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2002:04:04:00:07:15 65 LOS ANGELES TIMES CALENDAR study with an outstanding faculty of professional artistsand designers art center college of design 1700 LidaStreet Pasadena California 91103 art center at night for a brochure and registration 626.396.2319 or classes begin may begins april 1 LISTINGS Ends April 25. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (6522 Hollywood L.A., 957-1777). noon-6 p.m. Ends April 20. Ends April 20.

Palos Verdes Art Center (5504 W. Crestridge Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, 541-2479). Daily, 1-4 p.m. Ends May 5. Ends May 5.

Ends May 5. Schindler Center for Art and Architecture (835 N. Kings Road, West Holly- wood, 651-1510). 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Show: Ends Sun.

Galleries 8 Most galleries are open Tuesdays through Sat. from about 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours vary, so please phone ahead. SANTA Albert Oehlen (Patrick Painter, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 264- 5988).

Paintings and collages. Ends Sat. Astrid Preston: Paintings and Tito Sanpaolesi: Photographs (Craig Krull Gallery, 2525 Michi- gan B-3, Santa Monica, 828-6410). Ends Sat. Brian Wall and Richard Smith (Flowers West Contemporary Art, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 586-9200).

Sculpture by Wall; prints and monoprints by Smith. Ends May 11. Claude Emile Furones, John Howard and Eva Roberts (Zeneta Kertisz Art, 1319 Abbot Kin- ney Venice, 399-8188). Photogra- phy from the the series by Furones; fluorescent paintings under ultraviolet light titled Are You by Howard; abstract oils on canvas titled to by Roberts. Ends Sun.

Clayton Campbell: 68 Heroes, 1 Heroine and Lisa Adams: Imperfection (Patricia Correia Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 264-1760). Altered photographs by Clay- ton Campbell; paintings by Adams. Ends April 20. Dame Darcy: Voodoo (Richard Heller Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 453- 9191). Drawings for the book along with a selection of earlier draw- ings.

Ends April 27. Daniel Brice and Barbara Hashimoto (Ruth Ba- chofner Gallery, 2525 Michigan G-2, Santa Monica, 829-3300). Abstract paintings by Brice; mixed media sculpture and wall works, large-format photographs and Japan-based installations by Hashimoto. Ends May 4. David Levinthal: Wild West and Vernon Fisher: New Paintings (Mark Moore Gallery, 2525 Michigan A-1, Santa Monica, 453- 3031).

Polaroid photographs by Levinthal; paintings by Fisher. Ends May 11. Elaine Katzer: Illusions (The Distinctive Edge Picture Framing Gallery, 29050 S. Western Rancho Palos Verdes, 833-3613). Sculptures, water colors and pastels.

Ends May 28. Enjeong Noh: beautification Schlesinger Fine Art, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 828-1133). Figurative and still-life paintings. Ends May 24. Group Show: Messy Fingers (Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 264- 4678).

CalArts graduating MFA exhibition cu- rated by Charles Gaines and Martin Kersels. Ends Sat. Group Show: The Art of Healing II (Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 264-0640). Work by Marina Abramovic, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Jeff Koons and others. Ends Sat.

Henry Wessel: Odd Photos (Gallery Luisotti, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 453- 0043). Photographs taken over the last 35 years. Ends May 11. Jay Davis (Shoshana Wayne Gallery, 2525 Michigan B-1, Santa Monica, 453- 7535). Acrylic on vinyl paintings.

Ends April 27. Julian Schnabel: Big Girl Paintings (Gagosian Gallery, 456 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, 271-9400). Paintings. Ends May 4.

Kelly McLane: The Gravity of Nature (Angles Gallery, 2230 Main Santa Monica, 396-5019). Paintings and drawings inspired by the landscape painters of the 18th and 19th century. Ends April 27. Kim MacConnel: Arabia Felix and New China (Rosamund Felsen Gallery, 2525 Michigan B-4, Santa Monica, 828-8488). Photo constructions made of images from the countries of Yemen and China.

Ends April 20. Marc Fichou: The Opposites II (Robert Ber- man Gallery, Bergamot Station, 2525 Michi- gan Santa Monica, 315- 1937). Mixed media on canvas, using oil, con- crete, steel and asphalt. Indefinitely. Mark Grotjahn (Blum Poe, 2042 Broadway, Santa Monica, 453-8311).

