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Under the Curators Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson banner It’s Not About Pretty, the trio — sat 12/1 and Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura LA11/30 Brigette Dunn, Mallory Fabian and Vannia present the 14th edition of “ e Post-It fri ART Ibargüen — reunite to share their personal ART S h o w,” a popular group exhibition in which WWW.LAWEEKLY.COM dance visions in a well-deserved expanded more than 400 disparate artists cram their The Excesses of Capitalism canvas. eir subjects range from body Lost and Found nely detailed images onto more than 3,000 An artist-run space with a penchant for image to the environment, from race to In 1982, Karen Bystedt was a young pho- separate Post-It Notes. In an egalitarian inquiring a er nonbinary states of being gender. Each roughly 20-minute-long tographer with a lot of chutzpah, living in move, each 3-inch-square work of miniature and perception, LAST Projects regularly work is followed by a Q&A with the New York to attend NYU, a fan of fashion, art is priced at $25, and purchases can only exhibits artwork across painting, sculpture, choreographer, a promising new endeavor downtown culture and Andy Warhol. When be made in person. Giant Robot 2, 2062 photography, video and performance. For in the e ort to expand opportunities and she called the Interview magazine o ces, to Sawtelle Blvd., Sawtelle; Sat.-Fri., 11:30 its next solo presentation, it welcomes an audience for emerging choreographers. her surprise and delight, he not only answered a.m.-8 p.m., Sun., noon-7 p.m., thru Sun., artist who works in all those mediums Bootleg eater, 2220 Beverly Blvd., the phone himself but immediately acceded to Dec. 9; free. (424) 246-7626, gr2.net. and beyond. “Nothing Personal” by New Westlake; Fri.-Sat., Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 7:30 her request to photograph him. e majority FALLING JAMES York–based multidisciplinary artist Katya p.m.; $25, $20 students. (213) 389-3856, of the quirky, friendly and classic images from Grokhovsky promises a campy, visceral bootlegtheater.org/event/1776353-its-not- that session were not seen for three decades. CULTURE romp through a landscape of installations about-pretty-los-angeles/. ANN HASKINS But for the last several years, Bystedt has not and objects that sends up the revolting ex- only been revisiting the session but giving the Justice for All cesses of capitalist appetites. Augmenting ART/MUSIC pictures a whole new life, as in true Warholian Girl Cult imagines a society where repro- found materials, including food and cloth- style she invited contemporary painters and ductive rights, racial and gender equality, ing, with studio mediums from paint to Toy Time street artists to collaborate on the revival by and civil freedoms are paramount; a video, as well as performances driven by a It sounds like something you’d do in a Mad augmenting the photos with their signature community that celebrates and protects cast of her own ctional avatars, “Nothing Libs, or on a dare. But while the “Henry & magic. Speedy Graphito, Gregory Si , Bradley LGBTQ+ people, where the environment Personal” takes on everything from gender Glenn Forever” franchise may have started eodore and dozens of others have helped is preserved and protected, and where identity to labor injustice, sexism and po- as a cheeky stapled zine, it’s grown into a transform once-buried treasures into the ex- consumption is both responsible and sus- litical power, with dark humor and a sense cult-status universe. Indie comics legend uberant project “ e Lost Warhols,” on view tainable. ough achieving all these things of absurdity be tting our fucked-up times. Tom Neely and company imagined a world at Street Art House. e exhibition continues may seem impossible to some, especially LAST Projects, 206 S. Avenue 20, Lincoln in which Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig through Dec. 22, but contact Street Art House given the current administration, Girl Cult Heights; opening reception and perfor- are very much in love, and have weird ad- for information on visiting the show between believes that mobilizing can help bring mance: Fri., Nov. 30, 7-11 p.m.; artist talk: ventures together, from gardening to anti- special opening and closing weekend parties about change. e second annual Girl Sun., Dec. 1, 2-4 p.m.; exhibit: u.-Sat., Satanism crusades. First came zines, then and sales events. Street Art House, 12775 Cult Festival aims to do just that, bringing 3-7 p.m., thru Jan. 5; free. (323) 356-4225, came hardcover anthologies, original art, Millennium Drive, Unit 115, Playa Vista; Sat., women together to share, support and take lastprojects.org. SHANA NYS DAMBROT an adult coloring book ... and, now, toys! Dec. 1, 7-10 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 2, noon-7 p.m.; action in celebration of intersectional fem- Today’s event, the Henry & Glenn Forever u., Dec. 20, 5-9 p.m.; $17. streetarthouse. inism and more. is year, keynote speaker DANCE Toy Party! (where else but Wacko) features com.