Solid Art Services Newsletter #7
New Year, New Rates!
Happy New Year to you and yours! In the spirit of all that is new, we would like to announce our newly updated rates. Whether you are a prospective first-time client or a long time friend of the Solid team, you can find our updated rates below:
Hourly Rate:
Installation, packing, handling: $115 per art handler per hour(4 hour minimum charge, 2 art handlers standard for most jobs).
Local Metro Area LA Pickup/Delivery Fees:
Collection of up to 10 works with delivery to a second location. No packing or installation required. $575
Collection of up to 10 works with delivery to our facility. No packing required. $375
Storage Rates:
Non-Climate Controlled Storage: $1.20 per cubic foot ($250 monthly minimum).
Climate Controlled Storage: $2.65 per cubic foot ($450 monthly minimum).
Release/Receival Fee: $125 (up to 15 pieces) - Billed hourly after 15 pieces ($95 per art handler per hour).
Condition Check: $175
Full Condition Report with Photos: $275
Warehouse and Inventory Fees: $95 per hour per art handler.
Viewing Room: $275 to book plus $95 per hour per art handler.
Photography Fees: Upon request.
Special Rates for Monthly Storage Clients:
$95 per hour per art handler for packing and installations.
$95 per hour per art handler for all packing jobs.
$475 for local deliveries 3 or less artworks (that do not require forklift).
Cross Country and International Shipping:
Contact us with project details for a quote.
Crate and Pedestal Fabrication:
Contact us with project details for a quote.
Should you need any of these services, please reach out to us at office@solidartservices.com.
Solid is delighted to feature Nathan Manthey, an incredible painter exploring themes of hypermasculinity who is also one of our skilled art handlers. Keep reading our Q&A with Manthey to explore his electrifying, bodily work!
Nathan Manthey was born in Cleveland, Ohio and went to the Cleveland Institute of Art majoring in Sculpture and Expanded Media. Manthey taught Kindergarten-8th grade Visual Art in Cleveland for 6 years before moving to Los Angeles in 2023 with his wife and dog Dan. He enjoys reading books and comics, working out (though he has never done a bodybuilding show, yet), playing video games, watching movies and Cavs basketball. Manthey currently lives and makes work in Hollywood while also working as a freelance Art Handler.
Balloon Head (2025)
Tell us about your studio practice.
I try to approach making art from a fun and (a bit) self-deprecating angle. I’m interested in the subjects I explore but at times they are absurd, nonsensical or become awful. I make layered paintings that are often shaped with cut wood and paper. I use exaggerated figures in my work to poke fun at, better understand, and appreciate different facets of newly emerging forms of masculinity and hyper-masculinity.
On the Seventh Day (2025)
Do you have any shows coming up?
Not currently, but I’m wrapping up some larger work that I’m hopeful will get out there.
Buff Boy Potion (2024)
What do you listen to in the studio?
I’m a huge NBA fan so sports podcasts especially covering the Cavs (I’m from Cleveland), TrueAnon and Doomscroll when I want to be more heady. I’m a musical dunce but my friends have turned me on to Terry Allen, Chat Pile, Colin Stetson, Fountains of Wayne, and Zach Bryan.
Buff Boy Juice (2025)
What projects do you have coming up?
I’m working on a series dealing with fauxstalgia and looking at forms from Neo-Classical paintings. I also have been creating work featuring these cartoonish pink bodybuilders I refer to as Buff Boys. I’m planning out some pieces for this year to expand their world and context which has been pretty narrowly focused on fitness culture thus far.
Gator Roll (2025)
Who are your favorite local LA artists?
Mike Chattem is a good friend of mine from Cleveland and an incredible artist both in quality and quantity. He’s had a major impact on my practice. Henri Broyard makes really awesome paintings of interiors. Matt Debbaudt’s paintings and drawings are fun and his approach to art feels very earnest. Maya Fuji’s show at Charlie James was awesome, technically incredible. Ian Cato’s paintings make the sci-fi fan in me very happy. I know I’m slighting a ton of people by not mentioning more, sorry.
Buff Boy (2024)
What are your three favorite books?
The Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson,
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Berserk - Kentaro Miura.
What are your three favorite movies?
Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Sam Raimi
The Departed (2006) - Martin Scorsese
Who are your three favorite artists?
Peter Saul (1934-)
Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525*-1569)
James Rosenquist (1933-2017)
You can follow Nathan Manthey’s work @nathanmmanthey on Instagram.
Solid Playlist
Here is a playlist of music that has been on rotation at the Solid warehouse, curated by our warehouse staff!