If you are heading down to Miami for Sept. 8 Second Saturday Art Walk this weekend, here's a list of some art shows you can check out. Please note the hours, as some of the places here are open earlier earlier in the day, some later, etc.
101/Exhibit
101 N.E. 40th St., Miami, 305-573-2101, 101exhibit.com
Urban Narrative, a solo exhibition presented by Juxtapoz Magazine, The Michael Margulies Artist Agency and The Mixed Media Collective, will feature more than 20 pop-surrealistic works by São Paolo-based street surrealist, Claudio Ethos and local artist Ruben Ubiera. Organizers promise a compelling look into pop-surrealism and on opening night, free signature cocktails by The Black Grouse, Cutty Sark, Brugal Room and Perrier, and beats by DJ YSL.
The show opens 7 to 11 p.m. Sept. 7 and runs through Sept. 30, and will also be open 6-9 p.m. Sept. 8 for the art walk.
The ArtLink Gallery
130 N.W. 36th Street, Miami, 305-456-5201, Theartlinkgallery.com
I.D., an exhibition in which Lazaro Chavez, Blanca Caraballo, Sandra Garcia-Pardo and MANO, explore self-identity, perhaps in search of a collective response to their individual questions, opens with live music and drinks 6-9 p.m. Sept. 8 and runs through Sept. 22
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| "Glowing in the Morning" by Lauren Fogg |
2722 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 786-709-1842, Theartplacewynwood.wordpress.com
Debra Yates and Lauren Fogg have been exhibiting at The Art Place, but this is the last chance to see their wok here as the show closes Sept. 8.
Yates, who grew up in Key West, has been paintings since age 8. After graduating FSU with a degree in advertising design, she became art director for a NewYork ad agency, and later held the same position at Miami Magazine, Miami Herald's Tropic Magazine and Florida Home and Garden. She's done large commissioned mixed-media paintings and mosaics for the city of Miami (North Beach Transit Shelter at Collins Avenue and 73rd Street) and Miami International Airport and been the subject of 16 solo shows. In her most recent works, according to her bio, she starts with one color and builds on it, using no sketches or preconceived ideas and utilizes diverse materials to construct "assemblages of primitive and modern elements."
Fogg, who grew up in a military family in Germany, and has seen most of Europe by age 7, developed a love for travel and her trips through North America, Europe and Asia inspire her abstract landscape paintings. As the artist puts it in a statement about her work, "Rather than painting a landscape as I first witness it, I use the imprint of the experience it leaves behind, fusing this imprint with past images to paint what is both influences by the places I have seen and what a painting will become on its own. These paintings are not of actual places, instead they allow a new place."
The exhibition, which will also include work by Danilo Gonzalez, Molly Bo and Emilio Adan Martinez, can be viewed from 5 to 10 p.m. Sept. 8 during Second Saturday Art Walk.
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| This is among the works Shonagh Adelman will exhibit in Disorderly Conduct at Black Square Gallery in Miami. |
2248 N.W. First Place, Miami, 305-424-5002, Blacksquaregallery.com
Disorderly Conduct, a solo exhibition by Shonagh Adelman, features "unlikely pairings of figures and location" in works of made from 4mm Swarovski crystals and acrylic beads canvas. The show's title was inspired by Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's book about "a fantastical world in which disorderly conduct is the norm."
Adelman, who divides her time between New York and Miami, has created three series including the title series. In her first, Beast and the Booty, she uses translucent beads - tens of thousands in each work - to explore what constitutes beauty. The multi-media paintings are appropriated from her previous works but draw from sources such as “Helen of Troy,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Phantom of the Opera."
The Last Queen, her second series, "depicts Marie Antoinette in the apocalyptic landscape of post-Katrina New Orleans, casting the last Queen of France in a context as unlikely as a Twilight Zone portal." while the title series, Disorderly Conduct, is set in the Palace of Versailles and the Parisian opera house, "Palais Garnier." As the press release puts it: "Versailles similarly became symbolic of the exploitative excesses of absolute rule. The Palace, which was the repository for confiscated items of artistic and intellectual merit dedicated to housing the 'glories of France' and now a closely monitored museum, is an unlikely backdrop for marauding madams, merry minstrels, bicycling babes and kissing cops."
The show is on view from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 8 and will run through Oct. 9. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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| Marlyn Sasson's "Make-up" will be on exhibit at Cienfuegos |
Wynwood Building, 2750 N.W. Third Ave., Miami, Cienfuegos.com
Marlyn Sasson will be exhibiting in a show that opens 7-11 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| "Here, Place the Lever" |
2234 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 305-573-8110, Davidcastillogallery.com
Here, Place the Lever, Adler Guerrier's second solo exhibition at DCG, will feature new photographs and drawings that are sourced from Miami-Dade county, but according to DCG, "an open invitation to site non-specificity." The show will open 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 8 and run through Oct. 6.
