Some great work from two long supporters of Concrete Walls! Come out and REPRESENT!

JUSTIN DAHLBERG

New Drawings

April 26 - May 24, 2008

Reception for the artist: Saturday, April 26, 5-8 pm

Western Project 3830 Main Street Culver City, CA 90232

There is Always More for People Like You'

April 19 to June 7, 2008

Opening reception: April 19, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Project Room: 9/10, a short film by Thomas Logoreci

Ed from the infamous "Finishing School" is up to great things with students from Cypress College.

Come see what the artists of Concrete Walls are doing to educate the next generation.

Opening Reception: Annual Student Art Show which opens May 1st in the new Cypress College Art Gallery

Fine Arts Building Cypress College 9200 Valley View St. Cypress, CA 90630 Phone: (714) 484-7139

*****written by Ed Giardina****

View the project at www.air-dino.info

Students worked as a team to build Prana the Dinosaur. She is a “smart” inflatable sculpture. The design enables the sculpture to monitor and visualize the current air quality data of Cypress, CA. Prana has been programmed to emit colored light in accordance to the current air quality data extracted from Airnow.gov, a cross-agency government website. Airnow.gov is dedicated to transmitting U.S. air quality conditions and forecasts.

Prana ("breathing", the breath of life) is described on Wikipedia as a Sanskrit word that refers to a vital, life-sustaining force of living beings and vital energy in natural processes of the universe. Prana is a central concept in Ayurveda and Yoga where it is believed to flow through a network of fine subtle channels called nadis.

The hope for this project is to inform our school community with specific air quality data and to spark critical dialogue on campus. This sculpture was inspired by the many other air quality related projects studied in the course.

View the project at www.air-dino.info

Sunday, April 20, 2008 11am-6pm

Another CCW Artist is "movin' on up", don't miss out his solo show at Sam Lee Gallery in Chinatown....DAVID PAGEL didn't.

Read what DP thinks of the show!

LA TIMES by David Pagel

A menagerie in contentment

In a city where people pay for manicures for their cats and take their dogs to pet shrinks, hotels and spas, it's not all that outlandish to imagine them buying art for their furry companions. Those days are not yet upon us. But true art is always ahead of the curve, so if you want to see what may be in store for the future, head over to Macha Suzuki's L.A. solo debut at the Sam Lee Gallery. Five sculptures by the 29-year-old, Japanese-born, L.A.-based artist come from so far out in left field that they seem to be more suited for pets than people -- and all the better for it.

Simple contentment is the dominant emotional tone of Suzuki's handsomely handmade animals, which inhabit artificial settings that resemble customized fusions of works by Constantin Brancusi, Isamu Noguchi, Yoshitomo Nara and Evan Holloway. Unflagging loyalty and unapologetic dependence are also evoked, as is the unflappable serenity of creatures that gracefully avoid the daily dramas humans often get caught up in, making mountains of molehills and tempests in teacups.

Part of the power of Suzuki's sedate, well-adjusted sculptures resides in their capacity to translate the virtual space of painting into three dimensions.

Sometimes he does this by treating the space within his pedestals (visible through the fence-like slats of their sides) as dioramas filled with undersea life or pulsating light shows. At other times, Suzuki charges what we usually think of as negative space with electrifying energy. The digitally printed leaves on the tree in "Plan B" flutter with the faintest breeze. And the 72 arrows that surround the fluffy white sheep in "Minor Threat" form a perfect circle or menacing halo, suggesting geometric perfection as well as St. Sebastian and the Lamb of God.

The birds, cows, cats and fish in Suzuki's low-tech, cartoon-style sculptures inhabit a peaceable kingdom whose artificiality enhances its innocence and fragility. That's the world where pampered pets live, where slow, steady rhythms provide tiny islands of respite from the fast-paced craziness of modern life.

Sam Lee Gallery, 990 N. Hill St., No. 190, (323) 227-0275, through May 10. Closed Sunday through Tuesday. www.samleegallery.com.

Get a preview of Chelsea Dean's work before her two person show at CCW this May!

Other artists include: Janice Gomez, Asad Faulweel, Sergio Hernandez, Malisa Humphrey, Melissa Manfull, Amy Mauck, Scott Sheldon, Carly Steward & Andy Walker

Interactions: Armory Artists & Their Art

Armory at 2948, 2948 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena

April 13 – June 15

Opening reception, Saturday, April 12, 3–9 p.m.

Includes art by M.F.A. students and graduates participating in the Armory’s Fellowship program. Lorraine Cleary Dale, curator.

