It would actually be easier to list which of the Washington & La Cienega neighborhood galleries aren’t having openings tonight. Except for Klowden Mann’s gorgeous new show of sugar-encrusted cyanotypes by Andrea Chung opening the night of Friday, September 6, and Blum & Poe, Roberts Projects and Thinkspace rocking the 14th, it’s basically everyone. Honor Fraser brings out drippy new still-life paintings from street art demigod Kenny Scharf; Fabrik Projects hosts a pair of photographers — one a documentarian, the other an abstractionist; Walter Maciel shows a pair of very different abstract visions; at Anat Ebgi, Tammi Campbell takes on the Modernist bro-canon; and Laura Krifka’s masterful technique and cheeky wit lights up Luis De Jesus.
Tomory Dodge makes a glorious, expressive mess at Philip Martin Gallery; candy-coated abstract eccentric patterns and traditional modern plein air landscapes are the order of the day at George Billis Gallery; both Bruce Lurie and Castelli Art Space celebrate the universe of works made on and with paper mediums; Ruth Pastine dives deep into the existential depths of color theory at Edward Cella; Brittney Leane Williams creates bold, fresh figurative works with biblical underpinnings at Zevitas Marcus; and Paul Kopeikin shows meticulous abstract geometries by Eric Beltz and epic black-and-white landscape photographs by Mitch Dobrowner.
Klowden Mann, 6023 Washington Blvd.
Andrea Chung: …Only to meet nothing that wants you
September 6 – October 12; Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 6-9pm.
Honor Fraser, 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Kenny Scharf: Optimistically Melting
September 7 – November 16; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
Fabrik Projects, 2636 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Maureen Haldeman: Defining Shadows and Jessie Chaney: Memory of a Space
September 7 – October 12; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-9pm.
Walter Maciel Gallery, 2642 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Cynthia Ona Innis: Hitch and Brendan Lott: color, shape, texture, scale
September 7 – October 19; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
Anat Ebgi, 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Tammi Campbell: Boring Art
September 7 – October 26; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 5-7pm.
Luis De Jesus, 2685 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Laura Krifka, The Game of Patience
September 7 – October 26; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
Philip Martin Gallery, 2712 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Tomory Dodge: New Paintings
September 7 – November 2; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
George Billis, 2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Jennifer Joseph: Disruptive Spirit and Bruce Everett: Capturing Light: New Landscapes
September 7 – October 12; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 5-8pm.
georgebillis.com/los-angeles.html
Bruce Lurie Gallery, 2736 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Modern Masters: Editions & Works on Paper
September 7 – October 2; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-9pm.
Edward Cella, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Ruth Pastine: Sublime Terror
September 7 – October 26; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
Zevitas Marcus, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Brittney Leeanne Williams : To Tarry in Prayer /To Terri in Prayer
September 7 – October 26; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 5-8pm.
Kopeikin Gallery, 2766 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Eric Beltz: The Sun, The Moon and Stars, and The Void and Mitch Dobrowner: New Photographs
September 7 – October 19; Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7, 6-8pm.
Castelli Art Space, 5428 W. Washington Blvd.
Works With Paper: Cody Bayne, Vero Vonn (Anyes Galleani X Mantessa), Tm Gratkowski, Lorraine Bubar, and Nancy Goodman Lawrence.
September 3 – 21; Reception: September 7, 6-9pm.
castelliartspace.com/current-exhibition
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