Kinkead Contemporary and Heather Cantrell participated in VOLTANY, the Armory’s sister fair in New York this past week.  Cantrell installed another portrait studio at the fair which resembled a Rousseau jungle complete with mirrors, animal masks (which are handy if you’re shy like me – see above!) and live plants everywhere.  VOLTA served as the third installment in Cantrell’s project A Study in Portraiture which is curated by Caryn Coleman.

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Arkitip x Shepard Fairey
Arkitip Magazine release party profiled earlier here.
You can’t miss the Shepard Fairey Billboard and installation happening at the aLife store.
Alife
1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Friday, 7-10pm

Seasonal Change, Group Exhibition
LeBasse Projects
Artists Reception of the gallery’s Artwalk group show featuring an international roster of artists. More info here.
6023 Washington Blvd.
Saturday, 7-10pm

Heather Cantrell – A Study in Portraiture: Act 1
Kinkead Contemporary
Kinkead Contemporary will be turned into an “in-house” photography studio where attendees will be encouraged to participate.
6029 Washington Blvd.
Saturday, 7-10pm

“This Must Be The Place”
SCION Gallery Space
A group show curated by Faesthetic Magazine featuring work from Gluekit, Matt Curry, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Skullphone, Damien Correll, Dan Funderburgh, Joel Speasmaker, and Jemma Hostetler. More details here.
3521 Helms Ave.
Saturday, 7-10pm

Kinkead Contemporary will be turned into an “in-house” photography studio for Heather Cantrell’s A Study in Portraiture: Act I where members of the Los Angeles art community will be invited to participate in the performative act of having their portrait taken. Using hand-painted backdrops and a variety of costume and prop materials, Cantrell pushes her role as a director, embracing ideas of the theater, by making each exhibition of A Study in Portraiture an act in a play (hence the titling “Act I” and “Act II” etc.) where each individual has the ability to realize and portray a character.

This past Friday Kinkead ran a test-run with some friends of the gallery and I stopped by to get my portrait taken as well. Cantrell has a full house of props, and after a half dozen cold beers, I got my nerve up to get in front of the camera. Come try for yourself this weekend.

Kinkead Contemporary
June 20 – July 18, 2009
Opening reception Saturday, June 20, 6-9pm.

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