Roger Park

This Sunday marks the opening of "Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection," an exhibition that surveys the evolution and scope of conceptual art by artists who have lived and worked in California. Curated by MOCA Curator Philipp Kaiser and Curatorial Assistant Corrina Peipon, the exhibition highlights over 60 artists and more than 200 works including collage, drawing, film, installation, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video. What is conceptual art? Sol LeWitt offers a definition:...

This past Thursday night, artists Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy and DJ Masaya Nakahara performed a blistering art attack noise fluxus freak out set at The Echo. The event was an afterparty for the opening of "All of this is Melting Away" at the Royal/T, an exhibition that opened this week. For nearly an hour, Kelley, McCarthy and Nakahara exploded layer upon layer of sonic feedback, gut-rumbling growls, primal shrieking, deconstructro distortion and bizarre trip blips...

This past Thursday night "Return of the Rub-A-Dub Style" made its world premiere at the Silent Movie Theatre. Directed by Steve Hanft, the documentary tells the story of how L.A.'s weekly Dub Club was formed and maps its continuation of the reggae dub soundsystem tradition in Los Angeles. Hanft's documentary, like the Dub Club selectors, digs deep into the history of dub and its impact on other music movements such as hip hop. The film...

A couple weeks ago, Gary Wilson , the subject of the documentary "You Think You Really Know Me - The Gary Wilson Story" performed songs from his obscure masterpiece album "You Think You Really Know Me" after the screening of the film. In 1977, Gary Wilson recorded his brilliantly bizarre debut album in the basement of his parents' house in Endicott, New York. Then, Wilson disappeared. Fans of his music were unable to locate him....