Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road @ MOCA Pacific Design Center
Through May 8, 2016
Catherine Opie’s latest body of work, inspired by William Eggleston’s images of Graceland, presents a deeply intimate portrait of one of the world’s most fascinating women, Elizabeth Taylor. Taken over the course of six months at the late-actress’ Bel-Air residence, Opie presents a portion of Taylor’s life by photographing rooms, clothing, shoes, closets, and jewelry. According to Opie, this project is about “the relationship to what is human.”
More info at http://www.moca.org/exhibition/catherine-opie-700-nimes-road
Yayoi Kusama‘s Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away @ The Broad
Since as early as the 1960s, Yayoi Kusama has been enveloping our senses through Expressionist artworks and neo-Surrealist performances. Her “Infinity Nets,” paintings intricately produced through thousands of applied marks, have leaped into the 21st century in the form of a mirror-lined chamber known as the Infinity Mirrored Room. Housing a near-endless array of LED lights, this experiential work of art allows one visitor a maximum time of 45 seconds. Despite the short the duration, the experience is indeed worth a lifetime.
More info at http://www.thebroad.org/visit
Hammer Projects: Kenny Scharf @ Hammer Museum
Through May 22, 2016
Whether on the streets, in a gallery, in a museum, or for commercial purposes, Kenny Scharf has embraced a multidisciplinary approach to his art. Through the appropriation of popular imagery, he’s able to convey much about the human psyche. This exhibit marries fine art styles with characters from American cartoons. Imagine Barney and Betty Rubble meeting Yves Tanguy.
More info at http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2015/hammer-projects-kenny-scharf/
Jenene Nagy, Emilie Halpern, Molly Larkey @ Samuel Freeman
February 27 through April 2, 2016
Highly conceptual exhibits have become a fixture at Samuel Feeeman. This latest show connects three artists sharing a focus on space and dimension. According to the gallery, “these three artists effect a perceptual change through conceptual means, altering our experience of light, space and line.” What does this mean? Think, a beautiful coalescence of shape, pattern, form and function continuously changing as you move through the exhibit.
More info at http://samuelfreeman.com/exhibitions/jenene-nagy-emilie-halpern-molly-larkey/
James Welling: Choreograph @ Regen Projects
Through March 26, 2016
LA-based photographer James Welling continues his post-Modern, multi-layered photography in this new body of work focusing on his interest in dance. These artworks merge dance photographs with photographs of architecture and images of landscapes in the basic red, green, and blue color channels. Altered through Adobe Photoshop, the images were then printed using an inkjet printer. The result is a kaleidoscope of space, time, and motion.
More info at: http://www.regenprojects.com/exhibitions/james-welling9
