Here are some of the photos I took. More can be found on my flickr.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Concert: So Many Wizards
On January 29, I went to the So Many Wizards concert at Amoeba Music Hollywood. It was a little bit of a last minute choice, as I had plans to see Holychild in Santa Monica, but found out it was a 21+ show. Luckily, I was able to go to Amoeba instead. The main reason I went was to take photos for Free Bike Valet, one of my favorite LA music blogs. I'll admit that I didn't even know the band before I went to the show, but they were really good performers and I'll definitely be listening to them more. Because the show was sponsored by Converse, they even handed out free posters, bags, and a split 7"!
Here are some of the photos I took. More can be found on my flickr.
Here are some of the photos I took. More can be found on my flickr.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Concert: Night Terrors of 1927
On January 23rd, I went to the Night Terrors of 1927 album release show at The Roxy. It was absolutely fantastic and my friends and I had a great time. Though a drunk lady's antics added moments of confusion, amusement, and second-hand embarrassment to the end of the show (she got up on stage and danced, was removed by the lead singer Jarrod, and later interrupted the encore, which incited the reactions of Jarrod and the guitarist Blake). Between and during songs, they handed out roses with band buttons on them, and I got one from Jarrod. After the show, we chatted with Jarrod, Blake, and their touring multi-instrumentalist Cecelia, all of whom were really nice.The album they just released is called Everything's Coming Up Roses and I highly recommend it. It has its share of both slow and upbeat songs, and Jarrod's voice sounds great. I'd also check out their EPs Guilty Pleas and Anything to Anyone.
Considering how mediocre the Roxy is at lighting (sure, it's a small venue, but red/blue backlight is so restricting), my pictures from the show turned out really well. The lights during the NTO1927 set weren't as bad as the lights during the opener (FMLYBND), but they still weren't ideal. However, the band made up for it because they have their own personalized gobo, which is sick.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Exhibitions in Los Angeles
Second semester has finally arrived, which means I have a lot more time on my hands. While maintaining my grades and going to concerts will definitely take up the bulk of my time, I'd like to check out some exhibits (both current and upcoming) in the coming months.
Current Exhibitions:
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Andy Warhol: Shadows (9/20/14 - 2/15/15)
This exhibition presents Andy Warhol's series of silkscreened canvases that feature photographs taken of shadows in The Factory. Here, Warhol indulges his interest in seriality and repetition rather than his typical subjects of cultural icons and commodity forms. I thought it would be interesting to to and see how the panels look and what patterns are formed when they are all put together, in addition to Warhol's process of creating his art.
Concrete Infinity (9/20/14 - 2/15/15)
This exhibition is presented along with the Andy Warhol exhibit and features works from MOCA's permanent collection. MOCA states that the works in this exhibit are compatible in theme, and I would like to see how
Selections from the Permanent Collection (ongoing)
This exhibition features significant works from MOCA's permanent collection ranging from 1940 on. It represents movements such as abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop art, conceptual art, and post modernism. I'm most interested in the abstract expressionist and pop works, especially those of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Claes Oldenburg, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.
Japanese American National Museum:
Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty (10/11/14 - 4/26/15)
This exhibition is the first large-scale Hello Kitty museum retrospective in the United States. It focuses on the history and pop culture influence of Hello Kitty and includes an extensive collection of rare and unique items and a selection of contemporary artwork inspired by Hello Kitty. I love the Japanese American National Museum and I'm glad that this popular exhibit is bringing so much attention to it. As a kid, I loved Hello Kitty and while my public admiration is not as strong anymore, it looks like a really fun exhibit to go to.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art:
Louise Nevelson in L.A.: Tamarind Workshop Lithographs from the 1960s (1/24/15 - 5/17/14)
This exhibition features a selection of lithographs made at the Tamarind Workshop during a time of intense artistic innovation. Nevelson's prints feature the usage of everyday materials and irregularly shaped paper and explore the concepts of seriality and reflection. I'm interested in going because it explores a less popular side to Nevelson's work (she is best known as a sculptor) and her prints are beautiful.
