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Mia Doi Todd's 'Open Your Heart' by Michel Gondry

Check out Michel Gondry's fun, new music video for Mia Doi Todd's 'Open Your Heart'! It's like a Uniqlo x American Apparel for Skittles commercial.

Hitler Learns MOCA Job Goes To Jeffrey Deitch

Of course this clip is making the art circuit... laugh. On Hitler's orders, I would've had to have left the room. My favorite line: "Now what'll we get from Mr. Fancy Pants art dealer? Skateboarders and graffiti all week long?!" Chin up Hitler, Deitch is going to be great for LA!

LA - "Year of the Tiger" (02.13.10 - 03.10.10)

LA - "Give Me Space to Think" (02.13.10 - 02.27.10)

SF - Rob Sato's "Junk History" (02.13.10 - 03.09.10)

NYC - "Metal Mad" (02.13.10 - 03.03.10)

LB - 'I am. You are.' Book Event (02.13.10)

LA - Doro Hofmann's "Lake of Fire" (02.13.10 - 02.27.10)

LAKE OF FIRE
Doro Hofmann at Ghettogloss Gallery

Ghettogloss Gallery is pleased to present Lake of Fire, a solo exhibition featuring the work of Los Angeles based German artist Doro Hofmann. Lake of Fire will be on view February 13 through February 27, 2010, with an opening reception on February 13, 2010 from 7PM to Midnight.

Excessive, sensual and kaleidoscopic, Hofmann’s image-saturated oil paintings comprise a meticulous study of the human impulse, desire. Magma-colored jewels and scintillating gold chains erupting from distant galaxies and lavish depictions of imaginary religious icons are some of the multifarious images Hofmann uses to visually construct how human desire motivates action, fantasy, destruction and uncertainty.

LA - Park Chan-Kyong and Sean Snyder's "Brinkmanship" (02.13.10 - 04.18.10

February 14, 2010 - April 18, 2010

Brinkmanship: Park Chan-Kyong and Sean Snyder
Curated by Doryun Chong and Clara Kim

Opening reception: Saturday, February 13 | 6:30-8:30pm

Artists talk with MoMA curator Doryun Chong: Saturday, February 13 | 6pm

This exhibition is a collaboration between artists Park Chan-Kyong, based in Seoul, and Sean Snyder, based in Tokyo and Kyiv, who first met in Germany 10 years ago. Their shared interest in North Korea and the politics of the Cold War led to this initial encounter and has become the impetus for this exhibition. Both Park and Snyder are invested in deconstructing the language of media. Their methodologies are similar to those of an archivist, documentarian, cartographer or journalist—using photography, video, television and film to expose not only the mechanisms of power but also the use of narrative, imagination and fiction in the espousal of political ideologies. The exhibition features recent and newly commissioned work developed over an extended period of exchange and conversation among the artists, Museum of Modern Art curator Doryun Chong and REDCAT curator Clara Kim.

This exhibition is made possible with support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Nimoy Foundation. Additional support provided by Arts Council Korea and Samsung.

SF - Tofer Chin's "Alex" (02.11.10 - ?)

Chicago - Milos Forman's "The Fireman's Ball" Screening (02.11.10)

FILM SCREENING: Masterpieces of the Czech New Wave: Miloš Forman's The Fireman’s Ball

The Fireman’s Ball (1967, 73 minutes, digital projection)
Directed by Miloš Forman

Thursday, February 11 at 6:15pm
624 S. Wabash, 6th floor, room 602

The Czech New Wave is considered one of the richest eras of cinematic history. Made between 1964 and 1968, during a brief period of artistic freedom, these films are marked by a use of humor, tragedy, humanity, and surrealism often mixed with political commentary. The Fireman’s Ball chronicles a real party thrown by a small-town fire department where nothing goes right. Considered a political allegory, the film was banned by the Czech government in 1969.

