Events Posted Dec 07, 2016

Please join us Sunday December 18th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM for a book signing with author Marc Appleton and photographer Melba Levick x RANCHES: HOME ON THE RANGE IN CALIFORNIA

The lure of the West has been strong in American history, representing the promise of beautiful, wild landscapes, broad vistas, clean air, and bright skies. On this magnificent land are the romantic and intriguing homes set in the idyllic landscapes of the great California ranches. From the one hundred and fifty year-old Rancho Camulos of "Ramona" fame to Jack London’s Beauty Ranch on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain to the working ranches of today, Ranches: Home on the Range in California presents an expression of a lifestyle steeped in self-sufficiency, love of the land, and lack of pretense. Arising from the tradition of the Mexican land-grant ranchos and the spread of Spanish Catholic missions, the ranches of California have a long and multifaceted history which is examined by author Marc Appleton - who himself can attest to the challenges and charms of ranch life. Located in dramatic landscapes of rolling hills, upon the sides of mountains, or in vast plains bordered by snow-capped mountains, the featured homes are exquisitely captured by renowned architectural photographer Melba Levick. At once a tribute to a historic form and a fading way of life, as well as a celebration of renewal, architectural beauty, and the romance of the West, this beautiful and authoritative book offers the reader an immersive experience of living on the land.

Come to Arcana Sunday, December 18th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the publication of this lovely new contribution to California architectural history with Mr. Appleton and Ms. Levick, and to do some last-minute Holiday gift-shopping! If you are unable to attend and wish to purchase a copy of Ranches: Home on the Range in California signed by both, place your order on our website here, or call us at 310-458-1499. 

 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS AT ARCANA

 
Friday, December 16th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
and Saturday, December 17th, 11:00 - 7:00
dosa glossary a-z
SIGNING + INSTALLATION + OBJECT SALE

Sunday, December 18th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
MARC APPLETON + MELBA LEVICK:
RANCHES: HOME ON THE RANGE IN CALIFORNIA

Saturday, February 4th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
PORTRAITS AND PAINTINGS:
A NEWSPAPER BY TONY MANZELLA

February 23rd - 26th at the MoCA Geffen Contemporary
THE 2017 PRINTED MATTER LA ART BOOK FAIR

Events Posted Dec 06, 2016

dosa at Arcana!

Please join us on Friday, December 16th, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM, to celebrate with Christina Kim the publication of dosa glossary with a special month-long installation in our store.
 
Christina Kim is a Los Angeles-based designer who is the co-founder of dosa. Textiles play a central role in her design practice, which ranges from housewares and clothing to temporary installations and architectural projects. This year, she has created a public art piece for the APAP5 art triennial in Anyang, Korea, a four-month installation at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca in Mexico, and collaborated with architect Peter Zumthor for the Venice Architecture Biennale. Her work is currently on display as part of the three-person "Scraps: Fashion, Textiles and Creative Reuse" exhibition at New York's  Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
 
dosa glossary is a beautiful one hundred and eight page gazette designed by Christina with Green Dragon Office of Los Angeles and printed by Sankei Shinbun in Tokyo. With one hundred and four entries, it is a “collection of techniques, textiles, people and organizations involved with dosa, past and present. Information is based on our notes from the field - insights gained working side by side with artisans, knowledge shared with us firsthand and reference material from books picked up along our travels.”   
 
Christina will sign this limited edition piece at Arcana the night of the opening. We are pleased to also have Christina share our space and the cabinet of curiosities that is dosa. Her accompanying site-specific installation is a visual and sometimes tactile reflection of the entries and concepts illustrated in the glossary that will be a magical and playful environment in which to discover dosa from a to z and the creative connections, both carefully considered and wondrously serendipitous, that it inspires. A marketplace will feature selected objects from the glossary, available through the end of the show along with some of Christina’s favorite books for sale, including the uniquely-bound "Scraps" catalogue that accompanies dosa's Cooper Hewitt exhibition.
 
The installation and marketplace launch will be Friday, December 16th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM and Saturday, December 17th 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, and will continue at Arcana through January 15th, 2017.
 
