A Theater In The Woods
The theater pictured above is in the midst of a redwood forest on UC Santa Cruz’s campus. The stage crew had just taken a break from building a massive installation, which on an even surface would be easy to do, but seemed impossible to execute on the soft floor. However, due to the ingenuity of…
“Remix Revise Reframe” in Long Beach
Bungalow Gallery–located just a few blocks north of downtown Long Beach and comprised of vacant commercial spaces made into active galleries for local artists and the community at large–is currently hosting a group show, “Remix Revise Reframe.” Galleries are one great way of creating some atmosphere in a not so heavy foot traffic area. And…
Play MOCA at the MOCA Geffen with Cults
Little Tokyo pulsed with music this past Saturday as an outdoor performance at MOCA Geffen rocked the night. As part of “Play MOCA,” Lord Huron and the Cults gave a free show to attendees complete with food trucks and complimentary touch-ups from Smashbox cosmetics. A DJ set from Victoria Bergsman and visuals by Emmett Malloy…
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…