ANOTHER DOUBLE-HEADER AT ARCANA!

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th FROM 4:00 TO 6:00 PM

ED TEMPLETON SIGNS TEENAGE SMOKERS 2, ADVENTURES IN THE NEARBY FAR AWAY, WAYWARD COGNITIONS AND MORE!

PLUS

ETHAN RAFAL BRINGS HIS SHOCK AND AWE TOUR 2015 TO ARCANA

(WITH HOMEMADE WALNUT PIE + BOURBON AND MILK!)

EVENT DETAILS AND ORDERING INFORMATION HERE

Book of the day and Book Signing Saturday, 4:00-6:00 – One of two exciting events on Saturday… Details here > Photography is Magic by Charlotte Cotton. Aperture. “Photography Is Magic is a critical publication that surveys the practices of over eighty artists, all of whom are engaged with experimental approaches to photographic ideas, set within the contemporary image environment, framed by Web 2.0. The book contains a substantial essay by Charlotte Cotton and statements from all the contributing artists. The over three hundred image sequence represents the scope of photographic possibilities at play within contemporary creative practices. From Michele Abeles and Walead Beshty to Daniel Gordon and Matt Lipps, Cotton has selected artists who are consciously reframing photographic practices in the post-Internet age. Photography Is Magic provides an engaging physical experience - designed by Harsh Patel - for younger photo aficionados, students, and anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of contemporary photography.”

With images and texts by Michele Abeles, Takaaki Akaishi, Lotta Antonsson, Walead Beshty, Lucas Blalock,Andrey Bogush, Brian Bress, Bianca Brunner, Stefan Burger, Antoine Catala, Phil Chang, Talia Chetrit, Joshua Citarella, Sara Cwynar, Bryan Dooley, Jessica Eaton, Shannon Ebner, Marten Elder, Jason Evans,Sam Falls, Brendan Fowler, Victoria Fu,Daniel Gordon, Darren Harvey-Regan, Leslie Hewitt, Nancy de Holl, John Houck, Go Itami, Rachel de Joode, Farrah Karapetian, Matt Keegan, Annette Kelm, Soo Kim, Yuki Kimura, Josh Kline, Lucas Knipscher,Owen Kydd, Josh Kolbo, Taisuke Koyama,Nico Krebs and Taiyo Onorato, EladLassry, Brandon Lattu, John Lehr, Anthony Lepore, Alexandra Leykauf, Matt Lipps, Florian Maier-Aichen, Phillip Maisel, Annie MacDonell, Emmeline de Mooij, Carter Mull, Nerhol - (Ryuta Iida and YoshihisaTanaka), Katja Novitskova, Arthur Ou, Matthew Porter, Timur Si-Qin, Eileen Quinlan, Jon Rafman, Sean Raspet, Clunie Reid, Abigail Reynolds, Will Rogan, Asha Schechter, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Shirana Shahbazi, Daniel Shea, Erin Shirreff, Elisa Sighicelli, Brea Souders, Kate Steciw, BatiaSuter, Yosuke Takeda, Miguel Ángel Tornero,Sara VanDerBeek, Artie Vierkant, Anne deVries, Hannah Whitaker, Charlie White, Lindsey White, Chris Wiley, Letha Wilson, and Amir Zaki.

IT's an exciting overlapping double header at Arcana this Saturdsay, 11/21. 4:00-7:00.....

4:00-6:00 > Charlotte Cotton: Photography Is Magic

5:00-7:00 > Alec Soth Gathered Leaves

Click above for details! 

Book of the day, book signing tomorrow (4:00-6:00) -- please join us! > Jona Frank: The Modern Kids. Kehrer Verlag. "In the Fall of 2010, photographer Jona Frank began to make portraits at an amateur boxing club just outside of Liverpool in a suburb called Ellesmere Port. All the boys tried to act tough for the camera, and Frank was reminded of a line from the Arcade Fire song Rococo: "They seem wild, but they are so tame". In the song they are singing about going downtown and watching the modern kids. It made Frank think about how these boys, in this town, are in their life. For them, everything is present. This is their 21st Century, their right now, but their faces evoke the past. Many of them, shirtless and sweaty, their hands covered with big, puffy, colorful gloves, look timeless, but the truth is they are like any adolescent who is trying on a role and attempting to find their place. Like the suburb of Liverpool where these photos were made, boxing has a foot in the past while grasping its contemporary purpose. Frank’s photographs provide a record of a sport and a community whose presence is slowly fading.

Bruce Weber states in the books preface "Although some of the most gentlemanly people I have ever met are boxers, for Jona to go into a boxing gym as a woman is a very rare thing. I used to visit a gym out in Las Vegas called Johnny Tocco’s that had a sign which read 'No Women Allowed.' But Jona’s boxers let her have this experience. They wanted to share their moment of glory with her, and she in turn made heroes of them in her photographs. These pictures will be placed on the mantles and the walls in their homes. People will take notice. Their hard work will matter. Some people might confuse the realism of Jona’s work with a certain anti-romanticism. But she’s just bending the ideal by holding true to the photographer’s mantra keep your eyes open and be true to your heart".

If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a signed copy of Jona's new Kehrer Verlag title The Modern Kids, please place your order here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances we will not be hosting the previously announced Nick Waplington book signing this Saturday, and regret any disappointment and inconvenience this may cause. However, signed copies of Living Room Work Prints and A Good Man's Grave is his Sabbath are still available to order here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

Today!!! - Saturday, November 21st, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
CHARLOTTE COTTON: PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC
+ overlapping second event
Saturday, November 21st, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
ALEC SOTH: GATHERED LEAVES

Saturday, December 5th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
ED TEMPLETON: TEENAGE SMOKERS 2 + MORE
+
ETHAN RAFAL: SHOCK AND AWE (WITH WHISKY AND PIE!)

