Art: Photography, Gallery Visit and Hang out with the Dead

Spring break is over and rainy week is almost over. Now it is time for us to come out of our shell and enjoy the Sun under California blue sky. Check out Consumerism and Product by Katy Bowen and YaYa Chou at Gallery Revisited in Silver Lake.

Incorporating pom-poms and felt into her paintings, Katy Bowen combines a DIY aesthetic with colorful abstraction. YaYa Chou, meanwhile, infusing familiar objects with charming whimsy, constructing a luminous chandelier and a "bear"-skin rug made out of gummi bears. Now through Saturday April 22nd.


Hang out with the dead

The Ouija Board may be a classic, but sensing dead people is still second to seeing them. In this First Fridays event, the Natural History Museum offers a way to brush up those extrasensory abilities (and stop mourning the end of Six Feet Under) by communing with the dead. In addition to getting in tune with DJ sets from dublabers Derelict, Frosty, and Morpho, attendees can spend their evening channeling the bog mummies and age-old artifacts in the museum's Mysterious Bog People exhibit. If that's not enough death for one night, you can also learn about the wonders of forensic science during a panel discussion in the North American Mammals Hall with LA county coroner Dr. Judy Suchey and others. Check out the dead at the Natural History Museum on March 7th from 7 pm to 10.30 PM


Photography : Duane Michal - Past and Present

This exhibition offers two distinct photographic projects by Duane Michals, each reflecting the artist's exceptional narrative style. In The Adventures of Constantine Cavafy, Michals uses his trademark format of serial black-and-white images to capture fictionalized episodes from the life of a Greek poet. Applying documentary precision to playful scenes, he blurs the lines between experience and imagination. His newer series, Ukiyo-e: Pictures from the Floating World, ventures into the world of color photography, incorporating handwritten, diaristic text to communicate a more romantic, personal, and warmly pensive tone. It could be that this legend is mellowing with age, but his insights into the complexities of the human heart are as keen as ever. The exhibition starts from April 6th from 7 to 9 pm at Fahey/Klein Gallery. The event is free so bring your own hot date.