More than 11 galleries throughout the Culver City Arts District will host show openings this Saturday, January 11, marking 2014's first Culver CIty Art Walk. Generally, the openings run from about 6 pm to about 9 pm., and they're all free and open to the public. It's a great opportunity to see some contemporary art -- and quite the scene.

The work above, Sub(version #2) is part of Marin Durazo's show opening at Luis De Jesus Gallery at 2685 S. LaCienega Blvd. The show features distorted images of social gatherings, which, the gallery suggests, "capture crime scenes of lingering memories."

A solo exhibition of new abstracts and sculptures by Michael Chearney will open at George BIllis Gallery at 2716 South La Cienega Blvd. Here's an example of Chearney's explosive work:

The ultra-prestigious Blum & Poe Gallery will feature an opening of works by Nobuo Sekine as well as sculptures by Gavin Kenyon. Says the gallery, "Comprised of plaster, fabric, and pigment, Kenyon's recent sculptures are gorgeously stained, physically heavy, viscerally primitive, and humbly perverse." Here's an example of Gavin Kenyon's new work:

Mark Moore Gallery at 5790 Washington Blvd. will offer the "visionary tableaux narratives" of Thomas Woodruff:

Annie Lapin's show "Various Peep Shows" will open at Honor Fraser at 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd:

Angles Gallery at 2754 S. La Cienega will feature a new show by Tony de los Reyes, called "Border Theory": 

New work by painter Matthew Penkala is opening at Western Project at 2762 S. La Cienega:

Also opening on Saturday will be new shows at Maloney Fine Art at 2680 S. La Cienega, at Koplin Del Rio at 6031 Washington Blvd., at Los Angeles Projects at 6006 Washington Blvd., and at Anat Ebgi Gallery at 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd.