Hollywood has gone to the apes.

That’s the concept behind the new exhibit from celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg. After shooting such highly evolved humans as Tom Cruise, Jon Stewart, David Bowie, and the cast of Charlie’s Angels (remember the billboards on Sunset of Cameron riding the bull?), Greenberg has opted for furrier subject matter. “Monkey Portraits” displays twelve photos of primates, taken from 2001 to the present day. The images look like paintings: Through her crafty use of Photo Shopping and retouching, she’s made a career of manipulating her subjects’ appearance.

If you’re worried that she’s given up on Hollywood, you’ll be relieved to hear that these are no regular, banana-eating monkeys. All of the apes have talent agents, and most of them have been series regulars or, at the very least, have guest-starred somewhere (Animal Planet, The Tonight Show, Unsolved Mysteries, Pirates of the Caribbean). Looking at their faces, you might even catch a glimpse of something eerily recognizable. As Greenberg herself says, “Their intelligence and emotion remind us that we are animals as well.”

So in a town where everyone is looking to get his SAG card, we’re all connected.

“Monkey Portraits” is showing through December 11 at Paul Kopeikin Gallery, 6150 Wilshire Boulevard, between Fairfax Avenue and Crescent Heights Boulevard, L.A. (323-937-0765). For more information, go to manipulator.com.