New in Los Feliz: The Inn Gallery
The Inn Gallery, next to Ye Old Rustic Inn on Hillhurst Avenue is a perfect local gallery. It’s got a parking lot, a Chinese restaurant on one side and a popular, funky drinking dive on the other, and it’s on a busty walk street. Open for openings and closing, and evenings after 6pm, the gallery…
Krampuslauf at the Downtown Artwalk
The Krampus Los Angeles Troupe, our local friendly horde of Krampus-impersonators, will wind their way through the Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk on Dec. 12 for the first annual Los Angeles Krampus run, or Krampuslauf. Multiple Krampuses will walk through galleries and interact with the curious in celebration of the Christmas season. These furry, horned…
Coagula’s Mat Gleason to Teach Art World Bootcamp
He’s baaaaaack! Mat Gleason is bringing back his Art World Boot Camp, a six week course designed to teach artists what they need to know to do succeed in Los Angeles and beyond. And he certainly has the bona fides (and balls) for it. Google his name, check him out on CARTWHEEL. Mat, who owns…
CARTWHEEL Interview With Kirk Pederson of ZERO+ Publishing
Last year at photo l.a.–the longest running art fair west of New York City, which opens this year on January 17–CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein was turned onto fine arts/photography publisher ZERO+ Publishing through their book Everyday Heroes and Villains, a collection of portraits by photographers Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho which surveys some of the most…
“Ice Loves Rococo” – Van Arno at CHG Circa
Rock stars can have rare moments of honesty when it comes to explaining why they became musicians in the first place. “To get chicks” is a frequent refrain. Artists will be a bit more dodgy on the subject, tending to offer loftier motives than merely wanting to paint naked bodies. I think they’re hedging their bets. When…
Borderlines: “Narcolandia” at Coagula Curatorial
What is it about an outlaw? There are few limits to our collective tendency to mythologize them. We blow them all out of proportion. We romanticize the hell out of them. In order to secure outlaws in the firmament of lore, we even ascribe certain moral codes to their legends. We distort the often mundane…
What are Words for? Rero at Fabien Castanier Gallery
French street artist Rero will tell you that his work is about illusion. I don’t doubt his sincerity when he says that, but I think it’s more about confrontation. When you walk into “Image Not Available”, Rero’s solo show at Fabien Castanier Gallery, the first piece you encounter is a block of plaster with…
The New Traditionalists: Nicola Verlato and Vonn Sumner at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
I would like to put to death the use of the term “low brow.” If only I had that kind of power. It’s a phrase not only overused but one, much like “No Wave,” which has no real meaning and, more often than not, does a disservice to that which it is meant to describe.…
Three Exhibits In One Gallery at BLUM & POE
For the month of JULY, the gallery Blum & Poe is playing host to three exhibitions in their space at once. However, the first thing you notice when walking to their building is a memorial of flowers and stuffed animals along the sidewalk. Debates on the street ensued in regards to whether or not the…
SMART ART – A New Trend Incorporating – And Celebrating – How Science Meets Art!
Words By Dale Youngman Photos by Cindy Schwarzstein, The Do Lab, Bathsheba.com, Dennis Callahan, Curious Josh, and Dale Youngman As an art enthusiast always looking for the next “movement,” I am mesmerized by the increasing amount of art that utilizes, and is in fact made possible – by cutting edge technology. The first “smART…
The Hive Gallery and Studios: “Line Attack”
The Hive Gallery and Studios always offers a quadruple helping of art at each of their openings. They run a normal gallery in the front, a secondary gallery/stage in the middle, and then artists’ studios in the back. So, the following photos are from the main showing, which is entitled “Line Attack” and features the…