Behind the Scenes with The Karma Underground: Ransom & Mitchell “It Will Be Ours”
Ransom & Mitchell are director-photographer Jason Mitchell and his partner both in business and in life, art director-photo illustrator, Stacey Ransom, who together run Purebred Studio, a San Francisco based film and sound stage which doubles as their art studio. Friends of CARTWHEEL, the couple spent time with Cindy during ArtPadSF, and are participating in…
Chad Muska “Transitions” at New Image Art: Urban Light and Space
Chad Muska, professional skater, artist and entrepreneur launched his first show Saturday June 1, 2013, at New Image Art Gallery. Using cement, steel, and litter, Muska has created an urban response to Light and Space, one that reverberates not off the sea and sky but the city’s concrete surfaces and asphalt streets. This is a…
Studio Visit: Making the Screen with Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry has been creating his particular style of screened art, usually for rock posters for over 15 years. Sperry was preparing for his touring exhibition, “The Flowers of Popular Victories” when we stopped by his Oakland, CA studio to learn his process, which he took us through twice, for the fist time using…
Photos: “Get Art” Project Angel Food Benefit
Andy Warhol and his fabulous Factory of superstars set the theme for Project Angel Food‘s “Get Art” benefit Saturday night, June 1, 2013 at Siren Studios Orange. The art-centric fund raiser featured live painting, a photo booth with Andy wigs and eye glasses, performances, DJ Paul V., plus over 300 works of art from established and…
Valley/NOHO/818: Big Sugar Bakeshop, A Sugar Rush for Street Art Enthusiasts
Big Sugar Bakeshop, just two doors away from Fabien Castanier Gallery, takes the cake for artful baked goods and really comfortable interior design. Vintage Formica tables and chairs invite you to enjoy your baked goods with complementary coffee; a selection of vintage aprons and cookware, as well cookbooks are as as tempting as sweets behind…
Preview: Bobby Furst’s Desert Art Raises the Heat at La Luz de Jesus
Joshua Tree-based artist Bobby Furst has been creating assemblage since he was little boy growing up in Laurel Canyon. Decades later, after meeting George Herms, Furst brought a portfolio of his own work to Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture’s administration on the first day of classes, and was admitted into Herm’s…
Culver City: Bar & Garden
Bar & Garden, located between Corey Helfond Gallery and the cluster of galleries around Thinkspace Gallery, and just two doors from Century Guild, celebrates the art of natural wine, beer, and spirits in a warm and welcoming environment. The cheerful liquor store stocks small batch, artisanal spirits and mixers (including bitters and sodas), along with…
Photos: “The NEW Testosterone” and “Seance” at Coagula
WARNING: SOME IMAGES NSFW Coagula Curatorial was packed for two group shows, “Seance, ” curated by Maria Vasquez, up top; down below was throbbing with “The NEW Testosterone.” Women artist shows are marketing tool (“look, chicks can paint!”), but no one bothers to advertise a show that’s all dudes. Except Mat Gleason. The NEW Testosterone…
Preview: Eric Minh Swenson LIVE on Firedoglake.com Monday, May 20th
You’ve seen Eric Minh Swenson at art galleries and events all over the Los Angeles, the guy with the big cameras, low key vibe, and artfully shaped facial hair. His photos, aside from appearing on CARTWHEEL, can be found in Artillery Magazine and Coagula Art Journal. He also writes for Huffington Post (His article on phone…
CARTWHEEL Preview: Magician/Artist Mark Edward: “Soothsayer” at Fold Gallery
Artists are magicians, able to cause change to occur in accordance with their will. (Well, they cause change to occur with their chosen medium, and they all would like to transform their art into gold!) Artist Mark Edward, whose “Soothsayer” reception is Saturday, May 18 at the Fold Gallery in the Spring Arts Building downtown,…
Flowers, “SuperCallaFragileMysticEcstasyDioecious,” Bloom at MOAH
Los Angeles’ County’s high desert community of Lancaster is famous for spring wildflowers, riotous, iridescent fields of California poppies punctuated by spikes of purple lupine that carpet the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, just fifteen miles outside of Lancaster, spilling over the desert’s hills and basins. The city too spills over the hills; its population…
