CARTWHEEL Preview: Gary Baseman “The Door is Always Open”
Ever see a show that is soooooo good you want to shout it from the rooftops and post ever single picture you took? But at the same time it’s so good you don’t want to spoil the surprise? The Gary Baseman retrospective “The Door is Always Open” at the Skirball Center is one of…
Celebrating Varnish Fine Art “Decade – 1, It’s Been a Bloody Good Ten Years”
For a decade now, Varnish Fine Arts’ Jen Rogers and Kerri Stephens have created a sense of community and family that embraces the Pop Surrealism/New Classical/avant-garde world. Their gallery showcases strong, strange art, and their mango-saki cocktails served at openings are notorious. They are stand-up gallery owners with an appreciation of both art and…
Ramsey Chahine Wins With “La Luta Art Show”
Last Thursday night, Ramsey Chahine opened his first solo show in Los Angeles at the The Daily Dose‘s exhibition space in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District. Presented by CARTWHEEL in conjunction with The Daily Dose, “La Luta Art Show” which runs through May 16, 2013 features 25 new works by the artist, ranging from drawings to…
Ben Brough “Children of the Wave” Opens at Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
Ben Brough is one of the most authentic, talented, raddest guys I know. He lives his life full force, doesn’t care what other people say, is insanely intelligent and knows so much about the world–especially the art world–but doesn’t give into one iota of the pretentious nature of it. He’s a family man, can…
“YES!” They Did at Coagula
Cartwheel Art founder Cindy Schwarzstein had just finished the Cartwheel Art Mini-Art Fair at PROJECT Gallery and was planning La Luta, Ramsey Chahine’s debut solo show at Daily Dose’s exhibition space, when she and Coagula Curator College partner, painter Gina Mead Howie were assigned April 6th for their one night show at Coagula. Using Joe O’Neill’s…
Let’s Spend the Night Together! PROJECT Gallery “50 Years of the Rolling Stones” Closing Party
The Rolling Stones are the world’s greatest rock band, so for the closing of 50 Years of The Rolling Stones: A Rock and Roll Retrospective, PROJECT Gallery, the site of the photographic exhibition’s first US show, wanted to throw a really great rock ‘n’ roll party. Musician Rami Jaffee recruited some great players (Jessi Greene,…
New Orleans’ Red Truck Gallery “Hard Times Mini Mall” Rolls Into Shooting Gallery
New Orleans’ Red Truck Gallery‘s group show “Hard Times Mini Mall” brought a burst of an Americana aesthetic to San Francisco’s Shooting Gallery, ranging from installations made of denim and fabric collages that resemble painting, to wool thread embedded in wax, and miniature drawings on matchbooks, as well as painting and more! CARTWHEEL has been following…
Photos: Getting TRASHed at Coachella with Global Inheritance
Global Inheritance’s TRASHed: The Art of Recycling installations–over 100 recycling bins painted by artists–are some of the most noticeable features at Coachella Music and Arts Festival, along withthe giant Recyclosaurus Rex which “eats” cans and bottles. We covered the TRASHed preview in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District earlier this month, and Paul Koudounaris snapped shots…
Photos: CYRCLE. at Coachella
Art collective CYRCLE. created a special piece for Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The bottle’s artwork was sponsored by Absolut Vodka. Absolut was an early adopter of the art world, branding themselves as a supporter of the artists and arts events since 1986. From 1986 until 2004, Absolut Vodka maintained and developed a tradition of…
Coachella: Herakut’s Snail
This year The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival offered so much art! There were seven never-before-seen, site specific installations (last year there were only two), including “TRASHed: Art of Recycling” and “Recyclosaurus Rex”presented by Global Inheritance. We’ll be bringing you images of those from Paul Koudounaris (aka Paul K), author of Empire of…
Imprints of Nature and Human Nature: Paintings and Photographs by Fatemeh Burnes at Mt. SAC
Fatemeh Burnes, in her solo show “Imprints of Nature and Human Nature,” at the Mt. SAC (Mt. San Antonio College) art gallery, gives us fine demonstrations of painting with imaginative pictures of cozy and fantastic forest glens, complete with writhing branches and twigs encouraging us toward a light that promises even more content…