Cool Hunting
Cindy Wright is a Belgian artist who is showing her work for the first time in the United States at Pulse, a fair concurrent with Art Basel in Miami. [We'll be on site giving you reports all next week].
Cindy's work is nothing short of awe inspiring. Her Lips, 2004, above right, is reminiscent of a similar painting (of a woman's lips with smeared lipstick) by Nancy Graves. Others have said that her work is like "Thomas Ruff." In any case what you will see are still life and portrait paintings that are incredibly lifelike, almost like photographs. This group of works show flesh and blood literally, as in Baconcube 1, 2003, above left.
This prize winning young artist (she's won the Young Belgian Painting Prize, the BP Portrait Award and the 10th International Hoppeland Painting Prize, among others) will have her first solo exhibition in the U.S. at Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica (one of our favorites), in February, 2006.
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Last night we went over to Miami's thriving design district for the design.05 Miami show (more on that to follow) and on our way in got side tracked by this installation from 31 year old Danishman Jeppe Hein. Distance is an exploration of art as a game. When a viewer enters the gallery a white ball is released on to a 330 feet roller...
by Maria ArgǜˆelloArtist and curator Francesco LoCastro is Miami's current leader of the pop surrealism movement with the opening of his new Miami Beach gallery, Kitoko Dome. Already a presence on the scene, during the latest Art Basel Miami Beach he curated one of the most popular shows, Gen Art's Vanguard exhibition "No One Belongs Here More than You." He's also been garnering increasing...
Opening this Thursday, 5 January, in Miami's Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Lynne Golob Gelfman's latest solo show builds on her repertoire of densely layered, process-oriented work. A reception for the artist takes place Saturday, 14 January at the gallery (the Miami-based artist has been showing at Snitzer for 15 years) and the exhibition runs through 30 January. Related entry: Lynne Golob Gelfman...
The highlight from Scope was undeniably Ruth Marshall and her acumen for craft-work combined with a nutty sense of humor. When the Australian born artist isn't at her day job sculpting exhibits at the Bronx Zoo, she's still committed to her love and fascination for animals. Presented by Dam, Stuhltrager, these knitted animal pelts are a delightful comment on both the trophy and the...
A short walk from the main happenings at the Miami Beach Convention Center is Art Positions. The show includes 20 young galleries featuring their artists in shipping containers converted into exhibition spaces. The work here is much more experimental and edgier than that at the main venue and the containers are a challenging venue that some galleries embraced and used well. After the jump...
Now in its 4th year on Miami Beach, Art Basel opened doors last night to an eager crowd of collectors, dealers, artists and press. The main event is at the Convention Center, but the overwhelming popularity of Basel has resulted in many outcroppings of art all over Miami and Miami Beach. After the jump are some shots of work (both old and new) we...
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