Events on Wednesday, April 23

Her Space Holiday w/ Lymbyc System, Head Like a Kite, and Antimc

Music

Her Space Holiday

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Troubadour

The Postal Service, take note: over the last seven years and nearly as many albums, San Mateo's Marc Bianchi (aka Her... 

The Ruby Suns w/ the Happy Hollows

Music

The Ruby Suns

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Harking back to indie's '80s heyday, Cali three-piece the Happy Hollows punctuate their terror-tinged twee with jabby art-rock riffs. Pitchfork darlings... 

[SOLD OUT] <em>Like A Complete Unknown</em> feat. Zack de la Rocha, John Doe, Lucinda Williams, and Michael Franti

Music

[SOLD OUT] Like a Complete Unknown

Wednesday 4/23 @ Skirball Cultural Center

As part of its exhibition Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956–1966, the Skirball Cultural Center hosts a concert of intimate Dylan covers... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Wednesday 4/23 @ Skirball Cultural Center

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs looks at Israel's female citizenry as a reflection of the state's 60-year history of independence.... 

<em>A Narrative History of the Light Bulb</em>

Art: Photography

A Narrative History of the Light Bulb

Wednesday 4/23 @ Gallery Luisotti

Photographer Catherine Wagner used the Baltimore Museum of Industry's impressive collection of lightbulbs as the inspiration for her latest exhibition, which... 

Mark Bradford: <em>Help Us</em>

Art

Mark Bradford

Wednesday 4/23 @ Steve Turner Contemporary

Los Angeles painter, installation artist, and (most recently) video artist Mark Bradford has exhibited in some of the world's most prestigious... 

<em>Here Is Where You'll Find Me</em>: Small Photographs by Ashley Tibbits & David Horvitz

Art: Photography

Here Is Where You'll Find Me

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Lab 101 Gallery

As the much-beloved Polaroid photograph takes its final bow, David Horvitz and Flavorpill editor Ashley Tibbits harness the medium's lo-fi grace... 

Salom&oacute;n Huerta: <em>Mask</em>

Art

Salomón Huerta

Wednesday 4/23 @ Patrick Painter Gallery

Salomón Huerta is one of LA's most popular painters — although personally, he seems somewhat reserved. His best-known works are smallish,... 

<em>Lights! Camera! Glamour!</em>

Art: Photography

Lights! Camera! Glamour!

Wednesday 4/23 @ California Heritage Museum

George Hurrell shot studio stars as they are remembered today: glamorous, graceful, and a tad theatrical. With his sophisticated black-and-white blowups,... 

<em>Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera</em>

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Getty Center

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Getty Center presents Ten Years in Focus: The Artist and the Camera. The exhibition... 

Masami Teraoka

Art

Masami Teraoka

Wednesday 4/23 @ Samuel Freeman

Cheeky artist Masami Teraoka is most famous for his ukiyo-e woodblock paintings, which combine Japanese imagery, themes from American culture, and... 

<em>California Video </em>

Art

California Video

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Getty Center

As video art's growing reach now extends from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera to commuters watching YouTube on their iPhones,... 

Allan Kaprow: <em>18 Happenings in 6 Parts</em>

Art

Allan Kaprow

Wednesday 4/23 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

As part of an ambitious MOCA survey of the late Allan Kaprow, LACE hosts this short-run restaging of one of the... 

<em>100% Other: Artists and Psycho-Demographic Transitions</em>

Art

100% Other

Wednesday 4/23 @ 18th Street Arts Center

For the next installment of Future of Nations exhibition series 100% Other, curator Tyler Stallings asked artists Matthew Bryant, Cheryl Gilge,... 

<em>Lush</em>

Art

Lush

Wednesday 4/23 @ Salon Oblique

With Lush, West Side sensation Salon Oblique upholds its growing reputation for intellectually and aesthetically engaging multimedia group exhibitions. As in... 

<em>Good Doll Bad Doll </em>

Art

Good Doll Bad Doll

Wednesday 4/23 @ Armory Center for the Arts

ArtForum critic and independent curator Michael Duncan encourages childish behavior in Good Doll Bad Doll, an exhibition featuring modern and contemporary... 

<I>La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels</i>

Art

La Vida Lowrider

Wednesday 4/23 @ Petersen Automotive Museum

The lowrider tradition originated in the Chicano barrios of Los Angeles, inspired by a fierce love for classic cars and the... 

