By Johnlee S. Curtis
Most collectors purchase art either from galleries or at art auctions, with the latter method gaining popularity in recent years. When bidding for art at an auction, lot symbols - those auction catalogue ciphers that relate to a variety of disclosures - can prove difficult to fully understand. Further complicating matters, some [...]
By Sharmistha Ray
Brooklyn-based visual artist Yamini Nayar creates photographs of constructed interior and exterior environments to reflect upon the location of identity vis-à-vis place in the cultural domain. Each of Nayar’s environments starts with a three-dimensional model in the form of an architectural box made out of cardboard in which the artist places both handcrafted [...]
By Biljana Ciric
Gabriela Maciel is a Brazilian artist and performer,? who participated in “A Starting Point: Intrude Art & Life 366,” at Zendai MoMA (Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art)( January 18th - April 18th, 2009). Using diverse media, such as, painting, sculpture, installation, video and photography, she passed through different phases in her production, [...]
By Johnlee Curtis
Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the now-famous “HOPE” poster, a digitally-designed depiction of President Obama derived from a photograph taken by photographer Mannie Garcia and owned by the Associated Press (AP), has been embroiled in litigation on the issue of whether he violated the AP’s copyright from his use of the photograph. [...]
-A Conversation with Mark Koven
By Claire Breukel
Mark Koven and I meet at Out of the Blue Café. It’s 10am on a Tuesday morning and he orders a jasmine tea. He has had a late night and just downed two cups of coffee before meeting me and he needs the tea to combat the caffeine. Despite [...]
March 14 - April 9, 2009
Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery presents “Signs of Time” from emerging artist Victor Payares.
The young artist of Cuban origin, Victor Payares, just 22 years-old, will present his second solo show “Signs of Time” at Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery with 10 recent paintings produced in mixed media on canvas. After resounding success [...]
Faith, Fear, and Fortune - Opening: February 14, 2009 - 7pm-10pm
Feb. 14 - March 9, 2009
The Making of Giants - Opening: March 14, 2009 - 7pm-10pm
March 14 - April 6, 2009
In February, Artformz Alternative presents the exhibition “Faith, Fear, and Fortune”, which features the works of two renowned artists: PJ Mills (large-format photography) and Ramon Williams (sculptural objects & [...]
By Bryan Barcena
The visual arts have throughout their existence served the subtle yet necessary function as cathartic vessels into which the conflicts of the mind are poured. Media and vehicles for the expression of psychosomatic trauma are frequently manifested as complex and nuanced regurgitations of the past. The icons and symbols that represent troubling experiences [...]
Opening reception February 14, 2009
The exhibitions run through April 2009
Opening February 14, for Gallery Walk @ Wynwood, HACS introduces us to Julie Lopez’s exhibit “It tastes like chicken.” López, a local Miami artist with an extensive multi-media body of work, tells us in her own words “the figures that inhabit my worlds on canvas or [...]
February - March 2009
Art producer Cash McMahon of Icon Art Images Gallery is featuring the Miami Heat & Dwyane Wade collage artworks of Erika King in a sports art exhibition. Ms. King’s “Dwyane Wade MVP” collage captures “Flash” with his stunning action photos that he has become famous for in leading the Miami Heat to [...]
