Jim Shaw, “I Only Wanted You to Love Me”

Shaw, who was part of the legendary CalArts class that included Mike Kelley, Tony Oursler and John Miller, is something of a polymath of pop-cultural styles and sources (often obscure), which he mixes with references to art history. The paintings in his latest show have been rendered on old theatrical backdrops containing scenic vistas, onto which Shaw layers images borrowed from Da Vinci, Disney and Jimi Hendrix album-cover art. The result might be called mythological allegory with contemporary icons instead of classical gods.