Desire Obtain Cherish: #undertheinfluence at KM Fine Arts
Desire Obtain Cherish #undertheinfluence, the artist’s only solo in LA this year, opens March 15 at KM Fine Arts. A spectacle reflecting on Los Angeles, celebrity, death and immortality, disposable culture, our desires, obsessions, and addictions, fulsome with biting satire and lascivious excess, #undertheinfluence showcases Desire Obtain Cherish’s super-sized resin sculptures, a new series of…
CARTWHEEL Preview/Studio Visit: Desire Obtain Cherish #undertheinfluence
Damn, I love Desire Obtain Cherish. It’s art that’s just so crassly, in-your-face-smart, so spot on; but so luxuriously well-thought out and executed; lush, voluptuous, yet razor sharp; the lover’s kiss is really a dagger; so sweet and brutal, savvy and seductive. Desire Obtain Cherish is actually a he, Jonathan Paul, but it’s also brand…
Scope New York 2013: March 6-10
Widely regarded for its influential voice in the emerging art market, SCOPE New York 2013 features 55 international galleries, including Québec Savoir Faire which offers a glimpse at current trends in contemporary art practices from Québec, organized by the Contemporary Art Galleries Association (AGAC) and supported by Délégation Général New York. Hailing from four continents and…
“Make Art, Not War” Shepard Fairey Paints Town Red
For the next two days, artist Shepard Fairey and crew are turning a blank wall at Baller Hardware on Tracy and Hyperion into a mural, a (hopefully) permanent piece of statement art reading MAKE ART, NOT WAR Fairey is friends with Baller’s owners and buys supplies there which is how the mural came about. (Baller…
Art Opening Without the Art: “China: FUSION” Exhibit at LA Art Show Delayed by U.S. Customs
The opening reception for “China: FUSION,” a showcase of emerging Chinese artists at the LA Art Show, was delayed when the artworks were detained by U.S. Customs, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge announced at a press conference at the the LA Art Show’s Wendesday night premier party benefiting the Art of Elysium and The…
Karen Finley, Renée A. Fox, Diane Gamboa, Germs and Gronk at Coagula
Renée A. Fox, Diane Gamboa, Germs, and Gronk: Four artists span decades of experience and deliver different versions of working as an artist in Los Angeles today. Their group show”QUAD SHOT” at Coagula Curatorial is a high energy dose of LA originality. Gronk’s work influences many of today’s street artists, whether they know their art…
Ike Turner Killed JFK: A Conversation with Hudson Marquez
Hudson Marquez is one of the most gifted raconteurs I’ve ever met. He has the kind of gift for gab that only comes from living a nomadic life peppered with thorny characters. His voice is loud but oddly soothing, with just the gentlest Louisiana lilt. Hudson has a salty tongue, and appears to have no…
Elephants & Asses at AR4T Gallery
“Elephants & Asses” at AR4T Gallery is the perfect excursion in the days before, or the hours after, casting one’s vote Nov. 6. With most of the show poking at the storm of media during election season, “Elephants & Asses” is a cacophony of 27 minds releasing an intense amount of tension that sounds like:…