There are several dynamic exhibitions opening on the east side of Los Angeles this weekend. 

Eros And Civilization opens at Human Resources in Chinatown, featuring the work of five female artists who use photography to explore psychological and visual relationships. These passionate and strong women are Heather Cantrell, Dawn Kasper, Tricia Lawless Murray, Davida Nemeroff, and Amy Sampson. The exhibition is curated by Benjamin Lord, who is also a brilliant artist and writer. I suggest looking at his solo exhibition currently on view in the project space at Las Cienegas Projects, False Positives.

Also on Friday, a group exhibition at Workspace is sure to be both playful and unsettling. The Land Before Time is a figurative excavation of childhood, with work by Erich Bollmann, Samantha Contis and Nick Lowe. 

See you there!

Lee Foley
Editor, Artcards Los Angeles

Thursday:
+ James Turrell "Present Tense" at Kayne Griffin Corcoran

Friday:
+ Janne Larsen, Sibyl Wickersheimer "Big Haul" at WEEKEND
+ Erich Bollmann, Nick Lowe, Samantha Contis "The Land Before Time" curated by David Gilbert at Workspace
+ Amy Sampson, Davida Nemeroff, Dawn Kasper, Heather Cantrell, Tricia Lawless Murray "Eros And Civilization" curated by Benjamin Lord at Human Resources

Saturday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Cheech Marin in conversation with artists Patssi Valdez and Louis Jacinto" at Thomas Paul Fine Art
+ "Gusher: Pearl C. Hsiung, Selected Work 2003-2011" at Vincent Price Art Museum (East Los Angeles College)
+ Paul Forney "Artists Only" at Young Art
+ Jay Stuckey "Glad Day" at The Company

Tuesday, September 13

"Pearls of Wisdom: End the Violence" at Skirball Cultural Center
Beverly Hills: 2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard, CA 90064, $10, noon-5pm

Lecture: Stacy Schiff "Cleopatra: A Life" at Skirball Cultural Center
Beverly Hills: 2701 N Sepulveda Boulevard, CA 90064, 8pm

"Grand Opening" at Kantor LA
West Hollywood: 7025 Melrose Avenue, CA 90036, 11am-6pm

Wednesday, September 14

Performance: "Los Doppelgangers" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, $25, 7:30pm

Screening: "Miss Representation" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 7pm

Benefit: "Performances by the Calder Quartet with special guest Terry Riley and DJ sets by artist Dave Muller" at Blum & Poe
Culver City: 2727 S. La Cienega Boulevard, CA 90034, $100, 7pm dj/drinks/appetizers, 8:30pm live music

Thursday, September 15

Erlea Maneros Zabala at REDCAT @ CalArts Theater (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater)
Downtown: 631 West 2nd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

+ James Turrell "Present Tense" at Kayne Griffin Corcoran
Santa Monica: 2902 Nebraska avenue, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Screening: "Flux Screening Series" at Hammer Museum
Westwood / Century City: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, CA 90024, 8pm

Friday, September 16

Matthew Brandt "Two Ships Passing" at M+B
Beverly Hills: 612 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

Joe Goode "Nighttime Series 1977-1978" at Michael Kohn Gallery
West Hollywood: 8071 Beverly Blvd , CA 90048, 6-8pm

Andrea Zittel at Regen Projects
West Hollywood: 633 North Almont Drive, CA 90069, 6-8pm

+ Janne Larsen, Sibyl Wickersheimer "Big Haul" at WEEKEND
Hollywood: 4634 Hollywood Boulevard, CA 90027, 7-10pm

"Tarfest Juried Art Exhibition" at Launch (Korean Cultural Center)
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 5505 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-9pm

+ Erich Bollmann, Nick Lowe, Samantha Contis "The Land Before Time" curated by David Gilbert at Workspace
Highland Park: 2601 Pasadena Ave, Unit C, CA 90031, 7-10pm

+ Amy Sampson, Davida Nemeroff, Dawn Kasper, Heather Cantrell, Tricia Lawless Murray "Eros And Civilization" curated by Benjamin Lord at Human Resources
Chinatown: 410 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Saturday, September 17

Lucinda Luvaas "The Times of Our Lives" at Gregory Way Gallery
Beverly Hills: 245 S. Beverly drive, CA 90212, 7-9pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Cheech Marin in conversation with artists Patssi Valdez and Louis Jacinto" at Thomas Paul Fine Art
West Hollywood: 7270 Beverly Boulevard, CA 90036, RSVP to 323.525.0444, 2pm

Patssi Valdez "Valdez/Jacinto: 80" at Thomas Paul Fine Art
West Hollywood: 7270 Beverly Boulevard, CA 90036, 6-9pm

? Sequoia Ziff "Acacia" at Rebecca Molayem Gallery
West Hollywood: 306 N. Robertson Boulevard, CA 90048, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Susie Speck Mayor "Palms Up!" at No Roses Gallery
West Hollywood: 13624 Ventura Boulevard, CA 91423, 4-7pm

Fred Brathwaite, Lee Quinones, Leonard Mcgurr "3 Kings" at Subliminal Projects
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1331 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 8-11pm

