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Tarryn Teresa Gallery opens Phantasma

Arts District based Tarryn Teresa Gallery continues a steady flow of thought provoking exhibitions, often getting solid reviews, with Phantasma, an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and installations that explore the subconscious.  Dream-like states, trances, hypnosis and fantasy with paintings, sculptures and installations by eight artists.

Defining the meaning of subconscious have been as varied as the visions they try to contain, a definition which is too rigid flattens meaning instead of illuminating its complexity. The eight artists in this show toy with expectations of conscious reality: whether the work deviates from an anticipated size and scale, confuses the distinctions between inanimate objects and animate beings or details an existence that wobbles between decay and growth.

In Phantasma, the gallery presents dreams, fantasies and visions that cannot be reduced or compressed in meaning; rather, their interpretations are as limitless as the subconscious of the viewer.

Phantasma / Jennifer D. Anderson, Jill Gallenstein, Amanda Hughen, Lisa Kellner, Mary Anne Kluth, Kristina Lewis, Katy Stone, and Masami Tsuchikawa / November 7 to  December 17, 2009 / Opening Reception: Saturday, November 14, 6-8 pm

Tarryn Teresa Gallery
1820 Industrial Street #230, Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 627-5100

Gallery Hours:
Monday-Friday: 11:00am-5:00pm; Saturdays: 11:00 am-4:00 pm

MEET CHIEF-TO-BE CHARLIE BECK

 

City Council President Eric Garcetti, 9th District Councilmember Jan Perry, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa with LAPD Chief Nominee Charlie Beck at the Expo Center.

DOTDOTDASH: After Mayor Tony V introduced LAPD Chief-to-Be Charlie Beck to Los Angeles from his humble adobe, a community meet-and-greet was held later at Expo Center .  . –– It was there, at the converted swim center built for the 1932 Olympics, that the honeymoon period for Beck began .  . ––  Council Prez Eric Garcetti told the gym–– filled with media, cops, and South Los Angeles stakeholders––that City Council will likely approve Beck as Chief of Police on Monday, November 9 .  .  –– Charlie Beck's rep sheet includes the investigation in the death of the King of Pop, and cleaning out the corruption closet of 1990s Rampart Division.

Just who was behind Downtown's better public spaces?

 

Lawrence Halprin is a modernist known for creating lush grounds within urban space. Grand Hope Park, as seen here on Halloween, is one of his downtown LA creations.

LAT has an obit on Lawrence Halprin, the landscape architect who passed away Oct 25 at the age of 93. Halprin is the landscape architect who designed the Bunker Hill staircase –– divided by an urban stream,  Crocker Garden Court,  the gardens at Central Library, and Grand Hope Park.  [LAT]

LAPD With City Hall Reflection

 

Front of Police Adminstration Building / Downtown Los Angeles. [Bye to Bratton]

Monday Night Brawl at SCI-Arc: Architecture VS New Media.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME RHETORICAL CONTEXT?:  During November, SCI-Arc will host Monday night discussions in conjunction with their current exhibition "Blow x Blow." The panels will feature new media curators, designers and artists talking about their "current practice and the pit of new media installation." The series begins Monday, November 9 at 7.30pm, and will be led by Joe Day, principal of deegan day design. The schedule is after the jump:

Lunch at Langer's

 

THANK-YAH-VERY-MUCH-MOTZA-BABY: An afternoon nosh at Langer's gave me some one-on-one time with the sounds of Jelvis (above) and "Save The Deli" author David Sax. [blogdowntown]

More to "This is It"

 

"THIS IS IT" sign being assembled at Nokia Plaza.

Along with “Micheal Jackson; This is It”  opening the Regal Theater, the Grammy Museum follows its earlier “Michael Jackson: HIStyle exhibit”, a temporary memorial display, with a new exhibition; “Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy.”

    Including Jackson’s trademark fedora and gloves, six elaborately embellished jackets, original lyrics, a Jackson 5 stage costume, and more, the exhibit will include additional artifacts never before exhibited in a museum.  Across eight video monitors, visitors will also enjoy footage of Jackson’s appearances on the annual GRAMMY® Awards.

    <snip>  The exhibit will feature a new interactive experience which will allow visitors to dance on a floor of light-up tiles, mimicking Jackson’s own moves in the “Billie Jean” music video.  Michael Jackson: A Musical Legacy will remain on display through summer 2010.

Gold Line Opening Day: Sunday, November 15

Last week, selected community groups were sent email invitations to join the Sunday, November 15th commemorative grand openings of the Gold Line, officially known as the Edward R. Roybal Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension. 

That was the first real confirmation that the Gold Line Extension had a solid opening date.

Now a schedule is forming. Expect ribbon cuttings, community booths from local stakeholders, and speeches beginning at the East L.A. Civic Center at 9am. Then dignitaries will hop on the train and when they reach Mariachi Plaza, will do another round of celebrations. According to Metro community organizer for the the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, the party train is expected around 2pm.

GO METRO: Opening day rides, on the entire Gold Line route, are  free to the public,

GO MOLINA:  "We all struggled so hard to get this into our community," L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina tells the Times. "Now, at the end of the day, I feel like I'm being shortchanged on the issues of integrity, safety and confidence."

GO SNARKY: Metro positions itself early by saying any accident on the route is driver error, not poor markings. [curbedla]

LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, the JACKSON 6K

 

King of Pop impersonator Micheal Kiss at Nokia Plaza LA Live for "Thrill the World."

Well, maybe not all the 6,000 dancers that gathered at LA Live for "Thrill the World" dressed as Micheal Jackson, but among the zombies were a few dressed as MJ, and even a few as Janet. Story at Blogdowntown.

More at LA Weekly

Final Stops on Bratton Farewell Tour

 

Facing City Hall East, Chief William Bratton gets an ovation as he steps up to the mic at Saturday's opening ceremonies for the new LAPD Administration Building.

Eric and I shot a lot of pics. [blogdowntown]

'End of Era' [LAT]

Earlier post: Bratton Farewell Tour Kicks Off  [blogdowntown]

Eastside Note: In the 70s, Rudy De Leon was LAPD Commander at Hollenbeck, and began a boxing program for kids that grew into the Hollenbeck Youth Center. De Leon passed away at the age of 85. LAT