5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including an Art Talk Show

1. That might be Jesus
If you know painter Joe Goode, who road-tripped to L.A. from Oklahoma in 1959 to make his go as an artist, you probably know his drawings of torn paper or paintings of blue skies. They’re pretty nonchalant and usually modestly sized, so it’s surprising to see how big and majestic the new paintings in his "Flat Screen Nature" show at Kohn Gallery are. They’re two-tone expanses of color painted on sheets of fiberglass. Even though you could tumble right into those deep blues, Goode’s still not taking himself too seriously. Every piece has weirdly ragged edges and the titles are jokes: Honk if You See Jesus for one with a ghostly shape near the bottom, or Coming Attraction for one that looks like a big-screen sunset.

By Catherine Wagley