'This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich and Many Other Artists' is an exhibition that reveals the hand behind text and sign-based works of art: that hand belongs to #LA-based artist, sign painter and fabricator Norm Laich. Laich (pictured R-L with artist #StephenPrina) has been a key contributor to the production of many iconic works by a range of artists - #EdRuscha #PaulMcCarthy #BarbaraKruger #AllenRuppersberg and #JennyHolzer, among many others. This group exhibition surveys over three decades of an indispensable artist assistant and the special relationship between Laich and his fellow artists including #JohnBaldessari and #MegCranston who co-curated 'This Brush for Hire' @theicala through September 2 📷Regina Zamarippa|Los Fotos Project As part of a new season of free programs in dialogue with ‘This Brush for Hire’, join us this Wednesday at 7:30pm for #arttalk ‘Signs of Los Angeles: A Conversation on Sign-Painting and the City’ with legendary sign-painter Doc Guthrie and artist Michael C. McMillen as they remember when commercial signs in #LosAngeles were hand-painted and the city was like a large canvas. Moderated by Tucker Neel with special thanks to our media partner @artillery_mag. RSVP required 👉 theicala.org/en/calendar | #normlaich #icala

#MarfaBookCo and #chill … visit @theicala for @marfabookco’s first experimental #popup presenting a selection of publishers in the fields of #poetry, #art, #photography and criticism from the United States and Mexico, including bilingual titles from #LosAngeles-based Spanish-language children’s bookstore @lalibreria. Alongside the eponymous #bookstore from #Marfa,Texas is our Annex featuring #queer #videoart from the early 1990s in the group exhibition ‘sisters and brothers’ closing this Sunday, June 17 | #mustread #mustsee #icala

Final week to view ‘sisters and brothers’ in the Annex @theicala. This group exhibition presents a selection of early black #queer #videoart including ‘Armide’, 2000 by Jaguar Mary (Jocelyn Taylor). Mary’s practice explores #race and #gender within a black feminist discourse - in ‘Armide’ the artist was inspired by #JeanLucGodard's short #film from the 1987 anthology ‘Aria’, where female maids in a gym play caricatures of hyper-femininity. In Mary’s own ‘Armide’, a gender reversal takes place - the maids are young white men in uniform dresses, in awe of the strong, black female athletes (pictured) in a secuctive mise en scène. ‘sisters and brothers’ is organised by guest curator Jackie Clay and presented in collaboration with @_dirtylooks_ through Sunday, June 17 | #sistersandbrothers #jaguarmary #icala

Swipe the brush to discover the artists on show in ‘This Brush for Hire: Norm Laich & Many Other Artists’ @theicala - the exhibition presents text and sign-based works of #art executed by #LosAngeles-based artist, sign-painter and fabricator #NormLaich | #michaelasher #johnbaldessari #johnboskovich #karencarson #clui #megcranston #kimfisher #scottgreiger #arturoherrera #mikekelley #barbarakruger #danieljospehmartinez #renneepetropolous #stephenprina #kayrosen #amandarossho #alexissmith #lawrenceweiner #icala

#detail ‘Fachadas’ by #RafaEsparza on show in the Project Room @theicala #delacalle #adobe #painting #icala

We celebrate #pride this month with a selection of early #queer #videoart produced in the early 1990s by people of color, women, and the #LGBTQ community. ‘sisters and brothers’ features artists Jaguar Mary (Jocelyn Taylor), Cauleen Smith, and Ayanna U'Dongo who individually explore themes of pleasure, desire, the body, sexuality and #gender difference. Collectively, they mark an important time in documenting artistic expression at the dawn of identity politics and the rise of digital video. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with queer film platform, Dirty Looks that launch a new film + performance festival in July with daily screenings across #LosAngeles - visit @_dirtylooks_ for full program listings during Dirty Looks: On Location 👀 ‘sisters and brothers’ continues in the Annex @theicala through June 17 🌈💪💛 #sistersandbrothers #LApride #icala

👉 Highlights from Open House @theicala celebrating the opening of our new main gallery exhibition ‘This Brush for Hire: #NormLaich & Many Other Artists’, co-curated by #MegCranston and #JohnBaldessari featuring works by #DanielJospehMartinez #KimFisher #MikeKelley #BarbaraKruger #StephenPrina #KayRosen #LawrenceWeiner and more, now on show through September 2. Thank you to everyone who attended our public programs yesterday + special thanks to @deliciousvinyl @deliciouspizzahq @ledeepspace @disco_9000 @fortpointbeer and bar-fund 💛 #alwaysfree #dtla #icala