- Pocket of Lollipops will perform at An Evening of Experimental Music tonight (May 13).
ART AND CULTURE CENTER OF HOLLYWOOD
1650 Harrison St., 954-921-3274, Artandculturecenter.org
Fifth Annual All-Media Juried Biennial presents works culled from an open call to artists throughout Florida. This year’s jurors— artist and Girls’ Club creative director Michelle Weinberg and Twenty Twenty Projects owner and director Scott Murray — selected 34-artists from 294 who submitted works that included paintings, photography, site-specific installation, video, sculpture and performance.
The show, a blend of emerging and established artists, includes Antonia Wright and Ruben Millares, Carrie Sieh, Jillian Mayer, Don Lambert, Susan Lee Chun and Nicholas Arehart. The exhibition runs through June 5, and those who missed the opening may want to see it while checking out An Evening of Experimental Music.with Pocket of Lollipops, Richard Vergez, fsik huvnx and Susan Telemetry.
It’s not the opening, but seeing some of South Florida’s best artists while listening to experimental music from local musicians, some of whom are also visual artists, writers and filmmakers, seems a good way to spend an evening. The event runs 6-9 p.m. May 13.
- “Cohete” by Adrian Sonni will be on exhibit at Let’s Play, which at Primary Projects on Saturday during Second Saturday Art Walk.
SECOND SATURDAY ART WALK
At the Second Saturday Art Walk in Miami’s Wynwood and Design districts, many participating galleries have begun opening earlier in the evening to accommodate the crowds. As always, the event will feature new shows and carryovers from the previous month.
This month’s openings include the Harold Golen Gallery’s The Fabulous Bunny Yeager, an exhibition of 1950s and ’60s self-portraits of the model and photographer known for her shots of Bettie Page, including a famous image of the late pinup icon posing with leopards on Miami Beach. Limited-edition, autographed self-portraits of Yeager will be sold at the event, which, Golen says, may include an appearance by Yeager. The show will open from 2 to 11 p.m. and run through June 4 at 2294 N.W. Second Ave, in Miami. Call 305-989-3359 or visit Haroldgolengallery.com.
In the Design District, Primary Projects will present Let’s Play, a site-specific installation by Adrian Sonni, who during last year’s Art Basel Miami Beach turned an empty Wynwood building into a colorful boom box. Now, the Argentinean artist has transformed Primary Projects into a fun house with whimsical paintings and murals, watercolors, drawings and wood sculptures. The exhibition, curated by Books IIII Bischof, Chris Oh and Typoe, will open from 7 to 11 p.m. at 4141 N.E. Second Ave, in Miami. Visit Primaryflight.com.
- Coma Girl will bring “Rhiannon” to Undergrounds Coffeehaus in Fort Lauderdale for her solo show that opens on Saturday night
COMA GIRL
Four years after her debut solo exhibition, Lisa Perz, a.k.a. Coma Girl, will return to her longtime hangout Undergrounds Coffeehaus to open her fifth solo exhibition at the café. This time, Perz, who works in markers, ink and digital coloring, will show new works such as “Rhiannon,” a large-eyed girl with blue, green and purple curls.
“I love her peacocklike hair,” the artist says. “I’ve been getting more detailed with the hair, and she was the piece that started it.” As for the show’s theme: “There is no theme, which is very me,” Perz says. “So just consider it random acts of cuteness.”
The show will open 9 p.m. Saturday at Undergrounds Coffeehaus, 2743 E. Oakland Park Blvd., in Fort Lauderdale. Call 954-630-1900.