Lecture at Carl Berg Gallery by Lynn Aldrich!

Saturday, January 19th, 1-5pm

Its free then our opening reception starts at 6pm! DON'T MISS IT!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, CA , November 23, 2007

"Exceedingly Way Too Over Hung" 5th Annual $99.99 Show 90+ Artists, 150+ Works

December 7 – January 4, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, December 7, 2007 , 6-9pm

Concrete Walls, an alternative art space located on Wilshire's Miracle Mile, is pleased to announce our 5th Annual $99.99 Art Show.

Fine art and commerce must not always produce an anxious relationship; it is quite often a hostile one. A gallery owner must weigh the relative merits of price versus sales, and whether the artist's style merits the gallery's reputation, i.e., price versus sales.

"Art bargains" for the general public are generally non-existent, and for the wealthy: preventable. Exclusive charity art shows have become the favored venue for many good artists to display works at charitable prices, which are often in turn, of charitable value. One cannot argue with a good deed done for a good cause; we are only left to audit the books.

The "Exceedingly Way Too Over Hung" show is an attempt to create a small demilitarized zone in the world of art sales. We have over 90 artists at various career stages with varied styles, who have chosen to show and sell their work for a small sum, not to prevent sinister habits, but to subsidize a population that is often unable to participate in the art market.

Some of our artists have shown at: The Hammer Museum, Carl Berg Gallery, Happy Lion, Contemporary, the Pacific Asia Museum , ACME, Black Dragon Society and Newspace. And one of the artists is the 2005 National Air Guitar Champion.

How to view 90+artists: Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. La tristesse durera toujours. Lewis Carroll/Van Gogh's last words.

November, 10th, 2007 — December 22nd, 2007

Opening reception: Saturday, November 10th 6—9 PM

Performance by Anna Oxygen at 8 pm.

Sundowners: Nomads. Searchers. Setting up shop. Working the land. Moving on. On the lam. The weathered American landscape filters through the windows, its once wild frontier a myth, a relic, an old motel with its entrails spilled. Los Angeles. A mythical, mystical illusion unto itself. Its waterways paved in concrete, its arid soil choked with mortar. A desert teeming with prim lawns and post-atomic flowerbeds lining endless rows of anonymous stucco. A city built upon projection, of limitless futures and invisible pasts, like props in an endless cycling of celluloid. Sundowners. A community of people downing the sun, shooting stars out of the sky, yet simultaneously basking in their light.

The Happy Lion is pleased to present Sundowners with works by Seann Brackin, Naomi Buckley, Spencer Douglass, Arangna Ker, Candace Lin, and Maeghan Reid. Works in painting, drawing, sculpture and animation share an interest in terrain — both internal and external, and the vehicles used to navigate it. In reaction to a shared truth concerning the fragility and futility of production, these artists obsessively construct works that smile snidely at the simple gesture. Naomi Buckley employs an intense layering of materials: thin strips of wood, plastic, wallpaper, paint samples, screws, and bolts to create forms that reference vessels for travel. Maeghan Reid's work refers to landscape focusing on the oft-neglected peripheral aspects of her surroundings. The telephone wire, the dilapidated shingle roof, the warped linoleum, are the embellished areas of the vistas, the focus turned away from the lush greenery or the setting sun and set to our urban surroundings. Spencer Douglass uses discarded materials such as floor paneling, pillowcases, and mirrors as foundations for abstract paintings, translating the language of mass production into a personal one. Candice Lin creates fantastical landscapes that depict an idiosyncratic world of cloaked figures, horsemen, and heroines in delicately rendered watercolors. Seann Brackin’s cardboard spacecraft is easily imagined emerging from the desert running on some hybrid fuel, aiming to make it halfway around the world, or at least to the next discernable mountain. Aragna Ker’s skull sculpture, based in part on a ceremonial feast of his native Cambodia, seems to embody all aspects of life as the composition shifts from cheek bones to mountains, from trees to candles merging both the physical properties of self and landscape.

Long time LA Ceramic Icon, KEN NAKASHIMA has on display a selection of his ceramic work from the past two decades don't miss out!

This will be a monthly event! Take a free ride on the art trolly!

After you hit up KEN NAKASHIMA at Concrete Walls head over to support Maeghan from 6-8pm

ABSTRACTION curated by Nancy Meyer

artists include Maeghan Reid, Darren Waterston, Rebecca Morris and more...

