Saturday
Simone Gad was born in Brussels to Holocaust survivor parents, grew up in Boyle Heights with an overzealous stage mom and is now a self-taught funky pop/expressionist/kitsch painting/collage/assemblages artist. And actress. So who knows what to expect from the kooky curator and her exhibit opening tonight, “The Eclectic World of Gad,” but it most likely will not be run-of-the-mill art. The L2kontemporary gallery is turning the place over to Gad and letting her go wild in a big “thank you” show to friends and artists she has worked with, including Gronk, Gary Brewer and Ruth Weisberg.
Opening reception, 7-10 p.m. Exhibit open Thu.-Sat., 12-6 p.m., through Sept. 1. L2kontemporary, 990 N. Hill St., No. 205, Los Angeles. (626) 319-3661. ” target=”_blank”>http://www.dcafineart.com.
Tuesday
. The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeiter Ring, 1525 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 552-2007. <a href=)
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Wednesday
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The naked human body is an endless source of fascination, bewilderment and inspiration. Artists have paid homage to the human form throughout history, but its popularity as a subject matter has waxed and waned over the centuries. “The Nude in California Modernism” presents that era’s interpretation of the intimate form, with provocative pieces by some of the foremost artists of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Bernard Baruch Zakheim, a Polish Jew, expressed his anxiety over the ominous rise of the Nazi party in his 1935 painting “Untitled (Eternal Fears),” in which a black-clad helmeted soldier looms over two naked, vulnerable people. </p>
<p><i>Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Spencer Jon Helfen Fine Arts, 9200 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 200, Beverly Hills. (310) 273-8838. <a href=)
” target=”_blank”>http://www.helfenfinearts.com.
Thursday
 443-7000. <a href=)
” target=”_blank”>http://www.hammer.ucla.edu.
Friday
 960-7789. <a href=)
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