• Broward Art Guild seeks "secret" 5" x 7" artworks for a BAG fundraiser that will run 7-10 p.m. March 1. As for the secret nature of the works, each should be signed on the back rather than on the front so that the identity of the artist remains a secret. Anyone who donated an artwork meeting the above described criteria will get into the show for free and their work will be posted on the website TheSecretArtShow.com for about a year. As BAG notes in its show announcement: "The deadline is February 15th, however, the sooner participating artists
drop off their works to the Broward Art Guild, the sooner we can post
it on the website."
Initially, the works will be posted without artist information, and the artist's name, art work title and contact information will be
posted after the event.
Admission to the event is $10 for those who are not donating art or making a $50 tax-deductible donation to get an artwork lottery ticket. At the event, those tickets will be randomly drawn and the holders of each ticket sold can select a work to take home. The earlier one's ticket is drawn, the bigger the selection they will have. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 15.
• Vinyl-Only Art Show
is all about art made from or on vinyl records. "Be creative and come
up with your own unique twist," Gina Bentivegna of Green Room suggests
"Thrift stores sell old vinyl records for super cheap and what better
than to take something old and make it into beautiful art?"
Each
artist can submit up to five painted, sculpted or collaged records.
Intake is 6-9 p.m. Feb. 20 and pickup is 6-9 p.m. March 6. There is no
entry fee and artists keep 100 percent of money made on whatever they
sell. E-mail Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com and confirmed artists will
receive an intake form. The show will include live music, DJ sets by
Andie Sweetswirl and friends and 2-4-1 select beers and mixed drinks
until midnight at the opening, which begins at 10 p.m. Feb. 23.
Chalk It Up For Art at Coral Springs Museum of Art's third annual chalk art event.
Chalk It Up For Art, the museum's third annual chalk art
event, is open to amateur and professional artists and teams of up to
four people who wish to design and draw chalk artworks in front of the
museum. Participating artists will include Nzingah Oniwosan.
Museum organizers note that they created the event to "introduce and
engage the community to the fine arts using a medium that does not
require significant time and monetary investment. It was felt that chalk
art was something that the majority of potential participants would be
least apprehensive of trying out for the first time." The event will run
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 26 at Coral Springs Museum of Art, 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs (954-340-5000). Design and registration must be submitted
by Jan. 23. There's a participation fee of $10 per space (even for
artists who bring their own chalk). Interested artists should visit Csmart.org/chalk.html. The museum's regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. Admission runs from $3 for students to $6 for adults, with a
$1 discount for seniors and tour members. Free for members and kids
under 12.
As the artist notes: "Basically it's a reflection upon the insatiability of human selfishness,
always wanting more of such things as: time (right, clock), love (right,
female figure), entertainment (lower right, creatures holding
televisions and speakers), natural beauty (bottom center, the
wildflowers extending from the bottom of the Caduceus), health (bottom
center, Caduceus), knowledge (left, words and letters emerging from the
face) and cosmetic perfection (lower left, the extending slew of hands
gripping and pulling at the face).
"The large arachnid is biting the
central figure and injecting such poisonous elements into his heart,"
Caprio continues. "Other elements that can be seen are wastefulness,
filth, and loneliness."
The five-artist show will open 6-9 p.m. Dec. 28. In keeping with the
theme, black-and-white attire is preferred. Please RSVP to
RolandoBarrero@mac.com.
Norton Museum of Art 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-832-5196, Norton.org.
Say It Loud: Art By African and African-American Artists in the Collection is
an exhibition described as "dozens of dramatic paintings, sculptures,
photographs and works on paper spanning much of the past 100 years."
The exhibition will open 5-9 p.m. Dec. 27 at the museum's weekly Art After Dark program, which will include performances by Gregg Jackson and the Mojo Band,
who will cover James Brown, Otis Redding and other soul and funk
classics from the '60s and '70s, and multi-instrumentalist bluesman Dave Harris.
The museum's Cafe 1451 will be open for dinner. As Norton's holiday
gift to the community, the museum will waive the $12 admission fee Dec.
27. That's right, everyone gets in free.
Say It Loud will remain on exhibit through March 3.Cost:
Regular admission to the museum is $12 for adults, $5 for visitors ages
13-21, and free for members and children under 13.
Boynton Beach Art District 422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach, 786-521-1199
Lizzie Rae by Lori Pratico will be on exhibit at 78 Degrees Spa during Island City Art Walk in Wilton Manors.
Island City Art Walk
Island City Art Walk, held along the 1.1 mile drive in Wilton Manors Arts and Entertainment
District, will feature works by more than 40 artists who exhibit in
participating businesses, many of which will serve wine and cheese.
There are plenty of
eateries bars and cafes to stop at before or after seeing the art, or
just to take a
break. This month's event will include an exhibition of portraits painted by Lori Pratico at 78 Degrees Spa (2153 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, 954-630-1444, 78degreesspa.com) and an exhibition by Michael Cantelmo (along Wilton Drive).
The walk runs 7-10 p.m. Dec. 21 along Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors. For more details, e-mail info@islandcityartwalk.com, or visitIslandcityartwalk.com.
