Save the Date: “A Quest for Peril” by Calder Greenwood at THESE DAYS – Saturday November 11th

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Save the Date: “A Quest for Peril” by Calder Greenwood at THESE DAYS – Saturday November 11th

Cartwheel Art is super excited for Calder Greenwood’s solo exhibition ” A Quest for Peril” opening Saturday November 10th at THESE DAYS in Downtown Los Angeles. This is the first solo exhibition by the Los Angeles artist and man of action Calder Greenwood, who has been a guest speaker with Cartwheel Art Tours. Years ago Calder…

Photo Coverage: Highlight’s of the LA Art Show Opening Party, by Paul Koudounaris

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Photo Coverage: Highlight’s of the LA Art Show Opening Party, by Paul Koudounaris

Check out the photo coverage from the LA Art Show Opening party that took place on Wednesday January 13th, 2017, by Paul Koudounaris. Highlights included Melanie Pullen’s Violent Times performance, curated by Marisa Caichiolo and presented By Esthella Provas & Associates, Beverly Hills. From the LA Art Show: “The performance is an abstract interpretation that explores both the…

Craola Mania at Merry Karnowsky!

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Craola Mania at Merry Karnowsky!

  “RSVP Mandatory” on the invite should have tipped me off that this might be treacherous. The line around the block should have sent me retreating. During the half-hour wait to get into Greg “Craola” Simkins‘ opening at Merry Karnowsky, a car stopped in the middle of La Brea, the driver yelled “Is that the…

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This: Eye Candy at WWA Gallery

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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…

Training Wheels: “Art Collector Starter Kit” at Corey Helford Gallery

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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…

Animal Style: A Conversation with JAW Cooper

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Animal Style: A Conversation with JAW Cooper

  JAW Cooper doesn’t know this, but she often wakes me up. She gets me out of bed. You see, I have very troubled sleep and most mornings my eyes open before the alarm sounds. In those drowsy moments, when my body isn’t quite motivated to propel itself off the mattress yet, I end up…

Sleepwalking Along the Dotted Line: JoKa at C.A.V.E. Gallery

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Sleepwalking Along the Dotted Line: JoKa at C.A.V.E. Gallery

  JoKa is definitely up to something. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that he has nefarious intent, but he’s certainly lurking in our dreamworld, observing our lust and our fears, ready to pounce on the first chimera he finds. Well, I’ve been observing JoKa too. He’s an artist that seized my attention…

People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s “Make It Dark” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

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People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s “Make It Dark” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

Let’s not get too bogged down in who Mercedes Helnwein  is just yet. Let us, for the moment, focus on the work which, with Helnwein, is a writer’s dream. No matter how you attempt to describe her art, you can’t really go wrong, given that one avoids words like “convivial”  and “uplifting”. Helnwein traffics in oblique, moody…