De la Cruz Collection
23 N.E. 41st St., Miami, 305-576-6113, Delacruzcollection.org
Works From the Collection: Seth Price and Christian Holstad will be on exhibit from 7-10 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| Homestead, Florida 1979, a gelatin silver print by Bill Maguire |
2620 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 786-486-7248, Dinamitranigallery.com
Light in the Shadows: Photographs by William Maguire and Roberto Riverti is an exhibition of two contemporary photographers shooting "black-and-white night photography with a classic sensibility" in works that document their countries and cultures.
Maguire, a professor at Florida International University, will exhibit motorcycle and car photographs, taken in the 1970s and larger, framed works described as "quiet depictions of desolate landscapes illustrating architectural structures, vehicles and the occasional human figure caught in the mysterious glow of a streetlamp or lit neon sign" Riverti, an Argentine who moved to Uruguay, photographs buildings and places after sunset, and captures "scenes with a romantic view depicting a reverence for his South American landscapes.
The show opens at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 and runs through Nov. 2. The exhibition will also be open 4 to 9 p.m. for Sept. 8 art walk. Regular hours are 1-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
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| "The Great Black Way" by Eleazar Delgado |
2703 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 305-814-6588, Eleazardelgado.com
Behind the Lights, a collection of works by Eleazar Delgado, will be on exhibit and visitors may catch him painting. Delgado, who was born in Oklahoma and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, fell in the love with Miami in the 1980s, and his works offer his take Miami founders and leaders, like Henry Flagler and Julia Tuttle, and historical events such as Billie Holiday’s performance at The Lyric in Overtown. The studio will be open 6-10 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| Emmett Moore's solo exhibition Surface Tension will be on exhibit through Oct. 13 at Gallery Diet in Miami. |
174 N.W. 23rd St., Miami, 305-571-2288, Gallerydiet.com
Surface Tension, a solo exhibition by Miami artist Emmett Moore, who will show a series of limited edition furniture objects in which he continues "his investigation into natural and man-made patterns that draw out the differences between reality and illusion, façade, and structure." His exhibition extends into the Project Room which will house his collaboration with Chris Johnson and Conor Klein. The trio's project spans three cities; Miami, London, and New York. The show opens 6-9 p.m. Sept. 7. It will also be open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 8 and run through Oct. 13.
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| "Flying High for Haiti" on exhibit at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space |
72 N.W. 25th St., Miami, 305-576-1645, Hardcoreartmiami.com
Flying High for Haiti, a fundraising exhibition of children’s art from the island of Ile a Vache, Haiti,is the result of a project in which ICS principal Ines Lozano, photographer Boris Imajo and a group of volunteers traveled to Ile-a-Vache, Haiti to offer the students of L’Ecole Du Village an introduction to photography and give them disposable cameras so they could portray their community to others.
In an announcement for the show, Hardcore Art offers some background on the project launched last spring: "Ile-a-Vache, is a small and peaceful island o the south coast of Haiti, far removed from the bustling slums of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Their island is a largely unspoiled paradise, where they live in poverty, virtually oblivious to the outside world, with no roads, or cars or TVs. In order to preserve this unique and beautiful community the island is on a quest for sustainable development, to create jobs for the younger generation and environmental awareness through education. L’Ecole du Village is an elementary school welcoming children to get them ready for basic reading, writing and math. L’Ecole du Village ensures a place for the children who are under privileged in the small community of Canobert.
"Some children even at the tender age of 4 have to walk over an hour to get to school. But this does not discourage the kids from waking up every morning looking for a place to learn. Thanks to the funds raised at International Christian School four classes have been built in the past year. The pictures for this exhibition were taken with disposable cameras by the students of Ecole du Village, Ile-a-Vache, Hait."
The exhibition opens 7-10 p.m. Sept. 8.
LMNT
59 N.W. 36th St., Miami, 305-989-6963, L-m-n-t.com
Abstract vs. Realism, featuring the works of four mid career artists, from here and in South America, who have similar herritage and artistic backgrounds, but styles so distinctly different that many viewers may tend to only like one or the other. The mission of exhibition, featuring work by Diego Jacobson, Felix Bonilla, Flavio Galvan and Havi Schanz, is to compel the viewer to open their minds to the "pecrceived opposing styles." The show opens from 7-11 p.m. Sept. 8 and runs through TBA.
