Los Angeles
February 8, 2023
War, Bloodshed, and the German Grotesque
The works that best exemplify a uniquely German grotesque in Reexamining the Grotesque are those that reflect the war and Weimar years. | Natalie Haddad
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An Introduction to UCI Langson Institute & Museum of California Art
Imagine, if you will, a dynamic classroom filled with stunning works of art that provoke stimulating debate, dialogue, and conversation… Join us on our journey to realize the vision for a new facility while we probe the question, “What is California Art?”
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ART IN NEW SPACES
After 25 Years, an Artist’s Home Reopens as an Art Gallery
Sea View, conceived by Jorge Pardo as both an artwork and a residence, embraced the dissolution of borders between disciplines. | Matt Stromberg
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SPRING/BREAK Art Show Returns to Los Angeles
The curator-driven fair will be staged for a second year at Skylight Culver City with over 60 immersive exhibitions featuring painting, sculpture, installation, video work, and more. Taking place during Frieze Week on February 15–19.
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How an LA Football Stadium Became a Home for Art
With two exhibitions at SoFi Stadium, the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection seeks to engage a different art audience. | Matt Stromberg
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Tulsa Artist Fellowship Calls for Artists and Arts Workers of All Disciplines
Ten awardees will receive a total of more than $1.95 million in support and resources in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Learn more.
NEW & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Pedro Pedro: Table, Fruits, Flowers and Cakes
Feb. 14–Apr. 29, 2023
The Hole, 844 North La Brea Avenue, Fairfax (theholenyc.com)
Pedro Pedro creates sumptuous still lives that capture the unsettling binary of abundance and despair that defines our contemporary moment. Like the Renaissance still lifes which they reference, Pedro’s paintings depict tables laden with flowers, fruit, meat, and cakes, however there is always a hint of decay, a watermelon rind, or fallen rose. His cartoonish, Pop-inflected style is at once exuberant and disquieting.
Trulee Hall: Plays on Foreplays
Feb. 4–Mar. 11, 2023
Rusha & Co., 244 West Florence Avenue, Florence (rusha.co)
Firing on all cylinders, Trulee Hall conjures her unapologetically erotic visions across multiple media. A scene that begins as a painting might be transformed into a stop-motion animation, then a live-action video, and finally a theatrical performance. Part celebratory, queer camp, part playful material investigation, Hall’s liberating, libertine world offers an inviting challenge to staid aesthetics and morality.
Emily Barker: Illusions of Care
Feb. 4–Mar. 11, 2023
Carlye Packer, 2111 Sunset Boulevard, Echo Park (carlyepacker.xyz)
For the 2022 Whitney Biennial, LA-based artist Emily Barker crafted a kitchen that was scaled up, so standing visitors could experience the challenges the artist faces as a wheelchair user in the domestic space. With new sculptures and installations included in Illusions of Care, they continue to lay bare the prejudices and barriers that society imposes upon those it deems “physically divergent.”
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