Description: The popular solo exhibition of Ruth Weisberg, "Ruth Weisberg: Now & Then," has now been extended through to June 30th, 2012 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA. The exhibition opened February 18th with sister show "Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe" as the gallery's contribution to the Getty's city - wide initiative,"Pacific Standard Time." For information about the show visit http://www.jackrutberfinearts.com/.

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Description: Critically celebrated solo exhibition: \\\"Claire Falkenstein: An Expansive Universe\\\" has now been extended through to June 30th, 2012 at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA. The exhibition is a significant contribution by the gallery to commemorate the Getty\\\'s city-wide initiative, \\\"Pacific Standard Time.\\\" For more information about the show, visit http://www.jackrutbergfinearts.com/.

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Description: From works by artists of the Davis School from the 1960 and 1970s to new commissions by Aoki and Yeh inspired by the 2012 election, this exhibition reveals how artists enlist the fetching power of humor to make a point.

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Description: Traditional versus cutting-edge, high-brow versus low-brow. A new generation of Mexican and Mexican-American artists is fascinated by these potentially contradictory concepts. These artists this draw inspiration from Mexico’s deep well of visual culture.

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Description: Aktis Gallery focuses on Russian artists who have worked in exile, specifically the works of artists such as Alexandre Iacovleff, Leopold Survage, Jean Pougny, Serge Charchoune, Pincus Kremegne, Marc Chagall, Serge Poliakoff and Andre Lanskoy, all of whom lived in Paris during 1900-1960.

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Description: The Robert Koch Gallery is pleased to present Robert Heinecken and Edmund Teske: Experimental Photomontage, an exhibition pairing these innovative photographers together for the first time. Both teachers in the University of California, Los Angeles’s influential photography program during the 1960s

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Description: Hugo Crosthwaite will interpret Tijuana's mythical leyenda negra, or "Black Legend,” in a presentation of 102 ink and wash drawings as well as an installation environment comprised of an 80 foot circumferential mural presenting large-scale works in charcoal, graphite and ink on archival rag board.

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Description: Saturday, April 14th, 7-11pm Last Rites Gallery hosts solo shows with Billy Norrby & Matt Rota… BILLY NORRBY: THE FURY http://www.lastritesgallery.com/norrby_2012_pr.php MATT ROTA: CITY OF THE DEAD http://www.lastritesgallery.com/rota_2012_pr.php

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Description: Immaterial Ergonomics brings together Brice Bischoff, Ryan Perez, Matt Sheridan, and Maria Walker who share an affinity for material transcendence. Experimental music from Michael Trigilio and an installation from Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli commenting on gender and identity.

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Description: gallery km is very pleased to present "Ben Rivera, Frank Ryan" a joint exhibition by Los Angeles-based artists Frank Ryan and Ben Rivera, featuring solo work by both artists as well as

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Description: This body of work by Ryan M. Reynolds demonstrates his interest in portraying the passage of time in a way that literally pushes the visual boundaries. He paints from the same location over the course of many days recording a balance of conditions invisible to our momentary perceptions of place.

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Description: Honor Fraser is pleased to present Hodgepodge, a solo exhibition of works by Kenny Scharf, featuring a performance by Ann Magnuson during the opening reception.

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Description: Five artists take flight and land in a world of surrealist fantasy…

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Description: Among various types of painting, portraiture is its own individual genre. Paul Morin is familiar with the historic concerns and evolution in the practice and technique. We are pleased to announce his solo show as winner of our 2012 California Realist competition. Img "Things are Gonna Get Better"

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Description: Park Studio: Complex Elements features unusual blown glass forms sparked by a unique collaboration between students from Santa Monica and from the Watts Labor Community Action Committee's glass program, led by artist Jaime Guerrero.

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Description: Isa Melsheimer: Vermilion Sands and Other Stories from the Neon West is a new installation that explores Hollywood's cinematic heyday and its motion picture icons.

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Description: Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe showcases all-new work by this highly acclaimed artist. Featuring luminous paintings and one photograph, Origin of the Universe examines landscapes, interiors, and the female body.

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Description: In 1995, William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His last self-portraits are unique artistic and medical documents that have been exhibited to great international acclaim. They portray a man doomed, yet fighting to preserve his identity in the face of an implacable illness.

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Description: As part of the Getty initiative Pacific Standard Time, historic Los Angeles artist Ann McCoy returns to Bleicher Gallery La Brea for an exciting solo exhibit of master works. McCoy is acclaimed for her enormous and elaborate pencil drawings.