Future Exhibitions:
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Sturtevant: Double Trouble (3/21/15 - 7/27/15)
Sturtevant's work is entirely composed of copies and imitations of fellow contemporary artists. For someone so involved in the art world, she is often overlooked, so this exhibit is very important for raising awareness of the existence of her and her work. She began by copying the work of the Pop artists, and some of her work has even sold for more than the original inspirations themselves.
Hammer Museum:
Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974 - 1989 (2/7/15 - 5/24/15)
This exhibit features the work of Charles Gaines, known as a leading practitioner of conceptualism. He explores how rules-based procedures create order and meaning. Gaines is a very transitional figure, both in what his work represents and his standing in conceptualism. His work often looks at the juxtapositions of objectivity and interpretation and the systematic and the poetic, and this period of work serves as a bridge between the first and later generations of conceptualists. I'm excited to go to this exhibit because it features rare and never-before-seen works and appears to be a well curated collection.
Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio (2/20/15 - 5/24/15)
This exhibition features the work of the designer Thomas Heatherwick and his studio. They seem to take on design projects of all sorts, ranging from handbags to large-scale public and private architectural jobs. The Heatherwick Studio is best known for their inventive approach to design and their practice of combining novel engineering and technology and new materials to create unusual and often sculptural buildings.
The Getty Center:
Zeitgeist: Art in the Germanic World, 1800–1900 (2/10/15 - 5/17/15)
This exhibition features work from Germany as it underwent vast intellectual, social, economic, and political changes. The exhibit includes the work of Caspar David Friedrich, Philipp Otto Runge, and Gustav Klimt, but I am most excited to see Klimt. I always like seeing the effect of history on art and vice versa.
J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free (2/24/15 - 5/24/15)
Current Exhibitions:
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Andy Warhol: Shadows (9/20/14 - 2/15/15)
This exhibition presents Andy Warhol's series of silkscreened canvases that feature photographs taken of shadows in The Factory. Here, Warhol indulges his interest in seriality and repetition rather than his typical subjects of cultural icons and commodity forms. I thought it would be interesting to to and see how the panels look and what patterns are formed when they are all put together, in addition to Warhol's process of creating his art.
Concrete Infinity (9/20/14 - 2/15/15)
This exhibition is presented along with the Andy Warhol exhibit and features works from MOCA's permanent collection. MOCA states that the works in this exhibit are compatible in theme, and I would like to see how
Selections from the Permanent Collection (ongoing)
This exhibition features significant works from MOCA's permanent collection ranging from 1940 on. It represents movements such as abstract expressionism, minimalism, pop art, conceptual art, and post modernism. I'm most interested in the abstract expressionist and pop works, especially those of Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Claes Oldenburg, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.
Japanese American National Museum:
Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty (10/11/14 - 4/26/15)
This exhibition is the first large-scale Hello Kitty museum retrospective in the United States. It focuses on the history and pop culture influence of Hello Kitty and includes an extensive collection of rare and unique items and a selection of contemporary artwork inspired by Hello Kitty. I love the Japanese American National Museum and I'm glad that this popular exhibit is bringing so much attention to it. As a kid, I loved Hello Kitty and while my public admiration is not as strong anymore, it looks like a really fun exhibit to go to.
Louise Nevelson in L.A.: Tamarind Workshop Lithographs from the 1960s (1/24/15 - 5/17/14)
This exhibition features a selection of lithographs made at the Tamarind Workshop during a time of intense artistic innovation. Nevelson's prints feature the usage of everyday materials and irregularly shaped paper and explore the concepts of seriality and reflection. I'm interested in going because it explores a less popular side to Nevelson's work (she is best known as a sculptor) and her prints are beautiful.
Future Exhibitions:
Museum of Contemporary Art:
Sturtevant: Double Trouble (3/21/15 - 7/27/15)
Sturtevant's work is entirely composed of copies and imitations of fellow contemporary artists. For someone so involved in the art world, she is often overlooked, so this exhibit is very important for raising awareness of the existence of her and her work. She began by copying the work of the Pop artists, and some of her work has even sold for more than the original inspirations themselves.
