Hustler of Culture

Paris - Invader's "1000" (06.07.11 - 07.02.11)

 

NYC - Megan Rye's "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" (06.06.11 - 06.15.11)

 

Minneapolis - "Installation: Scion Art Tour" (06.04.11 - 06.25.11)

LA - ARTWALK Culver City (06.04.11)

 

LA - Andrew Jeffrey Wright's "Down for Whatever Forever" (06.03.11 - 06.23.11)

LA - Ryan McGinness' "Women: The Blacklight Paintings" (05.28.11 - 06.11.11)

 

LA - Tim Burton Book Signing (05.28.11)

Book Signing: Tim Burton
Saturday, May 28 | 12:00 pm

A rare opportunity to have Tim Burton sign your exhibition catalogue (seen here) and Art of Tim Burton purchased at one of our LACMA’s stores. Tim Burton opens to the public on May 29.

Pavilion for Japanese Art | Free, no reservations | Signing limited to 2 books per person | A receipt as proof of purchase from LACMA stores is required | Signing will end promptly at 2 pm | Purchase books online

Ghibli World of Minecraft

I am so grateful that there are some people with lots and lots and lots of free time on their hands! Someone loves Hayao Miyazaki very much! [Thanks to Mike Steel for this amazing clip!]

LA - Hush's "Twin" (05.21.11 - 06.18.11)

SM - Marco Brambilla's "The Dark Lining" (05.21.11 - ?)

 

LA - Cindy Wright's "Reality Can Be the Strangest Fantasy" (05.21.11 - 07.09.11)

Cindy Wright:

Reality Can Be the Strangest Fantasy

New work by the Belgian painter, plus a concurrent solo exhibition by Mark Fox in the Project Room

Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 21, 6-8pm

On View:
May 21 - July 9, 2011

Mark Moore Gallery
5790 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Telephone 310 453 3031
Fax 310 453 3831
info@markmooregallery.com
www.markmooregallery.com

Miami - Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (05.21.11)

LA - Timothy Hull's "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (05.21.11 - 07.09.11)

Timothy Hull: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
May 21 – July 9, 2011. Opening Reception: Sat, May 21, 6-8pm

hodie adsit, cras absit
-Julius Caesar

Taylor De Cordoba is pleased to present Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Timothy Hull. The exhibition will run from May 21 through July 9, 2011, with an opening reception for the artist on Saturday May 21 from 6-8pm. This is his third solo show with the gallery.

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow consists of drawings, paintings and wall installations addressing the provisional nature of time and history. Hull’s new work points to the fact that we exist in an eternal present and that what was, no longer is. In addition, the work explores ideas of representation, reproduction, cultural appropriation and recycling. Hull employs motifs from art history's distant past as well as from 20th century modernism; mixing and matching patterns, colors and styles that create links through time. The artist connects disparate points in time, such as pop culture imagery from 1980′s cause célèbre to rainforest patterns, Boy George, swatch watches, ruins from antiquity and museum displays as well as renaissance consort music. The artist presents many "doubles" or pairings, some nearly carbon copies of each other, and some similar but different. This is meant as a response to the philosophical questions raised by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on the nature of being and the essence of things, either real or imagined. The artist employs various artistic mediums, examining concepts such as travel, imperialism, Orientalism, west-meets-east and 1980's pop imagery. The juxtaposition of discursive imagery and messages from history asks the viewer to consider the factors that led us to this exact moment in time.

Unplggd's Behind The Blog: Souris Hong-Porretta of Hustler of Culture

If you ever wondered where I worked in my boxer shorts, here you go. [Thanks to Gregory and the Apartment Therapy crew for the love!]

LA - Derek DelGaudio's "#derekshowlive" (05.19.11)

 

LA - Big City Forum: Writers Edition (05.18.11)

Big City Forum: Writers Edition

Big City Forum in conjunction with LAAA/Gallery 825 presents an evening about the written word. Join a group of LA's most talented up and coming authors for a lively conversation as they explore ways in which fiction shapes our thinking about personal and collective narratives.

Los Angeles Art Association
Gallery 825
825 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Wed., May 18th, 7 – 9 pm

Presenters:

Harold Abramowitz

Grace Krilanovich

Lauren Strasnick

Margaret Wappler

For more info and bios: www.bigcityforum.org

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

NYC - "Considering Useful Art" Talk (05.18.11)

"On A Stick" Book Party

Matt (via Dana) invited me to his book launch for On a Stick at Border Grill in downtown LA. It was a night of small bites (lots of them) and smiles for miles. Which perfectly fit the theme of the book: party-perfect recipes... on a stick. Because eating anything on a stick is always more fun.

Seeing as I'm Vietnamese, I'm excited to try Matt's tasty looking recipe for Bo La Lot (betel leaf wrapped lemongrass beef), Caprese Sticks and Pizza Skewers (I know my French-Italian husband will love), and Grilled Fruit Skewers (for Lulu, our resident fruitcake).

Lulu loves food -- even in books. So I gave her Matt's book to review. Following are her thoughts caught on video:

Final verdict?  On a Stick is good enough to eat. Like, for reals, eat!

NYC - NYC Wildflower Week Interactive Plant Fair (05.14.11)

NYC Wildflower Week Interactive Plant Fair -  SATURDAY May 14 at 10 am

Please join Solar One for our annual Interactive Plant Fair, presented as part of NYC WIldflower Week. We'll be potting native wildflowers (kids can take them home); making seedbombs (create an explosion of wildflowers in your backyard or vacant lot), flower costumes, coloring flowers that grow in the Park and getting our faces painted! Activities for parents and kids ages of all ages!

FREE for all! Just RSVP to dina@solar1.org or daisy@solar1.org.

LA - LACMA Muse ArtWalk 2011 (05.14.11)