Cartwheel Art Tours x Atlas Obscura: “Shrine’s Haunted Shacks Gardens After Dark” – Pasadena

Self-taught painter, installation, and performance artist Brent Allen Spears (a.k.a. Shrine) has spent the past 20-plus years transforming his Pasadena home into a vivid sanctuary of altars, totems, and sculptures. Join Cindy Schwarzstein, founder of Cartwheel Art Tours, for an exclusive “after dark” tour of this architectural wonder known as Haunted Shack Gardens. Guided by…
Save the Date: Opening Reception of “Crossed Sections” by Susan Feldman at Launch LA – Saturday December 9th

“Crossed Sections, ” a solo exhibition by Susan Feldman opens on Saturday night at Launch LA. For this exhibition, Susan Feldman has constructed a spiritual journey of ladder-like frameworks through the layering of materials in her compositions. These structured sculptures act as three dimensional landscapes, evoking the stratified, fragmentary nature of history and memory. Using…
Timothy Washington: Love Thy Neighbor at the Craft and Folk Art Museum

A nearly fifty year retrospective of Timothy Washington’s work is presented by CAFAM for view by the public.
Michelle Guintu’s “Walking Home” at New Image Art

Witness a brightly satirical interpretation of artist Michelle Guintu’s teenage years at New Image Gallery in Santa Monica.
Bruce Eichelberger, Jennifer Jelenski, Juan Muniz, Krystopher Sapp at La Luz de Jesus

Four shows opened at La Luz de Jesus last night, Friday December 6, 2013: “Babel” by Bruce Eichelberger; “Let’s Get Lost” by Jennifer Jelenski; “Furry Tales by Juan Muniz; and “Altered States” by Krystopher Sapp. Each artist had two walls in the gallery. “Babel” and “Altered States” featured impossibly tiny and/or elaborate compositions in the first room. …
Matjames Metson “Method Attic” at Coagula Curatorial

Matjames Metson’s first solo show in Los Angeles, “Method Attic” at Coagula Curatorial, showcases over 120 pieces of the artist’s assemblage. Cindy Schwartzstein collects Matjames’ works, which are seeped in the mysterious underground river of America, built from discards and detritus. In other words, Matjames Metson makes really beautiful, profound and moving works of art…