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Freedman Fitzpatrick (Los Angeles) Showed Work By Amelie Von Wulffen At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/27/2017

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Freedman Fitzpatrick (Los Angeles) showed work by Amelie Von Wulffen At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Von Wulffen's work is startling and otherworldly. I wonder if the artist would take offense if I noted an initial impression? I thought of the cartoon Squidbillies. When chatting about fine art that is usually not an observation you find tossed about. Of course these works are different but they have a gothic sort of humor. Here is a bit of an incoherent piece from the NY Time s.

Zeno X Gallery (Antwerp) Showed Work By Kim Jones At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/27/2017

War Drawing Jacket

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Zeno X Gallery (Antwerp) showed work by Kim Jones At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Jones is a California -born artist currently living in New York City. He works in drawing, performance and sculpture. War Drawing Jacket is a jacket, wood, acrylic and ink. While the lower, untitled, piece is acrylic and ink on board.

Jones work, over 30 years, often refers to two experiences in his life--the first being confined to a wheelchair for part of his pre-teen years, second his service in the military during the Vietnam War. This is a vast oversimplification of the underpinnings of his complex pieces. You can find out more HERE.

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Off Vendome (New York) Showed Work By Jeanette Mundt At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/27/2017

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Off Vendome (New York) showed work by Jeanette Mundt at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Mundt is a New York City-based artist who has a BFA from Pratt. she has been in both group and solo exhibitions in Europe and the USA for the past 8 years or so.

There is a range of styles in the pieces. Keep in mind what I see may well have nothing whatever to do with the artist's intent. When I looked at the upper piece I recalled old Japanese prints I've seen while the lower may have a whiff of that I thought more of modern graphic novel art. There are stories in both pieces; again, the story I might see could have nothing to do with the artists intention. Art is, of course, partly about what WE bring to it when we react to it and think about it.

Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York) Showed Work By Eugene Von Bruenchenhein At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/26/2017

Wand of the Genii

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Andrew Edlin Gallery (New York) showed work by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. The artist was from Wisconsin where he lived and worked for most of his "career." I put quotes around career because he seems to have mostly created in private. He was a baker by trade but he and his wife did photographs (she as model, he as photographer). He also painted and created sculpture.

He was not exhibited or acknowledged during his lifetime--which is one of the vile things about the art world. If his work had been brought to many galleries and museums during his lifetime, his lack of a pedigree would have likely precluded exhibition. Self taught "outsider" artists are often acknowledged after they die. While he would be happy his work was being shown at such a significant Art Show? It would have been nicer if he had received the financial rewards for it himself.

Von Breunchenhein thought he was a great artist. He was right. Find out more HERE. This site is also looking for images of the artist's work.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York) Showed Work By Aaron Douglas At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/26/2017

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (New York) showed work by Aaron Douglas at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Douglas was an African-American artist born in Nebraska. He received a BA from the University of Nebraska and a BFA from the University of Kansas.

After moving to New York his work began to explore his African roots. He continued to study in New York and in Paris. Some of his work was commissioned by the WPA. He was also an illustrator.

Find out more about him HERE.

Bernier/Eliades (Athens/Belgium) Showed Work By Helmut Stallaerts And Pier Paolo Calzolari At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/25/2017

Ignoramus (oil, beeswax and resin on canvas ) by Helmut Stallaerts

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Bernier/Eliades (Athens/Belgium) showed work by Helmut Stallaerts and Pier Paolo Calzolari at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Stallaerts is a Belgian artist who lives in Brussels. You can find out more HERE. Calzolari is an Italian artist living in Portugal. His work was inspired by his youth in Venice and the reflections and light in that city.

Miracolo a San Marco (mixed media on paper) by Pier Paolo Calzolari

Untitled (tempera on wood) by Pier Paolo Calzolari

Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco) Showed Work By John Alexander At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/25/2017

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Berggruen Gallery (San Francisco) showed work by John Alexander at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.

Alexander hails from Beaumont, Texas and spent his formative years camping and fishing in the area. This is east Texas which is geographically closer to Louisiana with it's bayous and forests than the more open areas in the west of the vast state. He attended Lamar University in Beaumont. He currently splits time between NYC and the East Hamptons.

There is something almost classical about his work and yet he also makes the realistic look like an abstract explosion of color. Of course, nature does that too. Find out more at www.johnalexanderstudios.com.

Galeria Elvira Gonzalez (Madrid) Showed Work By Juan Munoz At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/18/2017

Galeria Elvira Gonzalez (Madrid) showed work by Juan Muñoz at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.

Munoz, from Madrid, is best known as a sculptor but he first studied printmaking in London in the 1970s. He also studied at Pratt before moving back to Spain to curate. It wasn't too long after his return to his homeland that he took up sculpture.

This piece is, of course, not a sculpture. Entitled, Raincoat Drawing, this is mixed media on canvas. There are apparently numerous pieces with this title.

Munoz died at the age of 48 in 2001. Find out more on the artist HERE.

Sperone Westwater (New York) Showed Work By Susan Rothenberg At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/12/2017

Half and Half

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Sperone Westwater (New York) showed work by Susan Rothenberg at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. These two pieces are oil on canvas.

Rothenberg holds a BFA from Cornell. She was the subject of a traveling retrospective organized by Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo) in the early 1990s. The exhibit showed at Hirshhorn Museum, The Saint Louis Art Museum, MCA Chicago, Seattle Art Museum, and the Dallas Museum. This is just one example of high profile showings of the artist's work. She regularly exhibits at Sperone Westwater.

Find out more at MOMA New York's website.

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Galerie Thomas (Munich) Showed Work By Andre Lhote At Art Basel Miami Beach 2016

1/12/2017

Chaumiere indienne

(photos by Boyd Ogle II)

Galerie Thomas (Munich) showed work by Andre Lhote at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016. Lhote began working in wood carving and later studied decorative sculpture at Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Bordeaux). His painting began as something he did in his spare time.

After moving to Paris in 1906 he apparently began to have more of a focus on the medium. In 1910 he had his first solo exhibition. Lhote was also a teacher of and writer on art.