Welcome to this week in Art in LA

Wednesday night the Lecture: "Mobile Art Projects Education Strategies w/ Brandy Vause" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. I think this might be my new favorite place, the pop kitsch aesthetic mixed with performance and mobile art located within the seediness of Hollywood next door to strip club clothiers reminiscent of Lower East Side in the early 80's where art thrives.

Friday night I'm very curious about Elijah Blue "Stuff of Legends" presented by Kantor Gallery at Madison Gallery. Elijah is the son of Cher and Greg Allman. I'm not sure if my curiousity is for the possible celebrity sightings and the spectacle or to see Mr. Blue's art. It's all performance in the end, ain't it?

Saturday night make sure to be in Culver City for "Nine Stories" UC Irvine Graduate exhibition at LaxArt. And a few shows opening at Blum and Poe, Culver City:
- Georg Baselitz, Tom Burr, Jim Drain, Charles Long, "Cumulus" curated by Nathalie Karg
- Billy Al Bengston, Justin Beal, Scott Benzel, Gil "Endless Bummer / Surf Elsewhere" curated by Drew Heitzler
- Maureen Gallace, Emilie Halpern, Richard Hughes, F "Country Music" curated by Jeff Poe

If you don't already have a BBQ to attend on the 4th, Mike Bouchet's project out in 29 palms at 4pm takes the cake! Drink and swim in a pool of 100,000 liters of diet cola, the largest volume of diet cola in the world. Booze, BBQ and Flat Cola pool provided. RSVP to info@theboxla.com or call 213.625.1747 for directions.

So get out there, check it out and Enjoy!

Best Wishes,

Alex Staiger

Los Angeles editor, Artcards

Tuesday:
+ Artist Talk: Elizabeth Streb, Phillipe Petit at Hammer Museum

Friday:
+ Elijah Blue "Stuff of Legends" at Kantor Gallery
+ "CAL Art MFA Show" at POVevolving Gallery

Saturday:
+ "Nine Stories" UC Irvine Graduate exhibition at LaxArt
+ Billy Al Bengston, Justin Beal, Scott Benzel, Gil "Endless Bummer / Surf Elsewhere" curated by Drew Heitzler at Blum & Poe

Sunday:
+ Mike Bouchet "Cola Works" at The Box

Tuesday, June 29

+ Artist Talk: Elizabeth Streb, Phillipe Petit at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Screening: at Hop Louie
Chinatown: 950 Mei Ling Way, CA 90012, 8pm

Screening: Q&A with director Poke Runyon "Beyond Lemuria Screening" curated by Charles Irvin at Hop Louie
Chinatown: 950 Mei Ling Way, CA 90012, 8pm

Wednesday, June 30

Lecture: "Mobile Art Projects Education Strategies w/ Brandy Vause" at LACE Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
Hollywood: 6522 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90028, 6-8pm

Friday, July 2

+ Elijah Blue "Stuff of Legends" at Kantor Gallery
West Hollywood: 7025 Melrose Avenue, MADISON GALLERY 23410 Civic Center Way | Malibu, CA | 90265, CA 90036, 7-10pm

Damian Fulton, ROBERT PALACIOS, Lauren Gardiner & at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Hollywood: 4633 Hollywood Blvd, CA 90027, 8-11pm

+ "CAL Art MFA Show" at POVevolving Gallery
Chinatown: 939 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-10pm

Saturday, July 3

+ "Nine Stories" UC Irvine Graduate exhibition at LaxArt
Culver City: 2460 S. La Cienaga , CA 90034, 6-9pm

Heimir Björgúlfsson "walrus knuckles ash trigger" at Western Project
Culver City: 2762 S. La Cienega Blvd., CA 90034, 6-8pm

+ Billy Al Bengston, Justin Beal, Scott Benzel, Gil "Endless Bummer / Surf Elsewhere" curated by Drew Heitzler at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Maureen Gallace, Emilie Halpern, Richard Hughes, F "Country Music" curated by Jeff Poe at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Georg Baselitz, Tom Burr, Jim Drain, Charles Long, "Cumulus" curated by Nathalie Karg at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2754 South La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, 6-8pm

Sunday, July 4

+ Mike Bouchet "Cola Works" at The Box
Chinatown: 977 Chung King Road, CA 90012, Flat Cola Pool Independence Day Celebration in 29 Palms: July 4, 4pm, 4pm

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