Here's a map of the galleries in Culver City. Most of them will hold opening receptions this Saturday night, 6-8pm. Click on the map for a link to the galleries' websites where you'll find more information on the opening night receptions.
You can also use the Artforum online
calendar.
A couple of friends and I went to the art gallery openings on La Cienega and Washington St last Saturday. It was quite an interesting experience. There were crowds of people all over, and everyone seemed to be holding a red cup of beer or some wine. It appeared as if all the galleries had a bar inside - one even had a keg (classy...)! The crowd was what can only be described using the commonplace word these days: HIPSTERS. I've never seen people like that in southern California; I thought they existed in reality only in NYC. Metallic leggings, plaid shirts, handlebar mustaches abounded. It was almost worth going there just for the people watching.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of the art, I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I actually liked a lot of it. Often I am skeptical of "modern"/"indie" art but this time, it really looked like the artists had genuine talent. I fell in love with one painting by Song Kun in the Walter Marciel Gallery. Entitled "Shanghai," it depicted a dark night city scene with a lone figure silhouetted in the foreground. Too bad it cost $20,000. I settled for the $25 gallery catalog.
Some other good (in my opinion) artists were Edwin Ushiro, in the LeBasse Projects gallery, because many of his pieces included a background story to them. I also liked two pieces by Kunihiko Maehara in the George Billis Gallery; they were abstract, geometric line ink drawings, similar to the kind of assignments we've been doing.
Overall it was an enjoyable experience. Although I wasn't too fond of the LA artsy crowd, or at least the one that was there Saturday night, the art was good and it was interesting to see the kinds of art being produced right now.