Todd Schorr & Toons Saturday+ 1  in LA

Don’t have plans for Saturday night? Maybe you should go to an opening. Here’s three to choose from.

TODD SCHORR-NEVERLASTING MIRACLES

A Solo Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Color Studies, and Sculpture

HOSTED BY PATRICIA ARQUETTE

MARCH 17 – APRIL 14, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION

SATURDAY MARCH 17, 8-11PM

MERRY KARNOWSKY GALLERY

170 S. LA BREA AVENUE

(In the ART 170 Building)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

323.933.4408

~ With the Kind Support of ~

Dobel Tequila, New Amsterdam Vodka & Gin, Jarritos Mineragua

and Icelandic Glacial

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Merry Karnowsky Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of new work by artist Todd Schorr entitled Neverlasting Miracles.

Always one to play off of the complexities within our DNA, Schorr has once again delved into the intricate world of evolution, or lack thereof, as the case may often times be, by exploring the Modern vs. Primitive behavioral dichotomy that makes up our present human condition. It is a topic often approached by the artist, questioning how we can be so technologically advanced in certain areas, yet sinking back into primitive behaviors when relating to the world and each other. Painting with masterly technique influenced by the likes of Bruegel, Dali, Bosch and Parrish, the painterly labors of the artist continue to overwhelm with amazing detail and impressive scale – both large and small. With tongue-in-cheek perfection, Todd pokes a finger of warning at the creeping decay of our modern society and our collective moral compass.

Of his new body of work Schorr says: “In a way my paintings are like an animated cartoon that has been frozen into one frame with all the clues to its storyline present somewhere within the composition. Generally speaking all of my paintings do follow a narrative that is up to the interpretation of the viewer to solve. The challenge is to be able to engage the viewer through the use of arresting subject matter and a dynamic composition that will lead them through a scenario that is hopefully powerful and thought provoking.

The many varied and amusing complexities of human behavior continue as avenues of exploration in my latest group of paintings. The genome of our kissing cousins, the Neanderthal, has been decoded and they are alive and well and swimming within our modern day genetic lottery. Narcissism has reached an all time high as aesthetically challenged physicians in the plastic surgery arts continue on their frantic quest to enhance and beautify. It won’t be long before Father Time himself will be opting for his own nip and tuck. These thoughts and more are given full reign across generous fields of colorfully pigmented canvas. My new works seek to entertain while at the same time provide the viewer with tasty morsels of contemplative thought.”

WWA gallery Presents:

Gag Me with a Toon 4
Fvck Yeah!
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 17th, 2012 | 7-11pm
On View: March 17th – April 21st , 2012

Popeye by Travis Louie

  Jun by Carlos Ramos

Only When it was Funny by Joka

WWA Gallery
9517 Culver Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

Get zapped back to the Saturday mornings of your youth this March as WWA gallery hosts the fourth annual Gag Me with a Toon exhibition curated by Steven Daily and Tomi Monstre. Action packed and full of fun, the event will feature over 70 contemporary talents paying homage to, or otherwise dementing the memory of, our beloved Saturday morning cartoons.

The creation of Steven Daily, Gag Me with a Toon began as a nod to the cartoons of the 80s that influenced his and many of his peers artistic styles. Now exceedingly popular, the show has moved to WWA gallery in order to accommodate all the artists eager to participate and its anxiously awaiting fans.

Along with the change in venue, Gag Me with a Toon has also broadened its scope to include shows from the 70s and 90s as well. So no matter when you plunked yourself drooling in front of the old tube there is sure to be a piece that will transport you back to simpler days.
For more info: http://www.wwagallery.com/

Also a really cool show at the Santa Monica Museum:

INCOGNITO
Saturday, March 17, 7 – 10 pm
Doors open at 7 pm sharp

Santa Monica Museum of Art
Bergamot Station G1
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310.586.6488

With original artworks by 500 contemporary artists, INCOGNITO features work by luminaries including John Baldessari, Mark Bradford, and Judy Chicago, as well as a host of emerging talent. This spirited evening encourages attendees—from sophisticated art patrons to first-time collectors—to trust their instincts as they select treasures that speak to their unique aesthetic. Each piece is signed on the back and the artists’ identities are revealed only after purchase.

