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An abstract figurative silkscreened work depicting eight, lilac-bodied figures. One figure floats down from the upper left corner with blue and green rays emanating from its head and hips. The figure's arms reach toward the other seven figures, and white stars cover their breasts. White streams flow toward the other seven figures, who have their arms raised toward the floating figure.

Oct 22

All day

Judy Chicago: Mother Earth + Cohanim

Free

Two paintings by Kate Bonner hanging in light wood frames. Each is made up of a collage of digital and analog painting on layered pieces of paper with torn edges.

Oct 22

All day

Kate Bonner: Somewhere in there is a true thing

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A brightly colorful and elaborate painting, with imagery separated into variously sized rectangular frames. In the center, two harlequin jesters dressed in yellow, red, blue, and green create a mirror image. A large white crane flies in front of a sun in the center of the painting. Images of clenched fists, woven tapestries, and scenes from antique children's books fill the space around the painting's edges.

Oct 22

All day

Amir H. Fallah: Remember My Child…

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In the left half of the image, a sculpture by Sharif Farrag sits on a tall white plinth. To the right, a small landscape painting by Lois Dodd hangs on the wall.

Oct 22

All day

Lois Dodd & Sharif Farrag

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An installation view of "I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within." at Shulamit Nazarian. In view are a large sculpture of a reclining yellow-skinned figure wearing a purple onesie with colorful pom poms, a black cap with white spots, yellow tinted glasses, and ruffles around the neck, wrists, and ankles. On the back right wall is a large painting with floral imagery. Two small paintings of portraits hang on the back left wall.

Oct 22

All day

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.

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Installation view of four paintings in Troy Chew's exhibition "Fuck the King's Horses and All the King's Men."

Oct 22

All day

Troy Chew: Fuck the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men

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The exhibition flyer for "The Rainbow Two" showing paintings by Nicole Storm and Ron Veasey. Storm's painting is an abstract field of broad blue brushstrokes with the underpainting showing through and marks in thin, light blue lines. Veasey's painting is a portrait of a woman with very short black hair wearing a blue hat or headband and a yellow dress with blue and yellow polka dots. She is painted in a three-quarter view, and her eyes are cast to the left.

Oct 22

All day

The Rainbow Two: Nicole Storm and Ron Veasey

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Two women standing in room dimly lit with warm lighting. The woman on the left has dark curly hair in a bun, she's wearing a red sweater and loose brown pants. She's leaning toward the other woman, and her face touches the other woman's clavicle. The other woman has short dark hair. She's wearing a black tank top, dark skirt, dark tights, and silver metallic shoes. Her chin is lifted to make space for the other woman's head.

Oct 22

All day

REDCAT: Black Motion Pictures Series

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A detail view of a ceramic sculpture that appears to be the surface of a large stone with other small stones nestled in its crevices. The stone is metallic gold with rainbow-colored highlights.

Oct 22

All day

Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga

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A man riding a blue Citi Bike painted in a folk art, expressionist style. He wears a brown hat, tan coat, brown pants, white shirt and black boots. A purple crescent moon with a yellow eye hangs in the sky, there is a palm tree on the horizon.

Oct 22

All day

Jordan Sullivan: At the Corner of Heartbreak & Avalanche

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A delicate piece of translucent paper is crumpled and folded onto itself, interrupting lines of black serif font repeating the words "I'm not sure what to say."

Oct 22

All day

Out of Nothing: a virtual & interactive exhibition by Alyson Provax

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A still from Jeamin Cha's film "Sound Garden, (2019). Viewed from below, a large mechanical arm reaches toward a tall tree. Grey fabric wraps around the tree's trunk, and ropes connect the mechanical arm and the trunk. Two other ropes hang down from upper branches.

Oct 22

All day

Jeamin Cha: Troubleshooting Mind I, II, III

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A screenshot of Untitled (Saturday, October 16, 1993) shows a weathered newspaper clipping of a figure dressed in a white shirt with red tie standing before microphones. Arms reach out from the left side of the shot with tape recorders and additional microphones preparing to record the speaker’s voice.

