Cover Image: David Hockney, A Bigger Splash, 1967 - Tate, London 2010
Today, Los Angeles, 74 degrees and sunny. Needless to say, after ABMB in December, LA in 2012, truly merits to be the subsequent art destination. Southern California boasts an extensive program of art, performance, film and design exhibitions and events that serve as a primer about the early Southern California art scene. Shortlisting is a must. The events have and are concurrently taking place during Pacific Standard Time (PST). This 6-month cultural feat celebrates various movements that involve artists based in and around Los Angeles, historical exhibitions and performances that took place in this region between 1945-1980.
Pacific Standard Time by the Numbers 82 partners (museums, curating partners and programming partners) 68 major museum exhibitions More than 70 art galleries featuring more than 125 exhibitions More than 1300 featured artists 25 free exhibitions on October 2 More than 30 performances and large-scale outdoor projects as part of the 11-day Performance and Public Art Festival in January 2012 Hundreds of program events
Thursday, 1/12
Photo LA
Opening Night Benefit Gala
6PM – 9PM
Benefiting the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography
Performance with Tiffany Trenda. Special host Moby + DJ Aaron Byrd, KCRW.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) Preview
Paddle 8 – Online
Register to view
Saturday, 1/14 – Sunday, 1/15
Exhibition – Opening
Metropolis II (in action), Chris Burden
Weekend Viewing Intervals: 11:30 PM – 1:00 PM; 2 PM – 3:30 PM; 4 PM – 5:30 PM; 6 – 7:30 PM
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Central LA
Disappearing Environments, a public art installation originally performed by Judy Chicago, Eric Orr, & Lloyd Harold in 1968.
Thursday, 1/19
5 PM – 7 PM
Opening of Pacific Standard Time (PST) Public Art and Performance Festival
Public Art
Sublime Environment, a public art installation originally performed by Judy Chicago, Eric Orr, and Lloyd Harold in 1968.
Installation recreated from 25 tons of dry ice and illuminated.
Barkar Hangar
Santa Monica
7 PM – 9 PM
Art Fair
Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC)
Opening Night
Barkar Hangar
Santa Monica
6 PM – 10 PM
Public Art
Venice Art Crawl and MOMENTUM Present: Venice Lights
Artists include: Ryan Pohanic, Alex Paxton, Codi Barbini, Brett Mazurek, Eric Medine, Morgan Barnard, Adam Amaral, Dan Jacinto, Jesse Nikette, Chase, Randall Ott, Kevin Greene, BrianDecker, Jose Fuentes, Adrienne Adar, Albertico Acosta, and Blaine O’Neill.
Market Street (b. Pacific Ave. and Speedway)
Venice
Friday, 1/20
11 AM – 7 PM
Art Fair
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Barker Hangar
Santa Monica
Oscar Castillo '47 Chevy in Wilmington, California (1972) - The Getty Museum
Saturday, 1/21
11 AM – 7 PM
Art Fair
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Barker Hangar
Santa Monica
10 AM – 5 PM
Street Tour
Mural Remix Tour II – SOLD OUT
Waiting List Email: fowlerprograms@arts.ucla.edu
Cruise through history and journey through East Los Angeles during this roving tour highlighting the Chicano murals of the 1970s. Fowler Museum, UCLA
Los Angeles
Also at the Fowler Museum:
12 PM – 5 PM
Exhibition
Icons of the Invisible, by Oscar Castillo
Mapping Another L.A. – The Chicano Art Movement
Sunday, 1/22
11 AM – 6 PM
Art Fair
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
Barker Hangar
Santa Monica
4 PM
Performance
Accidents in Abstract Painting, by Richard Jackson
An ultra-large, ultra-lightweight, military-style model plane, filled with paint, will crash into a 20-foot wall.
Rose Bowl Stadium, Area H, Seco St. and N. Arroyo Blvd.
Pasadena
6 PM – 9 PM
Exhibition – Opening Reception
L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Pasadena
Dance Here, Here Dance, 2011, Anita Pace - Warren Neidich
Monday, 1/23
R & R.
