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,…
From the Streets to the Walls: The Godfather of Graffiti – Seen – at Fabien Castanier Gallery
In his first solo U.S. show in eight years at Fabien Castanier Gallery, the legendary graffiti artist Seen, gives us a peak into an experimental series of abstract paintings produced while living in Paris from 2007 to 2012.
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 Preview: One Night Only! “Under Construction” Group Mural/Graffiti Show
The night of his opening at Coagula, Gronk and his friend Tanner Goldbeck told me about this amazing tree that was growing through cement in an abandoned building downtown, it somehow found enough dirt for its root and is absorbing moisture through the empty elevator shaft. Gronk excitedly called it the “Little Tree that Could.”…
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…
TILT Creates Visual Feast at Fabien Castanier
One of the most glorious phrases in the English language–all you can eat–took on an artistic spin this past Saturday night as artist Fabien Castanier Gallery opened graffiti artist TILT‘s show bearing those beautiful words. Featuring hot dogs, tacos, ice cream and more made of bubble graffiti letters, “All You Can Eat” proved a…
CARTWHEEL Book Review ~ Billboard Bandits: Outlaw Artists in the Sky
Walking down a street in Los Angeles you might encounter a wheatpaste poster on a wall, a stenciled face on the sidewalk, a sticker on a lamppost. And when you look up you can also find giant, spray-painted letters or characters on the most visible canvases of the street–billboards. Last month, I visited the…
Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art
From Downtown to Midtown to South Central, Los Angeles’ streets have become canvases. After MOCA’s “Art in the Streets,” street art not only grabbed Angelenos’ attention, it became a hot topic in the art world. Attempting to shed light on the city’s street art scene is Azusa Pacific professor and writer Jim Daichendt, author of…
Hennessy presents a Street Art Tour of Los Angeles guided by SABER
In celebration of their recent collector’s edition bottle featuring the artwork of Futura, Hennessy gave a selected group of journalists the opportunity to go on a Los Angeles street art tour guided by SABER. For those who don’t know, SABER is one of LA’s most well known graffiti artists, who came to fame with his 1997 piece in the…
LALA Gallery – Grand Opening
LALA GALLERY was filled to the brim with young people on its opening night. And the industrial space, which is located somewhere in downtown LA, was easy to spot since it had a giant RETNA mural across its largest wall. However, it still kind of felt like we were in a part of the city…
JULES MUCK – “Muck This House” – LAB ART
JULES MUCK brings the spirit of Venice Beach wherever she goes. And so the opening reception for her solo show, “Muck This House”, at LAB ART was filled to the brink with colorful paintings and wonderful characters. However, the main attraction of the night was a house that Muck built in the center of the…