When I mentioned seeing this red piece I was told it was "secondary market" and that the gallery that represents Valdes' doesn't even have these prints.
Valdes' resume, awards, shows etc. is massive. He is also a sculptor of note.
Manolo Valdes' Perfil 2 is a print and was shown by Leslie Sacks Contemporary at Art Miami. Later, at Ink Miami Art Fair Marlborough Gallery had the same print but with a brown background. When I mentioned seeing this red piece I was told it was "secondary market" and that the gallery that represents Valdes' doesn't even have these prints. Valdes' resume, awards, shows etc. is massive. He is also a sculptor of note.
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Royal Skullduggery Simon Raab's work is among art that stood out among hundreds of other artists during Art Basel week. Art Miami and all the other art shows during Art Basel all have great art. In fact, you can become overwhelmed. You might find yourself, after a few days, walking right past works of pure genius. This is the state I was in at this point whilst making my way through Art Miami--perhaps the most high end (i.e. priciest) of the satellite shows. Then I saw Raab's work. I know I repeat this with regularity but these images and videos do not fully capture the brilliance of these pieces, which are polymers on steel. The media used make this unique but they are aesthetically beautiful as well. Galerie Peter Zimmermann in Mannheim Oststadt, Germany. The gallery has been open (although not in this location) since 1993. The gallery exhibits and focuses on informal art and abstract color field painting—along with similar artists. Their artists are a mix of established and new artists, which I wish were true of more galleries. They work with museums, art shows and other cultural institutions to get the word out about their artists. They want you to see these works. Raab is orignally from France but currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. I confess to not getting all the names of the work. I apologize.
_Italian glass artist,Lino Tagliapietra is a master glass artist. His work is modest in scale and not at all ostentatious. It is also gorgeous. Ever since chatting with Dan Dailey in the Spring at Art Chicago I have developed a fascination with contemporary glass art. From Dailey's own pieces, often reminiscent of Art Deco work (but Art Deco +) to the work of Dailey's teacher Dale Chilhuly, glass art is a medium for the meticulous, for those in love with color and in love with process. All art requires dedication but glass art requires even more. The skill set is like being a master in art and also a craftsman. The skill set of the artist has to mesh with the skill set of a tradesman (and the term "tradesman" is not derogatory). Schantz Gallery, which also have works by Chihuly, showed pieces byTagliapietraat Art Miami. Jim Schantz (owner/director) and Kim Saul (owner/co-director) run Schantz Gallery and their raison d’etre is glass art. They regularly hold major exhibitions and are one of the United States’ foremost contemporary glass galleries. From whimsical to political to vaguely disturbing the murals that grace Wynwood Walls will, each one, actively require your attention. The artists and styles vary but each piece will draw you to it. These images are part of restaurant, hot spot, Wynwood Kitchen & Bar (pretty close to a "must visit" when in Miami). A new book, The Wynwood Walls And Doors, on this wonderful display of street art--mostly ensconced within Wynwood Walls Restaurant is out (in a limited edition of 200). The book was the result of work by a number of people, including photographer Martha Cooper. “Personally, I am interested in process so first thing I like to do is see how they do the walls. So when we did the book every artist got a double page spread; the first double page spread had to do with making the wall.” says Cooper. “I like to see what kind of tools they use, what kind of paint they use what kind of brushes they use; whether it is spray paint, rollers or whatever. Second I want to put the wall in the context of the surroundings. So I don’t just want to take a picture of the wall I like to try to get a picture of the wall with whatever is next to it, above, it below it, beside it etcetera.” She wants there to be scale to the walls but more than that she points out that a wall in Miami will look different from one in New York City. The context tells you about where the wall "lives." There are a number of murals, large and small, at Wynwood Walls and, as noted, the styles and colors vary. How do you organize such a book? “We had to have some kind of organizing principle so our OP was to do it geographically as you would walk through the walls. We did it by area. You might not notice it if you were looking at the book but we separate each area with a transitional shot that showed more than one wall,” she says. “And showed you as you would enter there are like three separate areas here; three separate big lots. There are also the exterior walls; one of the three areas is called the doors...They are smaller, they are gates. And then we have outside the walls which are walls not within this compound, we put that in a different section.” Designer Kiki Bauer was another of the group working on the limited edition book. "I worked with Martha Cooper and Ethel (Seno) and Meghan (Coleman) about this book on Wynwood walls and I did the design together with everybody—we basically collaborated on the book and I worked with Martha before I worked with the publisher, Powerhouse Books," says Bauer. "And that is where I met Martha and she asked me if wanted to design the book she has been working on. She took these photos for over three years in Wynwood." _ Cooper started taking photos in 2009. This edition of the book is a “pre-edition” according to Bauer and there will likely be an expanded edition. Bauer says the Goldman family, especially Tony Goldman were also heavily involved in the design and choices made in the book. Goldman is the man behind Wynwood Walls.
