Jeanne Silverthorne: Vanitas!

Shoshana Wayne Gallery

February 28 through June 2, 2013

Silverthorne uses rubber to create floral reliefs and familiar objects typically found in an artist’s studio. Her sculptures, along with the modernist still lifes from the collection with which they are interspersed, are vanitas—meditations on the brevity of life.

HIGH FIVE 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition

C.A.V.E. Gallery

May 18 through June 2, 2013

Alexandra Grant / Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest

18th Street Arts Center

April 15 through June 28, 2013

Based on an ongoing exchange with the iconic French author, poet, playwright and philosopher Hélène Cixous, Grant focuses on Cixous' book Philippinesas a source for imagery, centering on the repeating thematic of the forest as a profound shared space. Public Drawing Days: Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 11am until 3pm, April 15 – May 31, 2013 (ongoing)

The Door Is Always Open | Gary Baseman Retrospective

Skirball Cultural Center

April 25 through August 18, 2013

The Door Is Always Open explores the influences of Baseman's Jewish family heritage and American popular culture. It tells the story of the Baseman family: surviving the Holocaust, immigrating to the United States and living in the Los Angeles Fairfax neighborhood. Designed to mimic Baseman's childhood home, visitors enter an immersive environment - complete with games, furniture and adventure!