MICHAEL KOHN GALLERY 8071 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048

Reception, Sat. Sept 15, 6-8pm

Closing Oct. 13

VIDEO PICNIC 2007 One night screening featuring Nicole Antebi, Lara Bank, Emil Dora, Joel Heflin, Matt MacFarland, Noah Peffer, Jennifer Porter & more 9 pm-10 pm screening

MAXIMUM OF MAXIMUMS Small works by over 50 visual artists Partial proceeds of sales donated to Common Ground Wetlands Restoration Project Artists include: Nicole Antebi/Jaime Antonio/Ginnie Baer/Chris Bassett/Dan Bayles/Elonda Billera/Darryl Blood/James Boulton/Brian Boyer/Naomi Buckley/Castle Castle/Stephen Childs/Alice Cisternino-Jackel/David Coyne/Michael David/Sam Davis/Ismael de Anda/Walpa D'Mark/Emil Dora/Spencer Douglass/Finishing School/Oscar Fernando Galeanci/Monica Gonzalez/Hilary Graves/Sarah Grear/Phillip Griswold/Kent Hammond/Gustavo Herrera/Katie Herzog/Fatima Hoang/Ami Howard/Ben Jackel/Gina Kelly/Aragna Ker/John Knuth/Ryan Lamb/Patricia Liverman/Jay Lizo/Matt MacFarland/Amy Maloof/Alesandro Mares/Michelle Matthews/Justin Michell/Lara Miller/Allison Owen/Maeghan Reid/Brett Riegler/Jeff Ribaudo/ Jean Robison/Carrie Rose/ John Rubio/Shizu Saldamando/Ben Shaffer/TOMMY!/Erin Trefry/Phil Wagner/Matt Wardell

Every 2 miles of wetlands reduces a hurricane's surge by half a foot. Louisiana is losing its protective fringe of marshes and barrier islands faster than any place in the United States. Since the 1930s some 1,900 square miles of coastal wetlands—nearly the size of Delaware—have vanished beneath the Gulf of Mexico due to human development and intervention. The state continues to lose about 25 square miles of land each year, roughly one acre every 33 minutes.

Common Ground is a community-initiated volunteer organization offering assistance, mutual aid and support to the New Orleans area. Their mission is to provide short-term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long-term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the New Orleans area. Their Wetlands Restoration program was created to address the dangers faced by New Orleans and the Gulf Coast by working to bring immediate attention to the ecological and political causes and effects of the 2005 hurricane devastation. They are dedicated to educating as many folks as possible, both in Louisiana and beyond, on the critical role that wetlands play in protection from storm surge and how to best keep them healthy.

Amongst other things, in the last 10 months, the Common Ground Wetlands Restoration Project has planted over 11,500 clumps of smooth cord grass, a species that helps prevent erosion, throughout coastal Louisiana. Common Ground volunteers have also been assisting with the planting of over 6,500 cypress trees in the Louisiana wetlands.

His solo exhibition will be on display for only one more week so don't miss out!

Here is a sneak peak of the "Jesus of Air Guitar" himself in action at the Key Club, captured by CCW.

Leave a comment & forward to your friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Ob2X7Hft4

Reception for Artists: Saturday, July 14, 7-9pm

SAM LEE GALLERY 990 N. Hill Street (China Town) Los Angeles, CA 90012 323.227.0275 Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12-6pm

www.samleegallery.com www.devontsuno.com www.machasuzuki.com

You've seen Ker's work at the Hammer Museum, the Asian Pacific Museum, and YES, CONCRETE WALLS GALLERY.

Saturday, July 14 Concrete Walls Artists are representing all over LA!

Sabina Lee Gallery "Summer Romance" July 14 through August 11, 2007 5365 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 Phone (323) 935-9279

Check it out.

Make a drive down to the beach and then head over to the gallery at night?!?

OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 7-10PM

"Strange Clocks Transmit Lincoln Log Paint"

J Flynn Gallery 2950 A - Randolph Ave. Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Opening reception - Friday, June 8, 2007, 7pm -10pm.

Finishing School will premiere Kapital for Kids - an online game environment for children and their parents. It parodically explores the various relationships between children’s media entertainment, education, and capitalism.

Finishing School is a collective identity that investigates the many intersections between art and critical, covert, and common subject territories. All Finishing School projects attempt to demystify cultural production and engage viewers into various participatory models. They were recently part of the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum Web Biennial. They were also part of Touring Show organized by Rhizome and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, People For A Better Tomorrow, at the University of California at Riverside and Street Signs and Solar Ovens, Socialcraft in Los Angeles at the Craft and Folk Museum in Los Angeles.