Oct 22

All day

Rami George: and one day will tell you so many stories

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An installation view of a sculpture by Harold Mendez. Five vertical black cages are arranged in a hexagon. Each cage contains abstract, yet corporeal plaster sculptures of varying sizes.

Oct 22

All day

Harold Mendez: Let us gather in a flourishing way

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Two people walk bicycles across an arid landscape. There is a snow-covered mountain in the background. A grey river creates a broad stripe through the middle of the frame, reflecting the grey sky.

Oct 22

All day

Stanya Kahn: No Go Backs

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Collaged image of a person embracing someone kneeling from behind in a park setting.

Oct 29

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Wardell Milan

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A rectangular grid with cells in a rainbow of colors. A faint black line meanders across the grid, like the lines delineating district boundaries.

Oct 29

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Panel Discussion | When Redistricting Becomes Gerrymandering: How Can Districts Be Drawn Equitably?

Free

Two black and white photograph portraits, side by side. Isaac Julien is on the left and Angela Davis is on the right.

Nov 11

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Angela Davis and Isaac Julien in Conversation, Moderated by Sarah Lewis

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A collage of imagery related to the fight for womens right to vote. In the foreground, a woman with brown eyes and brown hair looks out at the viewer. Behind her, black and white images of Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and other Black women activists layer over newspaper clippings with articles about voting rights.

Oct 22

All day

What Story Would the Unintended Beneficiaries Tell (WSWUBT)

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Black and white photograph of a man walking through an empty plaza, the instant captured in the photograph makes it look like the figure is dancing alone.

Oct 22

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I’m Not the Only One

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A detail view of Lesley Vance's painting, showing broad swirls of green, purple, and yellow and red stripes on a vibrant red background.

Oct 22

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Lesley Vance: A Zebra Races Counterclockwise

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Installation view of Sympathetic Magic at Blum Poe.

Oct 22

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Sympathetic Magic

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An installation view of two video screens mounted on a wall. The left screen shows a man and a woman kissing in front of a yellow background. The right screen shows two women kissing in front of a yellow background.

All the Strings that Bind: Patty Chang at Friends Indeed and Cushion Works

Chang’s work displays a longstanding preoccupation with the boundaries and trace appearances of the body.

by Theadora Walsh October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

Love Letter to Bean Gilsdorf

The stiff gravitas of US politicians made floppy and satirical.

by Elizaveta Alexandrovna Shneyderman October 20, 2020October 22, 2020

A watercolor painting of a ghostly white river winding through colorfully painted, angular rocks and trees.

Love Letter to Dr. Qinqin Liu

Painting California’s watersheds as a way to cope with the climate crisis.

by Alison Tam October 13, 2020October 22, 2020

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Discover Art Events and Exhibitions on the West Coast

NOW ON VIEW

Judy Chicago: Mother Earth + Cohanim

Kate Bonner: Somewhere in there is a true thing

Amir H. Fallah: Remember My Child…

Lois Dodd & Sharif Farrag

I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within.

Troy Chew: Fuck the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men

The Rainbow Two: Nicole Storm and Ron Veasey

REDCAT: Black Motion Pictures Series

Sterling Ruby and Masaomi Yasunaga

Jordan Sullivan: At the Corner of Heartbreak & Avalanche

Out of Nothing: a virtual & interactive exhibition by Alyson Provax

Jeamin Cha: Troubleshooting Mind I, II, III

Rami George: and one day will tell you so many stories

Harold Mendez: Let us gather in a flourishing way

Stanya Kahn: No Go Backs

OPENING SOON

Wardell Milan

Panel Discussion | When Redistricting Becomes Gerrymandering: How Can Districts Be Drawn Equitably?

CLOSING SOON

What Story Would the Unintended Beneficiaries Tell (WSWUBT)

I’m Not the Only One

Lesley Vance: A Zebra Races Counterclockwise

Sympathetic Magic

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All the Strings that Bind: Patty Chang at Friends Indeed and Cushion Works

Love Letter to Bean Gilsdorf

Love Letter to Dr. Qinqin Liu

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