LA's The Gallery presents Black on High, a Brooklyn takeover of Hollywood, with work from Othelo Gervacio, Alexander Heir, Jess Poplawski, Dilek Baykara and Tamara Santibanez. The exhibition brings the darkside to sunny LA with each artist bringing their unique perspective on the punk/metal scene to the gallery. Presented by Alexis Gross, the show is the latest in a series by the artist and curator’s takeover of The Gallery on Cahuenga. Opening night is this Friday, May 3.

The Gallery

1621 North Cahuenga

Los Angeles, CA 90028

Jack Smylie

Opening this Friday, May 3, Blue Dream sees Wes Lang bring his signature blend of biker iconography, abstract scribbles, vintage playboy appropriation, skulls, butterflies, flowers, Native Americans and additional pop references to Copenhagen's V1 Gallery.

Source - V1

Jack Smylie

Following Cyprien Gaillard's residency at the Hammer, the museum presents a new exhibition of the artist's work, as part of Hammer Projects - a series of exhibitions focusing primarily on the work of emerging artists, organized by curator, Ali Subotnick.

Source - Hammer

Jack Smylie

From May 2 through June 1, 2013, New York's Higher Pictures will host Capture Physical Presence, the gallery encore of Travess Smalley's book of the same name. Cature Physcial Presence is made up of Smalley's experimental collages; studies of composition, texture, color and space which draw from various nodes in art history, in particular, 20th century modernism. Comparisons might be drawn between Smalley's work and that of Matisse's Jazz-era découpage, Picasso's later work, or Joan Miro's colorful, looping compositions.

Jack Smylie

Pedro Matos is set to open a new exhibition at LA's Martha Otero Gallery next month, featuring a new series of oil paintings on canvas and azulejo panels - a traditional Portuguese medium of hand-painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tile work. Building Castles Made of Sand will be Matos' first solo exhibition in Los Angeles and newcomers to his work can expect to experience the artist's rich and complex layering and deep color schemes, which draw on tradition but are firmly entrenched in contemporary conversation.

Jack Smylie

Recently opened at KARMA's Great Jones Street location, MAKE READY is an exhibition of archival printed work by artist and publisher Nicholas Gottlund. The show features a selection of Gottlund's work, alongside the matching work or "companion piece" that he produces as a back-up each time in case of any unforseen issues. An A and a B, per se. Gottlund calls them "Overs".

As the artist himself says, "it is how these separate yet linked objects relate to one another when viewed in the same space that demonstrates their making most clearly."

Jack Smylie

032c WORKSHOP / Joerg Koch are set to present "NOTES ON FORM", a group show curated by 032c editor-at-large Carson Chan.

Form is the vehicle that conveys our ideas, whims, and errant musings. For the exhibition, Chan puts together a survey of some forms that have taken hold of his current thinking.

ARTISTS: David Adamo, Shane Anderson, Rachel de Joode, Lindsay Lawson, Hadley+Maxwell, Zoë Claire Miller, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Niko Princen & Marjonne van Randwijk, Timur Si-Qin, Rein Vollenga, Mario Zoots.

Jack Smylie

In the spirit of National Poetry Month, Fulton Ryder and Dan Colen will take over the Richard Serra room on the fourth floor at the Museum of Modern Art this Saturday, April 20th, for a special reading of Colen's publication, A Real Bronx Cheer.

The reading will take place from 3 to 4pm.

11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019

Jack Smylie