+ Streetwise Artist Talk with Bruce Davidson 7 - 9 pm @ Museum of Photographic Arts 1649 El Prado San Diego, CA 92101. $5 members / $10 students/seniors / $12 public. Details.
+ LA MeeCA " L.A. as the Promised Land" opening reception 6:30-9:30 pm @ Terrell Moore Gallery 1221 Hope St. Los Angeles CA 90025. Featuring Douglas McCulloh, Mark Indig, Larry Brownstein (image above), Ken Haber, and Aline Smithson.
The promise of sunshine, escape, and opportunity have long made Los Angeles a Mecca where people come to find and live their dreams. For the last century, the allure of Hollywood’s glamour and glitz and the chance for yet-to-be discovered stardom have inspired countless hopefuls to pack their bags and head west. The attraction of blue skies and sunny days, the scent of orange blossoms mixed with ocean breezes, and the prospect of starting over have defined life in Southern California for decades. But once here, dreams become elusive, morphing into the unexpected. What’s behind the velvet curtain isn’t always the yellow brick road.
+ Larry Hirshowitz "KCRW : Morning Becomes Eclectic" opening reception 7-9 pm @ Duncan Miller Projects Gallery 1716 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, California 90405 .
+ Josué Castro "Equal=Secret Identities" opening reception 7 - 10 pm @ ADC Contemporary Art Gallery, Factory Place Arts Complex, 1330 Factory Place, Building I, Los Angeles, CA, 90013
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+ APA/LA "Copyright : Knowledge Is Power" 10 am - 1 pm panel discussion moderated by Debra Weiss / 2-4 pm tutorial by Michael Grecco. @ Helm's Daylight Studio 3221 Hutchison Ave #E Los Angeles, CA 90034 FREE. RSVP by sending email to director@apa-la.com
+ "Getting Your Photographic Business Started with Maria Piscopo" 10 am to 1 pm @ Calumet Los Angeles 1135 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles, California 90038.
+ Marketing in Today’s Economy with Maria Piscopo 2-5 pm @ Calumet Los Angeles 1135 N. Highland Ave. Los Angeles, California 90038.
+ "Julius Shulman Los Angeles: The Birth of a Modern Metropolis" book signing with Authors Sam Lubell, Douglas Woods and Judy McKee 3-5 pm @ Craig Krull Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave # B3 Santa Monica, CA 90404-4031
+ Large Format Printing - Big Images, Big Opportunities 4-7 pm @ A&I 933 North Highland Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90038
A&I and MOPLA present Large Format Printing: Big Images, Big Opportunities. Breakthroughs in large format printing technologies have made this an affordable and attractive option for photographers seeking to sell their work to new markets. Find out what kind of images work in large format, tips for printing on canvas and the new substrates available, and how you can break into the market for large format work.
+ "Herb Ritts: The Golden Hour" book signing with author Charles Churchward 5-6 pm @ Book Soup 8818 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
+ John Humble "Other Places / Venice Beach" opening reception 5 - 7 pm @ @ Craig Krull Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave # B3 Santa Monica, CA 90404-4031
Humble is recognized as a keen observer of Los Angeles and was one of eight photographers awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to chronicle the city on its bicentennial.... Humble made a series of extensive trips, staying primarily on smaller country roads...these American pictures are about insights in juxtaposition; aged and vacant storefronts sit beside gaudy drive-thrus, hand-painted religious billboards stand in empty fields, as do newly constructed, box-like churches that look more like concrete-slab industrial parks. As a counterpoint to Humble’s photographs of Middle America, he will concurrently present a series of photographs of Venice Beach. As the artist describes it, “there is no place in the world like the tawdry three-ring circus of Venice…electric guitar players on rollerblades, marijuana doctors, tarot readers, muscle builders, tattoo shops, drug addicts, entertainers, and people speaking every language under the sun.”
+ Jeff Seltzer "Harmony" closing reception 5-8 pm @ drkrm gallery 727 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90014
These anonymous, sometimes featureless structures and locations exclude people but at the same time show the effect of human occupation and interaction. Like Baltz, Seltzer isolates his subjects, creating a head-on, cold and detached Kubrickian symmetry. Seltzer allows us to see beauty in the everyday and shows us order in the ordinary and mundane that we take for granted.