Me & You Variety Candy los angeles 2752 Clearwater Street, Los Angeles, CA 90039 by appointment only 323-475-8904 Show runs from June 8 - June30, 2007 http://meandyouat.blogspot.com/ meandyougallery@yahoo.com

Park Projects

Suitcase Volume II: The Unpacking A collaborative show featuring:

Elonda Billera Malisa Humphrey Matthew Heizman Kat Ross Brad Eberhard Nathaniel Delarge Nicole Antebi Robert Herbst Gustavo Herrera Brian Bosworth Kayo Nakamura Matt Wardell Matt MacFarland Aragna Ker Jamie Uretsky

May 12 June 3, 2007 Reception Saturday May 26

Park Projects 4755 York Blvd. LA, CA 90042

Park Projects is open by appointment. For appointments contact Lara Bank at 323-445-4501, Julia Alexander at 323-719-8158, or Kent Hammond at 818-726-4337. For more information visit www.myparkprojects.org

Claremont Graduate University 251 E. Tenth Street Claremont, CA 91711

A Monster wall of hundreds of flashing lights? What?

A beach cruiser powered JayZ video?

WHAT???

15 foot waves and LCD screens? what?

Congrats to Fatima Hoang on a successful show last Saturday. If you missed out. Well, I guess you mess up. But you can still see it minus the video projection until June.

Don't miss out on opening night festivities and special one night only video projection!

Bring your airguitar and get it autographed by SIR ROCKNESS himself!

Saturday, April 21 6-9pm

Its a JEM.

Make an appointment to view it tommarow!

youandmeat@blogspot.net

You may have seen Kent's work at Fringe Projects in Chinatown. Great stuff check it out.

Kent Anderson Butler: "Little Sunshine" On View April 18, 2007

Opening Reception Monday, April 23, 2007. 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Wine and music. Free admission.

The PMCA is pleased to welcome video and installation artist Kent Anderson Butler to the PMCA Project Room, where he has completed a new installation entitled, Little Sunshine. In a departure from his previous autobiographical works, Anderson Butler presents a new video, set in a constructed environment, that references the universal phenomenon of childhood memory and perception. Starting with the sheer joy and terror experienced during childhood which become indelibly etched into the psyche, Anderson Butler creates a work that speaks to the essence of the self.

Check out the new kids on the block.

251 East Tenth Street Claremont, Ca 91711

Fatima Hoang aka "The ROckNess Monster" will be debting his solo installation at Concrete Walls on Saturday, April 21 6-9pm. Don't miss it!!! More to come!

Macha Suzuki will be backing up his show, "Enchanted Forest" at CCW with a solo debt in NY @ famed KRAVETS/WEHBY GALLERY

He is working hard to represent the CGU, CCW, APU, WNKSTAZ crews large.

He's working hard in the studio. The show will open late May...more news to come.

They have some new work that you can check out before it is shipped out to their shows in SF and NY. Don't miss out if you don't have a plane ticket!

They would like to share their art with you so feel free to drop by the studio and bring a drink or mushrooms or something because, we'll have the grill going.

When::Friday, April 13-6pm- -- - -

Where:: 4328 Eagle Rock Blvd. LA CA 90041,

By Rambo's taco truck and House of Joy sign in the way back.

Me And You Variety Candy los angeles, CCW's sister's cousin's uncle's daddy's gallery is having an opening this Friday don't miss out on what looks to be a great show. SEE YOU THERE!

Big Ideas Stumbling Into Small Walls

Opening Reception - Friday, April 6, 2007, 7 - 10pm

Featuring DJ Legion

Norm Laich's large-scale wall painting utilizes graphic imagery and lettering in a way that parallels media-driven lingo offered in ceremonies of free enterprise, liberty and social equality.

Jay Lizo's likens his mixed media installation combining Aretha Franklin's "Think" with text from Mother Pollard, a Montgomery Bus Boycott participant, to when a DJ plays a song that then triggers a memory game of when a person first heard the song, what they were doing, what was going on in the world during that time. This game is what drives his work.

April 6 – April 26, 2007

Me & You Variety Candy Los Angeles

2752 Clearwater St.

Los Angeles CA 90039

909-418-8028

meandyougallery@yahoo.com

By Appointment Only Between the 2 and 5 fwys

ROAD TRIP?

OPENS: FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007 @4:20pm

Ben Shaffer

"With Signs Following"

Silverman Gallery

2295 3rd Street

San Francisco, CA

www.silverman-gallery.com

Rochelle has been a large part of the success of Concrete Walls over the years and I am happy to say her Solo Exhibition at SLBG is one you CAN'T miss.

