“Ice Loves Rococo” – Van Arno at CHG Circa
Rock stars can have rare moments of honesty when it comes to explaining why they became musicians in the first place. “To get chicks” is a frequent refrain. Artists will be a bit more dodgy on the subject, tending to offer loftier motives than merely wanting to paint naked bodies. I think they’re hedging their bets. When…
Hello Kitty Takes Over Known Gallery
As a little girl, I thought Sanrio was toy heaven. Every mall trip, I begged to go inside. And when I did, I made sure I saw every inch of the store. I had to pick up all the trinkets, click every cutesy mechanical pencil and Sanrio-character-topped pen until one of my parents dragged me…
Matjames Metson, CARTWHEEL Featured Artist, to Show at Fowler Museum
We at CARTWHEEL are thrilled that Matjames Metson, one of our featured artists, has been invited to participate in an upcoming exhibition at UCLA’s Fowler Museum in 2014. Previously Matjames has exhibited in group shows at Los Angeles Craft and Folk Museum, the American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, Barrister’s Gallery in New…
Cryptik Brings his Movement to Book Form
While we are surrounded by familiar images and clear-cut messages in common visuals such as billboards, in the right parts of town images wait for us to dissect them. In the grittiest of settings, Cryptik places images of beautiful calligraphy and visually complex figures like Gandhi. The artist’s works compose the “Cryptik Movement,” an art…
Reporting from Laguna Beach: Spangled and Spankin’ New
Laguna Beach is producing more diverse and vigorous shows than ever, and this month proves it. Within a few blocks of one another, close enough by foot to enjoy a warm fall evening, three art exhibitions opened last weekend. Like walking from Tomorrowland through Sleeping Beauty’s Castle past Fantasyland to the Haunted Mansion and then…
“The Macabre Show” Opens at La Luz de Jesus
Awe-inspiring. Jaw-droppingly, soul-moving beautiful works of art. Friday night I was faint with appreciation for what is the strongest, most focused group shows La Luz de Jesus has offered this year. Each artist in “The Macabre Show” exhibited coherent, cohesive, and unique visions that blended seamlessly, creating a powerful impact that left attendees uncharacteristically subdued…
Shark Toof Talks Art, New Book. Signs Book October 11 at La Luz de Jesus
As a form, street art proves oftentimes unpredictable and unexpected. You never know just what you might encounter when you round the corner of a street or drive down an alley. Among the many artists shaking us out of the boredom of our everyday lives is Shark Toof, whose signature shark emblazons city walls everywhere from…
Interview with Jon Beinart, Beinart Collective: “Anomalies” Opens October 13 at Copro
Jon Beinart has just curated “Anomalies,” an exhibit at CoproGallery, opening on October 13th When will the Beinart Collective radically take over the mainstream art world? As much as the suppressed megalomaniac inside me would love this, I don’t think it would be healthy for me, or the mainstream art world.. I just hope the collective…
“For Dogs’ Sake,”The London Police’s VIP Fashion Show and Documentary : Prelude to Show at Corey Helford
Sunday afternoon isn’t the most happening bar time in Hollywood, and bars aren’t the first places you think of when you hear “runway show.” Already, these two elements made “For Dogs Sake” — a VIP event put together by global street (and now gallery) artist group The London Police and Corey Helford Gallery, in anticipation…
“The Noise in the Basement” at WWA Gallery
Exhibit titles can be rather frustrating beasts for me. They tend to be oblique, esoteric things that rarely have any relevance to the art they’re intended to encapsulate. It may sound like a nitpicky, pet peevey gripe, but I’m prone to melodramatic bouts of anxiety over art as a general rule. However, when I find myself awake…
“Nailed” Closing Reception at Subliminal Projects
Allow me to take a moment for some girl talk. Being a woman is hard work. You have to constantly maintain a pristine appearance, right down to the smallest details – for example, your nails. And while some of us feel content with a plain nude color or perhaps an adventurous neon hue, others take…