From La Brea over to Highland: two painting shows at Moskowitz Bayse, Bridget Mullen at Nazarian / Curcio, Marley Freeman at Parker on Melrose, and Hard Line Women, a group of Japanese women artists from the 1960s to today, at Nonaka-Hill.
Moskowitz Bayse
Alexa Guariglia: Open Sesame at Moskowitz Bayse. Paintings that move between prehistoric caves, banks, markets and movie theaters, using architectural openings as portals between past and present. Through Oct 24.
Sep 12 - Oct 24
Moskowitz Bayse
Franziska Goes: Seeds and Circles at Moskowitz Bayse. Paintings and wax-pastel drawings in which circles read as seeds, moons or apertures and branching lines as maps or cells. Through Oct 24.
Sep 12 - Oct 24
Nazarian / Curcio
Bridget Mullen: Who Needs Muscles If Nothing Is Heavy? at Nazarian / Curcio. Paintings that begin as abstract marks and tip into bodies through decisive line and layered color. Through Oct 24.
Sep 12 - Oct 24
Parker Gallery
Marley Freeman: worthless serpentine at Parker Gallery. Abstract paintings in hand-mixed pigments, titled from Joan Didion’s Where I Was From and its image of gold-bearing ore versus worthless serpentine. Through Oct 31.
Sep 12 - Oct 31
Nonaka-Hill
Hard Line Women at Nonaka-Hill. Twelve Japanese women artists, from Sumie Aoki and Tomie Ohtake to Atsuko Tanaka and Rei Kawakubo, each pursuing a hard-edged abstraction in paintings, brass and steel sculpture and paper constructions. Through Nov 7.
Sep 16 - Nov 7