This area of Miami was something of a dump in times past and is an example of the rejuvenation of the city. More important, Wynwood Walls is not an abrogation of Miami and an attempt to turn the city into Paris or New York. While the artists are from many places the character of the work is firmly in the spirit of the city and in the world of street art. monumental. _ We recently ran into Yossi Milo Gallery at Pulse Miami (and did a small thing on a piece by Simen Johan). The gallery is moving to a new location in January 2012. They will be on the ground floor at 245 Tenth Ave (between 24th and 25th St.) in Chelsea. The building, constructed along the High Line is in a new building. The space was designed by Bernheimer Architecture. There will be two exhibition spaces and two viewing rooms on two floors in the new space. The gallery first opened in 2000 and has been at 525 West 25th since 2005. The first exhibit in the new space will be First Look, a curated photography show by artists whose first NYC solo exhibits, were at Yossi Milo Gallery. It will be a look back and a look forward. Artists include; Robert Bergman, Simen Johan, Mohamed Bourouissa, Pieter Hugo ,Sze Tsung Leong, Loretta Lux, Yuki Onodera, Muzi Quawson, Mark Ruwedel, Lise Sarfati, Alec Soth, Alessandra Sanguinetti ,Kohei Yoshiyuki and Liu Zheng. This show will conclude in February. A solo exhibition by American photographer, Doug Rickard will follow. Rickard’s series, A New American Picture, will be featured. This series is currently featured in New Photography 2011 at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. At the 25th Street location an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Simen Johan will run through December 23, 2011. I have a vague sense that i have seen this painting before and may have even written about it before. Trepanned Skull is by Joseph Smolinkski and was presented by Mixed Greens, (New York City) a contemporary art gallery featuring mostly "mid-career" artists. It is all about conceptually driven and figurative art. Smolinski's work seems to qualify as both. _There is something very charming about these monochrome pieces on paper. From Curtsy on the right to the image on the left which has a name I am sure. I was just too lazy to write it down. The work was shown by Galerie Rx (at Art Miami). The pieces are by Francoise Petrovich who lives and works in Cachan and teaches at Ecole Superieure Estienne in Paris. His drawings have an ethereal quality that Petrovich sometimes abandons with darker lines that give some figures (often the more fantastical figures) more form. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
Monumental Art By Cyrille Andre; "Migration" At Art Miami & Shown By Galerie Piece Unique12/13/2011 As you walked into Art Miami and veered to the right it was completely impossible to miss Cyrille André 's Migration. You can see the piece in its natural habitat HERE. André is a French artist living in Grenoble. He studied science before turning to art. He often sculpts in wood in pieces that “refuse the classical idea of beauty.” This piece is made of polyester resin and garnered a great deal attention from attendees of Art Miami. It took significant time to get a shot without people in the frame. Migration was There were several works by Kelly Reemsten, some inexplicably placed in the sun near an emergency exit (for shame!...yes, I know they were only there for a few days). Her art features women, with heads often out of frame, they hold sheers, they hold garden hoses, they fall in a white vacuum of space. Reemsten's work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions across the USA (many in California). What to say about her work? They feature women but, in many cases,the focus on an object. Above it is the garden sheers. In other paintings it is a box of candy, an axe, a crowbar. These are what the painting seems to be about. I will not guess at the artist's intention. But you can see more of her work by clicking on her brightly colored name above. Her paintings were shown at Art Miami 2011 by David Klein Gallery. The fiery painting this all starts with is Martin Wittfooth's The Sacrifice. Witfooth is a native of Toronto. He has been show in numerous group and solo shows and also featured in Hi-Fructose magazine (which is a great magazine by the by). I think the world needs more paintings of monkeys lighting horses on fire. Most of the rest of the art I identified and lost the notes for. You can consider it homework and go look it all up at the Lyons Wier Gallery website. You will also notice work by Laura Ortiz Vega who was featured in an earlier piece. This is a gallery for up and coming artists no doubt. Among the artists in this video are Tim Okamura, Wittfooth and seven other artists. This was a very impressive booth--at Pulse or any other show. |
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