Los Angeles: Your Concise Art Guide for May

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May 4, 2022 • View in browser

Your Concise Los Angeles Guide for May 2022

Maybe it’s the spring season imbuing everything with a renewed sense of vitality. Or maybe it’s seeing a new cohort of freshly graduated MFA students take on their own issues, the art system, and the world at large — a reminder of the constant regeneration taking place.

Either way, something about the upcoming exhibitions this month feels overwhelmingly raw, vulnerable, and full of emotion.

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Derek Fordjour’s LA MOCA Mural Is an “Invitation” to the Museum

“Sonic Boom,” named after a Historically Black College’s famous marching band, “will have particular resonance in communities of color,” the artist said. | Matt Stromberg

What Does It Mean for Heaven to Be a Muddy Riverbed?

Diedrick Brackens deftly combines his weavings with his original poetry to create an atmosphere of reverence for the people, animals and ideas that society demeans. | Nereya Otieno

“I’ll Have What She’s Having” Chronicles the Life of the Jewish Deli

More than simply focusing on the food, the exhibition at the Los Angeles Skirball Center illustrates how the Jewish Deli was uniquely American, tied up with political and social trends of the day. | Matt Stromberg

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CLOSING SOON

Installation view of Jaishri Abichandani: Flower-Headed Children at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles (courtesy Craft Contemporary)

Jaishri Abichandani: Flower-Headed Children
Craft Contemporary through May 8

‘How Do You See This World?’ The Art of Almighty God
Fowler Museum through May 8

Diedrick Brackens: heaven is a muddy riverbed
Craft Contemporary through May 8

Phyllida Barlow
Hauser & Wirth through May 8

The Port of Long Beach Recordings
Canary Test through May 11

ON VIEW

Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation
Hammer Museum through May 15

Phung Huynh: Donut (W)hole
Self Help Graphics and Art through May 27

Archival Intimacies: Queering South/East Asian Diasporas
ONE Archives at USC through May 29

Hayao Miyazaki
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures through June 5

Pipilotti Rist: Big Heartedness, Be My Neighbor
Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art through June 6