Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This: Eye Candy at WWA Gallery
It’s a can’t lose proposition really. “Eye Candy,” that’s the title of the latest group exhibition at WWA Gallery. It’s a wide open theme, leaving an infinite panorama of options for the eleven artists featured to throw themselves into. Some of the artists, like Gabe Larson and Aaron Jasinski, clearly reveled in the opportunity to stray…
PHOTOS: “Inside Out,” First of Three Coagula Curator’s College Shows
Leah C. Dixon and Patrick Servedio took the plunge March 30 as the first of three groups to curate a show at Coagula Curatorial. Boldly diving into Mat Gleason’s storage, Leah and Patrick compiled a cohesive and well attended show. Next week Cindy Schwarzstein (full disclosure, CARTWHEEL’s publisher) and artist Gina Mead Howie put…
Who the F*ck Are the Rolling Stones? 50 Years of the Photos at PROJECT Gallery Answer That Question
In 1974, guitarist Keith Richards wore a tee shirt to a press conference that read Who the Fuck is Mick Jagger? Time is on the side of The Rolling Stones, because even today, fifty years after the band released their their first album, most people know the answer to that question, and The Rolling Stones…
Training Wheels: “Art Collector Starter Kit” at Corey Helford Gallery
It’s a shrewd move really, and one I’m sure a lot of galleries will be emulating. Corey Helford Gallery asked their stable of top tier artists to create 12″ x 12″ pieces for “Art Collector Starter Kit” (which opened Saturday). This allowed the artists and gallery to set the prices within the realm of possibility for…
Brave New Worlds: “Futurology” and Heidi Taillifer at Copro Gallery
Considering we live in an age of digital footprints, cyber-surveillance, and iron domes, I’m surprised that I don’t see more paranoid art. I see a lot of sad bunnies and suicidal bears, but I reckon that has more to do with our inner-child, lost youth, and other icky therapeutic garbage than anything dealing with Orwellian…
ΔLΞC MONOPOLY “Park Place” Exhibition at LAB ART Gallery
ΔLΞC Monopoly opened his first solo exhibition in LA, “Park Place,” March 14th, 2013, at street art gallery LAB Art. The show features 360 paintings spanning his career, including new paintings created exclusively for the show. ALEC Monopoly is renown for incorporating Monopoly Man, the Monopoly board game’s mascot, into his street art, paintings,…
Photos: CARTWHEEL Mini Art Fair Pop Up Opening Draws Artists and Art Lovers
Scott Michael Ackerman’s art card series set the tone for the opening night of the CARTWHEEL’s Mini Art Fair Street & Outsider Art Pop Up Show: Take pictures so we did–and so did our friends! And we’ll have more coming from the rest of the weekend, including Kashmere live at PROJECT Gallery, Saturday yoga, and…
Photos: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Arrive at Subliminal Projects
There’s a real family vibe at Subliminal Projects, Shepard greeting guests before spinning, his wife Amanda and kids moving through the crowd, itself a mix of Westside art patrons with Blouin ArtInFocus Gallery Guides in one hand, price lists in other; and Silver Lake/Echo Park locals, including some die hard Obey fans, with everyone taking…
Mike Shine “Flotsam’s Harvest” at White Walls
Mike Shine created an entire universe at White Walls for the opening of “Flotsam’s Harvest,” his sweeping installation of street art, paintings, films, as he launched his graphic novella Flotsam’s Harvest, the tale of Dr. Flotsam’s encounters with ten people throughout the course of history. And to add even more intrigue, each aspect of Shine’s…
Gallerists Discuss Armory Arts Week
Amory Arts Week was a flurry of activity for collectors, artists, and of course gallerists, the majority of whom travel thousands of miles, coordinating the shipping of art works, setting up their booths, and then greeting myriads of visitors over the course of four days, before tearing it all down, and shipping it back. We…
Los Angeles Falls #undertheinfluence of Desire Obtain Cherish at KM Fine Arts
Eye candy. Lots of eye candy and designer logos, not just on the walls at KM Fine Arts where Desire Obtain Cherish displayed his mind blowing, giant designer logo embossed pills and over-sized Blow-Pops in mouth watering hues, but chattering and bouncing inside the gallery’s walls, overflowing onto the street at the preview and opening…