A Glancing Blow with Richard Newton
Los Angeles artist and filmmaker Richard Newton was in the audience for the panel “Collecting: A Critical Perspective; The Changing Market Roundtable,” getting lots of new insight into the game of collecting at photo l.a. in Santa Monica last weekend. After the panel, we visited the Jancar Gallery space where Newton showed the photo documentation of…
Dreamweaver: Interview with Vincent Cacciotti
My first encounter with the work of Vincent Cacciotti was fairly intense. Back in November of 2012, I walked into WWA Gallery and was immediately confronted with a row of masterful oil paintings that were at once dark, mysterious, psychological, sensual, and gripping. I was unfamiliar with the name, but I quickly filed it away…
TILT Creates Visual Feast at Fabien Castanier
One of the most glorious phrases in the English language–all you can eat–took on an artistic spin this past Saturday night as artist Fabien Castanier Gallery opened graffiti artist TILT‘s show bearing those beautiful words. Featuring hot dogs, tacos, ice cream and more made of bubble graffiti letters, “All You Can Eat” proved a…
Los Angeles, A Veritable Font of Type in LA Art Show “Letters from Los Angeles: Text in Southern California Art”
Los Angeles has a lot of signage. A friend of mine was visiting recently and said that he’d seen more billboards, especially ones advertising movies, than in any other city he’d visited. We’ve had the Hollywood[land] sign for almost a century, and our cars (ideally!) keep our eyes constantly aware of our surroundings, making billboards,…
CARTWHEEL’s Insider Guide to the L.A. Art Show
CARTWHEEL is honored to be part of the L.A. Art Show, happening January 23-27, 2013. With CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein on the host committee and our entire team dispatched to all facets of the fair throughout the week, expect detailed coverage and tons of great photos. Here are some of the galleries and artists that we…
Artist Interview: Farley Aguilar at ALAC Spinello Projects
Farley Aguilar will be among featured artists in the Spinello Projects booth at Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) January 24 through 27 at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar. CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein first came across Aguilar with Spinello Projects at the 2011 Miami Art Fairs. When she saw Spinello Projects at 2012 Art Basel, she was excited to…
Talking About Los Angeles Art: The LA Art Show Panel Preview
Along with the opportunity to view both established and emerging artists and visit galleries from around the world, The LA Art Show delivers exciting panels focusing on Los Angeles art present and past, with an emphasis on both collecting and experiencing art. Thursday January 24 Starting at 2pm American Art Collector Magazine, which focuses…
photo l.a. panel: Collectors Talk Collecting
The Collecting: A Critical Perspective; the Changing Market Roundtable, at photo l.a. was filled with useful information about collecting contemporary photography. The panelists provided insightful commentary on their own collections, questioned what makes a collection, and considered other relevant issues for the serious collector. Collectors on the panel were Keith Davis of Nelson-Atkins Museum; Gloria Katz…
Photos: “Quad Shots,” “Sext Me If You Can” Opening at Coagula
Huge turn out at Coagula Curitorial for “Quad Shots” with Renée A. Fox, Diane Gamboa, Germs, and Gronk showing up top and Karen Finley down below with Sext Me If You Can. At Coagula during Projects Miami in December last year, Finley accepted sexts and turned the images into watercolors, not on display in Cogaula’s…
TILT Talks Street Art, American Food and “All You Can Eat”
On an otherwise uneventful weekday, I walked into Fabien Castanier Gallery in Studio City and encountered a giant burger made of bubble graffiti letters. As I walked around the gallery taking in all the other giant foods – including a colorful, star-studded hot dog–the sound of skateboard wheels caught my attention. In came TILT,…
Corey Hagberg Joins CARTWHEEL Shop’s Six Featured Artists
CARTWHEEL is now representing Rockford, Illinois artist Corey Hagberg! Corey Hagberg’s CARTWHEEL representation is thanks to a Miami art fair encounter: While exploring Fountain Art Fair in December, CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein rounded one of the labyrinthine fair’s corners and immediately spotted the artist’s psycho-chromatic layered paintings. She was drawn to his use of machinery…