Tasty art offered a feast for viewers’ eyes everywhere in LA this weekend.

At the Korean Cultural Center, art collective Durden and Ray offered a terrific 23-artist group show, “Odd Convergences: Steps/Missteps.” The expansive upstairs gallery featured a wide range of exciting, experimental works from Dani Dodge’s foam sculptural pieces, and stoneware by Ben Jackel, to vibrant abstracts.

Dani Dodge

Steven Wolkoff

Artists and viewers mingled with reps from the KCC, enjoying an equally diverse, sumptuous buffet of sushi and Korean pancakes along with art-scene-standard wine and cheese.

In Chinatown, a cheerful crowd wove among galleries along Chung King Road, clutching their Tecate or wine. The Good Luck Gallery buzzed over wavy colored gouaches by late outsider artist Ted Diamond.

Paige Wery

At Fred Tieken Gallery, large-scale new works by Tieken and chocolate birthday cake occupied the downstairs Tar Pit Lounge; upstairs, cake-fueled patrons enjoyed posing by vivid paintings at the exciting 2018 International Co_Works Show.

Leigh Salgado

At Coagula Curatorial, curator Leigh Salgado circulated, introducing artists at SHOWMEYOURHAND, where 3D mixed media included startling wood sculptures by Billy Pacek.

Across the plaza at Charlie James, the crowded but hushed gallerygoers took in the intensely moving A Place Called Home, where Nery G. Lemus’ mix of watercolors, sculptures, and electronic media poignantly tackled the subject of immigration. Downstairs was a group show, including Susan Silton and Andrea Bowers, called “Mis (Missing) Information” co-curated by Artillery contributor and artist Jody Zellen and Brian C. Moss.

Downstairs gallery at Charlie James

Sunday afternoon, Ark Gallery in Altadena offered another politically-charged, of-the-moment show in the thought-provoking mixed media works of Scott Froschauer’s “Echo Enigma.” Neighborhood residents, art lovers and artists noshed on charcuterie and cheese, chatted about current events, and took in his politically potent, poetic images.