End the world with PBR, hot dogs, art and music
According to Black Locust Society, two things will happen on Dec. 21: "1. The world will end. 2. We will party like the world is going to end." BLS seized the opportunity to launchSwarm 2012, which will feature "End of the World," a themed art exhibition curated by Blair Hess, as well as music by Lil' Daggers, Los Bastardos Magnificos, Black Seal and BLS All Stars, DJ sets by Jams, Revenant and Mayan Gosling, and hot dogs from PS561.
The event starts at 10 p.m. Dec. 21 at BLS Warehouse, 500 SW 21st Terrace, Fort Lauderdale. Admission is free and includes Pabst Blue Ribbon. If morning arrives and the world has not yet ended, you may regret thePBR, the hot dogs, and the fact that you now feel obligated to buy holiday presents for all the people you thought would be dead.
Dave Wilkerson's Travels in Space opens at 4 p.m. Dec. 21.
Travel in space with Dave Wilkerson
Travels in Space, a solo exhibition by Dave Wilkerson, runs 4-6 p.m. Dec. 21 at Jerry's Artrarama 2505Q Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Call 561-684-7036 or visit Westpalm.jerrysartaramastores.com.
Turn On, Tune In, Spin Out in Lake Worth
Turn On, Tune In, Spin Out is billed as "a wild evening of
live art" at an event that's "a nod to the '60s," will feature pot
throwing on a pottery wheel from Tracy Rosof Peterson, wood turning by Teri Salamoni and glass spinning by Wayne Smith,
as well a music, drinks and apparently a contest to see who can create
the most art that night. There also will be an art raffle and a chance
to buy holiday gifts.
It all happens from 6-9 p.m. Dec. 21 at Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, 605 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Call 561-588-8344 or visit Clayglassmetalstone.com.
A work from Moira Holohan's solo show at 6th Street Container in Miami.
Moira Holohan opens solo show at 6th Street Container
Moira Holohan will present a video animation and exhibit works on paper in her solo show that addresses "the
romantic notion of labor and the bodies relationship to the tools we
use in these ceremonial acts." The exhibition opens 7-10 p.m. Dec. 21
and runs through Jan. 11 at 6th Street Container Alternative Art Space, 1155 S.W. Sixth St., Miami. Call 786-587-5279 or visit 6thstreetcontainer.com.
Undergrounds Coffeehaus 3020 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, 954-630-1900, Undergroundscoffeehaus.com One Struggle: Many Voicesis One Struggle South Florida's
progressive open mike for acoustic musicians, poets, comedians, crafters
and artists who are invited to "Come, show and sell your radical
stuff." Works should be small so they can be displayed at the artists
table and 45 percent of the money from sold art works will go towards
One Struggle, mainly for newspaper printing costs. Artists should
contact Onestruggle.southflorida@gmail.com. Requested donation: $5. The
next open mike runs 8-10 p.m. Dec. 20.Check out a recent Miami Herald feature on the monthly event. Boynton Beach Art District 422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach, 786-521-1199
BBAD open mic night will feature musicians, bands, dancer and
poets (who have a chance to win five hours of studio time at Critical
Recordings or an opportunity to perform at Sunday in the Park Concert
Series in Boynton Beach next March). The event, which will also offer beef hot dogs
and an appearance by Veggie Love Food Truck, starts with sign-up at 7 p.m. Dec. 20.
* Amy Gross shares some of her works from 5x5x5, a group exhibition she's participating in at Target Gallery Torpedo Factory in Alexnadra, VA. All of the works are under 5 inches.
* Eddie Arroyo posts about a unique opportunity that Locust Projects is offering to artist. Deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 7 so hurry up and read it on Artisabout.com.
What's the deal with this sticker? Cary Polkovitz probably has no idea either but that doesn't stop him from conjuring an imaginative story involving philosophers and cosmic intelligence.
* Jordan Melnick (Beached Miami) posts hise-mail Q&A with the Awesome Foundation, which has formed a local chapter and is hoping to fund "flashes of micro-brilliance" through $1,000 grants.
* Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery in Lake Worth invites you toTurn On, Tune In and Spin Outthis holiday season. The show, featuring poterry, wood turning and glass spinning runs 6-9 p.m. Dec. 21.
* Ruben Ubiera was the recent subject of a post by Jason Kaczorowski who took some photos of of the artist doing his thing in Wynwood.
Jennifer Gironda shares a holiday work in progress.
Betweeners is a regular feature that allows Arterpillar
to justify her time spent reading other local art blogs and surfing for
local art news ... and to talk about herself in third person in
italics.
Art House of Delray is accepting submissions from female artists for an exhibition titled Who Does She Think She Is? The show, described as "an all-powerful, all-womens' exhibition" will open 7-10 p.m. Jan. 11. Artists should submit images of their works online by Dec. 23. Find details at Arthousedelray.com.
