CARTWHEEL Interview: RADICAL!
In addition to spray cans, RADICAL!‘s art studio in New York houses a sketchy-looking wood rack of stretcher materials, a chop saw and plenty of tools. The 22-year-old artist paints on found objects, sometimes constructing his own frames out of discarded items like a microwave door or a chunk of bricks. He also paints wall…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Scott Michael Ackerman
Throughout his growing career, Scott Michael Ackerman has consistently painted captivating textured artworks that reflect his outsider sensibility. He resides in upstate New York where he lives the life of a work-by-day, paint-by-night artist. His work rarely makes it to California, but a certain painting on a found old door caught the attention of CARTWHEEL founder…
CARTWHEEL INTERVIEW: Putting Pork Chops on the Table with Lydia Emily
A multi-tasker of the most admirable sort, L.A. street and gallery artist Lydia Emily makes art, produces art shows, advocates street art, wins art contests, runs a non-profit, volunteers her time in after-school art programs, and sets the table nightly for the gaggle of pre-teens in her household. Her series on Africa, which we loved,…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Greg Haberny
For the most part, the eight artists selected for this month’s annual springtime CARTWHEEL Art Street & Outsider Art Pop-Up Show are artists who have grabbed our attention at nation-wide art fairs. And Greg Haberny grabs! There is no mistaking a Greg Haberny space, which may include an airplane fuselage, a shredded piano, confetti, nails,…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Roy Gonzalez
Even in Orange County, it’s a rare experience to stand on the beach with someone who is as much “of the ocean” as Roy Gonzalez. The artist has spent so much time on the sands of San Clemente, Dana Point, and Laguna Beach that he speaks in tune with the waves rolling in. Most of…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Corey Hagberg in his Rockford, Ill. Studio
When 33-year-old artist Corey Hagberg was four years old, he watched his dad draw super heroes and fighter planes with a mechanical pencil and equated the scents of lead and erasers with magical abilities to stop time. Two years later, at a garage sale, I remember coming across this skateboard with some of the most…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Miami Artist Evo Love on the Lure of L.A.
Artist Evo Love is from Miami and wishes lots of love and luck upon those who come her way. If you’ve ever entered her realm of assemblage art you’ve been blessed by the magic of a million beautiful pop culture thoughts. She intends for her pieces to conjure personal connections to past eras or worship-worthy…
CARTWHEEL Interview: Sticky Shaw and Lauren Buckingham Over on “Birds” at Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery
In the first show of the new year at Artists Republic 4 Tomorrow Gallery in Laguna Beach, artist Sticky Shaw curates a four-artist exhibition titled “Birds” with artwork by Shaw, Karlee Mackie, Lauren Buckingham Over, and Katherine Clarke Langlands. The Birds theme proves an interesting exploration in masculinity vs. femininity with this output of one…
CARTWHEEL Highlights from Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair 2013
Bright colors, glitter, and kooky-creepy found object art were among the trends in contemporary art we observed at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary fair at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica Jan. 24-27, 2013. With an official fair theme exploring the relationship between French and L.A. art culture, the presence of Parisian galleries (Galerie Hussenot, Galerie…
CARTWHEEL’s Best of 2013 L.A. Art Show
From folk art to street art, here’s our roundup of trends and favorite sightings at the L.A. Art Show, January 23-27, 2013. The L.A. Art Show has established itself as the most important place to explore art trends the world over. A fair of this magnitude helps to communicate to the rest of the world…
Looking Forward to Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2013
Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2013, or ALAC for short, takes place Jan. 24-27, 2013 at Barker Hangar. It’s year number four for the international art fair, which has a French influence this time thanks to the arts exchange program Ceci n’est pas… Art Between France and Los Angeles. Expect to see screenings and lectures on…