Paintings. Ends Sat. Robert Marchessault: New Landscapes (Gail Harvey Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 829-9125). Paintings. Ends May 11.

Robert Overby: The Pigment Paintings 1977- 1978 (Grant Selwyn Fine Art, 341 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, 777-2400). Paint- ings. Ends May 11. William Lane (FIG Gallery, 2525 Michigan G-6, Santa Monica, 829-0345).

Modernist geometric paintings. Ends Sat. Wouter Dam: New Work From Holland (Frank Lloyd Gallery, 2525 Michigan Santa Monica, 264-3866). Monochromatic ce- ramic sculptures. Ends Sat.

WEST 25th Anniversary Exhibition (Jan Baum Gal- lery, 170 S. La Brea L.A., 932-0170). Work by Annette Bird, Tom Carr, Bob Crewe, Bella Feldman, Claude Kent, Steve Tannen and others. Ends April 26. Afghan War Rugs: Transcendence and Marc Pally: Urban In(ter)ventions (Dirt Gallery, 7906 Santa Monica Blvd.

No. 218, Hollywood, 822-9359). Rugs depicting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by various artists; photogra- phy and drawings by Pally. Ends April 20. Alexander Liberman: Maquettes for Monu- ments (Manny Silverman Gallery, 619 N.

Al- mont Drive, L.A., 659-8256). Five ma- quettes for large sculpture and four addi- tional works. Ends Sat. Alison Van Pelt (Chac Mool Gallery, 8920 Mel- rose West Hollywood, 550-6792). Paintings on paper.

Ends Sat. Amy Sillman and Paul Cherwick (Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, 5363 Wil- shire L.A., 933-2117). Oil paintings loosely connected by a narrative structure by Sillman; sculptures and reliefs of animals and fairy-tale creatures by Cherwick. Ends April 20. Andres Nagel: Still Lifes (Tasende Gallery, 8808 Melrose West Hollywood, 276-8686).

Collection of 25 assemblages and collages dating from the early 1990s. Ends Sat. Bart Exposito (Daniel Weinberg Gallery, 6148 Wilshire L.A., 954-8425). Paintings and works on paper. Ends April 20.

Carl Andre, Melissa Kretschmer, Helen Fran- kenthaler and Robert Rauschenberg (Ace Gal- lery, 5514 Wilshire L.A., 935-4411). Aluminum sculptures by Andre; painted and stacked sheets of glass by Kretschmer; series of paintings by Frankenthaler; series by Rauschenberg. Ends April 30. Christian Vincent (Forum Gallery, 8069 Bev- erly L.A., 655-1550). New paint- ings.

Ends May 4. Darlene Campbell: The Nature of California and Joan Brown: A Few of Her Favorite Models, Cats and Dogs (Koplin Gallery, 464 N. Robertson L.A., 657-9843). Paint- ings. Ends Sat.

David Graham: Only in America (Paul Kopeikin Gallery, 138 N. La Brea L.A., 937- 0765). Photography depicting surreal and ec- centric slices of American life. Ends Tue. George Nama: Teuflen (Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N.

La Brea L.A., 938-5222). Etchings and sculpture inspired by the poetry of Alfred Brendel. Ends May 31. Group Show: A Nervous System (Hayworth, 148 Hayworth L.A., 933-5565). Paintings and sculpture by Nina Bovasso, Giovanni Garcia-Fenech, Jeff Gauntt, Mark Masyga, Elizabeth McGrath.

Ends Tue. Group Show: Images of Women (Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, 357 N. La Brea L.A., 938- 5222). Paintings, drawings, prints and sculp- ture depicting women from the late 19th cen- tury to the present. Featuring work by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Jan Toorop, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, George Grosz, Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera and others.

Ends April 30. Group Show: Landscapes (Remba Gallery, 462 N. Robertson L.A., 657-1101). Work by Magali Lara, Pam Posey, William Tillyer and Costas Tsoclis. Ends Sat.

Group Show: NY NY, Vintage Photographs From Photo League and the New York School (Ste- phen Cohen Gallery, 7358 Beverly L.A., 937-5525). Work by Lida Moser, Joe Schwartz, Erika Stone and Bill Witt. Ends April 30. Group Show: New Arrivals From Israel (Galerie Yoramgil, 319 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, 275-8130).