All artworks are the same size 8”x10” and available for only $350 (+ tax).

Wine and Spirits
Food by Lene
Musical entertainment by NYC DJ Duo Cassie and Harley

(For the list of this year’s participating artists, please scroll down.)INCOGNITO
Saturday, March 17, 7 – 10 pm
Doors open at 7 pm sharp

With original artworks by 500 contemporary artists, INCOGNITO features work by luminaries including John Baldessari, Mark Bradford, and Judy Chicago, as well as a host of emerging talent. This spirited evening encourages attendees—from sophisticated art patrons to first-time collectors—to trust their instincts as they select treasures that speak to their unique aesthetic. Each piece is signed on the back and the artists’ identities are revealed only after purchase.

All artworks are the same size 8”x10” and available for only $350 (+ tax).

Wine and Spirits
Food by Lene
Musical entertainment by NYC DJ Duo Cassie and Harley

Participating Artists:
Luciana Abait, Lillian Abel, Kim Abeles, Lisa Adams, Simone Adels, Amy Adler, Nick Agid, Cathy Akers, Lynn Aldrich, Cynthia Alexander, Irina Alimanestianu, Terry Allen, Rachel Allen Architecture, Jami Allen-Snyder, Sophia Allison, Ricky Allman, Melinda Smith Altshuler, Marcos Alvarez, Fumiko Amano, Michelle Andrade, Eleanor Antin, Carolyn Applegate, Edgar Arceneaux, Skip Arnold, Alejandro Artigas, Chad Attie, Don Bachardy, Donald Baechler, Hilary Baker, John Baldessari, Glen Baldridge, Devendra Banhart, Miyoshi Barosh, Kelly Barrie, Ray Barrie, Lyndon Barrois Jr., Judith Barry, Gary Baseman, Justin Beal, Edith Beaucage, Martin Beck, Drew Beckmeyer, Quinton Bemiller, Adam Berg, Cindy Bernard, Jodie Berry, Guillermo Bert, Brian Biedul, Joe Biel, Colby Bird, Heimir Björgúlfsson, Dany Bohbot, MB Boissonnault, Lisa Borgnes, Derek Boshier, Janet Bothne, Katy Kristin Bowen, Andrea Bowers, Mark Bradford, Marco Brambilla, Leonardo Bravo, Brian Bress, Calef Brown, Gary Frederick Brown, Edgar Bryan, Elizabeth Bryant, David Buckingham, Bruce Busby, Nao Bustamante, A. Butzer, Kristin Calabrese, Ingrid Calame, Huguette Caland, Joshua Callaghan, Jo Ann Callis, Jane Callister, Clayton Campbell, Scott Campbell, Giorgio Carlevaro, Barbara Carrasco, Karen Carson, Carter Carter, Jamison Carter, Richard Carter, Cole Case, Enrique Castrejon, Corinne Chaix, Matthew Chambers, York Chang, Jeff Charbonneau and Eliza French, Michael Chearney, Nicole Cherubini, Judy Chicago, Tofer Chin, Maximillian Chow, Bruce Cohen, Greg Colson, Jeff Colson, Laura Copelin, Xavier Cázares Cortéz, Michael Coughlan, Eileen Cowin, Liz Craft, Meg Cranston, Thomas Alan Cronk, Hugo Crosthwaite, Daniel Cummings, Dorit Cypis, Sean Dack, Brad Davis, Jay Davis, Len Davis, Woods Davy, Tony de los Reyes, Mara De Luca, Michael Dee, Steve DeGroodt, Tony DeLap, Neil M. Denari, Helen DeSanctis, Will Deutsch, Ann Diener, Guy Dill, Alex Dodge, Tomory Dodge, Mimi Drop, Anna Dusi, Mark Dutcher, Addoley Dzegede, Mari Eastman, Jonmarc Edwards, Michelle Elzay, A. McLean Emenegger, Elizabeth Enders, Noah Erenberg, Sam Erenberg, Merion Estes, Ned Evans, Kirsten Everberg, Betsy