Events on Wednesday, July 30

<em>Rebel Without a Cause</em> (1955)

Film

Rebel Without a Cause

Wednesday 7/30 @ Arclight Hollywood

Filmed at the Griffith Observatory and other locales around LA, Rebel Without a Cause remains James Dean's most iconic film. Nominated... 

The Hold Steady w/ the Loved Ones

Music

The Hold Steady

Wednesday 7/30 @ Avalon Hollywood

While the Hold Steady's 2006 release Boys and Girls in America inspired a lot of Springsteen comparisons, no one could deny... 

Jay Reatard w/ Cheap Time

Music

Jay Reatard

Wednesday 7/30 @ The Echo & Echoplex

Jay Reatard might be the current king of Memphis garage punk, but he's a completist's nightmare — his overflowing discography makes... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Rebel Legacy: The Abstract in Latino Art </em>

Art

Rebel Legacy

Wednesday 7/30 @ Pharmaka

Hot on the heels of LACMA's controversial Phantom Sightings exhibition, Pharmaka Gallery tackles the issue of contemporary Chicano art with Rebel... 

<em>Signals: A Video Showcase</em>

Art

Signals: A Video Showcase

Wednesday 7/30 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

For California Scenarios — the third installment of Signals, OCMA's ongoing contemporary video-art survey — the museum showcases the vivid work... 

Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Magazine

Art

Frédéric Magazine

Wednesday 7/30 @ Fette's Gallery

Every day, at least one new drawing posts to the online magazine/gallery Frédéric. Founded in 2004 by Isabelle Boinot, Frédéric Fleury,... 

David Eddington: <em>Bridges Over the LA River </em>

Art

David Eddington

Wednesday 7/30 @ Frank Pictures Gallery

British ex-pat painter David Eddington may have left the grandeur and historical heft of Europe for a life by the Pacific... 

Jerome Witkin: <em>Revelations in Drawing</em>

Art

Jerome Witkin

Wednesday 7/30 @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

Many art critics and scholars consider Jerome Witkin to be America's greatest living figurative painter. His portraits and landscapes combine an... 

<em>Politics as Usual: As Seen by Harry Benson</em>

Art: Photography

Harry Benson

Wednesday 7/30 @ David Gallery

As the Beatles greeted New York City's cold winter weather for the first time in 1964, looming in their shadows was... 

<em>In the Eye of the Beholder </em>

Art

In the Eye of the Beholder

Wednesday 7/30 @ Louis Stern Fine Arts

What do submerged nudes, fire-ravaged landscapes, and monstrous energy towers have in common? Not much at first glance, but they're all... 

<em>Flaunt</em>

Art

Flaunt

Wednesday 7/30 @ Junc Gallery

This annual exhibition at Junc typically features new work by both its most promising emerging talents and good-old standbys. The 2008... 

<em>Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner</em>

Art

John Lautner

Wednesday 7/30 @ Hammer Museum

The risk-taking John Lautner is often described as an architect's architect, even though some of his designs brought him both criticism... 

Melanie Pullen: <em>Violent Times</em>

Art: Photography

Melanie Pullen

Wednesday 7/30 @ ACE Gallery

Melanie Pullen extends her macabre view of the world in her latest series, Violent Times, which explores the aesthetics of war... 

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

Art: Photography

Israeli Women: A Portrait in Photographs

Wednesday 7/30 @ 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.... 

Kori Newkirk: <em>RANK</em> and Miguel Angel Rios: <em>Crudo</em>

Art

Kori Newkirk and Miguel Angel Rios

Wednesday 7/30 @ LAXART

Kori Newkirk transforms the mundane into the monumental with his new installation, RANK. The deceptively simple sculpture — an outsized, mirrored... 

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

Art

Mark Bradford

Wednesday 7/30 @ 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... 

Edwin Ushiro: <em>While Tides Guide You Back Home</em>

Art

Edwin Ushiro

Wednesday 7/30 @ project: gallery

Edwin Ushiro's multimedia paintings are ethereal combinations of pop art and anime, which explains why he is in high demand as... 

<em>This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in LA Photographs</em>

Art: Photography

This Side of Paradise

Wednesday 7/30 @ Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

If only our cracked sidewalks, classic homes, sprawling hills, and endless streets could talk. But even if objects can't, camera lenses... 

<em>The Puppet Show</em>

Art

The Puppet Show

Wednesday 7/30 @ Santa Monica Museum of Art

SMMoA gathers an eclectic array of work by 30 impressive artists — from Kara Walker to Louise Bourgeois, Bruce Nauman, and... 

<em>Jekyll Island</em>

Art

Jekyll Island

Wednesday 7/30 @ Honor Fraser

Artist Erik Parker and curator/critic Max Henry put their heads together to gather a group of talented artists for Honor Fraser's... 

Twilight at the Club

City Gems

Twilight at the Club

Wednesday 7/30 @ Griffith Park Driving Range Clubhouse

With summertime in high gear, there's no shortage of happening spots where you can grab a chilled post-work cocktail. But few... 

