EVENT PHOTO COVERAGE: BEYOND THE STREETS VIP Party on May 5th – by Paul Koudounaris
Connect: Website Instagram Facebook Exhibition: The exhibition is open from May 6 – July 6, 2018. Tuesday – Sunday 12-7pm. Closed Monday. Address: WERKARTZ 1667 N Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Tickets: $25 https://www.showclix.com/event/BTSLA MORE INFO: BEYONDTHESTREETS.COM
Event Coverage: Photo Highlights from Opening Night at the 2018 LA Art Show, by Paul Koudounaris
Check out the photo coverage by Paul Koudounaris, of the LA Art Show Opening party that took place on Wednesday January 10th, 2017. Highlights for Paul, included the Margaret Keane retrospective, Pandemonia, presented by Art All Ways, taxidermy by Enrique Gomez de Molina, in the booth of Fabrik Projects, Mab Graves in the booth at Red Truck Gallery, the Infinity…
SAVE THE DATE & PREVIEW: Opening Reception of “SACRIFICIAL LAMB,” a Taxidermy Art Show at Lethal Amounts – Saturday January 13th (7-10pm)
Join us at Lethal Amounts Gallery, in Downtown Los Angeles, on Saturday January 13th from 7-10pm, for the opening reception of “SACRIFICIAL LAMB,” a menagerie of contemporary taxidermy. Referencing animal sideshows of the early 19th century and circus “museum shows” which collected real and fabricated freaks, this group show combines the craft of traditional taxidermy with…
Save the Date & Preview: “Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin’ A Group Love/Hate Letter to LA – Think Tank Gallery
Months after moving out of Downtown Los Angeles and popping up across town, one of our favorite galleries, Think Tank Gallery, is opening with a massive homecoming exhibit, Drinkin’ Smokin’ & West Coastin – A Group Love/Hate Letter to LA, on Saturday August 19th. For the month long series of art and events, that will…
Preview: Trap House at Think Tank Gallery in DTLA
Scott Hove “Smash” Art and horror have long been bedfellows—just look at Henry Fuseli’s famous Nightmare to see a very literal interpretation of that idea. But for the month of October, Think Tank Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, has made the connection as visceral and interactive as possible by constructing an installation that is part horror-themed art…
Dr. Paul K’s Photo Highlights from the 2016 LA Art Show
Alexandra Gestin Editors Note: Photographer, author, and adventurer Dr Paul Koudounaris is an internationally known art historian, lauded for his portraits of bejeweled skeletons and ossuaries, published as the books Empire of Death, Heavenly Bodies, and Memento Mori. Here he turns his camera on the 2016 LA Art Show. Ben Jones Catherine Coan Catherine Coan…
Save the Date: February 4–“Ship Cats” Lecture by Paul Koudounaris, PhD
Here kitty, kitty, kitty! Dr. Paul Koudounaris is back on the lecture circuit, arriving with a splash tomorrow, February 4 at The Last Bookstore. The renown award-winning author of Empire of Death, Heavenly Bodies and Memento Mori, Koudounaris is probably the only author who gets sent well wishes from beyond the grave by the spirits…
2016 LA Art Show: We have Special Contributors!
This year for the LA Art Show, we have asked some of Los Angeles’ stellar art talents to contribute words and photos about what excites and engages them at the LA Art Show. Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre is the author of Urban Politics: The Political Culture of Sur 13 Gangs, The NAFTA Blueprint, and A Grave…
2015 Cartwheel Art/Cartwheel Art Tours in Review
This year was an amazing year for art, and for those of us at Cartwheel Art! We kicked off the year with a special exhibition booth at the 2015 LA Art Fair, “Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising,” curated by Rodrigo Ribera D’Ebre and Lisa Derrick, and featuring14 artists, including Chaz Bojorquez, Defer, Big Sleeps, Prime, Abel…
La Luz De Jesus: Sex, Death, Skeletons and Pussy–Paul K and Scott Hove
It’s a damned good friday with show you shouldn’t passover tonight at La Luz de Jesus: Paul Koudounaris “Memento Mori” and Scott Hove “Pussy Jihad” bring together sex, death, religion, nihilism and resurrection, a show that eclipses all others just in time for the Easter bunny to roll away the stone–and if he sees his…
Interview: Art Publicists Draw Attention to Clients
The Miami Art Fairs and the the upcoming Los Angeles Art Show make it clear that there are a lot of artists, emerging and established, vying for wall space be it in your museums or your home. In Los Angeles, there are gallery shows opening every weekend, and thousands of artists hoping to hang their…