Broward County Main Library Gallery Six, 100 S. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, Artistsdoingbusinessas.com
Works on Paper is an open-call event in which artists who
pre-register and pay a $5 fee for each artwork (late registrants may be
subject to a $10 fee and space limitations) can show their work and
mingle with Artist as Entrepreneur Institute grads, art professionals
and patrons
The show, which will be held prior to the Doing Business As ... Artist Entrepreneurs 2013 exhibition, was inspired by Drawn In,
a Girls Club exhibition held during Fort Lauderdale's Art Fallout in
Fort Lauderdale. Just as with that show, members of the art community
are invited to post informal commentary about the works during the
reception. The exhibition, curated by artists Vee CoralloandRy Nielsen, runs 5 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Artists should pre-register by Jan. 2. Applications can be downloaded at Artists-doing-business-as.com and works should be picked up at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 or by appointment thereafter. To join the team of commentators, e-mail 2023dba@gmail.com or call Ry Nielsen at 954-529-4123.
Artist Virginia Fifield is one of four panelists at Girls' Club's ARTuesday event.
Girls' Club 117 N.E. Second St., Fort Lauderdale (Regular hours are 1-5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday), 954-828-9151, Girlsclubcollection.org
ARTuesdays ... Contemporary Drawing: The Private Obsession,
a monthly event where artists, arts professionals and aficionados,
discuss the role of
drawing in an environment that rewards works that are "grandiose and
mass-market oriented." This month's panelists will include gallerist and
curator Carol Jazzar, artist Virginia Fifield, curator and gallerist Tyler Emerson-Dorsch and artist and educator Emmy Mathis. The free event starts at 7 p.m. Dec. 18. RSVP to Arttuesdaysmiami@gmail.com.
Mel Kadel's "What You See From a Tree" at Girls' Club
While there, check outFollowing the Line, curated by Miami gallerist Carol Jazzar. The exhibition, designed to "advance the understanding of drawing in contemporary
art, an arena that is increasingly preoccupied with mass spectacle,
public space and multimedia" will feature work inspired
by and created with 'the line' as a primary tool.
The show will include Louise Bourgeois Alice Neel, Tracey Emin, Joanne Greenbaum, Klara Kristalova and Wangechi Mutu and South Florida artists Naomi Fisher, Beatriz Monteavaro and Jorge Pantoja.
Palm Beach County Cultural Council 601 Lake Ave., Lake Worth, 561-471-2901, Palmbeachculture.com Family Trees, a solo exhibition by Kristin Miller Hopkins,
features new collages Hopkins made while considering the last
trimester of pregnancy, her child's future and her past generations. According to the show's invitation, the mixed-media works, influenced by trees and sea life, "represent abstract wonderings and wanderings of ideas
surrounding family trees and the concept of nature vs. nurture."
The exhibition, which will run along with another by Melinda Trucks, opens 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and will run through Dec. 29.
This weekend, I found magic. Sometimes it's in the little things.
Here's the story, as told in photos taken during a fun day in Wynwood. I visited Visual Dialogue, Anne-Marie Was Here, Miami Independent Thinkers, Wynwood Cigar Factory, Art Meowsel and some other places and events. I didn't come anywhere close to seeing it all, but I did have fun, and in the end, I think that's what Saturdays are still about, right?
To read the accompanying captions, click the lower right hand corner of the slide show and click "show info" (at top) so you can read the text for each
... or simply view the Flickr set.
University of Miami Gallery Wynwood Building, 2750 NW 3rd Avenue, Suite 4, Miami, 305-284-3161, As.miami.edu/art
Fifth Annual Cane Art Fair will celebrate Basel with an
exhibition by students earning their masters in fine arts. The show,
which will include work by sculptorsLeah Brown and Colin Sherrell, photographer Jose Miguel Cabrera, ceramicist Dan Listwan and print maker Eddy Lopez, runs through Jan. 25, with a reception from 2-10 p.m. Dec. 8.A second reception will be held 2-9 p.m. Jan. 12 during Second Saturday Art Walk.
Ford, who moved to North Carolina from Miami, a few years ago, is
back for Basel and will be exhibiting paintings of some of the faces he
has been making for years through "iterative expression," a process that
he notes is different than repetition because each face must be at
least slightly different than the one before it.
His paintings are based on his drawings, but not all of them become
paintings. "I draw constantly in an effort to channel subconscious
feelings," For notes in a statement about his work. "For any one
painting, I make many iterative drawings, usually several hundred for
each large painting, but occasionally several thousand. The process is
two-fold, first raw expression, second analysis and selection. Over the
years I have filled many sketch books with iterative drawings."
Nancy Martini's "The Food Forest" will also be on exhibit.
Martini will exhibit "The Food Forest" one of15 sculptures that are sponsored by ARTcycle
and will be sold to raise money for Safe Streets Miami, Green Mobility
Network's educational program designed to help reduce bike-related
accidents and deaths.
"Although ARTcycle is bringing awareness to bicycle safety, I wanted to
take one step further and bring awareness to the need to plant food in
public spaces as well," Martini notes of her sculpture. "Food forests
are vertical garden ecosystems planted in layers starting with edible
fruit trees as the top layer down to smaller berry shrubs and herbs in
the lower layers. Food forests are important because they help restore
the health and abundance of land by saving energy, soil, water and
resources. It is a sustainable approach to the long-term needs of land
while providing food and food education to the local community."
House of GAB will also feature music by Tremens (8:30 p.m. Dec. 7), The Hongs (10 p.m. Dec. 8) and guest DJs. Life Is Art will host a full liquor bar with proceeds going to its non-profit organization, and Maria Ayala's Ground Up Boutique will be open daily. Basel hours are noon to midnight Dec. 8 and noon to 9 p.m. Dec. 9.