Work by Moti Cohen, Uri Dushi, Avi Eisenstein, Nechama Hatarsi, Dalit Tayar, Uri Gill and Zvi Lachman. Ends April 21. Group Show: Paintings (Marc Foxx Gallery, 6150 Wilshire L.A., 857-5571). Featuring work by Brian Calvin, Andy Collins, Udomsak Krisanamis, Michael Lazarus, Don- ald Moffett, Frances Stark, Hiroshi Sugito and Sophie von Hellerman. Ends April 20.

Imogen Cunningham, Her Friends and Family (Jan Kesner Gallery, 164 N. La Brea L.A., 938-6834). Work by Ansel Adams, Ruth Asawa, Imogen Cunningham, Morris Graves, Johan Hagemeyer, Robert Howard, Consuela Kanaga, Dorothea Lange, Margrethe Mather, Lisette Model and Edward Weston. Ends April 27. Ingrid Calame (Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, 6150 Wilshire No.

8, L.A., 525-1755). Paintings and drawings. Ends April 20. Joan Nelson and Lynne Woods Turner (Michael Kohn Gallery, 8071 Beverly L.A., 658-8088). Paintings on wood panel and pa- per by Nelson; small drawings on paper by Turner.

Ends April 30. Leonard Edmondson and Emerson Woelffer: Abstract and Expressionist (Tobey C. Moss Gallery, 7321 Beverly L.A., 933- 5523). Paintings. Ends May 4.

Leonor Fini: The Council of Love 1970 (Chris- tine Argillet Gallery, 9013 Melrose West Hollywood, 858-3862). Photography and copper etchings depicting friars and bishops in ridiculous situations. Ends April 17. Manfred Pernice (Regen Projects, 629 N. Al- mont Drive, L.A., 276-5424).

Sculpture. Ends May 4. Matthew Horton (Hedi Khorsand Gallery, 634 N. Robertson West Hollywood, 358-5552). Photography.

Ends April 30. Michael Norton and Miles Coolidge (ACME Gallery, 6150 Wilshire L.A., 857- 5942). Egg tempera paintings on panel by Norton; suite of color photographs by Coo- lidge. Ends April 20. Muhammad Ali: 93 Wire Photos (Kantor Gal- lery, 8642 Melrose Suite 100, West Holly- wood, 659-5388).

Photographs of the champion boxer and cultural icon. Ends Fri. Not Just February: Works by African American Artists 1817-2002 (Steve Turner Gallery, 275 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 200, Beverly Hills, 271-3721). Works by Henry Ossawa Tanner, William H.

Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Richard Hunt, Da- vid Hammons, John Outterbridge and Mi- chael Ray Charles. Ends May 11. Ramone Munoz: Dislocations (Double Vision Gallery, 5820 Wilshire L.A., 936- 1553). Paintings. Ends April 27.

Roman Signer (Margo Leavin Gallery, 812 N. Robertson L.A., 273-0603). New sculpture, film and photographs. Ends April 27. Ryan Sweeten: Piece of Mind (Newspace Gal- lery, 5241 Melrose L.A., 469-9353).

Paintings evoking the spirit of the 1980s. Ends April 20. Scott Siedman: Unspeakable (Circle Elephant Art, 4634 Hollywood Los Feliz, 662-3279). Paintings of religious erotica. Ends April 27.

Sean Mellyn (Roberts Tilton Gallery, 6150 Wilshire L.A., 549-0223). Paintings creating an alternate reality. Ends April 20. Ted Kurahara (Kiyo Higashi Gallery, 8332 Mel- rose L.A., 655-2482). Works on pa- per.

Ends April 20. Terry Rodgers: Current Illuminations (Louis Stern Fine Arts, 9002 Melrose L.A., 276-0147). Paintings. Ends April 20. Tom Allen (Richard Telles Fine Art, 7380 Bev- erly L.A., 965-5578).

Paintings in- spired by 19th century German Romanticism. Ends April 20. Bonese Collins Turner: Transitions (Orlando Gallery, 18376 Ventura Tarzana, 705-5368). Paintings and drawings incorpo- rating Native American imagery. Ends April 27.

