2010

Tropical Vulture features the work of legendary independent filmmaker and educator George Kuchar. Since the 1950s, Kuchar has gained attention for displaying his morbid interests, insecurities, and razor-sharp wit in low-budget films with over-the-top plots and performances. This exhibition presents a unique combination of Kuchar’s films, videos, paintings and drawings, and is organized by San Francisco-based artist Julio Cesar Morales and Mexico City-based artist Miguel Calderon, two of Kuchar’s former students.

Psychic Outlaws is an exhibition inspired by Annie Buckley’s novel of the same name. Nineteen contemporary artists from Los Angeles will be given a different chapter of the book, and each will make new work in response. The exhibition becomes a unique collaboration and physical iteration of Buckley’s words and the themes of psychology, memory, alternative healing, feminism, and metaphorical reasoning found in the narrative. This exhibition is curated by John Souza with Annie Buckley.

One painter. One sculptor. One photographer…Primer focuses on promising artists who are part of Los Angeles’ vibrant art community, and provides a space for their work to reach a wider audience. The exhibition introduces one artist per discipline, and one work or series per artist.