Fashion, concept, Hollywood glam, and even current events - L.A. is alive with art this weekend. Whether you prefer design over photography or sculpture over performance, any art connoisseur will be satisfied with the next week’s pick of events. Read below for more information about “Aesthetics, Bohemians & Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s-1920s,” “After the Flood,” “My Space,” and “Lights, Camera, Action!”

Aesthetics, Bohemians, Craftsmen: Artistic Dress 1880s-1920s (Photo right from gallery): From the late 19^th century to 20^th century, the ever-evolving attitudes and life-styles have been reflected in fashion, leading to what we know as the Artistic Dress Movement. Aesthetes, Bohemians, and Craftsmen are all celebrated as integral parts of this era that brought us away from Victorian wear.

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New in Town?
Studio Artists 2007 - 2008
Edith Abeyta, Sierra Brown, Kendell Carter, Jeff Foye, Jocelyn Foye, Chris James, Ryan Jursich, Myung Jin Kim, Sojung Kwon, Frank Rodriguez, Amy Thornberry and Deborah Wright
June 29 - August 24, 2008
Opening Reception: June 29, 2-4 PM

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Brooks Salzwedel & John Palmer: Modern Soil
Katherine Wilson: Look at me look at you
28 June – 26 July, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 28, 7:00 – 10:30pm

Black Maria is pleased to announce the opening of “Modern Soil”, an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles based artists Brooks Shane Salzwedel and John Palmer. The exhibition builds on the fight-for-life themes consistent in Salzwedel’s art - nature vs. man-made, prehistoric vs. modern, organic vs. structured, recalling a time past, while remaining firmly planted in the present. Palmer’s works explores landscapes in peril and gives the exhibition contextual layers of introspection and meaning.

With little more than graphite and resin, Salzwedel creates sublime images of nature and industrial development co-existing.  Creating an eerie, ethereal tension between the two, while challenging notions of beauty and destruction. Salzwedel’s process and materials themselves lend additional depth to his content.  The toxic process of the layered resin is initially overshadowed by the beauty of the trees and plant life it contains.

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“SPIRIT OF NATURE”
An exhibition of contemporary Irish art
Opening with a salute to the summer solstice
June 21, 2008 – September 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 3 – 9 PM

Gallery 13, Irish Fine Art’ presents a new exhibition entitled ‘Spirit of Nature’ with paintings and bronze sculptures inspired by nature and landscape by contemporary Irish artists. Recent works by new and acclaimed Irish artists; Linda Brunker, Gregory Toal, Paul Christopher Flynn and Gerard Cox.
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“SPIRIT OF NATURE”
An exhibition of contemporary Irish art
Opening with a salute to the summer solstice
June 21, 2008 – September 20, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 3 – 9 PM

Gallery 13, Irish Fine Art’ presents a new exhibition entitled ‘Spirit of Nature’ with paintings and bronze sculptures inspired by nature and landscape by contemporary Irish artists. Recent works by new and acclaimed Irish artists; Linda Brunker, Gregory Toal, Paul Christopher Flynn and Gerard Cox.
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Art and music collide at Drkrm Gallery (Map) where the photography of Travis Shin (whose talent has been seen in such magazines as Scratch, Alternative Press, Rides, Blender, Stuff, Guitar World and King) is on display.

Come experience the final days of his photographic “journey through the contemporary Rock, Hip-Hop and Rap scene that documents the larger-than-life legends that comprise the visual album of today’s music.” Photographs of artists such as Dave Navarro, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg will be on display and on sale.

The exhibition will be up until June 29 with a closing reception held on Saturday, June 21 from 7-11pm. This is a totally free event so stop on by and experience a side of some of Rock and Rap’s icons not normally seen.

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Art and music collide at Drkrm Gallery (Map) where the photography of Travis Shin (whose talent has been seen in such magazines as Scratch, Alternative Press, Rides, Blender, Stuff, Guitar World and King) is on display.

Come experience the final days of his photographic “journey through the contemporary Rock, Hip-Hop and Rap scene that documents the larger-than-life legends that comprise the visual album of today’s music.” Photographs of artists such as Dave Navarro, 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg will be on display and on sale.

The exhibition will be up until June 29 with a closing reception held on Saturday, June 21 from 7-11pm. This is a totally free event so stop on by and experience a side of some of Rock and Rap’s icons not normally seen.

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In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor
June 22 – October 5, 2008

Since 1994, this ground swelling of lowbrow, surrealistic, pop, figurative, and narrative work has coalesced and found a voice in the pages of Juxtapoz magazine published in San Francisco. This “rag” has become the most widely read art magazine in the U.S. It is an influencing force on the aspiring artists of generation Y and the millenials, who are now enrolling in art schools in numbers never before seen.
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Painting’s Edge: The Exhibition

June 21 - July 2, 2008

Artists Reception: Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm

The exhibition is part of the Painting’s Edge advanced painting resident workshop at Idyllwild Arts, which includes individual critiques, group discussions, studio practice and public lectures.

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Painting’s Edge: The Exhibition

June 21 - July 2, 2008

Artists Reception: Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm

The exhibition is part of the Painting’s Edge advanced painting resident workshop at Idyllwild Arts, which includes individual critiques, group discussions, studio practice and public lectures.

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Guillaume Zuili
Exposed Cities
June 21 – August 9, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 21, 6 - 8 pm

Couturier Gallery will be presenting French photographer, Guillaume Zuili, in his solo exhibition opening June 21st. The exhibition will include photographs of urban landscape, addressing the interaction between urbanism, nature, and humans. These photographs, like fossils, expose layers of various shapes and forms of buildings, and street culture “producing ghost like qualities, symbolic of lost moments and untold narratives.”
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CONTRADICTIONS AND COMPLEXITIES: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM INDIA
Showing at Western Project:
SHOBHA BROOTA
SANTANA GOHAIN

Showing at d.e.n. contemporary:
SHEBA CHHACHHI
ANITA DUBE
CHITRA GANESH
MITHU SEN

Curated by Patricia Hamilton and Peter Nagy
June 21 – August 2, 2008
Opening receptions: Saturday, June 21,
5-8pm at d.e.n. contemporary art
6-9pm at Western Project

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