Culver City

Ongoing

Takashi Murakami: Arhat

Blum & Poe Gallery

Last Chance - April 13 through May 25, 2013

The Arhat paintings conflate historical, contemporary, and futuristic Japanese references with a myriad of styles, methodologies, and forms into single picture planes. The artist's long-standing interest in Japanese nihonga painting and the contemporary practices of manga and animation are highlighted in this important body of work.

John Jurayj WHAT'S LEFT

Walter Maciel Gallery

Last Chance - April 13 through May 25, 2013

Showcasing the artist's interest in the destruction and devastation of the Lebanese Civil War from 1975-1990.  The show includes four series of work which evoke a sense of mystery and intrigue presented as fragmented image imagery and abstract surfaces.  

Gag Me With A Toon 5

WWA Gallery

May 4 through June 1, 2013

Rewind to the sugar highs of childhood Saturday mornings and "toon" in on May 4th to this year's "Gag Me with a Toon 5" presented by WWA Gallery and curated by artists Steven Daily and Tomi Monstre. This much-loved annual exhibit has artists re-imagining the cartoons of their youth and what results are some totally tubular recreations of iconic characters spanning the 1960s-1990s!

Steven Claydon: Total Social Objects

David Kordansky Gallery

April 27 through June 22, 2013

Total Social Objects focuses on the migration of cultural forms, taking into account both physical movement and the transit of objects through hierarchies of ideas, values, and symbols. Throughout, signifiers borrowed from maritime and shipping contexts have been passed through a visual sieve woven from numerous art historical tropes.