"15th Annual Korean Catholic Artists Association group show" at Lee & Lee Gallery
Miracle Mile / Mid-City: 3130 Wilshire Boulevard, suite 502, CA 90005, 3-6pm

Ernesto Muñoz Acosta "My Brother's Flight" at ADC Contemporary Art Gallery
Downtown: 1330 Factory Place, rear entrance by 6th, CA 90013, 7pm

Amy Maloof "Grave Architecture" inaugural exhibition curated by Paul W. Evans, Sophia Allison at ShoeboxLA (Little Tokyo Galleria)
Downtown: 333 S Alameda street, floor 2, CA 90013, 4-7pm

Anthony Friedkin "The Surfing Essay" at DRKRM
Downtown: 727 S. Spring Street, CA 90014, 7-10pm

Tasya Van Ree at Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA)
Downtown: 727 S. Spring Street, CA 90014, 7-10pm

Charles Dickson, Clement Hanami, Darren Hostetter, Dominique Moody, Kendell Carter, Liam O'Callaghan, Michael Massenburg "Listen With Your Eyes: A Group exhibition inspired by Jazz" at Morono Kiang Gallery
Downtown: 218 W 3rd Street, CA 90012, 6-9pm

Airom, Carol Powell, Douglas Alvarez, Gay Summer Rick, Lilli Muller, Melissa Meier, Michael Chearney, Nancy Larrew, Pete Jackson, Robert Sean Coons, Tooter "Impromptu" at Bleicher/Golightly
Santa Monica: 1431 Ocean Avenue, CA 90401, 6-10pm

"Paid to Play: Illustrating L.A. 1945 - 1985" curated by Charles E. White III, Dave Willardson, Robert Berman at Robert Berman Gallery (C2)
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, CA 90404, 6-9pm

Anne Veraldi, Benjamin Lowy at DNJ Gallery
Santa Monica: 2525 Michigan Avenue, suite J1, CA 90404, 6-8pm

Jose Bedia "Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by Jose Bedia" at Fowler Museum at UCLA
Westwood / Century City: Westwood Blvd at Sunset Plaza, CA 90069, RSVP to fowlerRSVP@arts.ucla.edu, 6-8:30pm

Robert Irwin "Way Out West" at L&M Arts
Venice: 660 Venice Boulevard, CA 90291, 6-8pm

Don Meyer "More Stuff" at Blue Five Design Art Space
Culver City: 2935 S. Sepulveda Blvd, CA 90064, 5-9pm

Sara Bright "New Paintings" inaugural exhibition at George Lawson Gallery
Culver City: 8564 Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 5:30-7:30pm

Christian Tedeschi "The Jawbone and the Air around it" at Kristi Engle Gallery
Highland Park: 5002 York Avenue, CA 90042, 7-10pm

+ "Gusher: Pearl C. Hsiung, Selected Work 2003-2011" at Vincent Price Art Museum (East Los Angeles College)
Monterey Park: 1301 Cesar Chavez Ave., 6-8pm

John Pearson "Color Rise" at Sam Lee Gallery
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 190, CA 90012, 6-8pm

Kenneth Tam, Natalie Labriola, Sean Kennedy "Negotiation of Objects" at Actual Size Los Angeles
Chinatown: 741 New High Street , CA 90012, 7-10pm

+ Paul Forney "Artists Only" at Young Art
Chinatown: 418 Bamboo Lane, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Alexis Smith "Early Works" at Thomas Solomon Gallery
Chinatown: 427 Bernard Street, CA 90012, 4-7pm

+ Jay Stuckey "Glad Day" at The Company
Chinatown: 955 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-8pm

Morgan Slade "They Live By Night" at LeBasse Projects (Chinatown)
Chinatown: 932 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 6-8pm

Richard Kraft "Something With Birds In It" at Charlie James Gallery
Chinatown: 975 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Brett Cody Rogers "Painter’s Forms" at Pepin Moore
Chinatown: 933 Chung King Road, CA 90012, 7-9pm

Gronk "Empty Lines" at L2kontemporary
Chinatown: 990 N. Hill Street , suite 205, CA 90012, 7-10pm

Dahlia Riley "Places, Faces and Memories" at Buenaventura Gallery
Ventura: 700 E. Santa Clara street, CA 93001, 4-7pm

? Rebecca Rutstein at Sylvia White
Ventura: 1783 East Main Street, CA 93001, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Sunday, September 18

"LACMA and KCRW Present: A Slice of Pie" at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
West Hollywood: 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90036, 12:30pm

Performance: Brendan Fowler "Stephen/Steven" at Pinata
Silverlake / Echo Park / Atwater: 1461 W Sunset Boulevard, CA 90026, 6-9pm, performance begins at 7pm

Artist Talk: Tm Gratkowski "White Out" at Blythe Projects
Culver City: 5795 West Washington Boulevard, CA 90232, 10:30am-noon discussion and brunch

Monday, September 19

"What's the difference #1" Wolf D. Prix/Coop Himmelb(l)au Lecture at Sci-Arc
Downtown: 960 E 3rd Street, CA 90013, 7pm

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