Vigil will exhibit a six-panel piece he calls the 27 Club. It
features six portraits of musicians who died at age 27. "I chose Jimi
Hendrix to represent the piece because he is my favorite musician,"
Vigil says. "However, each musician left an indelible mark on music
history. Although there are other musicians who died at age 27, Brian
Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy
Winehouse are considered the infamous members of the 27 Club."
The exhibition opens at 7 p.m Dec. 8 and runs through Jan. 31.
"Mila" by Rainer Lagemann on exhibit at Etra Fine Art
Etra Fine Art 50 N.E. 40th St., Miami, 305-438-4383, Etrafineart.com
Winter Group Show will feature works by Christian Awe, Douglass Freed, Hunt Slonem, Mario Velez and Rainer Lagemann,
a German-born Miami artist who uses hollow metal squares to create
human forms in works that indulge his fascination with human body,
artistic expression and struggle, The show will open 7-10 p.m. Dec. 8 and run through Jan. 11. Regular hours are 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Admission is free.
"This woman is naturally beautiful but does not know it," Castaneda
explains. "She is lost in her ideal to become as 'perfect as a
mannequin. Her 'doves of hope' are surgeon globes... the next surgery
should be the one. Her 'creatures of the night' are her fears of
imperfection"
The exhibition will also include fashion by Square Roots, music by DJs Nicolas Troncosoand
Pirate Stereo and M.A.M., and a free creative space for Miami artists
and "passing nomads." The six-hour art party starts at 9 p.m. Dec. 8 and happens each Saturday.
Miami's Independent Thinkers' stated mission is to provide
a sustainable support base for Miami painters, photographers,
filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and
new media artists.
"Voltaire" by Emerson Calderon
Each year during Art Basel, it issues a call to artists and holds a fair to highlight local talent.
Taylor Pilote, an
artist who grew up in his father's automotive paint and body shop, will
exhibit "They see me rollin,'" a fancy machine that looks like it could
dry clothes in style. The GE dryer door has a 20-inch chrome rim and
LEDs. See it in action in Pilote's video.
Other works include "Voltaire," an oil and canvas by artist Emerson Calderon, and Ashley Elizabeth Craig's
"Diner Table," an archival pigment print that depicts an empty room, a
bare curtainless window and little else except for a wooden TV stand at
far right. We can see there is a drink on it and that someone is in the
process of eating food, maybe cereal, from a bowl. Perhaps it's a
statement about the hand-to-mouth existence many now face.
Maitejosune Urrechaga, artist and half of the music duo Pocket of Lollipops,
will bring Naninks (that's the name of her snail car) out for the show.
Like any 17-year-old vehicle, the '95 Mazda has tales. Five years ago,
just for fun, Urrechaga painted it really bright blue and red and yellow
and then painted giant white snails all over it and exhibited it. "I
parked it in Wynwood for Basel thinking no one would pay to much
attention to it," she says.
Naninks, hanging out at the Bromeliad Society
Eventually, she checked on Naninks and met a stranger who invited the
snail-mobile to an Art Basel opening party in the Design District.
Urrechaga took Naninks to the party, and then back to Wynwood.
"I parked the car and the owner of one of the galleries came out yelling at me," she says. "I parked the car and left."
Naninks was later impounded, so the next day Urrechaga bailed it out and
returned it to Wynwood. Naninks has since been the subject of a New Times Best Of write-upandtwo comic books and been warmly welcomed at a Tomas University art event and a gathering of the Bromeliad Society at Fairchild Garden.
Now Miami Independent Thinkers will host Naninks, an artsy little
snail-mobile that continues to show us how patience, courage and
persistence pays. Go Naninks!
Urrechaga and Tony Kapel, a.k.a. Pocket of Lollipops, will perform near the vehicle at 4:40 p.m. today, a good reason to show up early. Other musical performances throughout the night will include Reset Miami (6 p.m.), Stravinsky (8 p.m.) ATMA Dance (9 p.m.), Matt-E Love (9:15 p.m.), Hunters of the Alps (10 p.m.), Padam by Grace Jones and Vanessa Caamano (10:50 p.m.), Arboles Libres (11 p.m.), Universal Citizens (midnight) and Flesh + Stone (1 p.m.).
Miami Independent Thinkers is open for a nine-hour sessions starting at 5 p.m. today and runs from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 9. The event will also feature performances by local bands. Check out the music schedule on MIT's Facebook event page.
"Unfaded Memories," an acrylic-on-canvas by Amalia Brujis
Bakehouse Art Complex 561 N.W. 32nd St., Miami, 305-576-2628, Bacfl.org
You can kick off your day of Baseling with Breakfast at the Bakehouse where resident artists will serve
up some grub at an international potluck affair that includes OJ,
coffee, vodka cocktails and access to the Bakehouse's exhibitions, 9
a.m. to noon 7.
It's not just any grub. Thursday's breakfast items include quiches,
fruit tarts, pumpkin and zucchini bread, fresh fruits and veggies,
Russian beet salad, fresh breads, Macedonian dips, cookies, bagels,
muffins and more.
