Friday, May 28, 2010

Abroad: In Los Angeles (A Voyage of Growth and Discovery)

Wednesday was the opening for "A Voyage of Growth and Discovery," a Mike Kelley and Michael Smith sculpture, video, and sound installation that Mike Kelley hosted at his studio in Eagle Rock.



The exhibit traveled to LA from the Sculpture Center in NY.

Food/Wine: Kiss My Bundt

We found a new place to appease afternoon sugar-lows. Kiss My Bundt Bakery on 3rd and Crescent Heights.



The bakery was started by Chrysta Wilson - one of LA Weekly's Best of LA People (Norbert Wabnig from The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is also listed)

A peacock roaming the streets of Eagle Rock

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Film: Kurosawa at The Egyptian

To celebrate the centenary of Akira Kurosawa's birth, The Egyptian is screening 11 of his most iconic films. RAN and The Seven Samurai are being screened this weekend. The schedule of upcoming films can be viewed on The Egyptian's website.


Inside the Egyptian

Photo of the Great Lord from Kurosawa's epic film RAN

The Gallery: Pae White on Wilshire

A new Pae White Tapestry was just installed at 9378 Wilshire Blvd. The building is not yet open but the tapestry can be seen from the street. Here are some preview images.



The Gallery: A Day at Public Storage

On Wednesday we spent the day reorganizing 1301PE's Public Storage. We photographed some work for Angela Bulloch and began to archive material from 18 years.

Morning starts with doughnuts from Bob's Coffee & Doughnuts at the Third St. Farmers Market.



Mid-day





Opening up a crate with Angela Bulloch's "High Heels on Silicon Street".


Perfect condition

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Abroad: A Long Weekend in New York

1301PE artists were busy in New York this weekend. Uta Barth opened at Tanya Bonakdar. Kerry Tribe organized a performance at the Whitney Museum. Jorge Pardo had an opening at Friedrich Peztel and Blake Rayne had one at Miguel Abreu. Below are some images from the busy New York weekend.

Images from Uta's opening



Friday afternoon at Cafe Sabarsky inside the Neue Galerie



when cigarettes were elegant

Kerry Tribe performance at the Whitney. Tribe staged a performative reading of Hollis Frampton’s classic film, Critical Mass. This began with the audience witnessing the break out of an argument between a man and a woman. The second part was the reading of the transcript from the film with edits.

New work by Jorge Pardo. The installation creates a labyrinth of popular images.



and Blake Rayne

Friday, May 7, 2010

Abroad: Quick trip to SF

1301PE made a quick trip to San Francisco on Monday to visit the SFMOMA. On the way they stopped by La Farine Bakery for a Morning Bun.

Sweet

Savory

At SFMOMA, a Brice Marden as part of the current exhibition, 75 Years of Looking Forward: A series of exhibitions and events celebrating SFMOMA's 75th anniversary. On January 18, SFMOMA marked its 75th year as a pioneering force in art, locally and globally. From mounting Jackson Pollock's first solo museum exhibition in 1945 to exhibiting vernacular photographs and championing the emerging Mission School scene in the mid-1990s, The Anniversary Show brings together more than 400 works from the collection, including paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, videos, photographs, architectural models, and design objects. Beginning with SFMOMA's founding in 1935, the exhibition highlights moments when the history of the museum has intersected meaningfully with the history of art. It includes a range of artists whose early career work SFMOMA had the foresight to collect, such as Bruce Conner (below).

The Gallery: Getting Ready for Uta Barth

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Judy Ledgerwood's fantastic wall painting in order to make the gallery ready the next exhibition - Uta Barth's "...to walk without destination and to see only to see."

Below are photographs Uta Barth rediscovered as she was moving studios. She made them as an undergraduate art student at UC Davis sometime between 1979-82. They anticipate the new work from 2010. They are also a testament to the sensibility Uta has cultivated in her work over the past twenty years.




At the dinner after the opening Brian served a whole suckling pig that he had been cooking all day (and marinating for the past three days).

Pig was followed by an amazing Tres Leches cake.