Hiya, Monday. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. It's chilly in Miami and
I'm loving it...feels great and holiday like and snuggly. So I saw lots of art this weekend- the big show had a shit ton of Robert
Indiana LOVE sculptures, I was digging the one that lit up. I must say I
missed Deitch's presence- I know he was in town but I really missed his
gallery's awesome schtick. Though I am an art world outsider (but voyeur
nonetheless), I still feel like his gallery's closing has left a bit of a
black hole in the art scene. I know he is movin' and shakin' in LA, but
still... I absolutely adored the Sanrio pop up shop in Wynwood. It was really well
done, with different artists interpreting Ms. Kitty and friends- a lot of
fun for kids and adults alike. Positively adorable and well done and a full
on "pop" explosion. Also lovely for kids and adults was Friends with You's
outdoor installation, complete with bounce house. I liked that it was in a
park, and I loved that Miami has stepped up its game and finally caught onto
the food truck craze- loved the grilled cheese truck almost as much as the
art. Scope was cool, Nada was a bit meh, though the Deauville is a fun setting
for a show, and Pulse was my favorite of all. I discovered a fabulous
painter called Andreas Leikauf, who won my heart, but alas not my wallet
(love this Perfect Day piece, which was shown at the fair and almost made me
pass out). We also fell in love with the work of Florian Heinke (self
portrait with skull pictured here), another fabulous painter who juxtaposes
text and banal subjects of pop fame (Bukowski and such) and made me swoon. I
want one of his works in an enormous way. He's fabulous. And speaking of fabulous, my dear friend Marisa from Like the Spice (who
will from this point on be called the vixen temptress) had an awesome show
up at Scope. We were admiring Jason Bryant's fabulous new piece of Bogie and
Bacall, but the work of LA based Treasure Frey had us panting. And the vixen
temptress, like magic, had us packing it into the Honda Fit in no time flat,
dog in tow. Truthfully, we slept on it for a couple of nights, but realized
it was the perfect piece for our apartment. And boy is it...the piece is
very similar to the collage piece pictured here- it's a beautiful work on
tea stained paper, with bits of paper making these cool shard like patterns.
I adore it.Oh, and here is Khan at Scope, chillin' with his pops. How cool
is he? Such an art doggie. All in all, the shows were nice and the weather was perfect, but I found the
prices overall to be insane, and I also noticed a lack of photography at all
of the shows- not sure why that is, but photography was so the thing for a
couple of years- maybe it's swinging back to works on paper again? Ah, the
fickle art world (though I think it was Pulse that had some lovely photos of
Ms. Kate Moss in all her glory...) Was wonderful to have all the mad ones back in the city for a couple of
days- I look forward to next year- I'm taking reservations for Casa
Rosenberg now if you would like to come check out all the fun. I hope to
post my photos soon, on some sort of Flickr gallery. So it's back to normal
life now, but we'll always have Basel, right? Cause that's what's up this beautiful collage of a Monday in the MIA. XO
I'm loving it...feels great and holiday like and snuggly. So I saw lots of art this weekend- the big show had a shit ton of Robert
Indiana LOVE sculptures, I was digging the one that lit up. I must say I
missed Deitch's presence- I know he was in town but I really missed his
gallery's awesome schtick. Though I am an art world outsider (but voyeur
nonetheless), I still feel like his gallery's closing has left a bit of a
black hole in the art scene. I know he is movin' and shakin' in LA, but
still... I absolutely adored the Sanrio pop up shop in Wynwood. It was really well
done, with different artists interpreting Ms. Kitty and friends- a lot of
fun for kids and adults alike. Positively adorable and well done and a full
on "pop" explosion. Also lovely for kids and adults was Friends with You's
outdoor installation, complete with bounce house. I liked that it was in a
park, and I loved that Miami has stepped up its game and finally caught onto
the food truck craze- loved the grilled cheese truck almost as much as the
art. Scope was cool, Nada was a bit meh, though the Deauville is a fun setting
for a show, and Pulse was my favorite of all. I discovered a fabulous
painter called Andreas Leikauf, who won my heart, but alas not my wallet
(love this Perfect Day piece, which was shown at the fair and almost made me
pass out). We also fell in love with the work of Florian Heinke (self
portrait with skull pictured here), another fabulous painter who juxtaposes
text and banal subjects of pop fame (Bukowski and such) and made me swoon. I
want one of his works in an enormous way. He's fabulous. And speaking of fabulous, my dear friend Marisa from Like the Spice (who
will from this point on be called the vixen temptress) had an awesome show
up at Scope. We were admiring Jason Bryant's fabulous new piece of Bogie and
Bacall, but the work of LA based Treasure Frey had us panting. And the vixen
temptress, like magic, had us packing it into the Honda Fit in no time flat,
dog in tow. Truthfully, we slept on it for a couple of nights, but realized
it was the perfect piece for our apartment. And boy is it...the piece is
very similar to the collage piece pictured here- it's a beautiful work on
tea stained paper, with bits of paper making these cool shard like patterns.
I adore it.Oh, and here is Khan at Scope, chillin' with his pops. How cool
is he? Such an art doggie. All in all, the shows were nice and the weather was perfect, but I found the
prices overall to be insane, and I also noticed a lack of photography at all
of the shows- not sure why that is, but photography was so the thing for a
couple of years- maybe it's swinging back to works on paper again? Ah, the
fickle art world (though I think it was Pulse that had some lovely photos of
Ms. Kate Moss in all her glory...) Was wonderful to have all the mad ones back in the city for a couple of
days- I look forward to next year- I'm taking reservations for Casa
Rosenberg now if you would like to come check out all the fun. I hope to
post my photos soon, on some sort of Flickr gallery. So it's back to normal
life now, but we'll always have Basel, right? Cause that's what's up this beautiful collage of a Monday in the MIA. XO