MoCP | 600 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 | 312.663.5554 | mocp@colum.edu

LA - Hammer Conversations: Bruce Eric Kaplan (Bek) & Dan Savage (02.10.10)

SF - Antistrot's "Solid Cold" (02.06.10 - 02.27.10)

SF - "Never a Dull Moment" (02.06.10 - 02.27.10)

LA - Mandoline Grill Event (02.06.10)

LA - Victor Castillo's "Strange Fruit" + Miss Van's "She-Wolves" (02.06.10 - 03.06.10)

VICTOR CASTILLO: STRANGE FRUIT & MISS VAN: SHE-WOLVES

Opening Reception Saturday, February 6, 8-11pm
 
MERRY KARNOWSKY GALLERY
170 S. LA BREA AVENUE
(IN THE ART 170 BUILDING)
LOS ANGELES, CA 90036
323.933.4408
www.mkgallery.com

Exhibition Dates: February 6 - March 6, 2010

Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat 12-6pm

SJ - "Art of Zines" (02.05.10 - 03.13.10)

Anno Domini presents...

ART OF ZINES 2010
featuring hundreds of zines from basements, bedrooms and midnight copy shops throughout the US and abroad.

ART OF ZINES

We love zines… those little diy, cut-and-paste, copied-on-the-cheap, hand-folded, self-distributed gems that continue to surface because someone, somewhere feels the need to express themselves. It's that simple. Zines exist and fleurish outside the mainstream with no particular interest whether you're paying attention or not. According to Chip Rowe, creator of Chip's Closet Cleaner, "They're Tinkertoys for malcontents. They're obsessed with obsession. They're extraordinary and ordinary. They're about strangeness but since it's usually happening somewhere else you're kind of relieved."

Opening Reception: First Friday, February 5, 2010 from 8 p.m. 'til late

LA - "The Never Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession" (02.04.10)

Inspired by the collection of Susan Hancock, this exhibition reflects the interests of an international group of artists over the past ten years, taking as its theme, fairy tales, and it's contemporary expression, fantasy.

The Never Ending Story: Fairytale, Fantasy, Obsession focuses on the singular trait that can be identified in a vast majority of contemporary art produced in the U.S., Europe, and Asia over the past decade, which is a renewed interest in narrative and the depiction of recognizable objects to tell a story. The exhibit draws on the Surrealist tradition, but also equally important, on popular cultural traditions, including book illustrations and comics, showcasing contemporary artists who create works that are accessible and familiar, yet at the same time, gothic and out-of-the-ordinary.

The Never Ending Story's curator, Laura Hoptman, is Senior Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY.

Singapore - "New Focus" (02.04.10 - ?)

ART SEASONS cordially invites you to the Opening Party of NEW FOCUS

-  a new group exhibition featuring seven young Korean artists  -
Seong Tai-jin . Wee Young-il . Park Yuna
Lee Hyo-young . Mari Kim . Song Jin-hwa . Kim Seok

on Thursday, the 4th of February 2010, from 7pm.
(Wine and light refreshments will be served.)

Fullerton - Kurt Weston's "Seasons in the Prayer Garden" (02.04.10 - 03.28.10)

Thursday, February 4th
Three events for the price of fun.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Thursday, February 4, 4 PM, Free

The Muckenthaler Cultural Center celebrates the start of a new season with the opening of our new 3D gallery. The Ribbon Cutting ceremony, hosted by the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce, will begin at 4 PM. Stay after the ribbon cutting ceremony for a free reception in our gallery...

Opening Reception Gallery Exhibition
Kurt Weston: Seasons in the Prayer Garden
Thursday, February 4, 5-7 PM, Free

An opening reception, in our main gallery, of Kurt Weston: Seasons in the Prayer Garden. Kurt Weston is a legally blind photographer who works in both color and black and white. Appetizers will be served. The exhibit runs from February 4 to March 28. Stay after the opening for a free event from our storytelling series...

Storytelling at The Muck
Laura Bosworth
Thursday, February 4, 7 PM, Free

The fairy god mother of Long Beach storytelling shares tales of classic love from folk traditions in honor of Valentine’s day. (This will also be our gallery opening for our new exhibit of Kurt Weston: Seasons In The Prayer Garden). Presented by Davis Barber Productions.

Muckenthaler Cultural Center - 1201 West Malvern Avenue, Fullerton, 92833, United States