Mutatis Mutandis: Interview and Studio Visit with Click Mort
Click Mort’s upcoming show Mutatis Mutandis opens Friday, July 5th, 8-11 pm and runs through July 28 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery.
Alex (DEFER) Kizu Talks Fabien Castanier’s HPM Project
June 29 Fabien Castanier launches HPM-Project.com with a party in conjunction with CARTWHEEL at Daily Dose. Alex Kizu, aka DEFER is one of the artists–along with Chaz Bojorquez, JonOne, Mist, RERO, Risk, Smash 137, Speedy Graphito, and Tilt–-participating in Fabien’s latest venture: HPM stands for hand-painted multiple, where each piece is designed, hand-pulled, and individually…
Behind the Scenes with The Karma Underground: Ransom & Mitchell “It Will Be Ours”
Ransom & Mitchell are director-photographer Jason Mitchell and his partner both in business and in life, art director-photo illustrator, Stacey Ransom, who together run Purebred Studio, a San Francisco based film and sound stage which doubles as their art studio. Friends of CARTWHEEL, the couple spent time with Cindy during ArtPadSF, and are participating in…
Studio Visit: Making the Screen with Chuck Sperry
Chuck Sperry has been creating his particular style of screened art, usually for rock posters for over 15 years. Sperry was preparing for his touring exhibition, “The Flowers of Popular Victories” when we stopped by his Oakland, CA studio to learn his process, which he took us through twice, for the fist time using…
Preview: Bobby Furst’s Desert Art Raises the Heat at La Luz de Jesus
Joshua Tree-based artist Bobby Furst has been creating assemblage since he was little boy growing up in Laurel Canyon. Decades later, after meeting George Herms, Furst brought a portfolio of his own work to Santa Monica College of Design Art and Architecture’s administration on the first day of classes, and was admitted into Herm’s…
Preview: Eric Minh Swenson LIVE on Firedoglake.com Monday, May 20th
You’ve seen Eric Minh Swenson at art galleries and events all over the Los Angeles, the guy with the big cameras, low key vibe, and artfully shaped facial hair. His photos, aside from appearing on CARTWHEEL, can be found in Artillery Magazine and Coagula Art Journal. He also writes for Huffington Post (His article on phone…
CARTWHEEL Preview: Magician/Artist Mark Edward: “Soothsayer” at Fold Gallery
Artists are magicians, able to cause change to occur in accordance with their will. (Well, they cause change to occur with their chosen medium, and they all would like to transform their art into gold!) Artist Mark Edward, whose “Soothsayer” reception is Saturday, May 18 at the Fold Gallery in the Spring Arts Building downtown,…
Exclusive Preview: Speedy Graphito Braves “NewWorlds” at Fabien Castanier
Elfin art world trickster Speedy Graphito landed in Los Angeles two months ago from Paris, France with a suitcase full of stencils and a head full impressions and ideas germinating from his previous visits to L.A. Working out of Malibu studio provided by his gallerist Fabien Castanier, Speedy lived up to his name, working 14…
Interview: An Artist with a View, Jeremiah Kille
It’s easy to envy the locale where artist Jeremiah Kille‘s studio is located: Northern California, at the doorstep of an oceanfront state park where the forest meets the sea. This budding artist-to-watch comes to L.A. this week for his show “Fragile Empire” at PROJECT Gallery opening April 25. In this recent interview, exclusively for CARTWHEELArt.com…
CARTWHEEL Preview: Gary Baseman “The Door is Always Open”
Ever see a show that is soooooo good you want to shout it from the rooftops and post ever single picture you took? But at the same time it’s so good you don’t want to spoil the surprise? The Gary Baseman retrospective “The Door is Always Open” at the Skirball Center is one of…
Meet Ramsey Chahine, Featured Artist in CARTWHEEL Show, Opening April 18 in Downtown Los Angeles Arts District
CARTWHEEL loves being in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District, supporting the artists and businesses, so presenting a solo exhibition from Ramsey Chahine at #103 1820 Industrial Street was a natural match for us here at CARTWHEEL. We’re good at pop-ups–CARTWHEEL was coming off their four day mini-art fair event in March; and Cindy and…