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Monday, December 30, 2013

Multiple Exhibits To Check Out

The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years
Until Sunday, April 27th, 2014
The Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars, Century City

Amazing photos from the last 125 years of the National Geographic.





Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986
Until February 9, 2014
Japanese American National Museum
100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles


See how American comics depicted Asians in it's early years into the 80's. 


"The exhibition also contains elements designed to encourage direct engagement with the archetypes, such as life-size cutouts of the eight archetypes that allow visitors to put themselves “inside the image” and an installation called “Shades of Yellow” that matches the shades used for Asian skin tones in the comics with their garish yellow Pantone™."






SPY: The Secret World of Espionage
Until March 9, 2014
The Reagan Library

Coming out on the heels of no movie related to spying is a curious new exhibit at the Reagan Library, probably not the best time to be mentioning spying with the NSA in deep trouble, but it is the Regan Library. Interactive exhibits with featuring spy equipment to look at. All the goodies you want to see from movies that were used for real.