+ Susan Silas "Eyes Wide Shut" opening reception 5-9 pm @ CB1 Gallery 207 W. 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013.
...a collection of portfolios developed by Silas during the past decade. The series began serendipitously, when a small sparrow fell dead on the sidewalk at the artist’s feet. Silas documents with patient and focused resolve the irreversible transition from being to matter. Revealing aspects of decay and transformation, death and renewal, Silas simultaneously examines the continuum and resilience of life, self-consciously enlisting her photographs to do what photography does best — mining the medium’s ability to expose exactly what existed in front of the lens — conveying the unique fragility of sentient beings and their inevitable loss.
+ Lukas Roth "Re-construction" opening reception 6-8 pm @ Kopeikin Gallery 2766 La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, California 90034.
In order for Roth to create his photograph, he takes hundreds of digital pictures of one location or subject. He then creates an image that incorporates various elements from the hundreds of digital images and seamlessly recomposing them in a constructed image that more closely resembles what was seen by the naked eye. Roth creates idealized spatial concepts that rely on radically manipulating perspectives, axes, sizes and proportions.
+ Martha Cooper "Remix" opening reception 6-8 pm @ Carmichael Gallery, 5795 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
Carmichael Gallery is pleased to announce Martha Cooper: Remix, an expansive group show featuring highlights from Martha Cooper’s photographic archive and works by over 50 artists who have created their own unique interpretations of her iconic, historically significant imagery. There will be an opening reception for the exhibition on Saturday, April 9 from 6 to 8pm with Martha Cooper and several of the participating artists in attendance. The exhibition will run through May 7, 2011.
+ Josh Azzarella "Works 2004-2011" opening reception 6-8 pm @ Mark Moore Gallery, 5790 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.
Mark Moore Gallery presents the opening reception for Josh Azzarella's photographic and video works to date. Including a combination of manipulated photos, video and projection, "Works 2004-2011" explores Azzarella's developments in practice, technique and content –and culminates with the debut of his seminal "Untitled #105 (SFDF)" multi-channel video installation.
+ “Scapes" opening reception 6-10 pm @ Blue 5 Gallery 2935 S Sepulveda Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064.
Scapes is a unique dialog of photography and painting and a reconciliation of contemporary and traditional aesthetic. Many of the photographers employ approaches more common to painters as can be seen in the churning mist of colors drifting over Jeff Alu's haunting barren scenes, while some painters such as Michelle Nielsen attempt to capture frozen moments in an environment more common to photographic approaches. David Skinner will for the first time combine elements of his sought after rural California scenes with his introspective personal series.
+ I.C. Rapoport "love" opening reception 7-10 pm @ deyermond art + books 2801 Main Street Santa Monica, California, 90405
+ "ALT to the ALT" opening reception 7- 10 pm @ Show Cave, 3501 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90065
\"ALT to the ALT\" is an XXX-themed art event showcasing the top movers and porn directors within the Alt Porn industry through their photography and art. Featured artists: Eon McKai, Carlos Batts, Courtney Trouble, Bob Coulter, Kimberly Kane, Steak Mtn. Curated by Rae Threat
+ "About Face - A New Perspective on Photographic Portraiture " opening reception 7-10 pm @ The Loft at Liz's, 453 S. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90036
This show includes an eclectic mix of facial and full body portraiture with elemental mixed media. Featuring the works of 9 amazing artists, About Face puts a new twist on conventional photographic works – incorporating mixed media with traditional photographic portraiture. Featured artists include: Aline Smithson, Anna Stump, Franklin Londin, Pascal Giacomini, Paula Kayne, Stéphane Tourné, Ted Meyer, Wahb Mabkhout, and Tim Sabatino.
+ Glen Wexler "Audio / Visual : Album Covers & Portraits"opening reception 7-10 pm @ Mr Musichead Gallery, 7511 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Mr. Musichead Gallery presents the opening of Glen Wexler's conceptual album covers and musician portraits from over a 30 year range (1978 to 2010). Portraits include Michael Jackson, ZZ Top, Chaka Kahn and Herbie Hancock. Album covers include projects for Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Rush and Missing Persons.
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+ CalArts MFA Open Studios 2011 Noon to 5 pm @ California Institute of the Arts 24700 McBean Parkway Valencia, CA 91355. The CalArts MFA candidates in Art and Photo present their 2011 open studios.
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