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| From John James Anderson's Maintenance Required project |
3852 N. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-576-8570, Locustprojects.org
Adam Putnam, a New York-based artist, will have his first Miami solo exhibition, featuring a gallery installation. Here's a little about the show, as told by the artist: “A darkened space conceived for Locust Projects in Miami, a city defined by light toward the brighter end of the spectrum, articulated by pale pinks and hazy outlines. The space will be a cool shadow, which viewers may enter, pass through, and as if by chance, encounter photographs, portraits, film stills and other fragments. An orphaned brick pillar standing alone in the center of the space like the remnant of a nameless, indeterminate space, half remembered ... a romanesque abbey, an ancient mosque, a gothic vault beneath an altar, a crypt, Piranesi’s prison, Escher’s gallery. An armature for the experience of finding oneself alone in an architectural immensity that falls away and recedes in perspective like fading memories and fog enshrouded mountains.”
And in the Project Room, Locust Projects is partnering with the multi-city curatorial initiative site95, to present the first installment of City Limits, which consists of three projects by Washington, DC based artist John James Anderson. The series, organized by curator and site95 founder Meaghan Kent, explores the the urban environment's influence of on contemporary practices, and each artist is expected to consider the site and develop ideas that are "progressive, reactionary, and often poetic with regards to their own urban environment."
Anderson’s goals was to develop three projects engage current cultural and political issues that are endemic to, but resonate beyond, Washington, DC. Maintenance Required, prompted by the failure of hydrant failures during the 2007 Eastern Market and Georgetown Library Fires, includes a map of broken fire hydrants throughout the city. For Hours of Labor, the artist hired day laborers to make objects with him, and then incorporated the tools and objects, along with documentation from his conversations and experiences with the laborers, into an installation.
In conjunction with this exhibition, Anderson’s work will be featured on 30+ Miami bus shelters throughout September as part of Out of the Box, Locust Projects’ public art initiative which commissions artists to create new work for public spaces in Miami.
Both shows open 7-10 p.m. Sept. 8 and will run through Oct. 17. A conversation with the artists will take place at 6 p.m. Sept. 8 and Adam Putnam will be perform at 8 and 9 p.m. during the opening reception. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
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| Miranda Maynard's "Glitter" was selected for Lunch Box Gallery's Summer Photo Show 2012. |
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 N.W. 24th St., Miami, 305-407-8131, Thelunchboxgallery.com
Summer Photo Show 2012 will feature photography by 14 artists who were selected from a call to national and international artists who work in photography or mixed-media art that utilizes photography as a form of expression.
Lunch Box gallerists Elaine Minionis and Rudolfo Vanmarcke were seeking "insightful conceptual ideals materialized through exceptional craftsmanship, which are intended to represent fascinating takes and points of view in photography nowadays." They were as interested in the thoughts behind the images as the appearance of the images.
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| From John William Keedy's series, "It's Hardly Noticeable" |
John William Keedy will exhibit three works from It's Hardly Noticeable. In this series, the New York artist indulges his own anxieties by exploring the world of a character who struggles to achieve balance while caught between his desire to act on his compulsions and blend in with those around him. New Jersey artist Aimee Hertog also explores identity issue. Her works in the show focus on the difficulty women have constructing and retaining identities in a culture that favors traditional gender roles by manipulating wedding gowns and superimposing them onto claustrophobic two-dimensional photographic landscapes.
Ted Oonk, whose from work stems from her fascination and discontent with how society deal with deviations from the norm and how imagery contributes stigmatization, will exhibit two works from "The too-aesthetic database" a photographic series on her sister Pim who has Down Syndrome. Another artist, Sarah Tortora, sets out to frustrate viewers' ability to establish a narrative by photographing unrelated objects and then adding anonymous subjects.
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| "Build a Better Man" by Tracy J. Thomas |
Other artists in the show include Noah David Bau (Boston/Bangkok), Amy Leibrand (Ohio), Miranda Maynard (North Carolina), Lissette Schaeffler (Miami), Dafna Steinberg (Washington DC), Luisa Mesa (Miami), Troy Colby (Kansas), Ramesh Pithiya (Washington DC) and Naimar Ramirez (Puerto Rico).
The show will open 5-10 p.m. Aug. 11 and run through Oct. 6. Regular hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Michael Jon Gallery
20 N.E. 41st St., Suite 2, Miami, 305-760-9030, Michaeljongallery.com
A Feel of Thinking, an exhibition of works by Siebren Versteeg, features what the artist describes as a continuation of his mediations of painterly abstraction through code and chance, spirit and circuitry."