If you are unable to attend the opening weekend but would like a signed copy of dosa glossary or Scraps, you may place your order order here.
Events Posted Nov 18, 2016

Saturday, 11/19 5-7 > Total Chaos: The Story of the Stooges as Told by Iggy Pop – book signing with author Jeff Gold!

Pre-order TOTAL CHAOS, signed by author Jeff Gold now!

 

Events Posted Nov 16, 2016

Friday, 11/18, 6-8 > Ari Marcopoulos: Not Yet and Ari Marcopoulos: Rome/Malibu book signings at Arcana!

Pre-order your signed books here. 


Events Posted Nov 16, 2016

Book Signing, 12/3 > Todd Hido: Intimate Distance, A Chronological Album

Please join us on Saturday, 12/3 (5-7) for a book signing with Todd Hido for his stunning new Aperture monograph -

Intimate Distance: Twenty-five Years of Photographs, A Chronological Album. Photographs by Todd Hido

Essay by David Campany

Texts by Katya Tylevich
 

If you can't join us on 12/3 - or if you'd like to reserve a signed copy in advance -  you can place an order now for a signed copy now here.

Please note that sales will be limited to one copy per customer at the event.

Details here.

 

 

 

Events Posted Nov 11, 2016

THE ICE PLANT 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY + BOOK SIGNINGS!

JOIN US SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM FOR
THE ICE PLANT 10th ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
FEATURING BOOK SIGNINGS FOR
ED PANAR: ANIMALS THAT SAW ME - VOLUME TWO
MIKE SLACK: WALKING IN PLACE 1 - NEW ORLEANS

 

The Ice Plant began producing artist books in 2006, and has been publishing significant illustrated and photography books and other fine printed matter for the following decade. The dynamic duo behind the press - Tricia Gabriel and Mike Slack - would like to thank all their artists and loyal customers for making these ten years possible!

Come November 12th The Ice Plant will be celebrating their 10th Anniversary with the launch of two fantastic new books:

 

ED PANAR: Animals That Saw Me: Volume Two - The sequel - at last! Pairing a selection of new work and newly discovered gems from Ed Panar's vast archive with an original essay on “being seen” by philosopher Timothy Morton, this volume digs deeper into the question: "Why do we assume that it's only us who does the looking?"

 


MIKE SLACK: Walking in Place 1: New Orleans - Co-published in an edition of six hundred copies with Perimeter Editions, Melbourne, this is the first in Mike Slack's new series of standalone volumes; each a pocket-sized ‘ambient travelogue’ of a particular geographic (or ‘psychogeographic’) location. This installment intermingles local fauna, architectural details, curious street cats, and urban ephemera, all skewed toward the sublime in the peculiar sunlight of New Orleans.

Please join us as we celebrate these new releases and The Ice Plant's auspicious 10th Anniversary with special appearances by many of their authors and artists including Ron Jude, Bettina Hubby, Michael Schmelling, Seth Lower, Antoine Wilson, and Melissa Catanese. In addition, there will be a retrospective display of imprint's oeuvre, a unique all-star publication produced exclusively for the event to be offered free  - one to a customer - with any Ice Plant purchase, ice sculpture, flowing Margaritas (Mike's own mix), and the accordion stylings of Arcana's Erin Schneider!

If you cannot attend but wish to purchase a signed copy of either book - or both! - place your online order here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

 

 
 
Events Posted Nov 11, 2016

Saturday, 11/12, 5-7 > The Ice Plant 10 Year Anniversary Party, featuring book signings with Mike Slack and Ed Panar!

Please join us on November 12th (5-7) for a special celebration of The Ice Plant’s 10th anniversary!

We will have book signings With Ed Panar and Mike Slack.

We will have the famous patented Jacques Marlow Slack Margaritas.

We will have ice!

As a special gift to those who attend, there will be a limited edition booklet celebrating these last 10 years of Ice Plantia!

We will have all in print (and some out-of-print!) Ice plant titles for sale.
We will have our very own Erin Schneider on acordian.

We will see you there!


Pre-order signed copies of ANIMALS THAT SAW ME VOLUME 2 and MIKE SLACK: WALKING IN PLACE 1, NEW ORLEANS now!

