Photos: Rogue Wave “Art Dorks Rise” at Florida’s space:eight Gallery
St. Augustine, Florida, known as the “Oldest City in America” was invaded by an exhibit of new and cutting-edge art with the opening reception for “Art Dorks Rise”. The gallery, space: eight, is currently presenting the show running through November 30, which features works by 30 internationally renowned artists who call themselves the Art Dorks.…
TKU Preview: Ausgang, Boyd, Heller, Neutra, Veca
The artwork for The Karma Underground‘s “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” benefit expresses a wide variety of styles and subject matter, from Anthony Ausgang’s Pop Narrative and Max Neutra’s Pop Surrealism to Matthew Heller’s line drawings and Brandon Boyd’s water colors and Mark Dean Veca’s strong graphics. These and works of over thirty other artists…
Photos: Robert Williams, Mr. Bitchin’ Premier Screening, Egyptian Theatre
Robert Williams, Mr Bitchin‘–the wild ride, the mind-expanding trip through the decades with artist Robert Williams–hit the shelves and screens on July 30, 2013 as a DVD and video-on-demand. To celebrate, the Egyptian Theatre held screening of the film. On the panel for the Q&A, filmmakers Mary Reese and Nancye Ferguson, Mat Gleason, Robert, and…
Photos: Bobby Furst, Rat Fink Opening at La Luz
Acclaimed Joshua Tree artist Bobby Furst and fans of Rat Fink filled La Luz de Jesus on Friday Jun 7 for the opening of a doubled barreled pair of shows packing a whallop. Furst’s assemblage–shown for the first time outside of his desert studio and curated by Billy Shire–displayed his passion and social conscience.…
High Five: C.A.V.E. Gallery Celebrates Their Fifth Anniversary
As soon as I was asked to cover “High Five”, the fifth anniversary group show at C.A.V.E. Gallery, I started asking myself some questions. Like, what is it that sets C.A.V.E. apart from its peers? Why is it consistently one of my favorite places to see art? There were some easy answers, sure; Patrick…
Cartwheel Recap: “The Mouseketeer Army” ~ New Works by Bob Dob
The opening reception for the exhibit seemed packed with a bunch of rad players in the lowbrow art world like Anthony Ausgang, Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace Gallery, Marc Trujillo, actress/singer Kate Flannery from NBC’s The Office who is also part of the Hollywood lounge duo The Lampshades. I wasn’t there to catch the action, but CARTWHEEL founder…
Photo Essay: “Gary Baseman’s Nightmares of Halloweens Past” Opening at KK Gallery
Costumed revelers, mysterious photographs, Ghost Girl, Nightmare and the Cat, and even some translucent orbs floating around the host were all part of the experience at “Gary Baseman’s Nightmares of Halloweens Past” which opened Saturday night at KK Gallery, the brand new Los Angeles outpost of KesselsKramer, the bijzonder cool Amsterdam-based ad agency/publishing company which also…
We’ve Got Issues / Blood opening at WWA Gallery
On August 18th, WWA Gallery in Culver City opened the 4th Annual “We’ve Got Issues.” The black and white group show, which runs trough September 27th, features artists Ana Bagayan, Anthony Ausgang, David Flores, JC Rivera, Angry Woebots and many others. The impressive amount of work in this show were done in ink, graphite or…
“LA is Paradise”
LA is Paradise is a live show of comedy and performance from a diverse group of artists celebrating the unique sides of living a LA lifestyle. Works on display from local artists such as: Kirk Alley, Johnpaul Altamirano, Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Gary Baseman, Birdman, Paul Dillon, Johnnie Dominquez, Korin Faught, Tony Friedkin, Lydia Heart,…