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Description: Lora Schlesinger Gallery presents Peter Shire’s Cups, 1974 – 2012 featuring a body of work focused on more than 30 years of ceramic cups, that have never before been exhibited. The show is the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery. It opens Saturday, April 21,2012 from 5 - 7 pm.

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Description: JB Jurve is please to present , a group show featuring the work of eight Los Angeles based artists. The exhibition will be on view from April 21 to May 17. The opening reception will be from 7 – 10 pm, Saturday April 21, 2012.

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Description: The people and animals that stand at the center of Herakut’s pieces are created as a commentary on human nature. 'Loving the Exiled' deals with figures/symbols that have been thrust away from society, charged with guilt in some way, and used as scapegoats in an effort to simplify complex problems.

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Description: This group exhibition will feature a selection of work by emerging artists working in a variety of media. Rush explores the actual and potential turbulence of everyday life.

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Description: Opening with original drawings, gouaches and sketches for Disney’s “Fantasia”, the show includes work created for UPA, Format Films and Focus Films, plus paintings and constructions. Also showing are lithographs created during the last ten years of his life with George Page at the Versailles Press.

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Description: Two solo exhibitions surveying the works of important women artists from Los Angeles, Claire Falkenstein and Ruth Weisberg, at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. The exhibitions have been extended to run through June 30.

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Description: Our 9th exhibition in the front gallery showcases the recent photographic grids of East Coast artist Tama Hochbaum, her 4th solo exhibition with us since inaugurating our program in October of 2008. In the rear gallery we are showing a selection of recent paintings by Patti Oleon.

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Description: Christopher Martin releases his latest series of original, reverse-glass paintings, entitled "Organic Graffiti." He paints foreground first and works backwards, fusing multiple layers of iridescent and translucent paints to create abstract compositions in nature.

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Description: Group Show with a musical performance piece by Chu Cha Santamaria on Saturady April 28th at 9pm

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Description: John Klukas' first Solo Exhibition, "Phantom Queen" at Edgar Varela Fine Arts.

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Description: Prints featuring Raymond Pettibon\'s graphic, comic-book style images of surfers, trains and noir figures. Pettibon is known for drawings paired with quotes from classic Western literature and the artist’s own writing. The work comments on nearly every aspect of American culture, high and low.

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Description: The show combines period artworks in the Minimalist idiom from (mostly) Southern California, with related proposals and historical documents.

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Description: drkrm is pleased to present Vacationland, rural Maine chronicled in the photography of Steven Rubin, which will be on display from April 28 through May 26, 2012. There will be a reception for the Artist Saturday May 5th from 7 till 10 pm.

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Description: "When art becomes independent and paints its world in dazzling colors, a moment of life has grown old. Such a moment cannot be rejuvenated by dazzling colors, it can only be evoked in memory. The greatness of art only emerges at the dusk of life.” - Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle-

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Description: UCLA Department of Architecture & Urban Design presents 1972, an exhibition by Noritaka Minami. Through the medium of photography, the project investigates the Nakagin Capsule Tower, an experimental building designed by Kisho Kurokawa in Tokyo that embodies the future as imagined in 1972.

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Description: Ex·u·ber·ance ( g-z b r- ns): An overflowing amount; an outburst; an abundance! All describe the works of America Martin! We are pleased to announce America's third solo exhibition with amazing new works of pure joy!

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Description: HAEMOSCURO: New works in blood, copper, & resin by New York-based Jordan Eagles in his second solo exhibition at Wolfe Contemporary.

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Description: Following her sold-out debut solo exhibit, Amanda Beckmann returns with "Hasten Slowly," featuring over 20 new works filled with color, patterns and texture, including the artist's signature tear-shaped petals which can be seen dancing throughout her stunning pieces.

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Description: Johansson Projects presents Jennie Ottinger's "What to Do with Your Orphan: A Manual", in which orphans partake in orphan-like activities.

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Description: Under the curatorial coordination of noted artist, writer, and L.A. art-world figure John David O’Brien, the exhibition brings together seven contemporary artists all living and working in California. The show presents inspiring and distinctive viewpoints, all linked by the common theme of landscape

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Description: Beacon Arts Building presents Lineamenta, an exhibition to examine and expand on the definition of drawing. This group of work by different artists from Los Angeles to Geneva seeks to redefine drawing.

