PHOTOS: “Inside Out,” First of Three Coagula Curator’s College Shows
Leah C. Dixon and Patrick Servedio took the plunge March 30 as the first of three groups to curate a show at Coagula Curatorial. Boldly diving into Mat Gleason’s storage, Leah and Patrick compiled a cohesive and well attended show. Next week Cindy Schwarzstein (full disclosure, CARTWHEEL’s publisher) and artist Gina Mead Howie put…
Who the F*ck Are the Rolling Stones? 50 Years of the Photos at PROJECT Gallery Answer That Question
In 1974, guitarist Keith Richards wore a tee shirt to a press conference that read Who the Fuck is Mick Jagger? Time is on the side of The Rolling Stones, because even today, fifty years after the band released their their first album, most people know the answer to that question, and The Rolling Stones…
Street Art Exclusive Photos Behind the Scenes at Red Bull Curates: Red Bull Canvas Cooler
Put twenty of street/urban artists in a brand new art space and have them go to town on your product: That’s the idea behind Red Bull Canvas Cooler Los Angeles which is taking place one night only, Thursday March 28, at Factory West, a new gallery/lounge/artists space which opens officially in April. This year, two…
Coagula Curators College: Mat Gleason Schools Us
Is curating a successful art show just calling a few artists, throwing some pictures up, and hoping people will come? The keyword in the that question is successful. For the past four weeks, and for a few more, eight of us have been heading down to Chinatown on Saturday mornings for a seminar led by…
Photos: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Arrive at Subliminal Projects
There’s a real family vibe at Subliminal Projects, Shepard greeting guests before spinning, his wife Amanda and kids moving through the crowd, itself a mix of Westside art patrons with Blouin ArtInFocus Gallery Guides in one hand, price lists in other; and Silver Lake/Echo Park locals, including some die hard Obey fans, with everyone taking…
Los Angeles Falls #undertheinfluence of Desire Obtain Cherish at KM Fine Arts
Eye candy. Lots of eye candy and designer logos, not just on the walls at KM Fine Arts where Desire Obtain Cherish displayed his mind blowing, giant designer logo embossed pills and over-sized Blow-Pops in mouth watering hues, but chattering and bouncing inside the gallery’s walls, overflowing onto the street at the preview and opening…
Wayne White, “Master Retrospective 2000-2009” at Western Project
Wayne White’s art isn’t highbrow. It isn’t Low Brow. But it qualifies as both. It’s also all-American in the best of ways: Pure, funny, shoot-from-the-hip, self-made, inventive, imaginative. Wayne White is Will Rogers or Mark Twain with a paintbrush and a hot glue gun, an artist whose mural work greeted attendees at the 2009 Art…
CARTWHEEL Preview/Studio Visit: Desire Obtain Cherish #undertheinfluence
Damn, I love Desire Obtain Cherish. It’s art that’s just so crassly, in-your-face-smart, so spot on; but so luxuriously well-thought out and executed; lush, voluptuous, yet razor sharp; the lover’s kiss is really a dagger; so sweet and brutal, savvy and seductive. Desire Obtain Cherish is actually a he, Jonathan Paul, but it’s also brand…
Laluzapalooza Opening: Big, Bold, Bad-Assed, and Beautiful
Packed with art, packed with with people, Laluzapalooza is La Luz de Jesus‘s best juried group show to date, with cleverly grouped pieces that embraced the La Luz aesthetic of Low Brow and Pop Surrealism while pushing its definitions further: While one whole wall was devoted to skulls and skeletons, and throughout bunnies, octopi, saints…
A Model Studio Visit with J. Michael Walker
When artist J. Michael Walker and I first met it was at my house, about three years ago. I had seen his exhibition All the Saints of the City of the Angels, and through the modern miracle of Facebook, we had mutual friends, would hit “like” on each others posts, and then started commenting back…
Laluzapalooza Preview: Mark Edward and his Magical Devices
Laluzapalooza is one of my favorite art shows of the year: Over a hundred artists from all over the world exhibiting so much amazing art, plus the opening is one of the best parties ever. While looking at–okay drooling over–all the art I don’t have room for in my house, a name leapt out, one…