Daniel Joseph Martinez and William Pope (The Project, 962-B E. Fourth L.A., 620- 0692). Sculpture by Martinez titled Make a Blind Man Murder For the Things drawings, installations and a live per- formance by Pope, titled Inside a Ends May 18. Group Show: An Affair With Color (Viva Gal- lery, 8516 Reseda Northridge, 576- 0775). Works by members of Women Painters West.

Ends April 27. Group Show: Pictures, Paul DeMari- nis: Moondust Memories, Matthew Picton (Gallery 2211, 2211 N. Broadway, L.A., 276-9662). Paintings by Dave Aron, Gomez Bueno, Dan Christensen, Beverly Fishman, Mark Flood, Phil Frost, Don Giffin and Chris- topher Haun; visual sound work by DeMari- nis; sculpture by Picton. Ends Mon.

Group Show: Flatline (Cirrus Gallery, 542 S. Alameda L.A., 680-3473). Prints, silk- screens, lithographs and etchings by Joseph and Annie Albers, Alan Jim Iser- mann, Bridget Riley, Andrew Spence and oth- ers. Ends June 1. Group Show: Irrational Propositions, Carmine Iannaccone: Potential Rock and Osvaldo Tru- jillo: Blueprints (Post, 1904 E.

7th Place, L.A., 622-8580). Drawings, paintings, sculp- ture, photography and video by various art- ists; sculpture and paintings by Iannaccone; drawings by Trujillo. Ends May 13. Group Show: Pomegranate (Todd Hughes Fine Art, 1032 Mission Street, South Pasadena, 844-0554). Featuring work by Kelly Mul- loy, Jennifer Herzig and Alison Foshee.

Ends May 4. Group Show: Small Works Show (Nuartz, 2871 W. 7th L.A., 383-8043). Small art works and photographs by Mary Brooks, Da- vid Crocker, David Deutsch, and Gary Haw- kins. Ends April 20.

Group Show: Who Can It Be (White Label, 2104 E. 1st L.A., 599-5658). DVD installa- tions, paintings and photography by Kevin Hanley, Jonathan Kroll and Dean Sameshima. Ends April 27. The Images of Daniel J.

Calderon (Delirium- Tremens, 1553 Echo Park L.A., 861- 6802). Paintings and drawings by the self- taught artist and LAPD patrol officer depict- ing incidents witnessed on the job. Ends April 28. MAJA: L.A. Landscapes (Ojala, 1547 Echo Park L.A., 250-4155).

Paintings by Mil- ton A. Jurado, a.k.a. MAJA. Ends April 28. Martin Elkort: New York 1946-1956 (Fototeka, 1549 Echo Park L.A., 250-4686).

Photography. Ends April 28. Nick Ut: From Hell to Hollywood (The Perfect Exposure Gallery, 3513 W. 6th L.A., 381-1137). Photojournalism from the Viet- nam War to recent photographs from Los An- geles.

Owen Smith: The Penalty Phase (La Luz de Je- sus Gallery, 4633 Hollywood L.A., 666-7667). Oil paintings depicting people in everyday situations. Ends April 28. Steve Canaday (Black Dragon Society, 961 Chung King Road, L.A., 620-0030). Paintings and works on paper.

Ends May 4. Terri Phillips: The Museum of Josephine (Acu- na-Hansen Gallery, 427 Bernard L.A., 441-1624). Sculptures inspired by the stories, rumors and diaries of Josephine. Ends May 4. Tom Baldwin (Goldman Tevis, 932 Chung King Road, L.A., 617-8217).

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7 p.m. Out of India: The Films of Satyajit Ray (Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Nayak (The Hero) (1966). 7:30 p.m. Outfest Wednesdays the Village (The Vil- lage Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N.

McCadden Place, L.A., 960-2394). On the Bus (2001). There are no road rules when seven young, attractive gay men hit the highway in aWinnebago to attend the Burning Man fes- tival in Nevada. Salvaging footage commis- sioned by a now-defunct Internet company, this documentary in the reality program- ming mode locates reality and drama in the close quarters its subjects share. Friendships and egos are tested by the presence of porn star Jason.

The comical but perceptive in- sights of Damon, supposedly the only aver- age-looking guy not some model provide humor and depth. When sexual tensions de- velop, the sandstorm that smashes through their campsite becomes a metaphor for the friends inner turmoil. 7:30 p.m. Side Streets and Back Alleys: The 4th Annual Festival of Film Noir (American Cinema- theque at Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyp- tian).

