Preview: So the Echo, Brandon Boyd
So the Echo, Brandon Boyd’s third book of artwork and writings, takes its name from the proverb As the call, so the echo Since childhood Boyd was called to draw, carrying with him a sketchbook, a habit that he brought with him into adulthood, where his notebooks became repositories for both his art and his…
Nathan Ota Signs “Nathan Ota: Ikiru” Friday at La Luz de Jesus
Nathan Ota’s adept, surreal artwork takes viewers into a perilous nether world, off-color and off-kilter. And with Nathan Ota: Ikiru, the full overview of the artist’s work, readers can explore the artist’s beginnings as street artist, through illustration, fine art and coming full circle to his collaboration with RISK. He’ll be at La Luz de…
Tonight, Sunday, Jack Grisham, Bob Forrest Read, Sign at La Luz de Jesus
Punk rock has produced some pretty amazing scientists, professors, lawyers, and business people, all of whom have stayed true to their punk roots by continuing to embrace their artistic sides. Other punks have stayed in arts and music, and others have turned their (mis)adventures with sex, drug and rock n roll into the dedicated efforts…
California Punk Rock Photo Pop-Up, Booksigning June 28-30 at La Luz de Jesus
Punk rock has had lasting grip on Los Angeles where the musical and cultural phenomenon developed from a freeways-based melting pot. The passion for punk has continued for forty years! The GoGo’s, X, Social Distortion, Mike Watt are still big draws, and smaller bands from LA punk’s early days still play and draw fans–as well…
Book Review: Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
In June, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr delivered a speech, saying: Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Twenty-three years later, the Cacophony Society was formed (and those who follow the Goddess Eris may see a connection to that span of years!); the world as we know it has not been…
William Stout’s “Legends of the Blues”
We all get the blues. When you’re feeling blue, listening to the blues can certainly ease the tears. William Stout’s Legends of the Blues will fill your eyes with wonder and take away the pain. Stout–an award-winning artist and writer who has worked for over 45 years in various media from comics and album covers…
CARTWHEEL Review: “Mitch O’Connell, The World’s Best Artist”
It takes a lotta guts–and a certain amount of glory–to call yourself “the world’s best artist” even with your tongue firmly planted in your cheek–or someone else’s. But Mitch O’Connell’s gloriously good-natured, candy-colored art is just so much fun to well, wallow in, that during many hours spent immersed in O’Connell’s career-spanning tome “Mitch O’Connell,…
PREVIEW: Printed Matter Bringing It From NY to LA Art Book Fair at MOCA-Geffen
West Coast and visiting art book lovers are looking forward to the L A Art Book Fair next week at the MOCA-Geffen downtown. The first annual book fair is sponsored by Printed Matter, the legendary art bookstore based in New York. Admission is free to all events including the opening reception on Thursday evening from…
CARTWHEEL Interview With Kirk Pederson of ZERO+ Publishing
Last year at photo l.a.–the longest running art fair west of New York City, which opens this year on January 17–CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein was turned onto fine arts/photography publisher ZERO+ Publishing through their book Everyday Heroes and Villains, a collection of portraits by photographers Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho which surveys some of the most…
Photos: Ed Templeton “Memory Foam” at Roberts & Tilton
Two time world champion skater Ed Templeton began his career as an artist painting graphic for his pro-model skateboards on New Deal and then on boards for his own brands, including his current skate company Toy Machine. A photographer as well as a painter and graphic designer, Templeton was on hand at the opening…
CARTWHEEL Book Review ~ Billboard Bandits: Outlaw Artists in the Sky
Walking down a street in Los Angeles you might encounter a wheatpaste poster on a wall, a stenciled face on the sidewalk, a sticker on a lamppost. And when you look up you can also find giant, spray-painted letters or characters on the most visible canvases of the street–billboards. Last month, I visited the…