The First MALIBU ANNUAL Contemporary Art Fair

The First MALIBU ANNUAL Contemporary Art Fair www.malibuannual.com

MA Participating Galleries:
China Art Objects www.chinaartobjects.com
Chung King Project www.chungkingproject.com
Circus Gallery www.circus-gallery.com
The Company www.thecompanyart.com
Eighth Veil www.eighthveil.org
Parker Jones www.parkerjonesgallery.com
Sister www.sisterla.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Malibu, CA - August 5, 2009: Gallery-organized fair featuring work by internationally exhibiting artists to be held at the Malibu Country Mart August 28 – 30, 2009. Seven Los Angeles-based contemporary art galleries are going to the beach! China Art Objects, Chung King Projects, Circus Gallery, The Company, Eighth Veil, Parker Jones, and Sister are pleased to announce the first Malibu Annual Contemporary Art Fair. Taking place at the Malibu Country Mart from August 28 – 30, the Malibu Annual brings together 7 of the most exciting contemporary galleries in LA for an art fair the likes of which have not been seen in Malibu. This gallery-initiated special event brings fresh energy to the idea of a contemporary art fair, and will showcase the work of over 40 internationally exhibiting artists. Free and open to the public, the Malibu Annual will premiere for one weekend in the heart of Malibu at the Malibu Country Mart (www.malibucountrymart.com).

It’s fitting that this art fair will transpire during the hottest part of the summer in a city that draws millions of visitors to its beaches to cool off and relax. With artists working in a variety of media (painting, photography, sculpture, video, drawing, and installation), the Malibu Annual will offer the public a glimpse of Southern California’s freshest galleries. Held in a 4,000 square foot space that once housed a high school for students with behavioral problems, each participating gallery will commandeer and re-invent a classroom, and present works both from gallery-represented artists and special projects made specifically for the Malibu Annual. In addition, the Malibu Annual will feature performance art projects and video screenings for fair visitors to enjoy. A schedule of performances will be posted on the www.malibuannual.com website.

MA Schedule: Preview Party:
Friday, August 28, 7–10pm
Saturday, August 29, 12–8pm
Sunday, August 30, 12–6pm

MA Location:
Malibu Country Mart
3835 Cross Creek Rd
Malibu, California 90265
www.malibuannual.com

Ed Schad writes on Michael Rashkow's show for Artslant

http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/picklist

Images from Will Fowler and Lisa Lapinski

Will Fowler images below. Lisa Lapinski coming soon...

Will Fowler
Candle, 2009
Acrylic on canvas
50 x 36 inches



Will Fowler
Not-Here, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 50 inches



Will Fowler
One O'Clockers, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
32 x 48 inches



Will Fowler
Predator, 2008
Acrylic on canvas
13 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches

Will Fowler & Lisa Lapinski

China Art Objects Galleries is pleased to announce the fourth exhibition in our summer series.

Will Fowler & Lisa Lapinski

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 23rd 6 to 9 PM

July 23rd to August 15th, 2009

TONIGHT mike watt + the missingmen w/ tom watson and raul morales

car pool with friends?

mike watt + the missingmen w/ tom watson and raul morales

friday, july 17 at 9 pm
at harold's place
1908 s. pacific av.
san pedro, ca
(310) 832-5503
FREE ADMISSION!

Images from "Michael Rashkow Quadrangles"

Stanchion, 2009

Ebony, rebar, concrete

60 x 24 x 9 inches

detail: Stanchion, 2009

Ebony, rebar, concrete

60 x 24 x 9 inches

Gauge, 2009

Aluminum

49 x 49 x 1/8 inches

[inset depth: 1/2 inch]

Gauge, 2009

Aluminum

49 x 49 x 1/8 inches

[inset depth: 1/2 inch]

Penticore, 2009

Polypropylene Honeycomb with Glass-Epoxy face

16 ½ x 16 ½ x ¾ inches

[cutout depth: 16 ¾ x 16 ¾ x 5/8 inches]

Penticore, 2009

Polypropylene Honeycomb with Glass-Epoxy face

16 ½ x 16 ½ x ¾ inches

[cutout depth: 16 ¾ x 16 ¾ x 5/8 inches]

Penticore, 2009

Polypropylene Honeycomb with Glass-Epoxy face

16 ½ x 16 ½ x ¾ inches

[cutout depth: 16 ¾ x 16 ¾ x 5/8 inches]