Afterwards, check out the exhibitions, which include If a Tree Falls ... Chain Reaction. Curated by Carol Jazzar, it's a show in which artists explore "the memories and emotional
connections we have with out surroundings and how these dictate daily
experiences." The artist roster includes Jennifer Basile, Carola Bravo, Silvana D'Mikos, Michael Gellatly, Ernesto Kunde, Bianca Pratorius, Tina Salvesen, Anica ShpilbergandAmalia Brujis, who will exhibit paintings (one of which is shown above) from her Walker Series.
"We all have a particular psyche, understanding and familiarity, and it
is through my own experience that I have been painting the Walker
Series," Brujis notes in her artist statement. "I leave the process as
part of the painting. The fact that paintings start with the main
figures, that then become the background for a group of pedestrians,
against a background for a scene in a train station, is part of what I
intend to narrate. I evoke with my paintings the feeling that the
places we walk in the course of our lives have been walked by many
others before us. Similar to the sentiment one gets when entering a
sacred place that is filled with the energy of the thousands that have
been there before us."
The exhibition, which takes place in the Audrey Love Gallery, will run through Jan. 18, as will Take Me Home, an exhibition of 12" x 12" artworks (priced at $1,000 or less) by resident and associate artists. Exhibition hours for both shows are noon to 5 p.m. daily.
Miconic returns for a two-hour warm-up party Miconic,
billed as Yo Space's Basel exhibition, is an ode to its home city. As such, the
show will feature local and international artists inspired by the
Coppertone girl, flamingos, hurricanes, Miami Vice, Coral Castle, the
Everglades and anything else they feel defines Miami.
Miami artist Ernesto Kunde will exhibit at the Miami-centric show Miconic
The show opened on Dec. 2, but organizers still had about half a keg of beer left and Subvert Ales is bringing more. So they're putting on a Super Secret Subvert Shindig to finish it off the beer once and for all and give people a chance to view the Miami-centric art works.
They're opening the show from 5 to 7 p.m. as sort of a Miami warmup for Miami's Independent Thinkers, which is opening at The Armory Studios.
Yo Space is at 294 N.E. 62nd St., Miami. Contact Info@yo-miami.com or visit Yo-miami.com.
Above is a mini-preview of some of the images you will see at the show. To read the accompanying
descriptions, click the lower right hand corner of the slide show ...
and then click on "show info" (at top) so you can read the text for each
... or simply view the Flickr set.
"They See Me Rollin'" by Taylor Pilote
Miami's Independent Thinkers opens at The Armory Studios
Miami's Independent Thinkers' stated mission is to provide
a sustainable support base for Miami painters, photographers,
filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and
new media artists.
"Voltaire" by Emerson Calderon
Each year during Art Basel, it issues a call to artists and holds a fair to highlight local talent.
Taylor Pilote, an
artist who grew up in his father's automotive paint and body shop, will
exhibit "They see me rollin,'" a fancy machine that looks like it could
dry clothes in style. The GE dryer door has a 20-inch chrome rim and
LEDs. See it in action in Pilote's video.
Other works include "Voltaire," an oil and canvas by artist Emerson Calderon, and Ashley Elizabeth Craig's
"Diner Table," an archival pigment print that depicts an empty room, a
bare curtainless window and little else except for a wooden TV stand at
far right. We can see there is a drink on it and that someone is in the
process of eating food, maybe cereal, from a bowl. Perhaps it's a
statement about the hand-to-mouth existence many now face.
Maitejosune Urrechaga, artist and half of the music duo Pocket of Lollipops,
will bring Naninks (that's the name of her snail car) out for the show.
Like any 17-year-old vehicle, the '95 Mazda has tales. Five years ago,
just for fun, Urrechaga painted it really bright blue and red and yellow
and then painted giant white snails all over it and exhibited it. "I
parked it in Wynwood for Basel thinking no one would pay to much
attention to it," she says.
Naninks, hanging out at the Bromeliad Society
Eventually, she checked on Naninks and met a stranger who invited the
snail-mobile to an Art Basel opening party in the Design District.
Urrechaga took Naninks to the party, and then back to Wynwood.
"I parked the car and the owner of one of the galleries came out yelling at me," she says. "I parked the car and left."
Naninks was later impounded, so the next day Urrechaga bailed it out and
returned it to Wynwood. Naninks has since been the subject of a New Times Best Of write-upandtwo comic books and been warmly welcomed at a Tomas University art event and a gathering of the Bromeliad Society at Fairchild Garden.
Now Miami Independent Thinkers will host Naninks, an artsy little
snail-mobile that continues to show us how patience, courage and
persistence pays. Go Naninks!
Yeah, I realized I've just written five paragraphs about just one of the
many works in the MIT show, but everyone knows that Aterpillars are
partial to snails.
The exhibition will also feature performances by local bands. On Thursday it's Goodroid (5 p.m.) and Haitian Hillbilly (7 p.m.) and then it's on to the after-party at Wood Tavern. Check out the rest of the music schedule on MIT's Facebook event page.
Miami Independent Thinkers runs 5-9 p.m. Dec. 6 (invitation only), and is open for nine-hour sessions starting at5 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8, and from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 9 at The Armory Studios 572 N.W. 23rd St., Miami. Visit Miamithinkers.com.