Sunday, December 13th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
MANFRED HEITING: THE SOVIET PHOTOBOOK 1920-1941
in association with PAC / LA
 

Book of the day & Book Signing Tomorrow (4-6)! Please join us! > How We Live by Marcia Prentice. Te Neues. “How We Live is an intimate photographic journal of designers’ and artists’ homes from around the world, including Mumbai, Beirut, Marrakech, Reykjavik, Mexico City, and Amsterdam, amongst others. American photographer Marcia Prentice traveled to each of the international cities to experience and present ‘the soul’ of a diverse selection of domestic spaces, revealing the unique spirit of each creative environment. The book includes homes shown in the context of both the pristine, more-established design cities as well as urban locales where economic disadvantage and strife impacts daily life. Each of the 18 featured homeowners provide a glimpse into their private, interior world to show us how the design and atmosphere created in one’s own home can be the ultimate artistic canvas.”

Details for the book signing are here. To order a signed copy, click here.

PLEASE JOIN US SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
4:00 - 6:00 PM FOR A BOOK SIGNING

HOW WE LIVE
by MARCIA PRENTICE

How We Live is an intimate photographic journal of designers’ and artists’ homes from around the world including Mumbai, Beirut, Marrakech, Reykjavik, Mexico City, and Amsterdam. Los Angeles-based photographer Marcia Prentice traveled to each of these international cities to experience and present ‘the soul’ of a diverse selection of domestic spaces, revealing the unique spirit of each creative environment. The book includes homes shown in the context of both more-established design-cities as well as urban locales where economic disadvantage and strife impacts daily life. Each of the eighteen featured homeowners provides a glimpse into their private, interior world to show us how the design and atmosphere created in one’s own home can be the ultimate artistic canvas.

Marcia Prentice is an American photographer whose style captures the intersection of emotion and design in the home. Her work has been featured in such publications as Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair Italia, and Casa International (Beijing).

We're expecting a healthy turnout, and would appreciate your RSVP for our planning purposes by kindly emailing to let us know you'll be there. If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a signed copy of How We Live, please place your order here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

PLEASE JOIN US SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3rd,
4:00 - 6:00 PM FOR A BOOK SIGNING

ALINE SMITHSON
SELF & OTHERS:
PORTRAIT AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Self & Others: Portrait as Autobiography is a near-twenty year culmination of portrait photographs captured by award-winning photographer, writer, and educator Aline Smithson. Beginning with her earliest black and white silver gelatin prints, she photographs the world around her considering the poignancy of childhood and the pathos of aging and relationships. The book continues with her hand-painted photographs - including her defining series, Arrangement in Green and Black: Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother - where she combines humor and family to create a universal expression of motherhood. The book is completed by her most recent color projects that revisit beauty, the essence of childhood, and an examination of created realities. Aline brings a background in painting and fashion to her images, but at the heart of her work is her ability to recognize the inner self of her subjects. The photographer considers all her portraits a reflection of herself and the stories she wants to tell, and in that way, has created a visual language that is her own unique autobiography.

To read more about and see images from Self & Others: Portrait as Autobiography, check out The New Yorker's recent "Photo Booth" feature on Aline and her work! And if you are unfamiliar with Aline's influential photography blog Lenscratch.com, by all means click here!

Please join us for these great book signings at Arcana: Books on the Arts!
 

Saturday, November 7th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

MARCIA PRENTICE: HOW WE LIVE

Saturday, November 14th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
JONA FRANK: THE MODERN KIDS

Saturday, November 21st, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
CHARLOTTE COTTON: PHOTOGRAPHY IS MAGIC

COMING SOON:

SAM JONES + BLAKE MILLS: SOME WHERE ELSE

MICHAEL DWECK: THE END - NEW EDITION

Stay tuned for details or sign up for our e-mailing list here.

THOMAS DEMAND: THE DAILIES

THE ARTIST IN CONVERSATION WITH
CURATOR RUSSELL FERGUSON
FOLLOWED BY A RECEPTION AND BOOK SIGNING

SEPTEMBER 12th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

"Working within the parameters of his established practice, Thomas Demand creates carefully formed paper and card sculptures, a parallel world which is photographed and then destroyed. In contrast to his usual practice of depicting scenes that are typically culled from news media, Demand created The Dailies by sourcing his personal cell phone photographs. These commonplace scenes portray anonymous, everyday moments, like a cup placed in a chain-link fence, or a plant seen behind a frosted glass window. They show a world that is familiar but out of reach, like the dancing colored pins on a clothesline, suspended somewhere between the overfamiliar and the hallucinatory - as if a chance apparition glimpsed momentarily, before it vanishes into its habitat".
 
In conjunction with the release of MACK Books' brand-new, complete edition of The Dailies, Thomas Demand will be discussing the series along with his career and working methods with noted Los Angeles-based curator, author, and professor Russell Ferguson, who has included the artist's images in his "Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition" exhibition currently at The Hammer.

This presentation will held in the Helms Bakery Design Atrium at 8745 Washington Boulevard - 500 feet west of Arcana - at 4:15 sharp to be followed by a book signing and reception at the shop hosted by the Photographic Arts Council / Los Angeles.

Culver City is the place to be this coming Saturday to celebrate the spate of Fall gallery exhibitions, and our event with Messrs. Demand and Ferguson!

As we're expecting a healthy turnout, we would appreciate your RSVP for our planning purposes by kindly emailing rsvp@paclosangeles.com to let us know you'll be there.

If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a signed book, please place an order here. Quantities are limited, so only one of each title per customer - first come first served!