Noelle plans your weekend for you...um, you're welcome

FRIDAY

Stella Im Hultberg, whose laptop and Ipod skins may sadly be more famous than her work, has a show opening on Friday at Thinkspace, so conveniently located in Silverlake. While my attraction to her work has always been the fact that it's super fucking pretty and crazy girly, she has escalated from fairy tale inspired Schiele-esque nudes (which I loved) to more morose, reflective portraiture (which I relate to). Her underwater series reminds me so much of Noelle and Nora's all time favorite break up song, The Blow's True Affection. Yeah, I know that's lame and probs not what ol' Stella had in mind. But you're allowed to make whatever you want to of art, so it's not like she can stop me, so ha. Noelle 1 point, Stella Im Hultberg 0 points. Oh snap.

SATURDAY

Chung King Road is fun. For starters you can eat cheap dim sum before the shows there. Secondly, the buildings are pretty and make you feel like you're in China. Thirdly, there's a bunch of kids rides and video games outside for when stuff gets dull. But Saturday shouldn't be dull. It's POV's One Year Anniversary and while I'm not the biggest fan of their artists, truthfully I find their Hi-Fi/Low-Fi approach a little kitschy, I'm always ready to have my opinion changed. Particularly if I'm holding a glass of complimentary wine in my hand. So come one, come all.

SUNDAY

A Sunday show! I hate Sunday but I like it a lot more when I'm pretending it's still Saturday. And Suru on Melrose is totally going to facilitate that little fantasy for me this weekend. It's kind of a cool concept actually, to benefit Riders for Health (um, whatevs) different artists will pick motorcycle elements to use as their mediums. I always like thematic shows like this because it does drag artists out of their box a little, sometimes the results are great, other times I drink free wine and meet cute boys. Anyhow, the roster here is pretty sweet with Barry McGee, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Audrey Kawasaki and Estevan Oriol contributing. Also it says Jesse James has a piece in the show, which almost makes me want to stay home. But then I think, hmmmm, what if he brings Sandy Bullock, whaddup Two Weeks Notice, this could be the best night of my life.

xoxo, Noelle