The exhibition will include three self-illuminating works in a dim gallery. "Making Time, Travel Slow," a wall-sized HD projection, includes "an algorithmically rendered painting that, every 15 minutes, is virtually de-installed and replaced with a new version that was generated off screen just seconds before. A persistent element of this piece however is the clock ..."
Occupying an adjacent is "an electroluminescently backlit duratran sheet displaying one of an infinitude of these possible mechanized gestures." On the floor, stencils spell out “A FEEL OF THINKING” appear to have been haphazardly dropped over an exposed electroluminescent void, in what's described as "a casual arrangement that is deeply mediated by historical and technological references."The show opens 7-10 p.m. Sept. 8 and will run through Oct. 20. Regular gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Once Art Gallery
170 N.W. 24th St., Miami, 786-333-8404, Oncearts.com
Everything Is Happening at Once, an exhibition featuring works by Liana Garcia, Janet Mueller, Emilio Urrea, Juan Sanchez-Juarez and Patricia Chaparro, opens 4-10 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| Mmmmmm ... a Panther Coffee latte. |
2390 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 305-677-3952, Panthercoffee.com
Beats & Brew, for its 13th edition, will feature sounds by Tusk, guest DJS from Nightdrive Miami as well as Laura (of Miami) and Bonnie Beats, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| Las Piñatas, a solo project from by Karen Starosta Gilinski, will be on exhibit at Champion |
4141 N.E. Second Ave., Miami, Primaryprojectspace.com
Champion, an exhibition featuring work by Primary Projects represented artists, is billed as a show that reveals "a new breed of young artist: one who defies popular logic and creative convention to produce an aesthetic radiating pure grit and a defiance of conformed behaviors."
Explaining the spirit of this show, which kicks off it's 2012-2013 season, Primary Projects founders explain: "In 1482, The Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to create a horse, a symbol of pride, beauty and victory. When French forces invaded the city the following year, the only surviving model by the master, himself, was lost. It took another five centuries for the project to be realized. In short, great works take time and dedication to bring to life."
Exhibiting artists, whose works include zombie-like body parts, cereal box-machine guns and meticulously drawn works, include Andrew Nigon, Christina Pettersson, Edouard Nardon, Autumn Casey, Evan Robarts, Kenton Parker, Asif Farooq, Rebeca Raney, Magnus Sodamin and Alex Sweet.
Primary Projects will also introduce Las Piñatas, a solo project from Karen Starosta Gilinski and On View, a solo project by John Vale. The show opens 7-11 p.m. Sept. 8 and runs through Nov. 10. (Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday)
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| "Between Good and Evil" by Donald McKnight |
255 N.W. 23rd St., Miami, 786-539-6273, Pyam.org
Let the Truth Be Told, featuring work by Robert and Donald McKnight, celebrates the difference between the works of the two artists and siblings in the studio that houses the private collection of the estate of Purvis Young. " show also celebrates our ties to Miami art going back to the early '70s paralleling the career of Purvis Young," says Robert McKnight. "We take it as an honor to present our work along with some of the last works he created. opens 6-11 p.m. Sept. 8.
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| Untitled colored pencil drawing by Josafat Miranda |
2349 N.W. Second Ave, Miami, 305-397-8530, Robertfontainegallery.com
Art Perspectives, a show featuring work by the gallery's represented artists inclduing Troy Abbott, Jess Faber, Nick Gentry, Kathy Kissik, Tina La Porta, Scott Snyder, Simon Thompson, Josafat Miranda, Jarec Pyczel, Paul Rousso, Alexander Korzer Robinson, Simon Chetrit and others. Check out their art on the site linked above. The exhibition will be open 1-8 p.m. Saturday. Next month, there will be a solo exhibition by Josafat Miranda.
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| Farley Aguilar's Ameicana will open at Spinello Projects' latest new home. |
2930 N.W. Seventh Ave., Miami, 786-271-4223, Spinelloprojects.com
Americana, Miami artist Farley Aguilar's most recent exhibition, features ink-on-mylar paintings that depict the struggle of the American psyche through awkward, grotesque and disfigured characters who just experience or are about to experience an act of violence. “There is a very tense relationship between individuals and the society, community, or subculture they belong to," Aguilar says in a statement about the work. "Even though the paintings are dated by a historical period, they show traces of their past and point to the future.”
Americana, Miami artist Farley Aguilar's most recent exhibition, features ink-on-mylar paintings that depict the struggle of the American psyche through awkward, grotesque and disfigured characters who just experience or are about to experience an act of violence. “There is a very tense relationship between individuals and the society, community, or subculture they belong to," Aguilar says in a statement about the work. "Even though the paintings are dated by a historical period, they show traces of their past and point to the future.”
