Photos from Fountain Art Fair Miami Beach
Fountain Art Fair Miami Beach, Dec. 6-9, 2012, is the annual emerging arts fair held in the Wynwood Arts District. It’s hot. There’s loud music. And paint. And beer, and bicycles, and puppet shows. It’s the best place to find young talent, and guess what? We found one we especially admire — Corey Hagberg. Keep…
I Got a Bunny for Christmas!
This Christmas/Hexmess I got a really cool and unexpected present from ceramicist Max Lehman–one of his signature bunny sculptures. I had met Max and his partner Mark Burton when I went to Denver in November for the opening of “Toy Stories 2” at William Havu Gallery which featured Lehman’s sculptures celebrating Anahuak-Mayan culture (more on…
Bunnies, Music, and Paint: Max Neutra on His Journey and New Tongues
Back in January of last year, I walked into Crewest for their group show “Audio Canvas 3” and my eyes immediately fell on one explosively colorful wall that featured drooping boobs. Amidst the many breasts, a few small canvases depicted simple images like an ice cream cone, and a pair of lips, but the palette…
Exploring Wynwood Walls in Miami
This December, while the Miami Beach art fairs were going on, hundreds of people made a trip to the Wynwood Arts District, home to The Wynwood Walls street art courtyard and a thriving young gallery scene. This district is unique in the United States, where cameras are slung around every shoulder and people — some…
CARTWHEEL: Highlights of 2012
Just six months ago CARTWHEEL launched our website, and in that time we’ve visited studios and galleries, interviewed artists and collectors, and explored art fairs, with nearly 300 posts and thousands of photos that document our excitement over the art scenes in Southern California and beyond. One of the most thrilling things for us…
Highlights from Aqua Art Fair Miami Beach
The Aqua Art Fair in Miami Beach, Dec. 6-9, 2012 featured galleries and artists that inspired us beyond the setting of the traditional convention center setting: a hotel where emerging art lies within every threshold. About Aqua: Aqua is a contemporary art fair which takes place in Miami Beach each December, during Art Basel Week.…
Ike Turner Killed JFK: A Conversation with Hudson Marquez
Hudson Marquez is one of the most gifted raconteurs I’ve ever met. He has the kind of gift for gab that only comes from living a nomadic life peppered with thorny characters. His voice is loud but oddly soothing, with just the gentlest Louisiana lilt. Hudson has a salty tongue, and appears to have no…
Use Your Words: Letters from Los Angeles at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Some people really hate writing. Something about word choice, grammar, and syntax completely turns them off. But even outside their given grammatical order, words serve as great inspiration for a completely different expression — the visual arts. That rings especially true for the fascinating works in the show “Letters from Los Angeles.” At Jack Rutberg…
Eyeone Captures Los Angeles’ Streets
Los Angeles prides itself on diversity. At this point in the city’s history, it’s cliché to refer to the sprawling space as a melting pot of cultures, but that argument still holds. Just think of the art scene–walk into any gallery opening and you can view work from an artist that works halfway across the world…
“Material Manifestation” Closing Reception at L2Kontemporary
Material Manifestation at L2Kontemporary featured innovative works by five Los Angeles-based artists who speak with a diverse range of talents across various media. Lisa Bartleson‘s Sphere paintings hypnotized, while Jed Berk created post-modern assemblages with acrylic, balloons, pvc tubing, spray bottles with pump, tape, spray paint, valves, paper, and air. Joe Davidson created massive abstracts…
FASH!ONART: Miami Basel Dinner
The inaugural FASH!ONART Miami Basel dinner, hosted by Alle Fister of Bollare Communications and produced by Walter Canas, welcomed international, New York City-based pop graffiti artist Bobby Hill to one of Forbes Magazine’s “Top 10 Most Anticipated Openings of 2012.”: The James Royal Palm in South Beach. Held at hotel’s soon-to-open South Shore Rum Lounge…