Everitt, Bart Exposito, Shepard Fairey, Mollie Favour, Carolyn Fernandez, Bruria Finkel, Kim Fisher, Ed Flynn, Simone Forti, Andrew Foster, Jona Frank, Jonah Freeman, Bryan Freeny, Terri Friedman, Sarah Frost, Gajin Fujita, Barnaby Furnas, Caroline Furr, Joe Fyfe, Francesca Gabbiani, Charles Gaines, Steve Galloway, Harry Gamboa Jr., Helen K. Garber, Jordan Gaunce, Megan Geckler, Alejandro Gehry, Ana Marini Genzon, Michael Genovese, Susan Gesundheit, Luis Gispert, Christopher Glancy/COV, Milton Glaser, Shirley Glass, Jimi Gleason, Sayre Gomez, Marcelino Gonçalves, Yolanda Gonzalez, Penelope Gottlieb, Rives Granade, Timothy Granlund, Alexandra Grant, Cameron Gray, Phyllis Green, Mark Steven Greenfield, Maria Greenshields-Ziman, Alvin Gregorio, Margaret Griffith, Jennifer Guidi, Sherin Guirguis, Karin Gulbran, Wade Guyton, Mary Addison Hackett, Lia Halloran, Lloyd Hamrol, Nancy Jean Hancock, Janet Langdon Handtmann, Lynn Hanson, Kira Lynn Harris, Willie Harris, Joseph Hart, Adam Harteau, Karen Harter, Cynthia Hartling, Doug Harvey, Edgar Heap of Birds, Drew Heitzler, Wendy Heldmann, Matthew Heller, David Hendren, Roger Herman, George Herms, Pixie Herms, Juan Carlos Muñoz Hernandez, Katie Herzog, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Susan Holcomb, Loren Holland, Evan Holloway, Violet Hopkins, Channa Horwitz, Anna Sew Hoy, Bettina Hubby, Darcy Huebler, Sara Hunsucker, Dusadee Pang Huntrakul, Eva Hyam, Carmine Iannaccone, Anthony James, Mac James, Max Jansons, Ellen Jantzen, Michael Jantzen, JC Jaress, Amparo Jelsma, Carrie Jenkins, Dane Karl Johnson, Vincent Johnson, Robert Johnson III, Vincent Joliet, Jow, Gegam Kacherian, Cindy Kane, Yoichi Kawamura, Szajna Kellman, Veronika Kellndorfer, Mary Kelly, Brian Kennon, Kristi Kent, Aragna Ker, Martin Kersels, Steve Kim, Karen Kimmel, Linda King, Bill Kleiman, Patricia Knop, Dennis Koch, Christof Kohlhofer, Melissa Kojima, Olga Koumoundouros, Thomas Kovachevich, Greg Kozaki, Joyce Kozloff, Alex Kroll, Marcus Kuiland-Nazario, Alan Kupchick, Robert Kushner, Tom LaDuke, Suzy Lake, Lauren Lavitt, Maddy Le Mel, Brendan Leech, Rick Legorreta, Mark Lere, Tom Lesser, Joshua Levine, Robert Levine, Caryl Christian Levy, John Oliver Lewis, Won Ju Lim, Clarence Lin, Jed Lind, Chris Lipomi, Matt Lipps, Littlewhitehead, Lucy Liu, Jay Lizo, Karen Lofgren, Peter Lograsso, Caitlin Lonegan, Bill Longhauser, Mara Lonner, Renée Lotenero, Richard Louderback, Jean Lowe, Kandy Lozano, John Gilbert Luebtow, Shana Lutker, Mela M., Kim MacConnel, Nancy Macko, Christina Madans, Constance Mallinson, Daniel Maltzman, Mambo, Becca Mann, Summer Mann, Adam Marnie, Luigia Martelloni, Max Maslansky, Taras Matla, Jake Kean Mayman, Yassi Mazandi, Jessica McCambly, Kim McCarty, Robin McCauley, David McDonald, Mercedes McDonald, Michael C. McMillen, Rodney McMillian, James McNulty, Blue McRight, Robert Mellor, Adrian Meraz, Thom Merrick, Christopher Michlig, Tom Millea, Brad Miller, Greg Miller, James Miller, Adia Millett, Yunhee Min, Robert Minervini, Robin Mitchell, Chuck Moffit, Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Nancy