Uncommon Threads: Rimada, Barker, and Noborikawa at C.A.V.E. Gallery
You have to applaud a gallery that eschews lofty, esoteric themes in favor of merely exhibiting artists they believe in. Saturday night, C.A.V.E Gallery in Venice opened their latest show without some contemplative title, or any unifying motif. It is simply a display of three talented artists, Gustavo Rimada, Randy Noborikawa, and Craig “Skibs” Barker,…
Venice Beach: Sunny Bak curates Ed Freeman at The Canal Club
The epic photographer, SUNNY BAK, has taken action as an art curator for THE CANAL CLUB in Venice Beach. Over the course of the year she will be presenting various photographers’ and artists’ work in the space with its opening receptions simultaneously occurring during the Venice Art Crawl. And for the month of June, she…
Steven Harrington at Known Gallery
As young skateboarders and curious pedestrians roamed the sidewalk of Fairfax Avenue, Known Gallery prepared itself for its new show. Inside, sculptures, screenprints, shoes and more stood waiting for eager eyes and snapping cameras to fill the room. Steven Harrington‘s “InsideOut” didn’t disappoint gallery-goers on Saturday evening as they filled the room and took…
Things to Do with Your Hands: Crafted, Port of L.A.
San Pedro has always been a city with character. I lived there for a couple of years in the early nineties, and despite all the grime, drug addled zombies, and sporadic gang violence, the place was not without a great deal of charm. It was a city rife with poets, artists, buskers and salty longshoremen…
Gallery 3: Keith Ross Dugas, aka KrossD
Along with being a witty and knowledgeable art writer at CARTWHEEL, Keith Ross Dugas, under the nom de brosse KrossD, creates a storm of bold paintings, five of which are part of a group show at Gallery 3 in Reno, Nevada. The majority of Keith’s striking, colorful works in this exhibition incorporate graphics, lettering and…
Bill Dambrova’s Worlds of Internal Wonder
Bill Damborva‘s paintings feature wondrous battles that splash out from their canvasses in beautiful bold colors. However, it’s up to the viewer in regards to what exactly they’re witnessing. Are they paintings of guts vs. microbes or something else? To me, they are fantastic narratives of the magical processes that go on inside our bodies…
Hiding In Plain Sight: “Freestyle” at Fabien Castanier Gallery
Friends mean well, most of the time, and I’m not the easiest person to talk to, so I understand that they’re just trying to connect with me on some level. Yet I have come to approach their art recommendations with a certain amount of trepidation. Do you know this artist so and so? You should…
Matjames Metson article via LATIMES.com
Here is an excerpt from an article by Holly Myers of the LATIMES about Matjames Metson’s recent exhibit at Coagular Curatorial. There were 122 pieces in Matjames Metson’s weeklong exhibition at Coagula Curatorial this month: assemblage works of every size and shape, hung nearly edge to edge across the gallery’s three adjacent walls, with a handful…
Miss Van and Alex Garcia at CoproGallery
The main thing that connects the work of Miss Van and Alex Garcia together are the wild amount of people who have their art permanently tattooed onto their bodies. For instance, I met one awesome artist/blogger at the opening reception to their exhibits at CoproGallery who drove all the way up from San Diego with her Miss Van accompanying her the entire…
Brandi Milne’s “Before I Hide Away” at Corey Helford Gallery
Brandi Milne is an artist on a great path. Her work has progressed trifold throughout her career, and so her solo show at Corey Helford Gallery was quite the celebration. Especially, since according to the price sheet, the entire exhibit was sold out before the opening reception. Most of the paintings featured romantic winter scenes of…
Jesse Hazelip Touches Up his Mural at The Red Fort
Jesse Hazelip made the trip back to Venice Beach from New York in order to touch up his recent mural. The piece is representative of a Cockney slang term for being broke, and unfortunately due to its proximity to the ocean and exposure to sunlight the original wheat pastes he used for the animals and…