The Best of 2012 Miami Beach Art Fairs
CARTWHEEL’s List of Trends, Successes and Discoveries at Miami Beach Art Fairs, Dec. 6-9, 2012 I didn’t know I had reached maximum art stimulus overload in Miami until it was 4am east coast time on Monday. The fairs were over, I was on a plane about to land in Los Angeles and, coming out of…
Cartwheel Recap: Designer Con 2012 opens in Pasadena ~ Part Two
DesignerCon is a great way to get closer to your favorite artists, while discovering new and emerging artists. I’ve been followingSave The Panduhs and Sket One for the past year and here they were at D-CON 2012 in Pasadena. These two artists are on different playing fields, but have one end goal, to make it…
“California Photography Now” at New Image Art
“California Photography Now” opened December 1st at New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood. A photographic exhibition, encapsulating the essence of portraiture, urban landscapes, lifestyles and trends specific to the current California environment. Featured photographers in this exhibit are; Jerry Hsu, Todd Jordan, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Jen “JR” Reynolds, Curits Buchanan, Tino Razo, Neck Face,…
Myron Conan Dyal and Christopher Ulrich: Alchemy, Love, and “The Reckoning”
Sunday night mystic sculptor Myron Conan Dyal and painter Christopher Ulrich discussed their art, creativity, alchemy, religion, and love at La Luz de Jesus, further illuminating both artists’ works; Dyal has shown before at La Luz, and Ulrich’s monumental “The Christ Chronocator Series III: The Reckoning,” the final chapter in Ulrich’s six-year odyssey, the Demoneater…
Charity Case: “Art with a Heart” & “Print Isn’t Dead” at WWA Gallery
Let’s face it, we humans are contrary folk. We will cut each other off in traffic without even signaling. We will berate underpaid, blameless supermarket cashiers for not opening more registers, even if there are only two people ahead of us. We will bump into each other while walking and texting, then scowl at…
The Art of Letting Go: THEFL on His Art and Impermanence
Last month, I attended a signing at The Last Bookstore for Stay Up!: Los Angeles Street Art in my ever-present goal to keep up with the street art scene. I came across quite a few familiar street artists but a name I didn’t recognize was THEFL, also known as The Forest Lawn. Intrigued, I researched the…
Photos from Miami Art Fairs
Hello from Miami! Here are a few photos from Miami art fairs and Wynwood Arts District. Please enjoy and check back soon for more complete coverage.
“Inner Workings” and “The Wild Ones” open at Thinkspace Gallery
Despite the rain this past weekend their was a great turn out at Thinkspace Gallery for the opening “Inner Workings” featuring all new works by Kelly Vivanco. In the project room a new body of work by Catherine Brooks titled “The Wild Ones” by . Both women express a two different spectrums which Vivanco is gentle…
CYRCLE.’s “Organized Chaos!”
I’m afraid of bees. I don’t mean that lightly. I can’t hear their buzz or see them on TV or see a picture of them without my heart racing. So imagine my sudden shock as I hear the sound of bees buzzing right when I’m searching for the entrance to an art show. I find…
CARTWHEEL’s reporting from Miami and L.A. on Instagram!
An Instagram storm is brewing in Miami and L.A. Look for daily dispatches from art shows on both coasts this weekend as the CARTWHEEL team is reporting from Art Basel satellite fairs — and the huge roundup of L.A. events — on Instagram/CARTWHEEL_art, and, as usual, our insightful stories on CARTWHEELart.com! In Miami, we have…
The Lowdown from Joe Copro: Interview with Greg Escalante
Cultural movements, as organic as they may seem, don’t just happen on their own. Especially so when it comes to art movements. There are catalysts involved. Art cannot breathe and flourish in a vacuum. Whether it’s been the Medici or Theo Van Gogh, art has always needed it’s patrons, it’s champions, it’s guardians of…