Hammer Museum:
Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974 - 1989 (2/7/15 - 5/24/15)
This exhibit features the work of Charles Gaines, known as a leading practitioner of conceptualism. He explores how rules-based procedures create order and meaning. Gaines is a very transitional figure, both in what his work represents and his standing in conceptualism. His work often looks at the juxtapositions of objectivity and interpretation and the systematic and the poetic, and this period of work serves as a bridge between the first and later generations of conceptualists. I'm excited to go to this exhibit because it features rare and never-before-seen works and appears to be a well curated collection.
Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio (2/20/15 - 5/24/15)
This exhibition features the work of the designer Thomas Heatherwick and his studio. They seem to take on design projects of all sorts, ranging from handbags to large-scale public and private architectural jobs. The Heatherwick Studio is best known for their inventive approach to design and their practice of combining novel engineering and technology and new materials to create unusual and often sculptural buildings.
The Getty Center:
Zeitgeist: Art in the Germanic World, 1800–1900 (2/10/15 - 5/17/15)
This exhibition features work from Germany as it underwent vast intellectual, social, economic, and political changes. The exhibit includes the work of Caspar David Friedrich, Philipp Otto Runge, and Gustav Klimt, but I am most excited to see Klimt. I always like seeing the effect of history on art and vice versa.
J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free (2/24/15 - 5/24/15)
This exhibition features work by J.M.W. Turner dating from the last fifteen years of his life, arguably the period that produced his most important and famous pictures. His radicalism of technique and original subject matter show Turner's ability to observe the world around him and to challenge his contemporaries. It features over sixty important oil paintings and watercolors, all of which I am very excited to see. I've loved Turner's work since I took Art History my sophomore year and visiting this exhibit will be an amazing experience.
The Huntington:
Education and Visitor Center (4/4/15)
The Education and Visitor Center at the Huntington has been under construction for a long while now and I'm glad it's almost finished. The Huntington announced that it will be displaying a large sculpture by Alexander Calder in a garden located by their admissions building. They also said they acquired Calder's series of six Bicentennial Tapestries, a ceramic mural by Doyle Lane, and a mural by Millard Sheets as gifts to be featured in various buildings on the property.
Permanent Exhibitions:
Weisman Foundation
The collection of Frederick R. Weisman can be found at his estate and features a large collection of 20th Century art. Relatively unknown to most, the property is open to the public by appointment only. There are over four hundred works of art on display and includes works by the European Modernists (Cezanne, Picasso, Kandinsky), the Surrealists (Miro, Magritte),the Abstract Expressionists (de Kooning, Rothko), Color-Field paintings (Frankenthaler), and Pop Art (Warhol, Lichtenstein), and many more. I think the collection speaks for itself and explains why I want to go so badly.
I'll also be doing research for my Art History term paper, so I'll be checking out the permanent collections of many Los Angeles museums. My favorites are located at the Norton Simon, which has the best collection of art in LA and the Huntington complex, which boasts an astounding assortment of British portraiture and American art.
The Huntington:
Education and Visitor Center (4/4/15)
The Education and Visitor Center at the Huntington has been under construction for a long while now and I'm glad it's almost finished. The Huntington announced that it will be displaying a large sculpture by Alexander Calder in a garden located by their admissions building. They also said they acquired Calder's series of six Bicentennial Tapestries, a ceramic mural by Doyle Lane, and a mural by Millard Sheets as gifts to be featured in various buildings on the property.
Permanent Exhibitions:
Weisman Foundation
The collection of Frederick R. Weisman can be found at his estate and features a large collection of 20th Century art. Relatively unknown to most, the property is open to the public by appointment only. There are over four hundred works of art on display and includes works by the European Modernists (Cezanne, Picasso, Kandinsky), the Surrealists (Miro, Magritte),the Abstract Expressionists (de Kooning, Rothko), Color-Field paintings (Frankenthaler), and Pop Art (Warhol, Lichtenstein), and many more. I think the collection speaks for itself and explains why I want to go so badly.
I'll also be doing research for my Art History term paper, so I'll be checking out the permanent collections of many Los Angeles museums. My favorites are located at the Norton Simon, which has the best collection of art in LA and the Huntington complex, which boasts an astounding assortment of British portraiture and American art.
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