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		BritWeek 2011

	BRITWEEK 2011


	UK art in Los Angeles

Contemporary British art storms Los Angeles this spring during BritWeek, in a partnership between L.A. Art Machine, the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the British Council.

Celebrating exceptional creative talent from the UK, every year BritWeek in Los Angeles is one of the largest transatlantic cultural events taking place on this side of the Pond.

In 2011 the visual art program highlights British artists pushing aesthetic and social boundaries in exhibitions of historic and contemporary art and design.

Exhibitions and Events

			Matt Small and Pete Stern The paintings of Matt Small reflect his belief in social inclusion as he depicts the marginalized and voiceless in his arresting portraits. Multi-media artist Pete Stern's work is energized by the freedom of thought of the 1960s and the anarchic attitudes of 1970s punk movements. April 16- May 14 Merry Karnowsky Gallery
			William Turnbull Celebrated sculptor and painter William Turnbull has been recently described as ‘the most important living British artist.’ Over the past sixty years, his work has helped define the field of modern and contemporary art. In celebration of this important artist, BritWeek premieres the documentary Beyond Time: William Turnbull by Alex Turnbull and Pete Stern, narrated by Jude Law. April 29, 2011 • 7 PM Los Angeles County Museum of Art Watch a trailer of the documentary
			Marcos Lutyens Multi-disciplinary artist Marcos Lutyens combines new technologies and explorations of the mind in his work. Enstasy Now explores the convergence between mind and machines in a series of large-scale drawings performed by semi-autonomous robots as well as human-guided machines. May 10 • 6:30 - 9:30 PM Variety Building, 5900 Wilshire Boulevard
			Christopher Farr For the past 20 years Christopher Farr has often been referred to as one of the most influential designers in the world. Once trained as a painter, he now marries his love of abstraction to the ancient craft of textile art, creating unique contemporary rug designs. Wednesday, May 11 • 7 PM - 10 PM L.A. MART
			Tobias Keene Third-generation British painter Tobias Keene currently lives and works in Los Angeles, creating works that explore a quality of lost innocence through the immediacy of color, texture and form. Friday, May 13 • 7 PM - 10 PM Pacific Electric Lofts, 610 South Main Street