Wishing you all a fabulous 2024!
IN THE GALLERIES
Noted feminist artist Nancy Youdelman will be exhibiting her photography from the 1970s in Dream Work at asis.la gallery. January 6 thru February 17, 2024.
Nancy Youdelman
JOJO ABOT
L.A. Louver Gallery’s upcoming exhibit is JOJO ABOT: A God of Her Own Making. This will be amultimedia experience consisting of sculpture, textiles, film, spatial sound, painting, and performance. “Unlimited by categorical confines of genre and medium and enhanced by three discrete activations, this exhibition focuses on the transformative and sacred power of the divine feminine, inspiring conversations around collective elevation and engagement with our spiritual selves.” The artist will lead three activations during the course of the exhibition:
Opening Reception & Ceremony: Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 6-8 p.m. Performance: 7 p.m.
An opening reception will be held to set the intention for, introduce the meanings of, and invite ancestral blessings on this exhibition. A ceremony will take place during the course of the reception as the first official introduction to the world of JOJO ABOT.
Talk: Weaving Sacred Futures, February TBC. Weaving Sacred Futures is a conversation led by JOJO ABOT, exploring the role of artists in creating spaces for free thought, limitless expression and communal connection. This discussion will focus on the role of the artist as a medium who channels the spiritual realm into the material and brings forth the future.
Closing Ceremony – A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING: Friday, March 1, 2024, 6-8:30 p.m.
Performance: 7 p.m.
A GOD OF HER OWN MAKING is an immersive spatial opera performed by JOJO ABOT accompanied by intricately woven layers of voices, dancers, and mesmerizing visuals. This performance is the enactment of a new kind of ritual, one that leads to a trance-like realm in which the senses awaken, and portals open to the divine. This performance coincides with Frieze Week Los Angeles 2024. January 17 thru March 3, 2024.
Craig Krull gallery presents work by local artist Diane Silver titled Horizontal Shift. The artist works in a variety of media including metal, hand dyed linen, silver leaf, and thread. Thru February 3, 2024. Artist Talk: January 20, 11 a.m.
Diane Silver
IN THE MUSEUMS
Have you ever been to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale? Did you know that they have a museum? Currently there are 2 compelling exhibitions on view. Shaping Gravity: Abstract Art Beyond the Picture Plane brings abstract art into new dimensions for a mesmerizing and interactive exhibition that challenges notions of what abstraction can be. The seven artists in the exhibition — Jen Stark, Molly Larkey, Shane Guffogg, Michelle Jane Lee, Christine Nguyen, Rema Ghuloum, and Sara Ippolito — are all connected by their ties to Southern California and bring unique aesthetic and philosophical approaches to abstraction. Shaping Gravity includes sculpture, painting, augmented reality, and interactive video projection with artworks ranging from vibrant and kaleidoscopic to serene and meditative. Thru March 10, 2024.
Jen Stark
Nydya Mora
Additionally on exhibit is Reina de Los Angeles, that celebrates the Virgen de Guadalupe and Mexican culture in Los Angeles through photographs of ephemeral shrines and murals. It features work from the photographic archive of Nydya Mora, a born and raised Angeleno, photographer, and librarian who has been documenting tributes to the Virgen de Guadalupe for more than a decade. Through her photographs, Mora showcases these unique yet universal artistic expressions of devotion while emphasizing the importance of preserving social and cultural history. Thru February 11, 2024.
Later this month, Craft Contemporary will present Power in Every Thread: Maria A. Guzmán Capron and Minga Opazo. Curator Alma Ruiz presents these two artists whose use of textiles unite them in an exhibition featuring a range of impressive two- and three-dimensional works. Minga’s work draws attention to environmental degradation caused by textile waste, while Maria’s aims to highlight awareness of multicultural identities to empower those who step out of so-called societal norms. Both artists recycle fabrics, transforming them into unique forms of expression—their destination rerouted from the landfill to museums, galleries, or collector’s homes. January 28 thru May 5, 2024. 
I highly recommend the current exhibition continuing at LACMA (closing at the end of the month), Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern. Among the many artists whose work is on view are Sophie Tauber-Arp, Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, Kay Sekimachi, Ruth Asawa, Sheila Hicks, and Rosemary Trockel. Thru January 21, 2024. 