Anselm Kiefer: <em>Palmsonntag</em>

Art

Anselm Kiefer

Wednesday 4/23 @ First Baptist Church

Out of 36 glass panels and multiple tonnage of cracked clay and resin, German artist Anselm Kiefer has created an illusion... 

Andr&eacute; Ethier and Cathy Akers

Art

André Ethier and Cathy Akers

Wednesday 4/23 @ Honor Fraser

Toronto-based André Ethier's grotesque, surreal paintings are psychedelic allegories illustrating misconceptions about modern history and culture. In his latest collection, Vancouver... 

Kara Walker: <em>My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love</em>

Art

Kara Walker

Wednesday 4/23 @ Hammer Museum

Employing iconic black-paper silhouettes, Kara Walker — who was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" in 2007 — sparks... 

Sue-Ling Hyde

Art

Sue-Ling Hyde

Wednesday 4/23 @ Ghettogloss Presents: An art conglomerate on the move

Sue-Ling Hyde is more than a pretty face. You might recognize her from modeling gigs with Shiseido, Versus, and Moshino, but... 

<em>Toys</em>

Art

Toys

Wednesday 4/23 @ Gallery 1988

Watching kids fry their eyeballs playing video games can make some of us feel old. There was a time when board... 

Brent Stewart: <em>Mister Lonely</em>

Art: Photography

Mister Lonely

Wednesday 4/23 @ Agnes B.

Filmmaker Harmony Korine's newest movie, Mister Lonely, follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) living in a remote French castle with... 

Blek le Rat: <em>Art Is Not Peace But War</em>

Art

Blek le Rat

Wednesday 4/23 @ Subliminal Projects

Blek le Rat is known as the Parisian forefather of stencil and graffiti art. Nearly three decades ago, he plastered the... 

Ryan McLennan: <em>From Fur to Bone</em>

Art

Ryan McLennan

Wednesday 4/23 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

While Ryan McLennan's Audubon-inspired drawings of woodland animals seem innocent enough, the graphite-and-acrylic works on paper reveal the animal kingdom's vicious... 

<em>Beyond the Call </em>(2006)

Film

Beyond the Call

Wednesday 4/23 @ Laemmle's Grande 4-Plex

Director/producer/cinematographer Adrian Belic follows 1999's Academy Award-nominated documentary Genghis Blues (about blind musician Paul Peña's relationship with Tuvan throat-singers) with a... 

<em>HEF</em>

Art

HEF

Wednesday 4/23 @ Jail Gallery

Hef. The single syllable alone conjures up images of smoking jackets and decadent mansion parties. Exploring that imagery, a group of... 

Elena Manferdini: <em>Merletti</em>

Art

Elena Manferdini

Wednesday 4/23 @ SCI-Arc

"Merletti" means lace in Italian; for architects, it refers to the pattern of folds along a watchtower's defensive rims and other... 

<em>First Generation: Art in Claremont 1907-1957</em>

Art

First Generation

Wednesday 4/23 @ Claremont Museum of Art

Nestled 30 minutes outside of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles lies Claremont — not known for much other than... 

Jason Martin: <em>Oceania</em>

Art

Jason Martin

Wednesday 4/23 @ LA Louver Gallery

The title of UK painter Jason Martin's latest exhibition evokes the South Pacific's warm, breezy environs — but his abstract, mostly... 

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Art

Guyton\Walker and Anna Sew Hoy

Wednesday 4/23 @ LAXART

Los Angeles' Anna Sew Hoy takes inspiration from her medical-doctor father in her latest exhibition POW!, which focuses on the theme... 

<i>My Kid Could Paint That</i>

Film: Documentary

My Kid Could Paint That

Wednesday 4/23 @ Various locations

An abstract-art prodigy for the digital age, four-year-old Marla Olmstead is a rare bird indeed. In My Kid Could Paint That,... 

David Trulli: <em>All Lines Busy</em>

Art

David Trulli

Wednesday 4/23 @ Robert Berman Gallery D5

No doubt David Trulli's former career as a cinematographer had an impact on his current work, as his scratchboard pieces exhibit... 

Randall Sellers and Evah Fan

Art

Randall Sellers and Evah Fan

Wednesday 4/23 @ Richard Heller Gallery

Consummate visual storyteller Evah Fan continues her Scheherazade-like seduction with a new batch of works at Richard Heller Gallery. Her small... 

Art

Make Art/Stop AIDS

Wednesday 4/23 @ Fowler Museum, UCLA

Before red ribbons became de rigeur accessories at televised awards ceremonies, artists from around the globe inspired and provoked the radical... 