Check it out! It is open for view on Saturdays, 11am -5pm until April 7th

208 S La Brea Gallery Inglewood, CA 90301

And yes Sir Rockness Monster will be in the house to answer sign autographs and answer questions about his up coming solo show at Concrete Walls!

ATTEND ONLY IF YOU RSVP! call 415.412.7797

Summercamp presents: The Hat Workshop with Corinne Kamiya in EL SERENO

Sunday, March 25th 4-6 pm

No prior sewing skills required Bring $5, material (old clothes or a half yard), scissors. a sewing machine if you have one, and stay for a...

6 pm informal artist talk and hotdog/beer party

3119 Chadwick Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032 call 415.412.7797 for info and questions

Corinne Kamiya currently resides in Kaneohe, Hawaii. She works as a bicycle teacher, hat maker, bronze caster, and artist. She started making hats three years ago from old pant legs and pajamas that are too hot to wear in Hawaii. Her hats can be found in boutiques in Honolulu. Corinne has recently been accepted into the graduate program at Mass Art in Boston, and is planning to relocate in the fall.

Congrats to Gwen Pool on her amazing review by David Pagel. We wish it was about her show at Concrete Walls, but the praise by "DP" was well deserved! Way to go GWEN!

"Surrealism for Kids" could be the subtitle of "The Object," a five-artist exhibition at Carl Berg Gallery. Ordinary objects and mundane materials take on lives of their own as the L.A. sculptors gently push them in suggestive directions and then set them loose, leaving them free to do their own things in a viewer's imagination.

Gwen Pool's enchanting diorama gets the show off to a great start. Lovingly crafted of crocheted and knitted yarn, Jell-O molds and homemade bicycle wheels, "To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn" depicts a fantastic land of Ferris wheels, desktop fans, rolling hills and Op art patterns.

If Chris Burden collaborated with a bunch of farmland grandmothers to form an avant-garde quilting bee, Pool's piece is what they might make. Its charm does not mollify its kick or sugarcoat Pool's bittersweet vision of relentless suburban sprawl and the transformation of America into a cheesy theme park.

Carl Berg Gallery, 6018 Wilshire Blvd., (323) 931-6060, through March 10. Closed Sundays and Mondays. www.carlberggallery.com.

Reception: Saturday, March 3, 2007, 5-9?

Kinkead Contemporary 6029 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 310.838.7400

Hope you all can make it!

Devon T.S.Tsuno "Unsound Ecology"

Reception: Tuesday, Feb.6, 6-8pm

Feb.6 - May 18, 2007

University of La Verne "Tall Wall" Space 1950 Third Street La Verne, CA 91750 909.593.3511 Gallery Hours: M-F 10am -5pm & by appointment

If you are going to be out on the east coast don't miss it. Iona Rozeal Brown, Sydney Chastain-Chapman, Gajin Fujita, Andrea Lehmann, Aaron Romine, Macha Suzuki and, Aya Uekawa are the names.

Curated by Kristi Lippire Artists include: Ben Shaffer, Macha Suzuki, Ruben Ochoa, Kay Nakamura, Gustavo Herrera and more....

This years show was a huge success, the opening was PACKED! A few hundred people and over 160 works made for an amazing show!

It was even mentioned in the LA TIMES "WEST" MAGAZINE last Sunday!!!

There are still some great pieces of art left for only $99.99 so don't miss out! Don't miss a chance to see art from 100 people at the same time.

He will bring his "Airness" in a take over of our little space.

Look for updates and more info.

New work by: James Boulton, Stephen Childs and Mark Gens.

Opening reception - Friday, November 17, 2006, 7 - 10pm

James Boulton's animations bombard the senses with bright colors, graphic shapes, and repetitive motion. Stephen Childs' enlarged lush Polaroids confound the eye with mystery. Mark Gens' digital images use media to explore the way we perceive violent images, transforming them into seductive and appealing imagery.

Nov. 17 - Dec. 8, 2006 Me & You Variety Candy los angeles 2752 Clearwater Street Los Angeles, CA 90039 909-418-8028 by appointment only Between the 2 annd 5 fwys

Artists include, Momo Chen, Melissa Huff, Aragna Ker, Kayo Nakamura, Moto Okawa, Gwen Pool, Ben Shaffer, Macha Suzuki, Devon Tsuno, Tom Monson, Jamie Uretsky, Malachi Ward

Opening Reception: Tuesday, Nov. 21, 6-8pm

Show open from Nov. 20-31

Azusa Pacific University the L Gallery West Campus 701 E. Foothill Blvd. Azusa, CA 91702

"Neo Dolce" December 2, 2006 – January 6, 2007

High Energy Constructs presents Neo Dolce, a group exhibition of works on paper by artLedge (Brandon Alevendia & Caleb Lyons), Arryan Decataur, Marc Herbst, Jim Johnson, Lia Lowenthal, Claudia Nieto, Paul Paiement, James Powers, Daniel Purbrick, and Amy Robinson.

