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Art Basel 2013

12 Thursday Dec 2013

Posted by pat in Art, Art Museums & Exhibitions, paintings, sketching, Uncategorized

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Art Basel, Miami

Miami.  Art Fair week.  It is an endurance test to see how much art you can see in just a couple of days, but my dear friend and I decided after the “Art Miami” tents on Friday, we couldn’t stop there.  We decided to tackle Art Basel on Saturday, and were so glad we did.

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In past years I felt the art was a bit too out there and hard to relate to. But this year we kept seeing new work that made us sigh, and say “yes”. This is what art is.

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It makes you think, and dream, and takes you away from the everyday.

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It opens new worlds, and shows you the sublime. Or makes you view the usual in a new light.

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It just went on and on for over 4 hours of walking with quick breaks for food and a cool drink. They had small oasis of calm in the middle of the massive exhibition.ImageAnd then out in to the fray once again…

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Re-energized, and ready to take more in. Bonnard, Mitchell, Katz…Sigh.IMG_0413 IMG_0412IMG_0401IMG_0397IMG_0396 IMG_0394 IMG_0392 IMG_0389 IMG_0388IMG_0383 Image 8Image 6 Image 5 Image 4Until next year…

 

 

Miami Art Fairs 2013

06 Friday Dec 2013

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Art Basel, Art Miami, Miami

Another year, and I have made the 8 hour drive down to Miami for the annual Art Basel.  Usually, I find the satellite art fairs actually more interesting than the “big show” at the convention center at the beach.

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The whole Art Basel is inspiring, with world-renowned galleries showing some master works that you may never get a chance to see outside private collections. But it is the smaller fairs, mostly in massive interconnecting tents, in the Wynwood Art District, that interest me. Obviously crowds of art lovers felt the same way.

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They are saying this year that there are as many parties as art lovers descending on Miami this winter. Nonetheless, I enjoy the frenzy.

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Where else can you see this much art in such a short amount of time from all over the world.

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I like to see what my fellow “emerging artists” are doing, and thinking. Just a taste of the day…

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Art Basel in Miami

11 Tuesday Dec 2012

Posted by pat in Art, Art Museums & Exhibitions, paintings, sketching, Uncategorized

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Art Basel, Art Miami, Miami

‘Tis the season to be overwhelmed with art. December is Art Basel time in Miami. It certainly has become one of the largest art fairs in the world…and that’s good and bad.

On entering the tent, the room stared back at us. Photo by me

I always have mixed feelings about this massive art fair that has spread from Miami Beach web-like to art fairs all through the Miami Midtown/Wynwood Design District area.

A view from above…a happy perspective for me. Photo by me.

Actually the word on the streets this year is that the major focus has shifted from South Beach to Wynwood and midtown, the up and coming design and art district.

Art Miami in the Midtown near the Wynwood Design District. Photo by me.

I love seeing the new art all smashed in to one small area.

Big girl little girl. Photo by me.

It’s the only way I know to see such a broad slice of what artists are currently doing outside the magazine pages of the popular arts magazines. And art is always better up close and personal.

Art Miami. Photo by me

Miami is within driving distance for us. We love Miami’s energy even in the off times, so it doesn’t take much incentive for us to jump in the car and travel down I-95 to the Beach.

Into the wilderness. Photo by me

 

Bunny wedding. Photo by me.

 

The gentler side of nature. Photo by me.

Much of the massive art fair can seem so hyped and frantic.  So this year I decided to select a few of the relatively smaller venues and just try to let it wash over me gently.

Viewers young and old. And the art looks back. Photo by me.

It helped that I had my good friend from Virginia with me. When we walked into the Art Miami tent, husbands in tow, it’s all there.  And it is magic.  Just like Willy Wonka for art fanatics.

One of my best friends from college days joined me in Miami. Our beloveds followed close behind us. Photo by me.

The crowds swarmed through the streets, taxis honking, palm trees swaying.  And the warm tropical sun made My Beloved Brit a truly happy man.  He still seemed happy even inside the art tent and managed not to complain once.

Imagery. Photo by me.

There is so much art, it is difficult to see everything and keep it all in perspective. But it is thrilling.

Reflections in art. Photo by me.

The variety this year was interesting. But what I noticed after winding through the maze of gallery exhibitions was how much of it revolved around personal, human images.

Alex Katz, one of my favorite artists. Photo by me.

No matter which way we turned, the eyes seemed to follow you.  And the interpretation of the human face was as varied as the materials.

This was done as embroidery, and the artist showed the “back side” of the work. Fascinating. Photo by me.

Heads Up! Photo by me.

Some was calming, but much was frantic.  Is this the current human condition of uncertainty?

Wild art. Photo by me.

I’ll have to think about that.

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