<em>New London School</em>

Art

New London School

Wednesday 4/23 @ Mark Moore Gallery

Last year, London art-gallery impresarios Simon Rumley and Zavier Ellis curated The Future Can Wait, an ambitious group show spotlighting some... 

Art

Michael Kalish

Wednesday 4/23 @ MODAA gallery

While Michael Kalish's early work is marked by portraits of iconic figures (Jimi Hendrix, Jesus), his new exhibition at Culver City's... 

Catherine Opie: <em>Highschool Football</em>

Art: Photography

Catherine Opie

Wednesday 4/23 @ Regen Projects II

After capturing the essence of SoCal beach life with her surfer portrait series, photographer Catherine Opie tackles another bastion of American... 

<em>The Imaginary 20th Century</em>

Art

The Imaginary 20th Century

Wednesday 4/23 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

There was a time when the 20th century seemed like an unimaginable and distant future. The Orange County Museum of Art... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Wednesday 4/23 @ Natural History Museum

Pavilion of Wings returns to the Natural History Museum for the exhibition's tenth anniversary. Now, anyone jealous of the Shins' experience... 

Edgar Heap of Birds: <em>Moving With the Storm</em>

Art

Edgar Heap of Birds

Wednesday 4/23 @ See Line Gallery

New York artist Edgar Heap of Birds doesn't use text to support his visual aesthetic — the text is the aesthetic.... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Wednesday 4/23 @ Materials & Applications

M&A gallery continues to push the frontiers of architecture and landscape research with Jimenez Lai's installation Phalanstery Module. Zero-gravity design presents... 

Dave McKenzie: <em>Screen Doors on Submarines</em>

Art

Dave McKenzie

Wednesday 4/23 @ REDCAT

Jamaican-born artist Dave McKenzie's first solo show in Los Angeles is a multimedia affair that asks multifaceted questions about where a... 

<em>Panopti(con)</em>

Art

Panopti(con)

Wednesday 4/23 @ Bank

Los Angeles multimedia artist Martin Durazo curates this collection of work by 17 artists under the broad thematic umbrella of power... 

Indian Film Festival of LA

Film

Indian Film Festival

Wednesday 4/23 @ Arclight Hollywood

In terms of its ticket sales and the number of movies released, the Indian film industry is the largest in the... 

Christopher Chinn: <em>On the Row</em>

Art

Christopher Chinn

Wednesday 4/23 @ Overtones Gallery

Upon graduating from art school and relocating to the city, local painter Christopher Chinn was struck by how intrepid artists would... 

<em>The Color of Life: Polychromy in Sculpture from Antiquity to the Present </em>

Art

The Color of Life

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Getty Villa

Looking at tony museum collections of ancient Greek and Roman statuary, one might think that the whole of antiquity existed only... 

<em>Heroes & Villains</em>: Artists Portraits by Tatiana Wills & Roman Cho

Art: Photography

Heroes & Villains

Wednesday 4/23 @ Corey Helford Gallery

A collection of who's who in the alt-comic and street-art scenes adorns the walls tonight in a portrait series by photographers... 

Nicole Cohen: <em>Please Be Seated</em>

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Wednesday 4/23 @ The Getty Center

Nicole Cohen engineers recombinant layers of still and video imagery, investigating the network of associations that interior spaces contain. Also, she... 

<em>Las Vegas Diaspora: The Emergence of Contemporary Art from the Neon Homeland</em>

Art

Las Vegas Diaspora

Wednesday 4/23 @ Laguna Art Museum

Dave Hickey has one of the most original minds in the contemporary art world. His best-selling collection of critical essays, Air... 

<em>Bob Dylan's American Journey, 1956-1966</em>

Art

Bob Dylan's American Journey

Wednesday 4/23 @ Skirball Cultural Center

This year's resurgent Dylanmania — from Todd Haynes' byzantine biopic, I'm Not There, to Murray Lerner's performance-driven documentary, The Other Side... 

Yumiko Kayukawa: Extinction

Art

Yumiko Kayukawa

Wednesday 4/23 @ La Luz de Jesus

Japanese artist Yumiko Kayukawa's work is a fine example of what happens when East meets West. In Kayukawa's world, young women... 

<em>Icon</em>: The Nature of Worship In Contemporary Culture

Art

Icon

Wednesday 4/23 @ DCA Fine Art

In Icon, two innovative, European-born painters explore the concept of worship in postmodernist life. Bogdan Dumitrica's portraits of animals and pop-art...