Rebeca Raney's solo exhibition Raneytown opens Dec. 6 at Primary Projects in Miami (Photo Credit: Ithai Benjamin)
Reception for Raneytown and On View at Primary Projects Raneytown is an exhibition by New York-based artist and Miami native Rebeca Raney,
who produced more than 250 ink-and-gouache depictions of hybrid
animals, flora and people which she eventually brought to life in large
sculptures that cavort, bathe and hang from the ceiling in self-made
booby-traps. Overlooking it all is a 10-foot "Plant Person."
According to Primary Projects, "Raneytown transports you immediately
to a Darger-esque world of the artists imagination. Upon entry,
surrounded by an installation in motion, realizing you are now at the
center of a prank, you relax into a playful world run solely by the
sculptures themselves. Raney explains, 'Basically the sculptures do as
they please. They live in this land of leisure.'"
From Andrew Nigon's "Daughter-in-Law holding the Severed Head of John John"
Raney’s leisureland has also inspired a limited-edition fashion
collection that includes cashmere sweaters, pendant necklaces, silk
tops, scarves and totes inspired by her signature backwards-facing
llamas and detailed floral designs. The limited-edition fashion
collection will debut at Madewell stores, including one in Miami, and at
“Boutique by Raneytown,” a pop-up shop inside Primary Projects. Other
offerings in the pop-up will include "bronze figurines, hand-painted
paper rocks, letterpress stationary and more, ranging from $20 to $900."
Casey, by the way, has another Basel project in the works too, one that Primary Projects calls "a bold disquieting performance project."
"She will situate herself very quietly in public, crowded spaces (this
will be highlighted as she moves among art patrons at the Miami Beach
Convention Center and related art fair-venues), whereupon she will
scream suddenly, passionately for as long as she is physically and
psychologically able," notes Primary Projects. "This 'guerrilla' performance will play upon the
inherent fears and behaviors of the masses and how a primal,
instinctive act becomes a gesture perceived as stupidity, bravery,
sadness or pure irrationality."
The artist plans to document people's reactions. Wonder how many people will just think to themselves that this is exactly how they feel at times. Perhaps Casey is screaming for all of us. I look forward to hearing more about the outcome of this project.
Both shows will be on exhibit 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 6 through 9, with an opening reception, including cocktails from 42 Below and Perrier, 6-10 p.m. Dec. 6at Primary Projects 4141 N.E. Second Ave., Miami. VisitPrimaryprojectspace.com.
Bhakti Baxter, Works in progress, 2012, Acrylic, tempera, and gouache on paper, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Diet
MAM celebrates opening of Art Basel and New Work Miami 2013
New Work Miami 2013, an exhibition of recent and newly
commissioned work by Miami-based artists, will feature site-specific
installations, sculpture, painting and photography. The show runs
through May 12, with an opening celebration during Party on the
Plaza, the Museum’s signature Art Basel Miami Beach event that runs 7-11 p.m. Dec. 6.
Loriel Beltran, Untitled, 2012, Oil on found poster on wood panel, 42 x 60 inches
The ball
will include dinner (a menu created by celebrity chef Hedy Goldsmith
and inspired by the new Museum’s waterfront bistro) and a signature
dessert bar in the upper-level gallery which has been transformed into
an environment created by artist and designer Emmett Moore. After
dinner, there will be dancing on the outdoor plaza. Tickets range
from $1,000 for individuals to $25,000 for tables and can be purchased by
calling 305-375-5935.
Those who can't afford to spend at least a grand on dinner, but want to hobnob with those who do, can hit Crash the Ball, the four-hour MAM Ball after-party that includes dancing on MAM's outdoor plaza and a signature
dessert bar by acclaimed pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith. It starts at
10 p.m. Dec. 8 at Miami Art Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami. Tickets are $75 for MAM Contemporaries, $100 in advance
or $150 at the door. Contact 305-375-1704 or Events@miamiartmuseum.org. For more details, visit Miamiartmuseum.org.
Craters, a solo exhibition by Michael G. Zimmerer opens at Lunch Box
Two shows open at Lunch Box Gallery
Craters, a solo show by Miami-based photographer Michael G. Zimmerer, and Objectified, a smaller four-person exhibition in the secondary room of the gallery, will debut during Basel.
Craters, a solo exhibition by Michael G. Zimmerer opens at Lunch Box
In Craters, Zimmerer explores the theory that living closer to
our natural environment increases our understanding of life, and ponders
the potential of humans living closer to wilderness rather than in an
age of computers that provides benefits but separate us from our roots.
His photographs, which depict humans and nature cohabiting, are meant to
prompt viewers to recall "the imaginative past" and consider "what we
aren't anymore" and whether a closer relationship to nature is more
necessary than imagined.
Objectified addresses "the different treatments and uses of
objects that surround us in our everyday life, and how they can speak
about our contemporary time." Henry Hargreaves,
one of four artists in the show, depicts food non-traditionally in two
works from "Can I also get a show at The Gagosian?" his series inspired
by Damien Hirst's colorful spot paintings. Hargreaves spots resemble
Hirst's works at first glance but closer examination reveals the true
identity of the colored spots as M&M's.