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Description: White Walls is pleased to present Can’t Afford to be Broke, a solo exhibition from Word To Mother, featuring new works on wood along with a small run of exclusive ‘zines with hand-pulled screen printed cover. The opening reception will be Saturday, May 12th, from 7-11 pm, and the exhibition is free and open to the public for viewing through June 2nd, 2012.

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Description: Over two years and tens of thousands of photographs in the making, David O'Brien's debut in photography is a massive undertaking in real-world social networking. The result is a collection of images of almost shocking energy and complexity.

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Description: Patrick Painter Inc. is pleased to present New Realities, an exhibition by John Miller that explores obligatory vagaries of emotional exchange vis-a-vis the pop mediation of reality. New Realities features Miller’s recent series of paintings, Everything is Said. Sourced from a constant stream of a

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Description: Reminiscent of light box movie posters from the 30s through the 50s, the works of Time Machine take us back to earlier eras, to look at classic cinematic themes with a fresh eye. Lowder’s pop art stylings guarantee sharply-executed collage work, filled with transparent layers.

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Description: Documentary film screening Q & A with Filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya. Russian filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya was one of the women pioneers to take on camera work and cinematography in Soviet documentary production for TV and film. Please see website for more information. FREE/ Reservations Recommended.

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Description: Photography: Bruno Cals "Horizons" curated by Boris Kossoy

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Description: This exhibition of new works by artist Hong Seon Jang will feature a series of Jang’s acclaimed tape drawings and mixed-media sculptural works, including two site-specific installations for which Jang will be in residence for a week to install.

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Description: Hugo Boss in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum presents: Jeremy Kost, Of an Instance Open May 6 & 7 for Frieze 150 11th Avenue, New York, NY Hugo Boss in partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum bring together the work of Jeremy Kost and Andy Warhol for the first time in New York

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Description: With various Film Screenings, the exhibition The Art of Cooking, music from Tea Cultures + Tea Tastings and Tea Studies about making chai, pairing teas and chocolate, the world of herbal teas, Japanese 
tea ceremonies, a competition about creating tea-infused deserts + Tea Marketplace and much more.

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Description: Southern California is a car culture. This exhibition will examine the enduring love affair between Southern Californians and their automobiles. Chosen from SBMA’s collection, these photographs explore psychological places of the car in California life. credit:Jane Gottlieb, Dusty Ford. 1999.

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Description: A visual exploration of contemporary society presented through the paintings of artist Sande Sisneros.

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Description: For this exhibition, Takaoka will create 34 sculptures at Giant Robot 2 in Los Angeles. He is currently attending school in his hometown of Kagoshima, Japan and will not be in Los Angeles for the opening.

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Description: Irfan Önürmen (May 4 - June 9, 2012) Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 6-8pm 514 West 24th Street, New York, NY www.c24gallery.com Turkish artist, Irfan Önürmen first solo exhibition in North America addresses the impact of commercial media on human experience and its visual representation.

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Description: Los Angeles Art Association proudly presents four solo exhibitions: Carolyn Applegate's "Incubation", Nancy Baron's "The Good Life, Palm Springs", Peggy Pownall's "Loose Threads" and Kristine Schomaker's "Avatar" installation at Gallery 825.

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Description: Bronze sculptures & never before exhibited 2D works by the forgotten master artist; part of Chicago's 1920's intellectual cognoscenti, hailed as an artistic genius at age six & once lauded as Poland’s “Greatest Living Artist” he returned to the US post-WWII where he lived until his death in 1987.

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Description: Offramp Gallery is pleased to present "Retention," a solo exhibition by Chuck Feesago. An opening reception will be held on Sunday May 6, 2 - 5pm.

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Description: Within Walt Hall's introspective landscape is a dense forest inhabited by languorous yet enigmatic folk wakening with the earnestness of life's dealing with evolving emotions about life, death, art, freedom and responsibility. Happiness, it seems, is the ability to ignore hidden danger.

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Description: Modern Masters at Richard Green’s new modern art gallery features portraiture, landscape and still life genres, as well as figurative and abstract works by, Wood, Hitchens, Heron, Lanyon, Davie, Scott, Freud, Auerbach, Peploe, Fergusson, Hunter and Cadell.

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Description: Ione Citrin "The Eye of Ione" solo art exhibition will be hosted for the next year by American Airlines Admiral's Club, LaGuardia Airport Concourse D - New York [LGA].

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