordgallery.com

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (542 S. Alameda Street, 2nd Flr., LA CA 90013)
Reverie: Meditations on an Ornamental World – Erica Steiner
7:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 10, 2008
213-494-7608
http://www.EdgarVarelaFineArts.com

Glow (Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401)
7:00pm to 7:00am / free
http://www.glowsantamonica.com

GR2 (2062 Sawtelle Blvd. LA CA 90025)
Suggestion Box – group show
6:30pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 13, 2008
310-445-9276
http://gr2.net

Grace Ellay (1615 Siver Lake Blvd. LA CA 90026)
Groovy, Silly, Sexy, Cute – Michael Derry
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 21, 2008
323-664-0568
http://www.graceellay.com

The Grind Gallery (12222 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista CA 90066)
All Mixed Up - group show with work by Nicole Bruckman, L Croskey, Walt Hall, Melanie Moore and more.
8:00pm to 12:00am
Exhibition runs through August 8, 2008
310-397-2244
http://www.thegrindgallery.com

Hyaena Gallery (1928 west Olive Avenue, Burbank Ca 91506)
New artwork by Spinestealer
8:00pm to 12:00am
Exhibition runs through July 31, 2008
http://www.hyaenagallery.com

Koplin Del Rio Gallery (6031 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232)
2008 LCAD Graduate / Mentor Exhibition – Selected works by the first
M.F.A. graduating class and their faculty mentors
6:00pm to 8:00 pm
Exhibition runs through August 16, 2008
310-836-9055
http://www.koplindelrio.com/

La Cita (336 S Hill St., LA CA 90013)
The Bronx Zoo – Live figure drawing presented by Ghettogloss
3:00pm to 8:00pm / $5
213-687-7111
http://www.lacitabar.com/

Merry Karnowsky Gallery (170 South La Brea Avenue (in the Art 170
Building), LA CA 90036)
Persistence of Vision – Dave McKean
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 16, 2008
323-933-4408
http://www.mkgallery.com

Morono Kiang Gallery (218 West 3rd St., Bradbury Building, LA CA 90013)
Quotidian Truths – Li Yan
A Panel Discussion & Reception
3:00pm to 6:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 23, 2008
213-628-8208
http://moronokiang.com

New Image Art (7908 Santa Monica Blvd., LA CA 90046)
i may be right & i may be wrong, but your gonna miss me when i'm gone;
notes on building a time machine – Cody Hudson and Sean Cassidy
7:00pm to 10:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 9, 2008
323-654-2192
http://www.newimageartgallery.com

Norm Maxwell Gallery (1836 Sawtelle Blvd. LA CA 90025)
ethno-clectic – Art, Music and Spoken Word Anniversary Celebration
6:00pm to 11:00pm
323-528-1136
http://www.normmaxwell.com

Port Huron Project 4 ( South Lawn, Exposition Park, Downtown Los
Angeles)
we are also responsible – Mark Tribe political reenactment
6:00pm to 7:00pm
http://www.nothing.org/porthuronproject/

Pounder-Koné Artspace (3407 Glendale Blvd. Atwater Village, LA CA 90039)
Bloom: New Angeleno Art
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 21, 2008
323-913-2247

Samuel Freeman (2525 Michigan Ave, #B7, Santa Monica, CA, 90404)
Love to Party – group drawing show
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 23, 2008
310-449-1479
http://www.samuelfreeman.com

Subliminal Projects (1331 W. Sunset Blvd. LA CA 90016)
Big Kids / Little Kids – groups show curated by John Freeborn
8:00pm to 11:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 8, 2008
213-213-0078
http://www.subliminalprojects.com

TAG Gallery (2903 Santa Monica Blvd (at Yale), Santa Monica, CA 90404)
Evidence of Being – Caryn Baumgartner
Body Conscious – Darlyn Susan Yee
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition runs through June 14, 2008
310-829-9556
http://www.taggallery.net

Tarryn Teresa Gallery (2525 Michigan Ave. G8A, Bergamot Station, Santa
Monica, CA 90404)
Rozi Demant – Lovebirds
6:00pm to 9:00pm
Exhibition runs through August 30, 2008
310-453-4752
http://www.tarrynteresa.com