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Weekender: Experiments in the Desert, Subatomic Particles and Monumental Drawings

By Artbound Staff Articles
October 10, 2013
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Undecided about what to do this weekend? Our list of art events can give you an idea. From desert art to photography, here's what we've chosen for you to check out.

Take a look.

Multi-disciplinary

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High Desert Test Sites

Saturday, October 12 - Saturday, October 19.

This fall's highly anticipated High Desert Test Sites "free-ranging" art events are taking place across three states; California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Various locations. For more information click here.

Performance

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"Einstein on the Beach"

Friday, October 11 - Sunday, October 13.

The work has altered the course of opera, becoming the most influential piece of theater in the past five decades. Presented in collaboration with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, "Einstein on the Beach" finishes its national tour in Los Angeles.

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: 135 N Grand Ave, Los Angeles, 90012. For more information click here.

Visual Arts

"Threads"

Ongoing. Closing Saturday, October 12.

Visual artist, Trang T. Lê paints her way through her pain, using a meticulous, repetitive approach to heal her wounds.

Ruth Bachofner Gallery: 2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite G2 -- Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica, 90404. For more information click here.

"Different Particles & Indeterminate States"

Ongoing. Open until Saturday, November 23.

In her new exhibition, Amy Myers creates abstract forms that reference the movements of subatomic particles, trajectories of cosmic events, mandalas for mediation, and female sexual physiognomy.

Sweeney Art Gallery: 3834 Main Street, Riverside, 92501. For more information click here.

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"Zoe Crosher: The Further Disbanding of Michelle duBois"

Ongoing. Open until Saturday, November 9.

Zoe Crosher's newest exhibition features an extensive body of work in which the artist re-imagines the seemingly endless personal archive of one woman -- the pseudonymous "duBois."

California Museum of Photography: 3824 Main St, Riverside, 92501. For more information click here.

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