Framed (1947). Glenn Ford barrels in- nocently into a small Northern California town and is quickly lured into a tangle of em- bezzlement, adultery and murder. Janis Carter is the long, tall drink of delicious poi- son he can resist, Barry Sullivan the not-so- unwitting cuckold. Written by Ben Maddow. Directed by Richard Wallace.

And The Reck- less Moment (1949). Suburban housewife Joan Bennett goes to extraordinary lengths to cover up a murder committed by her daugh- ter. Then blackmailer James Mason enters the picture: sadist or saint? Top of the line suspense from the great Max Ophuls. Re- made last year as The Deep End. 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Alternative Screen Independent Film Show- case (American Cinematheque at the egyp- tian). Ronnie (2002). Directed by Chris Hai- fley. With the short Open House (2002). 7:30 p.m.

Asian Comedy Film Festival (The Pacific Ba- sin Institute at Rose Hills Theatre, Smith Campus Center, Pomona College, 170 E. 6th Street, Claremont, 607-8065). Steal Happiness (China, 1999). Directed by Yang Yazhou. Comedy about a housing shortage and the havoc it raises with a family as its grown children marry.

8 p.m. FRIDAY Out of India: The Films of Satyajit Ray (Bing Theater at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Double feature: Devi (The Goddess) (1966). Satyajit Ray masterly study of mad- ness and the slow erosion of a way of life (up- per-class India in the 1800s). Within the film subtle, sensuous focus is a young bride who slowly becomes convinced she is the reincarnation of Kali.

And Company Limited (Seema- baddha) (1971). 7:30 p.m. Side Streets and Back Alleys: The 4th Annual Festival of Film Noir (American Cinema- theque at Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre at the Egyp- tian). Moonrise (1948).

Directed by Frank Borzage. Southern boy Dane Clark kills life- long tormentor Lloyd Bridges and buries the body. But he hounded by a persistent sheriff and his own haunted conscience. 7 p.m. At 9 p.m.: Robert Siodmak double feature.

The File on Thelma Jordan (1949). Barbara Stan- wyck is a complex, ambiguous femme fatale who ensnares lovelorn assistant D.A. Wendell Corey in a murder scheme. And Cry of the City (1948). Tells the time-honored tale of neighborhood pals who tread divergent courses.

Victor Mature stays to the right, while Richard Conte veers outside the law. Their paths are fated to cross, tragically. With Shelley Winters and Hope Emerson. SATURDAY Documentary Days 2002 (Laemmle Sunset 5 Cinema). Sixteen Decisions Documents the work of a Bangladeshi bank that has ex- tended micro-loans from $20 to $200 to 2.5 million impoverished Bangladeshi women, many of whom have created and fol- lowed a self-empowering social charter known as Sixteen Decisions.

The film focuses on one woman who has been able to substantially improve her family life with the help of a $60 loan. 10 a.m. Documentary Days 2002 (Laemmle Monica). Cool and Crazy (2000). A portrait of arenowned male choir based in a freezing, remote fishing village in Norway extreme north.

11 a.m. Documentary Days 2002 (Laemmle Play- house 7). Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story (2000). A vivid portrait of Thomas Mann two oldest children. Thorough non- conformists, they were authors, cabaret per- formers, commited anti-fascists and openly gay.

11 a.m. Gems! Documentary Film Series (Bowers Mu- seum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main Santa Ana, 567-3600). Splendid Stones (1991). Ajourney around the globe to discover the origins of the most coveted gems: diamonds, emeralds, rubys and pearls.

1 and 3 p.m. Gloria Grahame: Bad Beautiful (UCLA Film and Television Archive at James Bridges Theater). The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). A ruthless, egomaniacal producer Kirk Doug- las in one of his best heel roles is recalled by the actress (Lana Turner), writer (Dick Powell) and director (Barry Sullivan) whom he elevated and exploited. A softer, silkier Hollywood expos than Sunset Boulevard or The Big Knife the rascal is redeemed at the end and one that Vincente Minnelli gives a lot of tone and style.

With Gloria Gra- hame and Gilbert Roland; script by Charles Schnee; camera by Robert Surtees. And Sud- Film Series Continued from Page31 Movies.