Quadrangle, 2009

Concrete, Wood, Rebar, Foam

141 x 122 x 111 inches

Quadrangle, 2009

Concrete, Wood, Rebar, Foam

141 x 122 x 111 inches

Quadrangle, 2009

Concrete, Wood, Rebar, Foam

141 x 122 x 111 inches

Quadrangle, 2009

Concrete, Wood, Rebar, Foam

141 x 122 x 111 inches

Red Silk, 2009

Cartoon color on silk

20 x 17 inches

Installation view from outside


Installation of South Gallery


Installation view into North Gallery

More of Our Tom

tom's upcoming gigs with the missingmen:

mike watt + the missingmen

saturday, july 11 at 10 pm
benefit for surfrider
at di piazza's
5205 e. pacific coast highway
long beach, ca
(562) 498-2461

friday, july 17 at 9 pm
at harold's place
1908 s. pacific av.
san pedro, ca
(310) 832-5503
FREE ADMISSION!

friday, july 24 at 11 pm
at the redwood bar + grill
316 w. 2nd st.
los angeles, ca
(213) 680-2600

Annual Summer Group Show at Cottage Home

Summer Group Show @ Cottage Home

Sister | China Art Objects | Thomas Solomon Gallery
July 11 - August 15, 2009

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11, 7-10 pm

Cottage Home
410 Cottage Home St.
LA, CA 90012

Lawrence Weiner's "Water in Milk Exists" at Cottage Home

Los Angeles Premiere of Lawrence Weiner’s
Water in Milk Exists

Thursday, July 9, 8pm
Cottage Home
410 Cottage Home St. LA, CA 90012
Screening followed with a few words by Lawrence Weiner and a reception.

Lawrence Weiner teamed up with cinematographer Kiki Allgeier and producer Nortitoshi Hirakawa to realize WATER IN MILK EXISTS, a fresh skin flick that challenges both artistic and pornographic conventions. The film contains quotations from the artist’s children books, austere dialogues on string theory, animations, as well as a lot of carnal action.

WATER IN MILK EXISTS in a rare public screening and is receiving its Los Angeles premier at Cottage Home. Weiner realized his first porn movie A BIT OF MATTER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE in the 1970s as public declaration of Weiner’s solidarity with the detained crew of the legendary DEEP THROAT. Weiner’s latest contribution, on the contrary, focuses on a highly individual experience of sex and a freedom in sexuality that is often loss in the gaps between porno, pop culture, and the practice of everyday life.

The European premiere of WATER IN MILK EXISTS took place during Art Basel in one of the last remaining porn movie theatres in that city. For its Los Angeles premier, it will be screened in a former Chinese porn theater that has in its most recent incarnation been converted into an art gallery. Thus bringing together like Weiner’s film, art and pornography. This screening has been organized independently by Andrew Berardini, and will likely retain a smattering of the downbeat underground vibe in which it was originally screened.

Writes Lawrence Weiner: "SITUATED WITHIN A LANDSCAPE OF HUMAN INTERACTION THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT LEAD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH OR CO-EXIST WITH THE FORCES OF NATURE, WATER IN MILK EXISTS ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT VARIOUS CHARACTERS AT A POINT OF DISJUNCTIVE BUT SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES. IF THE CONCISE PLACEMENT OF STONES LEADS TO A STRUCTURE (A TRUISM POSED BY MIES VAN DER ROHE) THEN PERHAPS A CONCISE PLACEMENT OF PERSONS CAN LEAD TO A STRUCTURE NOT BASED UPON PARALLEL HIERARCHIES. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PLAYERS FIT WITHIN THE GENRE OF ADULT FILMS. IN FACT, THE PLAYERS ARE ADULTS."

A Structure of Lawrence Weiner. Players: N Beckwith, Lesny Jn Felix, Cleo Fishel, Taka Fukuya, Jonathan Hokklo, Joann Kim, Lucca Jean Lax, Kristen Lorello, Zaza M., Christopher Mitchell, Natalie S. Mignon, Kitao Sakurai, Ryan Scanlan. Director of Photography: Kiki Allgeier. Producer: Noritoshi Hirakawa. Executive Producer: Edi A. Stockli. The Swiss Institute, New York. Curator: Gianni Jetzer. Editors: Kiki Allgeier, Lawrence Weiner. Graphics: Bethany Izard. Melodic Noise: Kim Allgeier, Lawrence Weiner. Henry the Navigator, copyright Lawrence Markey and Lawrence Weiner.

