“Heavenly Bodies” Beautiful Bones and Diadems of the Dead
Gloriously decorated with gold and gems, dressed in elaborate finery, in life these bones once supported purported saints and martyrs, and now in death show the historic veneration, an appreciation of miracles once worked, having reminded the faithful living of the spiritual treasures that awaited them upon death. These bones are more than beautiful expressions…
Chung King Road’s Autumn Cornucopia of Art
This Saturday September 14, plan to get hopped up in Chinatown, because it’s the high season on Chung King Road under a waxing moon at the peak of autumn’s balmy nights. Coagula throws a grand re-opening bash at their new location, 974 Chung King Road, across the walkway from the their old spot which was…
Robert Williams Mr. Bitchin’ Screening, Interview with Filmmakers, Special Offer!
Robert Williams is Mr Bitchin, pure and simple. He is a primogenitor, a force and source of Pop Surrealism, Low Brow and Kustom Kulture whose generosity to younger artists is matched only by his exacting attention to detail and his deep, abiding fascination with humans and the machines they create (and destroy). And now, after…
Laluzapalooza Preview: Mark Edward and his Magical Devices
Laluzapalooza is one of my favorite art shows of the year: Over a hundred artists from all over the world exhibiting so much amazing art, plus the opening is one of the best parties ever. While looking at–okay drooling over–all the art I don’t have room for in my house, a name leapt out, one…
“Make Art, Not War” Shepard Fairey Paints Town Red
For the next two days, artist Shepard Fairey and crew are turning a blank wall at Baller Hardware on Tracy and Hyperion into a mural, a (hopefully) permanent piece of statement art reading MAKE ART, NOT WAR Fairey is friends with Baller’s owners and buys supplies there which is how the mural came about. (Baller…
Myron Conan Dyal and Christopher Ulrich: Alchemy, Love, and “The Reckoning”
Sunday night mystic sculptor Myron Conan Dyal and painter Christopher Ulrich discussed their art, creativity, alchemy, religion, and love at La Luz de Jesus, further illuminating both artists’ works; Dyal has shown before at La Luz, and Ulrich’s monumental “The Christ Chronocator Series III: The Reckoning,” the final chapter in Ulrich’s six-year odyssey, the Demoneater…
CARTWHEEL Blog: Gregory Siff is Everywhere!
Today I popped into one of my favorite local hair stylists, Madin, my go-to-genii for emergency blow outs and up-dos, and there taped to her mirror was a Gregory Siff drawing he’d done of her. What a surprise! Turns out this CARTWHEEL favorite is one of her clients, too.