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Recommended openings to catch this weekend…

July 9th, 2009 Andrew Hosner No comments
Thur, July 9th 7-9PM Bert Greene Fine Art 102 West 5th Street in downtown Los Angeles “Cardboard Town” featuring new works from Barron Storey (the man who taught David Choe and many others / recently featured in Juxtapoz) (On view through August 15th) www.bgfa.us Thur, July 9th Noon-9PM Downtown Art Walk www.downtownartwalk.com Thur, July 9th 7-10PM Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art 1257 N. La Brea Ave in West Hollywood / 323.969.0600 “The A to Z of Change” featuring new works and an installation from Eine + new works from Frerk and Marc C. Woehr in the showcase space (On view through July 30th) www.carmichaelgallery.com Fri, July 10th @ 7PM Rothick Art Haus 170 S. Harbor Blvd in Anaheim New works from Jophen Stein (On view through July 31st) Fri, July 10th 7-11PM thinkspace 4210 Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles / 323.913.3375 “Memento Mori” from Stella Im Hultberg + “The Seeded Wind and Silent Motion; an Oeuvre of Beetled Beauty” from Catherine Brooks + “Twilight & Fate” from Hannah Stouffer (On view through August 7th) www.thinkspacegallery.com Sat, July 11th 7-11PM Cactus Gallery 4534 Eagle Rock Blvd in Eagle Rock / 323.256.6117 ‘Girls! Girls! Girls!’ featuring works from Douglas Alvarez and Kelly Thompson + group show (On view through August 5th) www.electriccactus.com Sat, July 11th 7-11PM Cerasoli Gallery 8530-B Washington Ave in Culver City / 310.558.091 “Crime & Charity” from MEGGS + “Urban Myth” group show featuring works from Pure Evil, Zeus, Mysterious Al, Inkie, Steff Plaetz, Chu, China Mike, MauMau, Eco, Andy Council, Sickboy & SHOK-1 (On view through August 1st) www.cerasoligallery.com Sat, July 11th 8-11:30PM Copro Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave, Space T-5 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica / 310.398.2643 “Monster?” curated by Travis Louie and featuring works from Audrey Kawasaki, Brom, Kris Kuksi, Ron English, Lola, Ana Bagayan, Kris Lewis, Dan Quintana, Isabel Samaras, Chet Zar, Brian Despain, Mari Inukai, Chris Ryniak, Heidi Taillefer, Dave Chung, Nouar, Donato Giancola, Tessar Lo, Fred Harper, Attaboy, Ekundayo, David Stoupakis, Mark Elliot, Tristan Elwell, Dic Tsutsumi, Vincent Nguyen, Robert MacKenzie, Willie Real, Amanda Visell, Peter Nguyen, Francesco LoCastro and many more + live music from The Hollywood Squartet (On view through Aug. 1st) www.copronason.com Sat, July 11th Noon-10PM ($5 admission before 4PM / $8 afterward) The Funk Rumble 947 N. Broadway in Chinatown area of downtown Los Angeles (as a starting point) Art, bands, live art, food, vendors, DJ action, rafles, and so much more featuring a group show curated by Cannibal Flower & Thinkspace's L. Croskey and live painting from Mear One, Food One, Kofie, Codak, Stuter, Eye One & more – full details at their site www.myspace.com/funkrumble and www.facebook.com/thefunkrumble Sat, July 11th 6:30-10PM GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.445.9276 “Printed Matter: Prints To Take Home!” huge group show with prints on hand from Apak, Bigfoot, Ryan Bubnis, Buff Monster, Michael Hsiung, Matt Furie, Susie Ghahremani, Le Merde, Saelee Oh, Martin Ontiveros, Bwana Spoons, Albert Reyes, Deth P. Sun, Aiyana Udesen, Marci Washington, Andrew Jeffrey Wright and many more (On view through August 5th) www.gr2.net Sat, July 11th 7-10PM CSUF Grand Central Art Central 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Parking in lot at 3rd and Sycamore 'R.Crumb's Underground' - curated by Todd Hignite (On view through August 16th) http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com/ArtGallery_gcartgallery.php Sat, July 11th Japanese American National Museum 369 East First Street in Los Angeles / 213.625.0414 “Kokeshi: From Folk Art To Art Toy” featuring “Custom Kokeshi” - a group exhibit curated by Christina Conway featuring over 75 customized wooden kokeshi dolls from the likes of Travis Louie, Amy Sol, Stella Im Hultberg, Catherine Brooks, Tara McPherson, APAK, Caia Koopman, CJ Metzger, Dan May, Edwin Ushiro, Yoskay Yomamoto, Ferris Plock, Jen Lobo, Julie West, Kelly Tunstal, Kelly Vivanco, Kent Williams, Ken Garduno, kozyndan, Kukula, Lilly Piri, Mari Inukai, Miss Mindy, NC Winters, Tessar Lo, Noferin, & many more http://www.janm.org/exhibits/kokeshi/ Sat, July 11th 8-11PM Merry Karnowsky Gallery 170 South La Brea Ave. in Los Angeles / 323.933.4408 “Gameland” featuring new works from Victor Castillo (On view through August 8th) www.mkgallery.com Sat, July 11th 7-9PM Mid-City Arts 5111 W. Pico Blvd in Los Angeles “Miami Graffiti” group show featuring works from Crome, Typoe, Acme, Enve, Murder, Afex, Kemo, Cynic, Gere, Flojoe and others + the show will celebrate the release of Jim and Karla Murray’s “Miami Grafitti” book www.midcity-arts.com Sat, July 11th 7-10PM Billy Shire Fine Arts 5790 Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles / 323.297.0600 New works from Lou Beach, Hudson Marquez, Jayme Odgers & Mel Weiner (On view through August 1st) www.billyshirefinearts.com Sun, July 12th Noon-8PM SURU 7662 Melrose Ave in Los Angeles / 323.655.0770 “Celeritas” a group show to benefit ‘Riders For Health’ featuring customized elements from motorcycle racing culture including the likes of Barry McGee, Futura, Audrey Kawasaki, James Jean, Stash, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Estevan Oriol, Mark Dean Veca, Alex Pardee, Usugrow, Jeff McMillan and many more www.suru-la.com