DoLaB Kick-Off: Lightning in a Bottle with Water Charity Pre-Party
This past Saturday the Do LaB did one of the hundreds of things they do best: Hosted an awesome throw down, get down, lose yourself to the music party. As part of the Venice Music Crawl, the RG Club hosted the official pre-party for the upcoming Lightning in a Bottle. LIB– the electronic driven festival…
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…
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…
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…
Photos: Bobby Furst, Rat Fink Opening at La Luz
Acclaimed Joshua Tree artist Bobby Furst and fans of Rat Fink filled La Luz de Jesus on Friday Jun 7 for the opening of a doubled barreled pair of shows packing a whallop. Furst’s assemblage–shown for the first time outside of his desert studio and curated by Billy Shire–displayed his passion and social conscience.…
Save the Date! June 29: Fabien Castanier/CARTWHEEL Launch Event for HPM Project
Fabien Castanier, in collaboration with CARTWHEEL, presents the Launch Event for HPM Project. Fabien Castanier announces the launch of HPM Project, a unique destination for hand-painted multiples from today’s most important and influential urban contemporary artists. To celebrate the launch of HPM-Project.com, Fabien Castanier has partnered with CARTWHEEL for a kick-off event, Saturday June 29,…
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…
Chad Muska “Transitions” at New Image Art: Urban Light and Space
Chad Muska, professional skater, artist and entrepreneur launched his first show Saturday June 1, 2013, at New Image Art Gallery. Using cement, steel, and litter, Muska has created an urban response to Light and Space, one that reverberates not off the sea and sky but the city’s concrete surfaces and asphalt streets. This is a…
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…
Photos: “Get Art” Project Angel Food Benefit
Andy Warhol and his fabulous Factory of superstars set the theme for Project Angel Food‘s “Get Art” benefit Saturday night, June 1, 2013 at Siren Studios Orange. The art-centric fund raiser featured live painting, a photo booth with Andy wigs and eye glasses, performances, DJ Paul V., plus over 300 works of art from established and…
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…