Preview: Jon Aes-Nihil Photos at Rat Factory
Jon Aes-Nihil has spent many years as a kind of enigma of the local underground. He has sometimes been referred to as “The LA Warhol,” but rather than being based on any substantive connection between the two, that title is mostly due to the fact that Aes-Nihil has white hair and surrounds himself with a…
The Creep Presents Trash at Hyaena Gallery
Chris “The Creep” Densmore’s fourth solo show opened last weekend, Saturday, December 6, at Hyaena Gallery in Burbank. Inspired by pop artists such as Andy Warhol, The Creep’s candy-colored collection explores gender roles through 20th-century American iconography. Entitled “Trash,” each work incorporates tension between traditional feminine roles and reality. Threatened by women who enjoy their…
Isabel Samaras on ArtMRKT: “More Art Than You Can Shake A Stick At!”
ArtMRKT moved to Fort Mason this year, into a vast space filled with 70 booths representing everything from blue chip to alternative and non-profit arts organizations. Because they feature galleries from far and wide, once you’re inside the windowless, anonymous white enormity of the Festival Pavillion you could be anywhere in the world (it was…
CARTWHEEL’s Preview to artMRKT San Francisco, May 16-19, 2013
Held at the Fort Mason Center-Festival Pavilion overlooking the San Francisco Bay, artMRKT San Francisco showcases 70 galleries, eight installations, and art discussions May 16-19, 2013. Travelers will be excited to see San Francisco’s newly unveiled project, the world’s largest light sculpture on the Bay Bridge, The Bay Lights. The sight of 25,000 programmed LEDs…