Expanding the Matrix

Recent CSULB BFA printmaking graduate Brennan Wheeler is among 15 California artists represented in this exhibition at the Weingart Gallery. His art work in "Expanding the Matrix" features urban Los Angeles. Combining digital printing with silkscreen, his two prints use maps, a photo of people on a city street, and line drawings of pigeons from an old field notebook, among other elements. Brennan talked about his repeated use of the common pigeon. It's a bird that seems to thrive in urban environments, he said, and references "the inherent transient nature of Los Angeles."

Occidental's "Expanding the Matrix" printmaking exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on weekdays in the Weingart Gallery on the College campus, located at 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles. Admission is free.

For a map and directions to the College, go to: http://www.oxy.edu/x119.xml

Exhibition Opportunity - CSULB

To scale this poster up (in order that you can actually read it) just click on the image. If all goes according to Hoyle, it should then blow-up to fill your screen. Fingers crossed.

Erynn Richardson has 12 mixed media etchings in this show at DAC Gallery.

The show runs through October 7th.

The gallery is also hosting a lecture

geared towards emerging artists on Saturday, September 25th.

Check out their website for details!

2010 Juried Exhibition

Downtown Art Center Gallery

828 S Main St, LA 90014

Featuring:

Jorge Albertella

William Hayner

Eunju Jang

Barbara Kolo

Linda Kunik

Jung ji Lee

Cecilia Rabaudi

Erynn Richardson

Debra Sokolow

Valter Varderesian

Mark Verrillo

Hojin Yun

www.dacgallery.com

info@dacgallery.com

213-627-7374

Hiroshige: Visons of Japan

This woodcut print, titled "Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival," done in 1857 and from the series "100 Famous Views of Edo" is part of the exhibition of Hiroshige's prints now on view at the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena. I've always loved the complete self-suffiency of this plump bob-tailed white kitty, and like to imagine that he (or she...all cats are female, right?) owned the artist in question. The exhibition runs until 1/17/2011, & is free with your student ID card. The icing on the proverbial cake is that a podcast is available for the show, which you can download for free via itunes.
The Norton Simon is located at 411 West Colorado Blvd., 6262/449-6840. Closed on Tuesdays, M/W/Th/Sat & Sun, 12 - 6PM; F, 12 - 9PM.
Thank you Yu Hsiu for bringing this most excellent print show to my attention.

GIant robot mini show

Four Views from the MOLAA Permanent Collection

The images I've included are of Leopoldo Méndez cutting a linoleum block & his linocut titled: "The Calaveras' Symphony Concert," from 1934. His relief prints, along with prints by Pablo O'Higgins & José Clemente Orozco are part of the "4 Views" exhibition currently featured at MOLAA.

Another equally exciting part of the exhibition is titled: "Siqueiros: Sketches for the Mural Death to the Invader." Running concurrently is a video about the artist - "Siqueiros: A Muralist in Exile," and on 10/14 there will be an "Interlogue" discussion/lecture about the artist from 7:30 - 9:00 PM in the Museum's Charter Screen Room.

MOLAA is free on Sundays (sponsored by Target, so go if you wish) but closed on Mondays & Tuesdays. Otherwise, the hours are Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays - 11 - 5:00 PM, Thursdays - 11 - 9:00 PM. Closed on Turkey Day. $6.00 gets you in if you flash your student ID's & the address is 828 Alamitos Blvd., Long Beach.

If you qualify for work study & don't mind getting your hands dirty...