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# ArtRx LA
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/artrx-la-129/
- Published: 2017-01-10T19:59:17.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:28:07.000Z
- Description: This week, a group show questions the concept of masculinity, a store selling thousands of copies of Jerry Maguire opens, Regen Projects hosts a conversation between artist Theaster Gates and curator Hamza Walker, and more.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, Weekly Art Rx LA, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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Everything is Terrible! and their collection of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes (via jerrymaguirepyramid.com, photo by Jim Newberry)

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##  Man Up!

When: Opens Tuesday, January 10, 6–8pm  
Where: Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art (5885 Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, California)

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Ryan James Caruthers, from “Tryouts, Boxing” (2015), archival pigment print, 36 x 30 inches (via Facebook)

Once considered strictly binary, more and more gender is being seen as a fluid spectrum that can be constructed from within instead of being imposed from without. The 12 artists included in [*Man Up! Masculinity in Question*](https://www.facebook.com/events/225890384525512/)explore the relationship between masculinity and behavior, identity, sexuality, and biology. Curated by Roman Stollenwerk, the exhibition features Cassils, Marshall Astor, Pilar Gallego, Amy Elkins, and others.

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##  Photo LA

When: Thursday, January 12–Sunday, January 15  
Where: The REEF/LA Mart (1933 Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles)

[Photo LA](http://www.photola.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) returns to the REEF this week for the 26th edition of this annual photographic art fair. In addition to the 39 exhibitors showing a diverse range of photography, there will be [installations](http://www.photola.com/installations.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) that look back at the history of photography or highlight work that expands the boundaries of the medium. [Tickets](http://www.photola.com/attend.php?ref=hyperallergic.com) are between $20-$35 ($15-$20 for seniors and students), or $80-$100 for the opening night gala.

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Penelope Umbrico, “TV’s from Craigslist” (via penelopeumbrico.net)

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##  Rosé Porn

When: Friday, January 13 & Saturday, January 14, 8pm nightly  
Where: Night Gallery (2276 East 16th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles)

The name [*Rosé Porn*](http://nightgallery.ca/event.php?id=207&ref=hyperallergic.com)might conjure images of soft-focus, softcore, afternoon erotica, but it is actually a multi-faceted performance “[that exists somewhere at the interstices of dance, cinema, installation, merchandising, music, and environmental design.](http://www.nightgallery.ca/assets/img/ROSPORNpr1483491356.pdf?ref=hyperallergic.com)” A collaboration between Toronto-based choreographer Zoja Smutny and artist Victoria Cheong, the piece creates an environment where audience members can remain spectators, or interact on a more actively engaged level.

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Rosé Porn, image by Florian Kowatz (via nightgallery.ca)

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##  Jerry Maguire Video Store

When: Opens Friday, January 13, 7pm–midnight  
Where: Iam8bit (2147 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, Los Angeles)

For the past eight years, the pop-culture obsessed members behind [Everything is Terrible!](http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) have been amassing the world’s largest collection of *Jerry Maguire* VHS tapes, currently numbering about 14,000\. Their dream is to build a [pyramid in the desert](http://www.jerrymaguirepyramid.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) to house this tribute to obsolete entertainment, but they need your help. This Friday, the [Jerry Maguire Video Store](https://www.facebook.com/events/1265326016847104/) begins a two-week run, offering nothing but JM tapes. They will also be hosting a [series of performances](https://www.eventbrite.com/o/everything-is-terrible-amp-iam8bit-12409088803?ref=hyperallergic.com) to raise money for the project. The opening party featuring Rainbow Jail is free, but [please register](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jerry-maguire-video-store-free-opening-party-tickets-30235458069?ref=hyperallergic.com).

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##  Carlos Ramirez: Complejo de Cristo y Vampiros

When: Opens Saturday, January 14, 7–10pm  
Where: New Image Art Gallery (7920 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, California)

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Art by Carlos Ramirez (via newimageartgallery.com)

Well before Coachella became synonymous with flower-crown wearing music festival attendees, local artistic group [the Date Farmers](https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/date-farmers-desert-detritus-becomes-chicano-pop-art?ref=hyperallergic.com) were capturing the visual aesthetic of their desert hometown. Their layered artworks combined scavenged materials with a graphic street style, Catholic Mexican imagery, and hand-painted lettering, presenting a complex and fractured vision. [*Complejo de Cristo y Vampiros*](http://www.newimageartgallery.com/carlos-ramirez-complejo-de-cristo-y-vampiros?ref=hyperallergic.com), the first solo show from Carlos Ramirez, one half of this collaborative duo, opens on Saturday.

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Theaster Gates, Hamza Walker (photos by Sara Pooley (left)/ Dawoud Bey (right), via Facebook)

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##  Theaster Gates in Conversation with Hamza Walker

When: Sunday, January 15, 2pm  
Where: Regen Projects (6750 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles)

Theaster Gates’s upcoming solo exhibition, [*But to Be a Poor Race*](http://www.regenprojects.com/exhibitions/theaster-gates?ref=hyperallergic.com), takes its title from a passage in W.E.B. Du Bois’s *The Souls of Black Folk*. In homage to the influential African-American sociologist and activist, Gates has created abstract, visual representations of Du Bois’s collections of data. A day after the exhibition opens, Regen Projects will be hosting a conversation between the Chicago-based artist and curator Hamza Walker, who was recently picked to be executive director of [LAXArt](http://laxart.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) after a long stint at Chicago’s Renaissance Society. [RSVP](mailto:alexandraweinress@regenprojects.com) is requested.