Dear friends and colleagues,
LEAH BROWN of 18 Rabbit Gallery in Fort Lauderdale describes a couple of pieces from the show, "Madame," curated by Jackie Tufford.
HALLIE HARRISBURG of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery presents one of the few mosaics on view in the main exhibition hall of Art Basel. She gives some historical context for LEE KRASNER's table, made in 1947. Is it akin to "women's work?" Harrisburg says No!
The table remained part of the artist's estate until its recent acquisition by the gallery. It dates to the period of Krasner's "little canvases" and is now available for purchase. Price? If you have to ask....contact the gallery.
Thanks for your kind support during 2010. This first New Year's episode is a pot pourri of diverse interviews - mostly from early December and generally associated with the Art Basel constellation of exhibitions in South Florida.
Brooklyn's "No Agenda" arts collective exhibited at Fountain in Miami, where I spoke with two of the artists, ROSS BRODAR and KIMYON HUGGINS. The No Agenda collective comes out of the thought of just creating work for the work's sake. I'm a musician and a dj and a painter, so I have multiple concentrations. People have always told me that I have to choose, and I've always said, no I don't. I can do what I want. I can express myself as I see fit when I see fit. So to just be creative and expressive with no particular aim in mind and just doing good work. That's no agenda. - KIMYON HUGGINS.
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ROSS BRODAR and KIMIAN HUGGINS (r)
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LEAH BROWN with DONNA HAYNES' Queenie
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DENISE MOODY TACKLEY, Mop Dress
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LEE KRASNER, Untitled
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LEE KRASNER, Untitled courtesy Michael Rosenfeld Gallery
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I ran into XAVIER CORTADA at the Hardcore Contemporary Space Gallery within the Scope show. His 80.15W is the name of a series of drawings of endangered animals that dramatizes critical environmental issues. He uses dot matrix and carbon papers - nearly extinct technologies - to echo the condition of these imperiled species.
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XAVIER CORTADA, 80.15W
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BORKUR ARNARSON came all the way from Iceland to exhibit the i8 Gallery's stable of artists at Art Miami. The gallery director provides the connecting thread to understanding the conceptual works
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HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, From Harvest
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of featured artist HREINN FRIDFINNSON. It's more a poetic connection than a logical one.
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HREINN FRIDFINNSSON, Untitled
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Collector, MARTY WATSON: When you get into an artist's studio you're really in the inner sanctum, and it's kind of like you're walking around in their brain a little bit. And you just have great conversations. CHRIS DORLAND is one of the artists Watson and his wife, Tippi, collect. Their collecting approach, strategy and emotional connections to the work emerge in our conversation.
Ran short of time, so Marty Watson runs NEXT WEEK!
Please tune in on Sunday, 3-4pm EST to the Mosaic of Art on Blogtalkradio.
And HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Warmest regards,
George