Skateboard Art Installation at Sonos Studio
If you like the aesthetics of skateboards and even more so the concept that they can be displayed as pieces of fine art, then take a stroll down La Brea blvd to SONOS STUDIO. The speaker company’s LA show room is actually a museum space devoted to the sonic arts and one of its major…
Lovely Day Opening at Known Gallery
Patrick Martinez, a diverse young artist, is known for his lush colorful paintings and portraits set in the Los Angeles streets, his neon works that play on hip-hop themes, his sculptures and his limited-edition objects. For “Lovely Day,” he revisits the Los Angeles landscape. “It’s crazy to me that I wake up to beautiful days…
Art Blooms in the DTLA Arts District!
This past weekend’s BloomfestLA was another fitting tribute to the late Joel Bloom, a DTLA fixture and proprietor of Blooms General Store until he passed on July 13, 2007. Bloom was a community activist who improved safety, lobbied for bus service, better street lighting, and eventually helped win the Arts District designation. The corner of…
“Dude, Monsters!” Opening at Think Tank Gallery
The idea that even those who don’t have a defined place within society and the greater art world can find a home together within their unique worldviews. Society has long had a habit of dividing itself into smaller subcultures, and with zines, the internet, and alternative art spaces, these subcultures have had the opportunity to…
Group Exhibit at Carmichael Gallery — July 2012
The latest exhibit at Carmichael Gallery entitled “A Gleeful And Relentless Forward Moving Of Time” has a little bit of everything in it. There are lenticular prints, woven tapestries, and even taxidermied butterflies. In a strange way they all seem to fit in the space together making it feel like a departure from their previous…
“Some Thing Else” Opening at Known Gallery
On June 16th Aaron De La Cruz opened a solo exhibition at Known Gallery’s project room titled ” Some Thing Else.” His work retained his signature minimal touch utilizing black ink on an applied surface. De La Cruz expanded that aestithic to useable objects. Retaining his signature minimal touch of black ink on an applid…
Denim Canvas at The Standard Hotel
LA CANVAS took over The Standard with a unique night of partying for a good cause. Some of LA’s best street artists are coming out to paint on 8-ft cuts of premium denim. Then, !ITEM Denim will turn the artists’ creations into wearable art. After being exhibited at Project Las Vegas, the jeans will be…
Three Exhibits In One Gallery at BLUM & POE
For the month of JULY, the gallery Blum & Poe is playing host to three exhibitions in their space at once. However, the first thing you notice when walking to their building is a memorial of flowers and stuffed animals along the sidewalk. Debates on the street ensued in regards to whether or not the…
Live Fast Magazine curates a group exhibit @ Lux/Eros Gallery
Live Fast Magazine, under the direction of its editor, Vivianne Lapointe, put together a group exhibit at Lux/Eros Gallery for the month of July. The show, “Untamed”, features 20 artists who each have their own unique medium of expression. Although, a subconsciously underlying sense of fashion seems to form a bond between most of…
SMART ART – A New Trend Incorporating – And Celebrating – How Science Meets Art!
Words By Dale Youngman Photos by Cindy Schwarzstein, The Do Lab, Bathsheba.com, Dennis Callahan, Curious Josh, and Dale Youngman As an art enthusiast always looking for the next “movement,” I am mesmerized by the increasing amount of art that utilizes, and is in fact made possible – by cutting edge technology. The first “smART…
MADE IN VENICE @ The Gallery [74 Market Street]
![MADE IN VENICE @ The Gallery [74 Market Street]](https://i2.wp.com/www.cartwheelart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-gallery-made-in-venice-beach-market-street-photo-by-daniel-rolnik-art-by-cactus-instrument1.jpg?resize=150%2C150 "MADE IN VENICE @ The Gallery [74 Market Street]")
MADE IN VENICE is an intimate exhibit that showcases the work of artists who live in Venice Beach [CA]. It’s at a really interesting spot named THE GALLERY, which happens to be across from Larry Bell’s studio, who in addition to having work in museums across the world also has one piece featured in this…
