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# ArtRx LA
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/artrx-la-89/
- Published: 2016-04-05T20:56:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:29:33.000Z
- Description: LOS ANGELES — This week, performance artists Dynasty Handbag and Jaimie Warren get weird at El Cid, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts a workshop on painting on black velvet, the Museum of Contemporary Art brings music to its galleries, and more.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Events, Weekly Art Rx LA, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:17 (2016, 2017, part 1)

![Yoko One & John Lennon, "Rape" (1969), 77 min (via facebook)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/ono.jpg)

Yoko One & John Lennon, “Rape” (1969), 77 min (via Facebook)

LOS ANGELES — This week, performance artists Dynasty Handbag and Jaimie Warren get weird at El Cid, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts a workshop on painting on black velvet, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) brings music to its galleries, and more.

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##  Black Light / Black Velvet Painting Workshop

When: Thursday, April 7, 7–9pm  
Where: Craft & Folk Art Museum (5814 Wilshire Boulevard, Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles)

From images of buxom temptresses that adorn the walls of dimly lit bars to majestic portraits of late-period Elvis, black velvet paintings hold a special place in the culture of kitsch and camp. [Velveteria](http://velveteria.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), LA’s only art gallery dedicated to the art form, invites you to a [workshop at the Craft & Folk Art Museum](https://www.facebook.com/events/1764938653735884/) to experience firsthand what it feels like to paint on the sensuous fabric. Afterwards, you can hold your masterpiece under black light for an eye-popping twist. $8 / free for members, space is limited, [RSVP](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/craftnight-black-light-black-velvet-painting-workshop-with-velveteria-la-tickets-24030886027?ref=hyperallergic.com) requested.

![Black Velvet Paintings (via facebook)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/blacklight.jpg)

Black Velvet Paintings (via Facebook)

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## Monument: Metal Rouge and Palmbomen II

When: Thursday, April 7, 6pm  
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Grand (250 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles)

Taking its name from Dan Flavin’s neon [“monument” for V. Tatlin](http://www.moca.org/collection/work/monument-for-v-tatlin?ref=hyperallergic.com), [*Monument*](http://www.moca.org/program/monument-2?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the Museum of Contemporary Art is a yearlong series featuring LA-based musicians and sound artists performing amongst the artworks in MOCA’s current permanent collection exhibition. This Thursday’s lineup includes experimental ambient / noise duo [Metal Rouge](https://metalrouge.bandcamp.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) and throwback electronic artist [Palmbomen II](https://soundcloud.com/palmbomen?ref=hyperallergic.com).

![Monument (via moca.org)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/monument.jpg)

Monument (via moca.org)

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##  Yoko Ono & John Lennon: Rape

When: Thursday, April 7, 7:30–10pm  
Where: Public School (951 Chung King Rd, Chinatown, Los Angeles)

Preceding [Laura Mulvey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%5FMulvey?ref=hyperallergic.com)‘s seminal essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by four years, Yoko Ono’s and John Lennon’s “[Rape](https://www.facebook.com/events/1583705701889965/)” (1969) is an unsettling illustration of the violence inherent in the gendered cinematic gaze. No actual assault takes place in the film. Instead, the structure follows from Ono’s simple directive for a cameraman to silently but persistently follow a woman on the street. The mood grows increasingly tense as the woman’s reaction changes from bewildered amusement to frustration, anger, and fear.

![Brujaja (via facebook)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/brujaja.jpg)

Brujaja (via Facebook)

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##  Brujaja: a Witch’s Brouhaha

When: Thursday, April 7, 9pm  
Where: Human Resources (410 Cottage Home, Chinatown, Los Angeles)

Christy Roberts Berkowitz’s “[The Center for Strategic Magick and Healing Shit](https://www.facebook.com/events/962756777141914/)” is a six-week long residency at [KChung Radio](http://www.kchungradio.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that [explores](https://www.facebook.com/events/962756777141914/) “the intersections of magick and social justice, personal empowerment and collective strategy.” This Thursday, Human Resources hosts [Brujaja](http://humanresourcesla.com/event-details/2016/3/28/472016-kchung-presents-brujaja.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (combining “Bruja,” the Spanish word for witch, and brouhaha, an uproar or hubbub). The evening opens with a cleansing performance by artist Rafa Esparza, followed by music from [Electric Sound Bath](http://www.electricsoundbath.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), Glitzer, and [MRK](https://soundcloud.com/mrklovesyou?ref=hyperallergic.com), a reading by [Sarah Gail Armstrong](https://www.instagram.com/sarahgail/?ref=hyperallergic.com) and an anti-capitalist spell cast by [The Oracle of Los Angeles](http://oracleoflosangeles.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

![Ed Bereal, "Miss America: Manufacturing Consent (Upside down and backwards)" (2000-2015), Mixed Media, 10’ x 12 1/2’ x 16’ (via harmonymurphygallery.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/bereal.jpg)

Ed Bereal, “Miss America: Manufacturing Consent (Upside down and backwards)” (2000-2015), Mixed Media, 10’ x 12 1/2’ x 16’ (via harmonymurphygallery.com)

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##  Ed Bereal: Disturbing the Peace

When: Closes Saturday, April 9  
Where: Harmony Murphy Gallery (358 E 2nd St., Downtown, Los Angeles)

Ed Bereal emerged in the early 1960s as an important figure in the California assemblage art movement, creating a politically oriented body of work that expanded to include performance, video, and social engagement. Surprisingly, his current exhibition at Harmony Murphy Gallery, [*Disturbing the Peace*](http://www.harmonymurphygallery.com/artists/?ref=hyperallergic.com#/ed-bereal/), is his first solo show in Los Angeles. Spanning almost 50 years, it includes drawings, collages, and mixed-media sculptures, providing a much-needed reassessment of the work of this overlooked LA artist.

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##  Dynasty Handbag & Jaimie Warren Host Weirdo Night

![Weirdo Night! (via elcidla.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/04/weirdo.jpg)

Weirdo Night! (via elcidla.com)

When: Sunday, April 10, 8pm  
Where: El Cid (4212 Sunset Blvd, Silver Lake, Los Angeles)

The art world is full of personalities who lack a sense of humor, taking themselves altogether too seriously. Then there’s [Dynasty Handbag](http://www.dynastyhandbag.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) who dances, sings, and acts her way across the stage in hilarious and fearless performances. She brings her talents to Silver Lake bar/restaurant El Cid this weekend for [Weirdo Night!](http://www.elcidla.com/event/1151379-weirdo-night-dynasty-los-angeles/?ref=hyperallergic.com), an evening of experimental comedy and video. Joining her will be New York-based photographer and performance artist [Jaimie Warren](http://dontyoufeelbetter.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com), who has her own brand of bizarre, yet wholeheartedly sincere, antics. $5 cover.