<em>In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor</em>

Art

The Juxtapoz Factor

Wednesday 7/30 @ Laguna Art Museum

To those who have been reading the contemporary-art magazine Juxtapoz since it was founded in the mid-'90s, it may come as... 

<em>No Room</em>

Art

No Room

Wednesday 7/30 @ Christopher Grimes Gallery

Architects and international-design darlings Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee are known for innovative materials and forms. Visually and conceptually promiscuous, Christopher... 

Sean Cassidy & Cody Hudson: <em>I May Be Right & I May Be Wrong, But You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone: Notes on Building a Time Machine</em>

Art

Sean Cassidy & Cody Hudson

Wednesday 7/30 @ New Image Art

It's only been a little over a year since Sean Cassidy's brilliantly scatterbrained Memory Is a Vacuum exhibition at New Image... 

John Moore: <em>Dreamscapes: Excavating Our Inner Landscape</em>

Art

John Moore

Wednesday 7/30 @ DCA Fine Art

One of Dublin, Ireland's most popular and prolific painters, John Moore makes richly hued portraits and abstractions that use the seemingly... 

Corbin Smith:<em> Venice Boulevard: Close Encounters </em>

Art: Photography

Corbin Smith

Wednesday 7/30 @ MODAA gallery

Photographer Corbin Smith's initial impressions of LA seemed to buy into into Baudrillard's description of Los Angeles as an illusion, "the... 

Kori Newkirk:<em> 1997-2007</em>

Art

Kori Newkirk

Wednesday 7/30 @ Pasadena Museum of California Art

Kori Newkirk first came to national attention thanks to his contribution to the Studio Museum in Harlem's daring group show Freestyle:... 

Aragna Ker: <em>Et tout ce que l&rsquo;Idylle a e plus enfantin (Of all to make and idyll in a childish way)</em>

Art

Aragna Ker

Wednesday 7/30 @ Sabina Lee Gallery

Cambodian artist Aragna Ker can't help but poke and prod at cultural meanings until they fall apart. His elaborate mixed-media installations... 

LATV Festival

Conferences

LATV Festival

Wednesday 7/30 @ The Highlands Hollywood

The National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE) presents the LATV Festival, where agents, studios, and executives meet to size up... 

Dave McKean: <em>Persistence of Vision</em>

Art

Dave McKean

Wednesday 7/30 @ Merry Karnowsky Gallery

During this solo show, Dave McKean leaves no medium unexplored. McKean is a prolific artist who dabbles in — among other... 

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

Special Event

Nicole Cohen

Wednesday 7/30 @ The Getty Center

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

Peter Saul

Art

Peter Saul

Wednesday 7/30 @ Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

Peter Saul, who hit his artistic stride mid-century during America's pop-art movement, has become best known of late as a creator... 

Andy Warhol: Photographs

Art: Photography

Andy Warhol

Wednesday 7/30 @ Michael Kohn Gallery

The quintessential pop artist was much more than a factory for silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe and Campbell's soup cans. In fact,... 

<em>Hand to Hand: Witnessing the War</em>

Art

Witnessing the War

Wednesday 7/30 @ Carol Henry Studio

An overstuffed white glove might bring to mind images of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, but for artist and curator Cecelia Kane,... 

Antonio Ballester Moreno: <em>Hunter House & Bear Suit Number Two</em>

Art

Antonio Ballester Moreno

Wednesday 7/30 @ Peres Projects

Antonio Ballester Moreno's first solo show in America explodes in vibrant colors and playful forms. His bold palette recalls the traditions... 

Contemporary Photography from China

Art: Photography

Contemporary Photography from China

Wednesday 7/30 @ DNJ Gallery

In DNJ's latest exhibition, eight artists take their cameras on the road and on rail, underground into mines, onto farms, and... 

Haegue Yang: <em>Asymmetric Equality</em>

Art

Haegue Yang

Wednesday 7/30 @ REDCAT

REDCAT continues to be a beacon for cutting-edge contemporary art, featuring the first solo show of Haegue Yang in the US.... 

Mike Stilkey: <em>Slightly All the Time</em>

Art

Mike Stilkey

Wednesday 7/30 @ Kinsey/DesForges Gallery

While Mike Stilkey's fanciful-yet-edgy works draw comparisons to Egon Schiele, Modigliani, and Aubrey Beardsley, their contemporary illustrative twists give the Los... 

<em>Phalanstery Module </em>

Art

Phalanstery Module

Wednesday 7/30 @ 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... 

Andrea Zittel: Summer Smockshop

Art

Summer Smockshop

Wednesday 7/30 @ Smockshop

For artists who don't yet sustain themselves from their work, there are myriad ways to bring in some income — peddling... 

Rozi Demant: <em>Lovebirds</em>

Art

Rozi Demant

Wednesday 7/30 @ Tarryn Teresa Gallery

The work of New Zealander Rozi Demant depicts feathered friends, but her birds don't always stand for things like freedom, peace,... 

<em>Mexican Calendar Girls</em>

Art

Mexican Calendar Girls

Wednesday 7/30 @ California Heritage Museum

Glamor gets deep and classic at the California Heritage Museum's Mexican Calendar Girls, opening with a Cinco de Mayo reception. The... 