Swedish photographer Linus Morales also uses food to make a
statement. In his series FabFood, designer logos
and cheap food meet in images that depict imagined products such as
Chanel sausage links, Fendi fish sticks and Louis Vuitton toast to
prompt questions about consumerism in modern culture.
From Henry Hargreavez series, "Can I also get a show at The Gagosian?"
Jose Joaquin Figueroa will exhibit Martyrs,
a series of Polaroid self-portraits, each depicting Figueroa with his
head covered in a shopping bag to reflect the effects of stereotypes,
icons and consumerism. "New Normals," a series by Miami photographer Rodolfo Vanmarcke,
depicts objects such as a pill or a water bottle as symbols of
prescription drug abuse, pollution and other scenarios that are
troublesome yet now a common part of everyday life.
Both shows will open 6-10 p.m. Dec. 6 (and again during Dec. 8 Art Walk) and run through Feb. 2 atThe Lunch Box Gallery310 N.W. 24th St., Miami. Call 305-407-8131or visit Thelunchboxgallery.com.
"Boneless Thighs" by Tess Barbaro
Paradox: The closet Point to Reality opens at The Art Link
Paradox: The Closest Point to Reality is described as a
juried show of works that "depict statements, propositions, and
situations that seem to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact are or
may be true."
Miami artist Rocio de Maio
will exhibit a metallic-on-board photograph of a Barbie-like doll on a
lit cross as a symbol of the way society praises unrealistic stereotypes
of beauty, even as they seemingly condemn hem.
Other works will include "Holy Communion," Miami artist Corina Freyre's photograph of a dark haired man in a white strapless dress, and "Boneless Thighs," an oil on canvas/collage by New York artist Tess Barbaro
who notes "The realization that the bones, gristle, fat, and flesh in
the packages could just as easily be human, induces a queasy feeling"
The show opens with a theatrical performance by Ibetti Perez and live music by Midiala Rosales, 7-9 p.m. Dec. 6 and runs 1-7 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8, 1-6 p.m. Dec. 9 and noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 10 through 19 at The Art Link, 130 N.W. 36th St., Miami. Call 305-456-5201 or visit Theartlinkgallery.com.
"Rickshaw Soulwares" from Theaster Gates' exhibition, Soul Manufacturing Corporation
Reception for Theaster Gates' Soul Manufacturing Corporation at Locust Projects
Soul Manufacturing Corporation is Chicago-based artist
Theaster Gatesfirst gallery exhibition of a multi-disciplinary project
in which Gates will create "a factory consisting of four pavilions,
occupied
by 'skilled makers' who will work in Locust Projects’ main gallery."
Last month, the makers began with an empty space, which they continue to
fill with things they're making through the duration of the exhibition.
As work progresses, Soul Manufacturing Corporation which has been
exploring the "relationships between aesthetics, labor and race" will host
programs in the space by yoga instructor Mia Glick, a DJ and bilingual
reader Yaddyra Peralta, all of whom are there to "care for the makers
and the audience." For a complete list of times when the yoga
instructor, reader and DJ will make appearances, visit Locust Projects.
The program is inspired by "the lectors who presented news, politics, and literature to
illiterate workers in the early industrial era."
Some biographical details about Gates, as provided by Locust: "Gates is
known for his performances, installations, and urban interventions,
which transform spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions. His
training as an urban planner and sculptor, and subsequent time spent
studying clay, has given him keen awareness of the poetics of production
and systems of organizing. Playing with these poetic and systematic
interests, Gates has assembled gospel choirs, formed temporary unions,
and used systems of mass production as a way of underscoring the need
that industry has for the body. When Gates is not making art for
museums, he is converting abandoned buildings into cultural spaces that
allow not only new cultural moments to happen in unexpected places, but
raise the expectations of where “place-making” happens and why."
Soul Manufacturing Corporation will remain on exhibit through Dec. 21. Basel hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 through 8, with an artist reception 7-10 p.m. Dec. 6. The gallery's regular hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday at Locust Projects , 3852 N. Miami Ave., Miami. Call 305-576-8570 or visit Locustprojects.org.
Daniel Johnston at Sweat Records and Grand Central Cafe
Hi. How Are You? is a performance and solo exhibition by Daniel Johnston, subject of the 2005 documentary, The Devil and Daniel Johnston.
For those who are unfamilar with Johnston or have not seen the documentary, G&G Fine Art Consulting
describes the artist and his work in its press release: "Diagnosed as
bipolar, frequently delusional, occasionally violent (he attacked his
former manager with a lead pipe and once brought down his father’s small
plane, shutting off the engine mid-flight and throwing the keys out the
window), he’s spent his adult life in and out of institutions. He has
managed to sustain himself through the care of friends and family, and
through an absolute belief in his artistic calling. These days,
physically wrecked by years of medication, tons of acid dropped in the
1980s and a lifelong diet of hamburgers, Coke and cigarettes, he’s a
hulking middle-aged child–man living in small-town Texas in the care of
his elderly, fundamentalist Christian parents."
