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January 11, 2023 The multiform artist quietly coaxes us to see the world as a means to look inward. | Nereya Otieno #sky #nofilter: Hindsight for a Future America
Sept. 17–Jan. 21, 2023
Art + Practice, 3401 Degnan Blvd, Leimert Park (artandpractice.org) Chloë Bass: Wayfinding
Nov. 17–Mar. 12, 2023
Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard, Bel Air (skirball.org) SPONSORED In the second of three exhibitions featuring pairs of artists whose work is sometimes overtly, sometimes inadvertently, linked through the intimacies of living together, Shoshana Wayne Gallery proudly presents the tumultuous, color-dappled ceramic sculptures of Ashwini Bhat and the Pullitzer prize-winning poetry of her partner, Forrest Gander.
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Dec. 11–Jan. 29, 2023
Hunter Shaw Fine Art, 5513 Pico Boulevard, Mid-Wilshire (huntershawfineart.com) Benjamin Reiss’s intricate sculptures take the deadpan detail of scientific models and add a healthy dose of the absurd. In the two-person exhibition Very Quiet, Reiss is paired with Michael Kennedy Costa, whose meditative works on paper provide a foil to Reiss’s impeccable weirdness. Simone Forti
Jan. 15–Apr. 2, 2023
Museum of Contemporary Art, 250 South Grand Avenue, Downtown (moca.org) MOCA’s Simone Forti retrospective covers six decades of this pioneering artist and choreographer’s career through works on paper, holograms, video, and performance documentation. MOCA will be staging performances of Dance Constructions on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, showing the enduring vitality of Forti’s influence. For Submersion: Sarah Rosalena Brady
Jan. 15–Apr. 2, 2023
Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 North Spring Street, Chinatown (clockshop.org) The land that the Los Angeles State Historic Park sits on was once the floodplain of the Los Angeles River, an important waterway for the Tongva people who originally inhabited the region. Sarah Rosalena Brady’s For Submersion is a public sculpture in the park commemorating this history. Rosalena incorporates Wixárika yarn painting — an art form practiced by generations of women in her family — and digital fabrication to create a monument that honors tradition while looking ahead to the future. SPONSORED This immersive, multi-sensory exhibition in LA surveys 35 years of Kentridge’s practice through drawings, film, sculpture, installation, and more. Learn more. CLOSING SOON Carlos Jaramillo: Tierra del Sol
Dec. 9–Jan. 14, 2023
Guerrero Gallery, 3407 Verdugo Road, Glassell Park (guerrerogallery.com) Charrería is a Mexican equestrian event that features horseback riding, rodeo, and various ranch activities. It developed in the haciendas of colonial Mexico, and has been designated as the country’s official national sport. Tierra del Sol is an exhibition of Carlos Jaramillo’s photographs from California’s largest charreada, “El Classico del las Americas,” at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in October 2021. Koichi Enomoto: Against the day
Dec. 10–Jan. 21, 2023
Nonaka-Hill Gallery, 720 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood (nonaka-hill.com) Kochi Enomoto’s paintings mix realism with comic book renderings and abstraction, drawing on weighty art historical sources like Picasso and Mondrian, and fleeting digital traces equally. Against the day, Enomoto’s first solo show outside of Japan, offers Angeleno audiences the chance to witness his visual audacity in person. Become a member today to help keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. Become a Member MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC Founded by LA-based curator Asha Bukojemsky, Kyiv to LA will host six artists from Ukraine across different participating venues. | Matt Stromberg | 