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LOS ANGELES — This week, Daniel Rolnik Gallery holds an epic art carnival, Skylight Books hosts a discussion on art and gentrification, the Getty Center brings back its Friday Flights performance series, and more.
LOS ANGELES — This week, Daniel Rolnik Gallery holds an epic art carnival, Skylight Books hosts a discussion on art and gentrification, the Getty Center brings back its Friday Flights performance series, and more.
Lisa Anne Auerbach Live Election Broadcast
When: Tuesday, June 7, 1–5pm
Where: Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) (6775 Santa Monica Blvd., #5, Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Today is Election Day in California for what has been one of the most tumultuous presidential campaigns in recent memory. And this is only the primaries. Artist Lisa Anne Auerbach — whose work brings humor and a biting wit to progressive politics — will be conducting a special live broadcast of her WMEW radio program this afternoon from the parking lot in front of Los Angeles Nomadic Division. Auerbach will be reading voter information, electoral statistics, and constitutional quotes. A sign outside will list the specific FM channel, though note that the signal is only audible within a couple of hundred feet.
Friday Flights
When: Friday, June 10, 6–9pm
Where: Getty Center (1200 Getty Center Drive, Brentwood, Los Angeles)
The Getty Center’s “series of interdisciplinary happenings,” Friday Flights, kicks off its third year this Friday with a diverse range of performances that make use of the Getty’s sprawling hilltop campus. Musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith will pair projected visuals with an ambient synth soundtrack. Michael Parker and Wesley Hicks have written musical scores for over 30 musicians playing handmade ceramic “juicerinas,” building on last year’s Juicework exhibition. Chris Kallmyer will perform a composition involving the sound of 1,000 live crickets. Rounding out the free program will be a dance performance by Berlin-based Puerto Rican dancer and choreographer Kianí del Valle, and a series of tram-related short films organized by Veggie Cloud.
LA Pride Fest: Cruising
When: Friday, June 10 — Sunday, June 12
Where: West Hollywood Park (San Vincente Blvd. at Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, California)
Now in its 46th year, LA Pride is a music and arts festival and parade celebrating the LGBTQ community. Curated by Nathaly Charria, this year’s art and culture program titled “Cruising” presents large-scale festival works by a selection of renowned queer artists.
Highlights include a recreation of Tom of Finland’s LA home, an immersive environment by the always flamboyant Seth Bogart and Peggy Noland, and a screening of films by Zackary Drucker.
Epic Carnival
When: Saturday, June 11, 12–11pm
Where: Daniel Rolnik Gallery (2675 S La Cienega Blvd., Culver City, California)
Described by Artillery Magazine as a gallery that “stands out in a neighborhood of blue-chip bourgeoisie,” Daniel Rolnik Gallery distinguishes itself by being welcoming, fun, and accessible. In keeping with this ethos, they’ll be throwing an Epic Carnival this Saturday in the gallery’s courtyard. The event will feature a number of artists selling their own work, gallery booths, zines, food vendors, a day-long program of musical artists and comedians, and more.
Made in L.A. 2016
When: Opens Sunday, June 12
Where: Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles)
To get a handle on the diffuse and heterogeneous artistic landscape in Los Angeles, you could spend every weekend for a year or two traversing the city’s various gallery districts, or head to the Hammer’s third Los Angeles biennial, Made in L.A., opening this Sunday. Curated by Aram Moshayedi and Hamza Walker, this year’s exhibition features an eclectic collection of 26 artists who branch out from traditional disciplines to dance, fashion, literature, music, film, and even performance. (The show’s subtitle “a, the, though, only” is poet Aram Saroyan’s contribution.) It is by no means an encyclopedic survey, but does provide one perspective on some of the most challenging and innovative art currently being made in Los Angeles.
Streetopia: Art Gentrification and the Urban Imaginary
When: Sunday, June 12, 5–8pm
Where: Skylight Books (1818 N Vermont Ave, Los Feliz, Los Angeles)
The relationship between art and gentrification has been become an increasingly fraught topic over the past few years. Art can be a harbinger of displacement, as white cubes move into longtime ethnic enclaves, but it can also be an agent of resistance and empowerment for disenfranchised communities. Skylight Books will host a conversation about these issues, featuring underground journalist Erick Lyle, whose book Streetopia focuses on a 2012 anti-gentrification art fair in San Francisco, and artists Sandra De La Loza and Emily Piper Forman, whose work engages with issues of power, urbanism, and social justice.