"Girl Power" by Diana Contreras
As the press release continues, "Johnston has been on hipster radar
since the 1980s, when his DIY cassettes began making their way into the
world. Singing in a shaky, plaintive warble, accompanying himself on
rudimentary chord organ and guitar, he’s recorded scores of naive and
witty songs about superheroes, about the battle between good and evil,
about lost love, loneliness and madness – all weird and funny and
intimate and tremendously catchy. And he has always drawn and painted as
well, chronicling in twisted, cartoonish fashion his various obsessions
and the characters that populate his interior world: Captain America,
Casper the Friendly Ghost, Satan, a stalk-eyed frog named Jeremiah and a
hollow-headed doppelgänger called Joe the Boxer."
Johnston will do a free meet-and-greet session ( 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at
Sweat Records, 5505 N.E. Second Ave., Miami) the night before his Grand
Central event, which will feature a performance and art
exhibition. Curated by Pablo Gehr,
the man behind Brickell Art Walk, it will include 33 works in
pen, watercolors and marker on notebook paper, exhibited alongside
works by local artists who pay homage to Johnston. The local artists include: Antonio Guerrero, Diana Contreras,Antonio Fortuna, Bad Panda, GG, Yosvany Teijeiro, Stephanie Tuorto and Richard Kurtz.
Johnston's performance and installation will start at 9 p.m. Dec. 7 at Grand Central
697 N Miami Ave., Miami ( 305-377-2277). Tickets, priced at $10 to $20, are available at Ticketfly. Above is a mini-preview of some of Johnston's images you will see at the show.
Beer, bacon, street art and music at Wynwood Cigar Factory
The Factory Art Show opens at Wynwood Cigar Factory
The Factory will also be hosting the first annual Basel Biergarten,
a new Basel tradition that celebrates the union of beer, bacon, street
art and music. The pop-up biergarten, held in conjunction with the Drink
Like a Local Campaign, will serve local craft beers including Monk in
the Trunk and Due South on Tap, and Miami Smokers will feature candied
bacon and other artisan smoked meats.
The show will be open 2-11 p.m. Dec. 6 through Dec. 9 with gallery viewing, mural painting, tea tasting by Steep City Teas, pop-up shops by Thepaintyard.com (Montana Paint Can Shop), KidRobot and Wynwood Cigar Factory
and an outdoor DJ from 2-6 p.m. After 6 p.m. there will be much of the
same, but with Chambord vodka cocktails and DJ Zeus.
Bridges, a contemporary art show featuring local and
international artists, will mark the grand opening of the gallery, which
has German origins and provides a bridge between street artists and
galleries.
An opening reception for the show will take place 7-11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6 at Brisky Gallery, 130 N.W. 24th St., Miami,. Call 786-409-3585 pr visit Briskygallery.com.
I.AM.WYNWOOD opens in Wynwood I.AM.WYNWOOD is an idea that artist Barbara M. de Varona
says took root in Deep Ellum, a renovated warehouse district near
downtown Dallas, Texas. As she explained in a Q&A last month, "I
visited my friends in June and there’s a fabulous area there; I’ve
described it as a concrete garden. Artists have painted onto large slabs
of concrete, and these are displayed on various medians beneath an
overpass – it’s spectacular. One artist included the words, ‘I Am Deep
Ellum’ in his or her piece – I wish I knew their name.
I.AM.WYNWOOD: Vince "BadPanda" Herrera
"At the time, I
was even newer to Wynwood than I am now, so my initial thought when
reading this was, ‘Am I Wynwood?’ I fell in love with the notion that
whatever is built, isn’t so much defined by where but rather by who.
While Wynwood is a location on our map, and at that location are
buildings, within which are housed artist studios, cafes, businesses and
the like… Wynwood, the community, is much greater than the sum of its
parts. It has a soul, an essence and that essence has many faces, with
perhaps something of a threat arising. In terms terms of rent increases,
for example, many of the artists have congregated and discussed fears,
options – perhaps a lack thereof. I’m moved by the passion that fuels
this place; it fires up my own. I’ve been embraced by this community and
admire so many of its members. I’m moved to celebrate them."
The
artist is working from photographs she received from over 50
submissions. "I don’t ask for a specific number, only that the pictures
represent who they are to the Wynwood community, how they feel they
contribute to the delicious brew that is Wynwood."
Among those she will depict in the series: Myra "Yo Momma" Wexler, artists Vince "BadPanda" Herrera and Eleazar Delgado, gallerist Gregg Shienbaum and Miami's Independent Thinkers founder Kerry McLaney. I.AM.WYNWOOD
will run Dec. 6 through 9in B M de Varona Art Space 2703 N.W. Second Ave., Studio B, Miami. Her studio/gallery is located down a hallway of Eleazar Delgado's
Wynwood Studio. "The space is huge for my day-to day-needs but tiny for
the madhouse that is Art Basel. This should be interesting," she says.
"Fertility Goddess" by Ray Azcuy
Reception for Ray Azcuy's Inside/Out
Inside/Out, an exhibition of 15 new sculptures from Ray Azcuy'snew
series that according to the artist "contemplates cultural taboo,
prejudiced behavior, political perspective, religious affiliation, and
the challenges of self-acceptance and relationships by positioning the
'dress' as a metaphor for sexuality, identity, and gender.
The show will be on view 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dec. 5 through 8, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 9. A reception will be held 7-10 p.m. Dec. 6 at Buena Vista Building 180 N.E. 39th St., Suite 207, Miami. Call 305-989-6356.
