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Jim Kemper Fine Art (New York) Showed An Atypical Piece By Jim Dine At Ink Miami 2018

12/14/2018

Jim Kemper Fine Art (New York) showed an atypical piece by Jim Dine at Ink Miami 2018. This piece is "atypical" because of both size and color (or absence of color),

Dine is a painter and print maker whose work you have seen if you've ever been to a major art show. Many of his most well known works depict hearts.

Mapanare has written about Dine's work being shown by five different galleries. He has worked with Tandem Press quite a bit.

You can see a wide variety of Dine's work HERE. You can also read more HERE.

Susan Teller Gallery (New York) Showed Work By Ben Shahn And Virginia Bill At Ink Miami 2018

12/13/2018

Company Union--The Bosses Flypaper by Ben Shahn

Susan Teller Gallery (New York) showed work by Ben Shahn and Virginia Bill at Ink Miami 2018. This gallery is always an art history lesson (and indeed an American History lesson). They often feature artists working in the 1920s-50s who have, perhaps, sort of fallen by the wayside in the art world's consciousness.

The Shahn piece is a little outside the purview of Ink Art Fair in that it isn't a print (although it is a work on paper). The piece is gouache and Pencil on paper. It is a tad ironic a piece in support of the working class is, 80 plus years later, selling for $7500 but the art world is full of such ironies.

The Bill piece is a white line woodcut. It is also a charming little piece of history. You can imagine it being prized by the people who originally bought it and remembered by their children, their grandchildren as something that hung in the house, something that comforted. It is lovely and it is fantastic it is considered valuable.

In Central Park (aka Seals In The Park by Virginia Hill

GraphicStudio (Tampa) Showed Work By Ingrid Calame At Ink Miami 2018

12/13/2018

GraphicStudio (Tampa) showed work by Ingrid Calame at Ink Miami 2018. GraphicStudio is not just a printer and publisher but part of an educational institution, the University of South Florida. They are one of a handful of major fine arts presses that are part of a university in the USA.

We have written extensively about the studio and their artists but not Calame. Her work is often described as abstract but there are certainly recognizable forms in it as well. She is both a painter and printmaker.

Her solo exhibitions go back two decades. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Find out and see more at her website, www.ingridcalame.net.

Willa at 10 Years Old, Stacy at 10 Years Old, and Ada at 32 Years Old

TAG Fine Arts (London) Showed Work By Tess Shaw And Ryan Callanan At Ink Miami 2018

12/13/2018

TAG Fine Arts (London) showed work by Tess Shaw and Ryan Callanan at Ink Miami 2018.

Callanan first became known as a street artist while Shaw uses an old photographic technique, cyanotype, to create her ethereal prints.

Upsilon Gallery (New York) Showed Prints By Osvaldo Mariscotti And Frank Stella At Ink Miami 2018

12/13/2018

Color Twist by Osvaldo Mariscotti

Upsilon Gallery (New York) showed prints by Osvaldo Mariscotti and Frank Stella at Ink Miami 2018. Be sure to go to the gallery site to see images.

Mariscotti is an Italian printer whose work has been shown in various solo exhibitions in Europe. He participated in the 56th Venice Biennale (2015) with his book, Book of Color I.

Stella is one of the world's most recognizable living artists. He is mostly known for hiS large-scale paintings and sculpture. His paintings are frequently on irregularly shaped canvases. You can find out more about his work HERE.

Polar Coordinates VII by Frank Stella

Mixografia (Los Angeles) Showed Work By John Baldessari, Analia Saban And Dario Escobar At Ink Miami 2018

12/12/2018

Eight Colorful Inside Jobs: Yellow by John Baldessari

Mixografia (Los Angeles) showed work by John Baldessari, Analia Saban and Dario Escobar at Ink Miami 2018.

Mixografia uses custom printing and paper to create 3D printed pieces. Obviously, they are a fine art printer and publisher but they also have a exhibition space.

Yellow, by Baldessari, is part of a series entitled Eight Colorful Inside Jobs. It is an edition of 50.

You can further see the potential of the three dimensional part of Mixografia printing in Saban and Escobar's pieces. These printed pieces actually look like a hand towel and a cut up basketball (respectively).

Eight Colorful Inside Jobs by John Baldessari

Three Stripe Hand Towel With Hole And Unsewn Label by Analia Saban

Untitled by Dario Escobar

Soul Art Space (Busan) Showed "Migrants" By Bongchae Son At Art Miami 2018

12/12/2018

Soul Art Space (Busan) showed work by Bongchae Son at Art Miami 2018.

These pieces, all entitled Migrants, are oil on polycarbonate LED canvas. There is something that compels visitors to art fairs toward these light boxes. There is something that draws us in. When you examine these up close the depth and detail become even more apparent.

Son first studied at Chosun University and then received an MFA from Pratt. These works are good examples of his work. He often uses four or five layers. His work, in part, marvels at how the natural beauty of Korea contrasts with its sometimes violent past, particularly the Korean War.

313 Art Project (Seoul) Showed Work By Je Yeoran At Art Miami 2018

12/12/2018

Usquam Nusquam

313 Art Projects (Seoul) showed work by Je Yeoran at Art Miami 2018.

Yeoran uses a squeegee instead of a brush on these large scale pieces that use massive amount of paint. The piece is alive, it is roiling and exuberant, although that may not quite be the right word given the colors. It is not meant to imply brightness.

Find out more about the artist HERE.

Zemack Contemporary Art (Tel Aviv) Showed Work By Orit Hofshi At Art Miami 2018

12/12/2018

Emerge

Zemack Contemporary Gallery (Tel Aviv) showed work by Orit Hofshi at Art Miami 2018.

This piece is carved birch with ink. Hofshi works with other media such as works on paper, printing and installation art but works on wood are, perhaps, her focuse.

She studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia) and received a MA from Leeds University. She lives in Herzliya, Israel. Find out more about her at www.orithofshi.com.

Long Sharp Gallery (Indianapolis, New York) Showed Work By Jason Myers At Art Miami 2018

12/12/2018

Long Sharp Gallery (Indianapolis, New York) showed work by Jason Myers at Art Miami 2018.

Myers works in a variety of media--most of what he does seems to be mixes of this and that and the other thing. This particular piece, Dreampt Polaroids #8, is
oil, enamel, dye, and resin on panel.

The use of various types of blue in this painting creates a work that almost glows, almost seems in motion.

The bio in the booth discussed how the artist worked as a solitary creator without a room full of assistants. It seems an odd thing to have to note. You can see a video on Myers HERE.