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

Art: Photography

Ten Years in Focus

Wednesday 7/30 @ The Getty Center

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

<em>Contradictions & Complexities: Contemporary Art from India</em>

Art

Contemporary Art from India

Wednesday 7/30 @ d.e.n. contemporary art

A single definition of Indian contemporary art is tricky to pin down, as one might expect when funneling the widely varying... 

Gillian Wearing: <em>Pin-Ups</em> and <em>Family History</em>

Art

Gillian Wearing

Wednesday 7/30 @ Regen Projects

This dual exhibition from British artist Gillian Wearing begins with Pin-Ups, displayed at the Regen Projects' Almont Drive location. For her... 

<em>Big Kids/Little Kids</em>

Art

Big Kids/Little Kids

Wednesday 7/30 @ Subliminal Projects

Big Kids/Little Kids is the brainchild of curator John Freeborn, author of a book of the same name that chronicles the... 

<em>Weekend Warrior</em>

Art

Weekend Warrior

Wednesday 7/30 @ Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai

The Ojai-based Nathan Larramendy Gallery has teamed up with the illustrious Beautiful/Decay magazine to produce Weekend Warrior, a group... 

Pavilion of Wings

City Gems

Pavilion of Wings

Wednesday 7/30 @ 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... 

<em>Marcel Duchamp Redux </em>

Art

Marcel Duchamp Redux

Wednesday 7/30 @ Norton Simon Museum

This year marks the 45th anniversary of By or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Sélavy, the famous Marcel Duchamp retrospective at... 

<em>Splash</em>

Art

Splash

Wednesday 7/30 @ Cerasoli Gallery

While others seek refuge from this season's sweltering heat, Cerasoli Gallery director Freddi Cerasoli is inspired by it — hence Splash,... 

<em>(Neo) Realism</em>

Art

(Neo) Realism

Wednesday 7/30 @ George Billis Gallery

Just like the A.O.S. song says, history repeats itself. The new exhibition at George Billis Gallery offers a refreshing take on... 

<em>Truthiness: Photography as Sculpture</em> and <em>Absurd Recreation: Contemporary Art from China</em>

Art

Truthiness and Absurd Recreation

Wednesday 7/30 @ California Museum of Photography, UC Riverside

Borrowing a recently coined neologism from Stephen Colbert's faux-conservative lexicon, Truthiness questions the reliability of the visual by featuring artists who... 

<em>Pierogi Et Al</em>

Art

Pierogi Et Al

Wednesday 7/30 @ Daniel Weinberg Gallery

Before Williamsburg was Williamsburg (in other words, when taking the L train to Brooklyn was a perilous undertaking devoid of glossy... 

<em>Vexing: Female Voices from East LA Punk</em>

Art

Vexing

Wednesday 7/30 @ Claremont Museum of Art

In the early '80s, the Vex was an all-ages music club located in Self Help Graphics and Art, a Chicano landmark... 

<em>Two Madmen: The Art of Clive Barker and Myron Dyal</em>

Art

Two Madmen

Wednesday 7/30 @ Otis College of Art and Design

Clive Barker is a successful author, director, screenwriter, playwright, and poet; Myron Dyal is a classical musician. But both artists also... 

UCLA Extension Course: <em>Sneak Preview: Contemporary Films and Filmmakers</em>

Film

Sneak Preview

Wednesday 7/30 @ Writers Guild Theater

One of the great perks of living in the twinkle-dusted Hollywood vicinity is not only getting to see hotly anticipated films... 

<em>Cover Version: A Summer Reading List</em>

Art

Cover Version

Wednesday 7/30 @ Taylor De Cordoba Gallery

Thematic summer shows are as de rigueur in the art world as summer reading lists were in high school — and... 

Eduardo Sarabia: <em>History of the World</em>

Art

Eduardo Sarabia

Wednesday 7/30 @ LA Louver Gallery

A participant in LA Louver's group show Rogue Wave '07, Sarabia proves that his work is dynamic enough to stand on... 

<em>Against the Grain</em>

Art

Against the Grain

Wednesday 7/30 @ LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

Known for its progressive, boundary-pushing performances and interdisciplinary bravado, LACE's lofty space transforms into a clean, white gallery for Against the... 

<em>Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments</em>

Art

Citizen Artists Making Emphatic Arguments

Wednesday 7/30 @ 18th Street Arts Center

The 18th Street Art Center continues its tradition of presenting politically and socially engaged visual art with its four-part exhibition series... 

Cadence Pearson: <em>Disjointed</em>

Art

Cadence Pearson

Wednesday 7/30 @ Kara Wily Pilates

When dancer and art enthusiast Kara Wily wanted to open her own Pilates studio (having learned the ropes from the movement's... 

New Original Works Festival 2009: Program Two

Festival: Performing Arts

New Original Works Festival 2009: Program Two

Wednesday 7/30 @ REDCAT

The annual three-week NOW Festival launches new works by Los Angeles dance, theater, music and multimedia performance artists....