Barminski Billboard for AIDS Healthcare Foundation Hits Hollywood
I drove past a new billboard on Santa Monica and Highland with artwork that has a familiar vibe to it. I held up traffic for a moment as cruised by, straining my eyes and bingo! BARMINSKI! Bill Barminski, who was featured in Jack Rutberg’s Letters From Los Angeles. Bill Barminski who recently showed at…
Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin’ Screening, Interview with Filmmakers, Special Offer!
Robert Williams is Mr Bitchin, pure and simple. He is a primogenitor, a force and source of Pop Surrealism, Low Brow and Kustom Kulture whose generosity to younger artists is matched only by his exacting attention to detail and his deep, abiding fascination with humans and the machines they create (and destroy). And now, after…
Lightning in a Bottle: Shrine On Creates Reclaimed Artisan Village, Festival Creators Talk Sustainability
Over July 11-15th, Lightning in a Bottle Music and Art Festival was held in Temecula, CA. And on the festival’s Saturday morning, right in the middle of the perfectly controlled chaos that is LIB, staffers held a really cool intimate meet and greet brunch that honestly rocked it. The Herbert Bail Orchestra, who played the…
Fest300 Launches, Website Brings In-Depth Look at Festivals Worldwide
CARTWHEELart loves festivals! From Glastonbury and SonicFest to Lightning in a Bottle, Coachella, and Burning Man, our writers have experienced the music, art and immersion into these short-lifespan-universes. Now a new website is bringing the best of the fests together in one location, Fest300.com. Created by Joie de Vivre Hospitality founder Chip Conley, the man…
Save the Date: The Karma Underground Charity Art Auction August 8, 2013
The Karma Underground–a dedicated group of art-centric Angelenos: artists, photographers, filmmakers, writers, and event producers–support the people of Tibet and their goal of remaining a unique and unified culture. Last year, TKU’s first ever art auction raised over $10,000 for Karmablast, a non-profit group dedicated to building schools and monasteries for the Tibetan people. …
Sean Tully Discusses Dark Beach: Visions of SoCal’s Underbelly
Dark Beach, curated by Innocnts, opens on July 27th at New Image Art Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the underbelly of surf culture, the conflicting elements of fantasy and reality found in the surf culture and lifestyle. And because surfing is so intimately tied to Southern California, Dark Beach reveals the shadows of our lives…
Tim Youd Heats Up With Post Office Parking Lot Performance
Tim Youd is a bad ass. He’s sitting in the parking lot of the downtown Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post office with a manual typewriter set up on the bed of a pick up truck. It’s 93 degrees and the sun beats down on the pages of Charles Bukowski’s autobiographical novel Post Office-set during…
Kustom Kulture II Opening at Huntington Beach Art Center
The Kustom Kulture opening at the Huntington Beach Art Center was a super party with amazing art focused on the Southern California trifecta of cars, surf, and music. The show, organized by Copro Gallery’s Greg Escatlante curated by Southern California native, C.R. Stecyk whose life was portrayed in the 2001 award-winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, and…
Lost: Needs Medication-An Exhibition of Lost Pet Flyers from the Collection of Don Bolles
Back in the late 1970s, the hip kids were scurrying around collecting fliers announcing the shows of LA’s new breed of punk bands. But one of the members of the very bands which was causing all the buzz was collecting fliers of a different sort. Don Bolles, famed as the drummer for the seminal punk…
Preview Photos: Shrine On at Lightning in a Bottle
It’s no secret: CARTWHEEL loves Shrine On! From the use of global reclaimed material in all his work, to his belief that we are all true artists, to his enthusiasm and support of others’ work, he stands out as an extremely important, and extremely thrilling, voice in our community. Shrine builds beautiful structures for festivals…
Dennis McNett’s Solo Show and the Importance of Making Art with Kids
Making and sharing art with the next generation of artists is important to Brooklyn printmaker/ woodcarver Dennis McNett, which is why, when he spent a week in Laguna Beach for his solo show this month–which opened July 6, 2013 at AR4T Gallery — he took a break from making art to hold a workshop at…