“American culture is obsessed with violence and the images in this new body of work reflect this notion,” continues Aguilar. “Violence is a clear eruption of frustration, fear and anxiety within an American moral, conservative, psyche that explodes in terror when confronted with the unknown.”
Read Arterpillar's recent story on Aguilar, whose show opens 7 p.m. to midnight Sept. 8 and runs through Oct. 6.
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| "Ocean Drive" and other works by Ernesto Kunde will be on exhibit at The Stage in Miami. |
170 N.E. 38th St., Miami, 305-576-9577, Thestagemiami.com
BAC Stage, a joint presentation by The Stage and Bakehouse Art Complex, will feature work by different BAC residents each month. This time around the featured artist is Ernesto Kunde, in a show that opens at 8 p.m. Sept. 8 and will remain on exhibit for a month. At 10 p.m. Afrobeta will perform and admission will be $10.
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| Mark Diamond's "Saturday Night Shell Game" will be on exhibit at Swampspace. |
150 N.E. 42nd St., Miami, 305-758-4656, Swampspace.blogspot.com
Spatial Recognition, a solo exhibition by holographer, videographer and photographer Mark Diamond, reflect what the artist calls a creatively intense year of work.
Diamond, who helped found the Museum of Holography in New York City in 1975, also operated the first 3-D holographic laser laboratory and gallery in Miami in the seventies and has continued to explore 3-dimensional imaging techniques and their application to art, science and commerce.
His exhibition will include 3-D portraiture of Les Paul, Buckminster Fuller, Bo Diddley and Dick Gregory, portraits of local artists and their work (all seen in 3 dimensions) and a “3-D Wall-o-Gram,” which he describes as an assemblage of more than 100 3D images displayed as a montage on one gallery wall. There will even be a 3D floor installation that viewers can walk on. Titled "GreenSpace," it resembles a chunk of earth with green leaves that appear to come up to people's shins.
The show opens 6-11 p.m. Sept. 8 with a music performance by Miamis Jam I Am and runs through TBA.
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| Mariah Fox's Alphabet of Heroes exhibition is on display at UM Gallery in the Wynwood Building |
Wynwood Building, 2750 N.W. Third Ave., Suite 4, Miami, 305-284-3161, As.miami.edu/art/
Mariah Fox, a multimedia artist, illustrator, graphic designer who lectures on graphic design, illustration and digital media at UM, will exhibit with Bryan Allen Moore, an artist and writer who teaches ceramics at UM.
Fox's exhibition Alphabet of Heroes demonstrates how cultural icons continue to inspire social change in a show that portrays great and controversial figures of the 20th century, from Geronimo to John Lennon, in mixed media displays that combine digital prints, paint, clay and texts honoring the power of the written word. Moore’s 10 Years of Thoughts on Landscape represents a decade of work with clay as landscape, from an artist who "has been engaged in a conversation about the fragility of the Earth as men have tried to claim ownership over it."
The exhibition will open with a reception from 2-9 p.m. Sept. 8 and run through Sept. 28.
Villa 221
221 N.E. 17th St., Miami, 305-416-5280, Villa221.com
Scaramouche, a legendary Miami club located in the Omni during the 1980s, will be commemorated at a Second Saturday Art Walk after party featuring Lazaro Casanova and Laura (of Miami) in the Buck Room, Patrick Walsh and Terence Tabeau in the foyer and artwork curated by Miami Independent Thinkers.
The artist roster includes Alfredo Perez, Buddha Funk, Caryne Mender, Choose Your Peace & 305 Kid, Denise Diaz, Emerson Calderon, Humberto Vento, Jel Martinez, Jorge-Miguel Rodriguez, Juan Erman Gonzalez, Luis Arturo Mora, Maitejosune Urrechaga, Mary Larsen, Oliver Sanchez, Peter Goodrich, Rei Ramirez, Ryan Hayoun, Steven Chun, Tracy Cristal and Yosvany Teijeiro. There will also be projection mapping by Pirate Video Project, an early garden performance by Suenalo and edibles from Ms. Cheezious. The festivities start at 10 p.m. Sept. 8.
Wynwood Exhibition Center
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge, 297 N.W. 23rd St., Miami, 305-438-0792, Cafeinamiami.com
Wordplay, an exhibition by Kiko, is Cafeina's season opener. The exhibition will open with a party featuring sounds from DJ Supersede and DJ Jatinder Channa, who is celebrating his last night in Wynwood before heading to NYC. The show will open 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 8 and Cafeina's party will continue (with a $5 admission after 10 p.m.). The show will run through Oct. 1.
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