Neo Dolce draws together artists from Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco whose works demonstrate laborious, mystical, and playful relations with the materiality of paper, both formally and conceptually. Their works come from processes that metaphysically explore and physically craft narratives concerning commitment and community, health and hybridity, labor and leisure.

Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena Banquet: A Feast for the Senses

November 10, 2006 - February 4, 2007

Reception Friday, Nov.10, 7-9pm

The Asian and Asian-American artists selected for participation in this international exhibition include Chiho Aoshima, Ambreen Butt, Patty Chang, Jiae Hwang, Sang-Bin Im, Takehito Koganezawa, Aragna Ker, Susan Lee-Chun, Li Jin, Kohei Nawa, Kaz Oshiro, Jung Eun Park, Zhang Huan, and Zhi Lin. Highlights of the exhibition include the work of Li Jin, an artist who specializes in ink-wash paintings on paper that represent scenes of everyday life. Li is most influenced by depictions of food in Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1260–1368) dynasty Gongbi paintings—a style known for its meticulous and graceful style. Referencing the intersection of food with gender issues, Chiho Aoshima’s computer drawn, digital print Sublime Grave Dweller Shinko, portrays the deity Shinko in the act of consuming negative souls in a cemetery and exhaling their cleansed spirits in the form of bees. A young woman with a bowl of noodles on her head (post-bicycle accident) is shown in the lower right-hand corner. One of Aoshima’s primary interests is in depicting Japanese women in nontraditional roles.

Thanks again to all who participated and came out to support the growing Wilshire Art Community!

artists include, narie blanchard, melanie bonajo, brian bress, roya falahi, medhdi hercberg, hyun-gyoung kim, susanne mewing, david ostrowski, korner union & stuart white

Reception October, 21, 6-9pm October, 20- November 25, 2006

Fette's Gallery by appointment only culver city, ca 90232

"Crestfallen" John Rubio

Upstairs at the Market Gallery 1057 S. San Pedro Street (at 11th St.) Los Angeles, CA 90015

Opening Reception Friday, October 6, 2006 6-10 p.m.

Gallery hours: Monday – Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Weekends by appointment: Call John at 323.359.0925

Check out their new blogspot with images of past shows and other happenins.

Be sure to make an appointment, this gallery is by appointment only.

Here are some images of the show! Enjoy.

Opening Reception: Saturday, October7 6 – 9 pm

Other artists include: Lynn Aldrich, Steve DeGroodt, Patrizia Giambi, Jacci den Hartog, Habib Kheradyar, David McDonald, Patrick Nickell, Tim Nolan, Gwen Pool, Maeghen Reid, Steve Schmidt, Dunnieghe Slawson

domestic setting 3774 Stewart Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-391-8023

October 7 thru November 11 Hours 11–5 Friday and Saturday Or by Appointment

The opening is Tuesday, Sept.19, 2006.

Don't be square.

Biola University

13800 Biola Ave. La Mirada, CA 90639

Taber's sculpture was its expected wellcrafted greatness, including a gigantic cactus and a stainglass window form.

A RHETORIC OF ILLS; THE EKOLOGIE OF ORNAMENT AT THE CAUSATUM OF STILLNESS

SEPTEMBER 9 - OCTOBER 7, 2006

Mark Moore Gallery 2525 Michigan Avenue A-1 Santa Monica CA 90404 Tel 310 453 3031 Fax 310 453 3831 info@markmooregallery.com

Gallery Hours Tuesday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 11-5

Will Long, utilizes infa-red camera technology and mirco computer fans to create a space that is mundane, but hightech.

Janice Gomez builds rooms inside of rooms, inside of rooms, that are filled with fantasy, soft pillow dreams, and interactive games.

Sounds interesting? YES, check it out while you can.

@ Upstairs at the Market Gallery 1057 S San Pedro Street Los Angeles, CA 90015

September 9-15 opening: September 9: 6pm-10pm

Hours: Sunday-Friday 10am-4pm and by appointment

Check out Maeghan's new work on other's ultra cool alternative space.

Wonder what she has been up to? This image is 2 years old, so go check it out and see her new stuff.

"Back Room" Kinkead Contemporary opens on September 9th, and runs until October 21st.