Monk, Pentti Monkkonen, Lester Monzon, Mary More, Jim Morphesis, Joey Lehman Morris, Rebecca Morris, Aaron Morse, Andy Moses, Ed Moses, Brian C. Moss, Susan Moss, Mario M. Muller, Manfred Müller, Thomas Müller, Barbara Nathanson, Chris Natrop, Tucker Neel, Geraldine Neuwirth, Kim Newstadt, Charles Nickila, Jessica Nicol, Danial Nord, Laurie Nye, Chris Oatey, Lisa Occhipinti, Ruben Ochoa, Matthew Offenbacher, Patti Oleon, Chris Oliveria, Pat O’Neill, Yoko Ono, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Ed Osborn, Kaz Oshiro, Ruby Osorio, John W. Outterbridge, Laura Owens, Edward Carlo Pacio, Gary Palmer, Liga Pang, R. Nelson Parrish, Christopher Pate, Izhar Patkin, Gillian Pears, Joan Perlman, Luciano Perna, Renee Petropoulos, Raymond Pettibon, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, Francis Pezza, Ave Pildas, Paul Pitsker, Plasticgod, Allie Pohl, Bruce Pollock, Mary Anne Pomonis, William Pope.L, William Powhida, Vanessa Prager, Lori Precious, Astrid Preston, Janis Provisor, Stephanie Pryor, Yuval Pudik, Antonio Puleo, Bill Radawec, Leta Ramos, Mel Ramos, David Reed, Miles Regis, Maeghan Reid, Rob Reynolds, Dan Rider, Elwood T. Risk, Lynn Robb, John Robertson, Walter Robinson, Ry Rocklen, Steve Roden, Ana Rodriguez, Michael A. Rosenfeld, Amanda Ross-Ho, Melanie Rothschild, Kathy Rudin, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Eddie Ruscha, Maha Saab, Alison Saar, Betye Saar, Lezley Saar, Gwen Samuels, Julião Sarmento, Debra Scacco, Larry Scharf, Molly Schiot, Lothar Schmitz, Kim Schoenstadt, Barbara Schwan, Josh Schweitzer, Chloe Sells, Lisa Semler, Shelter Serra, Marie Sester, Claudio Sgaravizzi, Brian Sharp, David Benjamin Sherry, Peter Shire, Fran Siegel, Justin Siegel, Elena Mary Siff, Richard David Sigmund, Adam Silverman, Elias Sime, Simmons & Burke, Doni Silver Simons, Kristina Simonsen, Alex Slade, Gibb Slife, Rena Small, Alexis Smith, Ali Smith, Barbara T. Smith, Lucien Smith, Joe Sola, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, Brad Spence, Jeni Spota, Andréa Stanislav, Ralph Steadman, Randi Malkin Steinberger, Jennifer Steinkamp, Gretel Stephens, Coleen Sterritt, Mary Clare Stevens, Roni Stretch, Don Suggs, May Sun, Ricky Swallow, Lisa Tchakmakian, Diana Thater, Mickalene Thomas, Samantha Thomas, Mark Todd, Ibojka Toth-Radawec, Anne Troutman, David Trulli, Brian Tucker, Georgi Tushev, Carrie Ungerman, Bob Van Breda, Monique van Genderen, Alison Van Pelt, Lesley Vance, Jennifer Vanderpool, Vasa, Sage Vaughn, Mark Verabioff, Margo Victor, Ariane Vielmetter, Tyler Vlahovich, Catherine Wagner, Santy Wang, Gary Ward, Esther Pearl Watson, Mary K. Weatherford, Marnie Weber, William Wegman, Roger Weik, Ruth Weisberg, Trine Wejp-Olsen, Jeffrey Wells, Brett Westfall, Ben White, Pae White, Alexandra Wiesenfeld, Robert Williams, Lyn Winter, Steven Wolkoff, Augusta Wood, Donald Woodman, Suzan Woodruff, Jemima Wyman, Leslie Yagar, Rosha Yaghmai, Kent Young and Kevin Young, Liz Young, Buzz Yudell, Christine Zelinsky, Jody Zellen, Zelda Zinn, Bari Ziperstein, Pippi Zornoza, Robert Zungu.