Tuesday 1/24
7 PM – 9 PM
Public Art
Cocktail reception by Mezcal Del Maguey
Art in the Parking Space, by Warren Neidich and Elena Bajo (LA><ART)
The Standard Hotel
West Hollywood
Eric Orr Installing Wall Shadow (c. 1970) - Eugenia P. Butler Estate The Eric Orr Estate
Wednesday 1/25
12 PM – 6PM
Exhibition & Performance Opening
Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler
Wall Shadow, by Eric Orr
A recreation of Eric Orr’s Wall Shadow, which was presented in front of the Eugenia Butler Gallery in 1970.
LOS ANGELES NOMADIC DIVISION
West Hollywood
John Divola, Zuma #9 (1979-2006), from Zuma Series, 1977-78 - MOCA (Under The Big Black Sun)
Thursday, 1/26
6:30 PM – 8 PM
Art Talk with Paul Schimmel
Under the Big Black Sun, California Art 1974-1981
MOCA Geffen Contemporary
11 AM – 6 PM
Exhibition
Vandalism Series, 1973-1975, John Divola
LA><ART
Los Angeles
Friday, 1/27
Performance Tickets: $45
MM3: The Creation of the Universe, by Lou Reed
World premiere audio installation of Metal Machine Trio as an ambisonic 3-D recreation.
Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Cal State
Long Beach
The Ball of Artists 2012
Saturday, 1/28
The Ball of Artists – Closing Reception (INVITE ONLY)
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Performance and Public Art Festival
Greystone Manor
Note: Pulp Lab will be covering Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler and Mapping Another L.A. – The Chicano Art Movement .
2feet12inches - White Box
New York Openings:
Thursday, 1/12
6 PM – 10 PM
Exhibition – Opening
Outlaw, featuring works by Alex Arcadia, Alfredo Martinez, Charles Hardwick, Chino, Christophe Roberts, Curtis Kulig, Donald Gajadhar, Doug Landau, Dr. Dax, Ghost, Hugh Gran, Ilene Byers, Jayson Atienza, Jesper Haynes, Joey Glover, John Perry, Josh Wallman, Juna Skenderi, Justin Carty, Kinjal Mitra, Leyman Duky, Mare, Michael Alig, Michael Jarvis, Michelle Reyes, Minka Sicklinger, Mint and Serf, Nemo Librizzi, Pablo Power, Paul D. Edwards, Pork, Savior Elmundo, Senz, Shauna Figueroa, Spam, Strider, Tony Chan, Xaviera Simmons, 13thWitness and more…
Curated by: Robert Aloia, Brent Bartley, Frankie Cedeno and Laksmi Hedemark
6:30 PM
Film Screening
Downtown Calling, Shan Nicholson
A documentary explaining, in detail, the evolution of New York City’s fertile music and art subculture during the late ‘70s early ‘80s and how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today.
White Box
329 Broome Street
Lower East Side
Friday, 1/13
6 PM – 9 pM
Exhibition – Opening
Lost & Found, Works by Adam Void, Alice Mizrachi, Curtis Readel, ELLE & John Breiner
Mighty Tanaka Gallery
DUMBO
Saturday, 1/14
6 PM – 9 PM
Performance – Opening
For January, just ask Alice, featuring Ann Craven, John Giorno, Amanda Keeley, Amir Mogharabi, Jeff Perkins, Karin Schneider / Amy Granat, Bruce Sherman, and Jessie Steadv
Curated by Amy Granat and Joao Simoes
Fitzroy Gallery
77 Mercer Street (b. Spring and Broome)
SoHo
7 PM – 9PM
Group Exhibition
Hybrid Thinking, featuring Dal, Herakut, Hyuro, Roa, Sit and Vinz
Curated by Wooster Collective – Marc & Sara Schiller
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street (b. 10th and 11th Avenue)
Chelsea
Solo Exhibition
Punk Rock Rainbow Sparkle, Natalia Fabia
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
529 West 20th Street (b. 10th and 11th Avenue)
