Interview: An Artist with a View, Jeremiah Kille
It’s easy to envy the locale where artist Jeremiah Kille‘s studio is located: Northern California, at the doorstep of an oceanfront state park where the forest meets the sea. This budding artist-to-watch comes to L.A. this week for his show “Fragile Empire” at PROJECT Gallery opening April 25. In this recent interview, exclusively for CARTWHEELArt.com…
Daniel Lahoda Shares his Andean Textiles Collection
As founder of some of the biggest street art initiatives in LA, Daniel Lahoda understands the unique territory that comes with public art. The semi-hidden LALA Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles serves as a space for exhibiting some of Los Angeles’ best street artists but Lahoda is most known for his outdoor efforts. Through his…
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,…
I Believe in Unicorns, Too! at WWA Gallery
Does being sweet have an ugly side? That’s the curiosity drawn from “I believe in Unicorns, Too!,” the group show up at WWA Gallery through Mar. 23 featuring works by 50+ artists. Featuring an array of talented painters and illustrators who were tapped to portray the sticky-sweet fantasy world of their imagined lighter, softer dimension,…
The Dreamscapes of DevNGosha
On a chilly Saturday night, the walls of Soze Gallery felt less like spaces for mere art and more like projections of strange dreams and fragmented nightmares. The same white walls stood there but getting lost in a piece by artistic duo DevNGosha meant virtually leaving the gallery and entering a completely different world.…
“Under Construction” Transforms Abandoned Downtown Building into Artistic Playground
Some time last month, I posted a photo of myself on Instagram holding three spray paint cans with the caption #help. I’ve held onto the cans for quite some time now and used them probably once so I wanted to see if anyone could possibly save me–and my cans–from this sad state. Street artist Eyeone…
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…
TILT Talks Street Art, American Food and “All You Can Eat”
On an otherwise uneventful weekday, I walked into Fabien Castanier Gallery in Studio City and encountered a giant burger made of bubble graffiti letters. As I walked around the gallery taking in all the other giant foods – including a colorful, star-studded hot dog–the sound of skateboard wheels caught my attention. In came TILT,…
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…