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Avant Guide: The Week of October 7-12 in Art
BY Gwen Barba FOR LA2DAY.COM Oct 6, 2008
With the clock running out, the presidential candidates are taking their gloves off and gearing up to pull some final punches. Even the art world seems to be weighing in on the action - if a panel on voting regulations at the Hammer Museum is any indication.
Relief, however, comes this week in the form of charitable art-making, a brooding love triangle and a meditation on the nation's favorite past time(s). For those who might be nostalgic for the days when crooks and liars dodged questions in wing-tipped shoes and preferred rum runners to front-runners, an exhibition of vintage mug shots provides an intimate look at the men who voted early and, sometimes, more than once.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
Counting Votes and Making Votes Count
Risk election politics burnout and discover the fine art of...voting regulations? This live screening of the second Presidential Debate will be followed by a discussion with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the woman in charge of ironing the kinks out of the voting process. Bowen will be joined by Professor Richard Hasen, an expert on voting systems and journalist/filmmaker Ian Masters.
THE DETAILS: Counting Votes and Making Votes Count
Debate screening begins at 6:00 PM
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310.443.7000
www.hammer.ucla.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
Crazed Fruit
The otaku influenced atmosphere of Royal/T provides the perfect setting for a viewing of Crazed Fruit, the Japanese New Wave classic that caused quite a stir after its 1956 release. The film, directed by Ko Nakahira and based on a novel of the same name, follows two brothers as they compete for the affections of the same woman in sexually awakened, post-war Japan.
THE DETAILS: Crazed Fruit
Screening begins at 7:00 PM
Royal/T
8910 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
310.559.6300
http://royal-t.org
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
Booked: Vintage Mugshot Photography
No puffy-eyed, mascara-streaked starlets here. Instead, Booked features original police mug shots and line-up photos spanning the 1880s to the 1950s. A motley crew of gangsters, crooks and con artists, including Bugsy Siegel, Alvin Karpis and Lucky Luciano pose for the camera, with a chilling (and at times, comical) lack of remorse.
THE DETAILS: Booked: Vintage Mugshot Photography
Opening reception: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Exhibition runs: October 9, 2008 - November 8, 2008
Todd/Browning Gallery
211 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
213.623.1176
www.toddbrowning.com
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
Conversations with Artists: Collier Schorr
(Contemporary Projects 11: Hard Targets - Masculinity and Sport)
In an effort to "revise the time-honored archetype of the male athlete as an aggressive, overtly heterosexual, hyper-competitive and emotionally remote subject," LACMA has put together Hard Targets - Masculinity and Sport, a group show that uses athletic rituals and accoutrements to explore another, possibly softer, side of sports. Featured artist Collier Schorr, is willing to talk about it.
THE DETAILS: Conversations with Artists: Collier Schorr
Lecture begins at 7:00 PM
Exhibition runs: October 9, 2008 - January 18, 2009
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90036
323.857.6000
www.lacma.org
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
Always Kiss Me Goodnight
Dedicated to emerging artists, Kinkead Contemporary has a studio space for its artists to use as they prepare for upcoming exhibitions. It's an approach that seems to be working, as the gallery celebrates its two year anniversary with a group show with work from its solid stable of up and coming artists.
THE DETAILS: Always Kiss Me Goodnight
Opening reception: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Exhibition runs October 11 - November 8, 2008
Kinkead Contemporary
6029 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
310.838.7400
www.kinkeadcontemporary.com
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
Monster Drawing Rally
This annual fundraising event will feature 100 artists drawing furiously - right there on the spot - to benefit the Outpost for Contemporary Art, a non-profit organization that promotes cross-cultural exchange and international art projects. A list of participating artists can be found on the Outpost website. Drawings will be sold for $75 a pop.
THE DETAILS: Monster Drawing Rally
Event begins at 3:00 PM
$10 donation/free for kids under the age of 12 and Outpost members in free
William D. Davies Memorial Building
568 East Mount Curve Avenue
Altadena, CA 91001
323.982.9461
www.outpost-art.org
Story by Gwen Barba.
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