Events Posted Nov 11, 2016

THE ICE PLANT COMETH!

Join us tomorrow, 5-7,  for the Ice Plant's 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!! We'll have book signings with @edpanar (Animals That Saw Me: Volume Two) and @mike__slack (Walking in Place 1: New Orleans). Ease your post-election headache with a fresh-squeezed margarita courtesy of the elusive Jacques Marlow! Pick up a copy of the new "Special Delivery" publication (free with any Ice Plant book purchase) celebrating these last 10 years of Ice Plantia. And meet various Ice Plant artists including @rjude1, @michael_schmelling, @melissa_catanese, @hubbyco, @sethlower, and @slow_paparazzo. Also: @erinschneiderprojects will be rockin' the accordion, and - if all goes as planned - there will be a mysterious ice sculpture... We'd love to see you!

 

Events Posted Oct 19, 2016

GAME CHANGERS: THE UNSUNG HEROINES OF SPORTS HISTORY - SATURDAY AT ARCANA!

PLEASE JOIN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd,
5:00 - 7:00 PM FOR A BOOK LAUNCH
GAME CHANGERS: THE UNSUNG HEROINES OF SPORTS HISTORY
BY MOLLY SCHIOT

Two years ago, filmmaker Molly Schiot began the Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines - posting a photograph each day of a female athlete who had changed the face of sports around the globe in the pre-Title IX era. These women paved the way for the likes of Serena Williams, Carli Lloyd, and Lindsey Vonn, yet few today know who they are. The account gained a devoted following, and the result is Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History, a beautifully illustrated collection of these trailblazers’ rarely-before-seen photos and stories.

Featuring icons Althea Gibson and Wyomia Tyus, unknowns Trudy Beck and Conchita Cintron, policymaker Margaret Dunkle, sportswriter Lisa Olson, and many more, Game Changers gives these “founding mothers” the overdue recognition they richly deserve. The book also features critical conversations between past and present game changers such as former US Women’s National Soccer Team captain Abby Wambach and SportsCenter anchor Cari Champion about what it means to be a woman on and off the field. Inspiring, empowering, and unforgettable, Game Changers is perfect for anyone with a love of the game.

Joining Ms. Schiot at Arcana will be several of the athletes featured in the book along with Pro Table Tennis champion Kim Gilbert, who will be bringing a table and demonstrating some tricks of the trade. And, only those buying a book at the event will additionally receive a copy of the rad, limited edition poster of pioneering skateboarder Laura Thornhill seen below!

Special thanks are due to Game Changers' publisher Simon & Schuster, Five Leaves for providing beer and wine,  Heath-Ade for providing sparkling California Kombucha, AND Pizzanista for the "seditiously delicious" pizza pies!

If you unable to attend and wish to purchase a copy of Game Changers signed by author Molly Schiot, place your order here, or call us at 310-458-1499!


 

 

 

Events Posted Oct 19, 2016

Save The Dates...!

Our autumn schedule is packed with diverse and exciting events. Details are forthcoming about each - mark your calendards now!

 
Saturday, October 22nd, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
MOLLY SCHIOT: GAME CHANGERS -
THE UNSUNG HEROINES OF SPORTS HISTORY
 
Saturday, November 12th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
THE ICE PLANT: TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
BOOK SIGNINGS WITH ED PANAR: ANIMALS THAT SAW ME VOLUME II +
MIKE SLACK: WALKING IN PLACE 1, NEW ORLEANS
 

Friday, November 18th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
ARI MARCOPOULOS: NOT YET + ROME / MALIBU

Saturday, November 19th, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
JEFF GOLD: TOTAL CHAOS -
THE STORY OF THE STOOGES / AS TOLD BY IGGY POP
 
 Saturday, December 3rd, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
TODD HIDO: INTIMATE DISTANCE

Postponed until 2/2017 December 8th, 9th + 10th
STEIDLFEST 2016 AT ARCANA!!!
 
Friday + Saturday, December 16th + 17th
dosa GLOSSARY  A-Z: LAUNCH PARTY + OBJECT SALE

Sunday, December 18th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
MARC APPLETON + MELBA LEVICK:
RANCHES: HOME ON THE RANGE IN CALIFORNIA

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