The opening reception on the 9th is from 6 to 8pm. The show features a selection of works culled from the back rooms of various Los Angeles galleries.

The gallery is located at 6029 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 T: (310) 838-7400 F: (310) 838-7474

Open W-Sat 10-6pm Tuesday by Appointment

Joe Biel, Everest Hall, Mark Stockton, Sean Duffy, Sean Higgins, Paul Butler, Alison Owen, Mark Bennett, Jeremy Dickinson & Scott Treleaven from Acuna Hansen, Susanne Vielmetter, Sixspace, Bank, Mark Moore, Angles & Simon Watson

"The Greenhouse Effect" Justin Dahlberg, Gwen Pool, Devon Tsuno August 28-September 25, 2006 Reception: Thursday, September 14

Three Los Angeles based artists explorer plants and the landscape they inhabit though drawing, sculpture and painting.

Greenleaf Gallery is located in Mendenhall, a large Spanish-style building on the Whittier College campus at the corner of Greenleaf and Painter. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot. For directions: www.maps.yahoo.com

Greenleaf Gallery Whittier College 13406 Philadelphia St. Whittier, CA 90603 Contact: Ali Smith, Gallery Director asmith@whittier.edu

d.e.n. contemporary

6023 Washinton Blvd.

Culver City, CA 90232

S U S A N L O G O R E C I

A r e a s o f I n t e r e s t

September 9 – October 28, 2006

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9th, 5 – 7 p.m.

Cirrus is pleased to present Areas of Interest, an exhibition of new drawings by Susan Logoreci. Referencing our collective experience of the American metropolis, she uses the aerial view as a unifying approach to the vastness of her subject matter. Her latest body of work combines images of New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, addressing both the similarities and startling differences of these large cities.

Cirrus Gallery

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday,10 - 5

542 South Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 t 213.680.3473 :::: f 213.680.0930

APORIA curated by Matt Heizman

Opening Reception: Saturday, August, 26th 6-9pm

compact/space Gallery 1307 South Union Los Angeles, CA 90015 www.compactspace.com lax@compactspace.com 626.676.0627

APORIA August 26th - Sept. 16th Opening Reception August 26th 6-9pm

compact/space is pleased to announce Aporia, a multi-media exhibition curated by Matt Heizman

An aporia arises as the result of equally conceivable yet contradictory premises. Literally meaning with no pathway, it exists theoretically as a seemingly unsolvable dilemma in a question. Much current artwork dealing in abstraction operates like an aporia, providing collectively inconsistent premises to create a myriad of alternative assertions. Such are the artists of Aporia.

Stephen Childs confounds the documentary aspect of photography and pushes it towards indecipherability. He shoots out-of-focus photographs and uses repetition to create mysterious and colorful abstract images. Child's photos are mounted on wooden panels and reminiscent of lush abstract paintings, further confusing one's understanding of what one is viewing.

Culling subject matter from current events or local ephemera, many of Kent Hammond's objects drift away from their recognizable influences as he allows them to develop a certain autonomy. Often these works become completely nonrepresentational. Other of Hammond's paintings, drawings, sculptures, and collages are inspired by and include images and detritus from recognizable media side by side with ambiguous abstraction.

Channeling the subversive spirit of bohemian countercultures of the late 60's and early 70's, Ben Shaffer attempts to advance the collective consciousness. He attempts to influence us back to a belief in the "primitive" tradition of art and its role in magic. His kaleidoscopic tunnels utilize the hypnotic effect of flashing lights in an attempt to subdue the mind into a relaxed and meditative state of awareness.

For further information contact: Glenna Jennings Co-Director Glenna@compactspace.com / 626 676 0627

RECEPTION: Friday, September 8, 6-10pm

It was a fun filled night starting with an Indian style ceremony conducted by CCW's "guru" Aragna Ker, followed by lots of Nan and curry. YUM!

The guests were stylin new shades and the dancing went into the night.

We wish Ryan and Nicola many years of happiness!

It was an action packed night that included dirt bombs, birds of paradise and American flags.

The show is open by appointment only, but if you missed it here are some images from the opening.

I suggest you go check it out too and read the review.

Rosamund Felsen Bergamont Station B4 2525 Michigan Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90404

I'm not a critic so go see it yourself if you want to know what it was like.

Here are some images of work that stood out to me.