Our own Tom Watson, Wednesday, July 1 at 9:30 sharp

mike watt + the missingmen
wednesday, july 1 at 9:30 pm
at the old towne pub
66 n. fair oaks
pasadena, ca
(626) 577-6583

Michael Rashkow: Quadrangles June 27th to July 18th. Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th 6 to 9 PM

China Art Objects Galleries is pleased to announce the third exhibition in our summer series.

Michael Rashkow
Quadrangles

June 27th to July 18th, 2009

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th 6 to 9pm

Reading and Performance Thursday, June 11, 2009 8:30 PM

Reading & Performance at The Mountain at 8:30 PM

Veronica Gonzalez will read a novel in progress on Thursday night in a bit of an impromptu evening of readings, with Ariana Reines and Sarah Wang… there will be a chorus (as part of Ariana’s piece) with the possibility that Michael Silverblatt will be singing in it.


The Mountain
475 Gin Ling Way Los Angeles, CA 90012

Images from Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, and Jon Pestoni

Alex Hubbard, Heads in the Dark, 2009, DVD, 19’ 10”, Courtesy of the artist


L: Alex Hubbard, Heads in the Dark, 2009, DVD, 19’ 10”, Courtesy of the artist
R: Jon Pestoni, Untitled, 2009, Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 ½ inches, Courtesy of the artist


Installation view of China Art Objects
L: Jon Pestoni, Untitled, 2009, Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 ½ inches, Courtesy of the artist
R: Jon Pestoni, Bird Food, 2009, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, Courtesy of the artist


Installation view of China Art Objects
L: Anthony Pearson, Untitled, 2009 & Untitled, 2009, both Solarized silver gelatin prints,
Unique, 17 x 12 ½ inches, Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery
R: Charlemagne Palestine, Dorian Sweep, 1973, Mixed media with sound, Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist


Charlemagne Palestine
Untitled, circa 1982
Acrylic and fur on paper
Unframed: 30 x 22 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Jay Sanders


Charlemagne Palestine
Dorian Sweep, 1973
Mixed media with sound
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist


Alex Hubbard, Heads in the Dark, 2009, DVD, 19’ 10”, Courtesy of the artist


Anthony Pearson
Untitled, 2009
Solarized silver gelatin prints
Unique
17 x 12 ½ inches
Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery


Anthony Pearson
Untitled, 2009
Solarized silver gelatin prints
Unique
17 x 12 ½ inches
Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery


Anthony Pearson
Untitled, 2009
Framed color photograph
Unique
17 x 12 ½ inches
Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery


Anthony Pearson
Untitled, 2009
Framed color photograph
Unique
17 x 12 ½ inches
Courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery


Jon Pestoni
Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
27 ½ x 35 inches
Courtesy of the artist


Jon Pestoni
Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 inches
Courtesy of the artist


Jon Pestoni
Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
28 x 22 inches
Courtesy of the artist


Jon Pestoni
Bird Food, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the artist


Jon Pestoni
Untitled, 2009
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the artist

Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, and Jon Pestoni
May 28 to June 20, 2009

The current exhibition at China Art Objects Galleries brings together the diverse practices of Alex Hubbard, Anthony Pearson, Charlemagne Palestine, and Jon Pestoni. The mode of operation for each artist is linked, not only through a conscious use of abstraction, but also in a more deliberate dialogue with the conventions of particular media. Each artist contaminates formalism with a mix match of ideas and emotions, updating the use of traditional mediums.

Alex Hubbard’s video, Heads in the Dark, blurs aspects of ‘the making of the work’ with the finished product. There is also the blurring of post- minimalism, scatter art, and contemporary painting, with contemporary cooking and craft T.V. Jon Pestoni’s oil on canvas paintings explore terrain that is neither figurative, nor purely abstract. In his work, overt repetition is subordinate to subtle shifts in scale, shape, and subject matter. Charlemagne Palestine’s work is both sculpture and painting. For a static work, its integration of music articulates a complex spatial dynamic. Anthony Pearson’s photographs incorporate handcrafted painting before they ever become the finished image. In a twist of sensibility, they then return to being unique by becoming editions of one.

Be it music, video, photography, painting, or sculpture, none of the works in the exhibition rely exclusively on direct art historical references. The works in the exhibition unabashedly seek out original formal terrain that is highly aware of historical precedent but not reliant on it. Palestine’s 1973 Dorian Sweep serves as an exemplary model of this kind of art making.

Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, and Jon Pestoni

We are pleased to announce the second of our summer exhibitions featuring work by Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, and Jon Pestoni

May 28 to June 20, 2009

Opening Reception THURSDAY, May 28 6 - 9pm

Morgan Fisher Films at the Hammer Museum May 27 & May 29

Two great free shows of classic experimental film work from Los Angeles based filmmakers, with restored prints, brilliant guests, and a fine time to be had by all!

