Rattlesnake Love by Scott Michael Ackerman – SOLD

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Rattlesnake Love by Scott Michael Ackerman – SOLD

Title: Rattlesnake Love Artist: Scott Michael Ackerman Medium: Acrylic, spray paint, pencil and oil sticks on found canvas Art type: Painting Date created: 2012 Dimensions: Height 42 in., Width 36 in. Weight: approximately 10 lbs. Shipping: Available for an additional charge Signature: Yes Framed: No Status: SOLD Price: $3,300.00 About the artist: Currently working out…

“A Lovely Sort Of Death” opens at HVW8

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“A Lovely Sort Of Death” opens at HVW8

“A Lovely Sort of Death” at HVW8 Art + Design the debut dual exhibition of Joshua Prince, a.k.a. Dust La Rock; and Cody Hudson, a.k.a. Struggle Inc. This exhibition series focuses on exploring the balance of life and death in our daily lives influenced by drug use (the rise of euphoria as well as the…

Burger by RADICAL!

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Burger by RADICAL!

Title: Burger Artist: RADICAL! Medium: Acrylic and marker on paper Art type: Illustration Date created: 2012 Dimensions: Height 10 in., Width 7 3/4 in. with frame Shipping: Available for an additional charge Weight: [lightweight] Signature: Yes Framed: Yes – frame not shown Status: Available Price: $260.00 About the work: “Burger takes the self-medicating eating habits…

Swoon at The ICA Boston

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Swoon at The ICA Boston

The street artist known as Swoon was invited to create a multi-part installation at The ICA Boston in September of 2011, which is titled “Anthropocene Extinction.” However, the display will come to an end this holiday season after a splendid run of one year and three months. Swoon is relevant to the CARTWHEEL team in multiple ways because her works are part…

Os Gemeos at The ICA Boston

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Os Gemeos at The ICA Boston

Os Gemeos are twins from Sao Paulo, Brazil that do street art together. Over the last 20 years they have built themselves up from small seeds to some of the biggest fish in the street art sea. For example, this year in Los Angeles alone they were featured in the profoundly important “Art In The Streets” exhibit at MOCA as…

Eat a Taco, See Great Art – Restitution Press at C.A.V.E. Gallery

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Eat a Taco, See Great Art – Restitution Press at C.A.V.E. Gallery

In a truck. At a restaurant. From a drive-thru. Nothing quite gets me as excited as a delicious, mouth-watering taco. Or should I say tacos – plural. Living in Los Angeles basically means residence in taco heaven. From big-chain restaurants to hole-in-the wall eateries, you can find tacos practically everywhere in the city. And visitors who…

CARTWHEEL’s Guide to Miami Art Fairs

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CARTWHEEL’s Guide to Miami Art Fairs

Art Basel Miami Beach, the most exciting art fair in the world, is fast approaching on Dec. 6-9! Three, two, one, liftoff: CARTWHEEL is Miami bound! Art Basel is the overall term used to describe a week of art fairs  and events in Miami that center around the actual Art Basel fair where blue chip,…

People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s “Make It Dark” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

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People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s “Make It Dark” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Let’s not get too bogged down in who Mercedes Helnwein  is just yet. Let us, for the moment, focus on the work which, with Helnwein, is a writer’s dream. No matter how you attempt to describe her art, you can’t really go wrong, given that one avoids words like “convivial”  and “uplifting”. Helnwein traffics in oblique, moody…

New York, New York: An Eyewitness Report After Hurricane Sandy

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New York, New York: An Eyewitness Report After Hurricane Sandy

  I arrived in New York just a few days after Hurricane Sandy decimated the East Coast. She was a wicked wind that caused the death of over 100 individuals and incomprehensible damage to countless more. Her scene playing out as a tragic act in the cycle of life, showing us that yet again one of the scariest things…

Stay Up! Book Signing at The Last Bookstore

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Stay Up! Book Signing at The Last Bookstore

  For street art fanatics, Saturday evening was super exciting as professor and author Jim G. Daichendt hosted a signing for his book Stay Up!: Los Angeles Street Art at the Last Book Store As the first street art book dedicate solely to Los Angeles, “Stay Up!” has been received warmly by the street art…

Cartwheel Recap: “The Weight” opens at Known Gallery

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Cartwheel Recap: “The Weight” opens at Known Gallery

Know Hope’s first solo show in Los Angeles since 2009 at Known Gallery, “The Weight”.