Claremont Graduate School

Cal Arts

Claremont Graduate School

-Devon

NIGHT VISION

New work by Ben Shaffer and Devon Tsuno

Opening reception Friday, August 4, 2006 7 pm - 10 pm

@Me & You Variety Candy los angeles 2752 Clearwater St. Los Angeles, CA 90039

Harvey Levine Gallery 5902 Washington Blvd. (temporary new location!) (SW corner of Washington and La Cienega) Culver City, Ca 90232

August 4th- August 26th, 2006 Reception for the artists: Friday, August 4th, 6-9pm

Harvey Levine Gallery is pleased to announce Great American Nude, a group exhibition organized by Matt Wardell and Harvey Levine.

Including works both abstract and representational, ‘nude’ is interpreted alternately in subject, concept, and material. The exhibition features work from established and emerging artists. Several artists have made work specifically for the show including Kristi Lippire, Koh Byoung-ok, Yoshua Okon and a video projection produced by Gustavo Herrera and Ryan Lamb. Also featured will be Skip Arnold’s 1983 video “Girls in Bikinis Get Fucked All Day”.

There will be a reception for the artists held on Friday, August 4th from 6-9pm including a site-specific performance by Aaron Garber-Maikovska and Kiva Garber-Maikovska. The gallery is located at 5902 Washington Boulevard (beside Mag’s Donut’s) in the heart of the Culver City arts district. The gallery’s hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 12- 6pm. For more information: levinegallery.com or 323-954–1117.

Artists include: Skip Arnold Naomi Buckley Carlee Fernandez Aaron Garber-Maikovska and Kiva Garber-Maikovska Ed Gomez Roger Herman Gustavo Herrera Gustavo Herrera & Ryan Lamb Koh Byoung-ok Kristi Lippire Matt Lipps Karen Lofgren Matt MacFarland & Tom Norris Daniel Mendel-Black Alfredo Mercado Tracy Nakayama Yoshua Okon William Roper Eduardo Sarabia Matt Wardell

He traded a shameless ConcreteBLOG plug for an appearance at the next opening with 10 of his best looking friends!

Come meet Mike and his friends at Nick Bustamante & Shinichi Ono's opening at CWG on Saturday, August 5, 6-9pm

Artists include: Adrienne, Allebe, Kendel Carter, Darren Hosteller, Kiel Johnson, Julie Rofman & Noah Thomas

Whittier College, Reception Saturday, July 15, 2006, 6-9pm, Performance@7&8pm

13406 Philadelphia St., Whittier CA 90603

Concrete Walls is participating in the Mid City West Community Council's "Gallery Night Out" an art walk with a double decker bus to take you from gallery to gallery!

FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2006

6pm-10pm

Participating Gallerys include: Carl Berg Gallery, LACMA, Lawrence Asher, Craft & Folk Art, Ace Gallery, Korean Cultural Center, Don O'Melveny, Solway Jones, Sabina Lee, Concrete Walls, Merry Karnowsky, Alitash Kebede, Jan Baum, Iturrale, Fahey/Klein, Apex, Jan Kesner, Couturier, Jack Rutberg, Voila!

Buses depart from the Newsstand on WIlshire Blvd & Detroit Ave.

Claremont is in the house....literally.

This painting is titled "BLAZE" and was one of the my favorites. If you haven't seen the show, don't miss out.

Here is a preview of her new work. This one is titled "Everything I don't Understand" and is oil on canvas.

Ali is awesome, and a leader in the Long Beach Art Community so go show your love.

Ultrasonic International

Emily Counts, Craig Fisher, Kim Rugg, Ali Smith and more....

Mark Moore Gallery@ Bergamont Station

2525 Michigan Avenue A-1 Santa Monica, CA 90404

Don't miss her new large scale piece at Carl Berg Gallery next weekend!

Other artists include Sarah Cromarty, Erin Marie Dunn, Jessica Mincly, Julie Rofman and more...

"Debut"

July 8th-August 5, Reception on Saturday, July 8@6-9pm

6018 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 www.carlbergallery.com

Also check out the collaberative Collage Project and exhibition, "Collage Party" she participated in at ZieherSmith Gallery in the NY. There are some awesome images of the work being made on their website so take a peek!

531 West 25th St. New York, NY 10001

. . . long story short, they flip a mean cheese burger and were super cool.

Check out Ben Ritter and Alisa Ochoa's work two of the artists working at 1770. Thanks for the dinner guys!

Check it out! There are great images of his newest work.

Macha, is rumored to have just relocated to an urban barn in Eagle Rock.

Keep an eye on this guy he is going to do big things.

If you want to attend you will have to kiss his ass or just be really hot at the next Concrete Walls opening because it is SOLD OUT.

You have to check out the "Rockness Monster" in action on the "Today Show" video at www.usairguitar.com