Los Angeles Filmforum, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and the Hammer Museum present
RESTORING THE LOS ANGELES AVANT-GARDE
May 27 & 29, 7:30 pm (two different shows)
At the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.443.7000
ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not accepted, RSVPs not required. Parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00.
http://hammer. ucla.edu/ programs/ detail/program_ id/185
http://www.cinema. ucla.edu/ public/calendar/ calendar_ f.html

Extra Extra: Opening Reception Thursday, May 7, 2009. 6-9pm

Extra Extra

May 7 to 23, 2009

Join us for the first of China Art Objects' Summer Projects openings this Thursday, May 7, 2009

Opening Reception 6 to 9pm

Kate Costello, 2009

All images below are Jed Caesar with participating artists listed after the images. Images are composites of the wall’s progression:












Jed Caesar
Mario Correa
Heather Rowe
Paul Wagner
Josh Slater
Alex Olson
Katja Aglert
Oskar Aglert
Shana Lutker
Yoshua Okon
Zoe McClosky
Josh Mittelman
Robert Olson
Gabriela Juaregui
Naotaka Hiro
Christopher Wilde
Christopher Kreiling
John Espinosa
Ben Lord
Juliana Paciulli
Mark Hagen
Nina Garduno
Stanya Kahn
Katie Grinnan
Aiko Hachisuka
Allison Miller
Joey Kotting
Zoe Scofield
Juniper Shuey
Euan MacDonald
Barbara Choit
Scott Cassidy
Sarah Vanderlip
Drew Dominick
Fredrik Nilsen
Charlie White
Natalie Shriver
Mark Verabioff
Brian Sharp
Bart Exposito
Jonas Wood
Matt Johnson
Tony Feher
Bridget Donahue
Cleopatra's
Aidan Costello
Tom Bloor
Simon Bloor
Gina Beavers
Michelle Matson
Elizabeth Giovanni
Chris Bassett
Bo Christian Larsson
Artemio

Walead Beshty and a review of Altermodern – Tate Triennial 2009

...it is three other artists who really steal the show, largely because they don’t rely too much on relationally aesthetic mannerisms but wilfully re-examine modernist debates from other angles. Walead Beshty’s shattered glass cubes are, in simple terms, the record of their own international transportation. Glass cubes of the same dimensions are packed in FedEx boxes and shipped to the gallery in which the artist is due to exhibit. Inevitably damaged in transport, they are then displayed on the cases in which they were packed. As the material record of their own journey from A to B, they are in a certain sense as modernist as a Jackson Pollock. Yet they can equally be read as an allegory of the transnational ‘FedEx’ culture of the contemporary art world. The idea of the ‘artist as international traveller’ is achieved with more subtlety in this piece than elsewhere in the exhibition.

Link to the complete review:
http://www.metamute.org/en/content/altermodern_marketing_or_movement

Exhibition Dates: Feburary 3 to April 26, 2009
Altermodern – Tate Triennial 2009 @ Tate Britain
Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/altermodern/

Artnet on Art Cologne and Rob Thom

April 23, 2009

Coverage of Art Cologne 2009 and Rob Thom from Artnet Magazine's German edition.

http://www.artnet.de/magazine/news/mania/mania04-23-09.asp

UPCOMING: China Art Objects '09 Summer Projects

May 7 to May 23, 2009
Jedediah Caesar and Kate Costello
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7th. 6 to 9pm

May 28 to June 20, 2009
Alex Hubbard, Charlemagne Palestine, Anthony Pearson, and Jon Pestoni
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 28th. 6 to 9pm

June 27 to July 18, 2009
Michael Rashkow
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 27th. 6 to 9pm

July 23 to August 15, 2009
Will Fowler and Lisa Lapinski
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 23th. 6 to 9pm

All at China Art Objects Galleries
933 Chung King Rd. LA, CA 90012

China Art Objects at OPEN SPACE Art Cologne 2009

The 43rd ART COLOGNE will take place in Cologne, Germany from 22nd to 26th April 2009

China Art Objects Galleries will be participating in OPEN SPACE at Art Cologne 2009
We will be featuring new drawings by Rob Thom attached below.

Vernissage: April 21, 2009 from 5pm to 9pm Opening Times: Daily from 12pm to 8pm

All works by Rob Thom, TBD, 2009, graphite on Duralene, dimensions variable