Miami’s Independent Thinkers & The Awarehouse present Miami’s Independent Thinkers Art Basel 2011

Art Basel satellite fair dedicated to showcasing local artists announces selected artists for the 3rd edition event, December 1st – 4th, 2011 at The Awarehouse.

Kerry McLaney (305 Creative Group), Heather Read, Sara Read and Laraine Hart, in association with The Awarehouse, present Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASEL 2011, a collaborative multimedia art exhibition showcasing Miami’s premiere, emerging and young artists.

DATES: December 1st-4th, 2011
SCHEDULE: Thursday 4pm-8pm (VIP/PRESS), Friday 6pm-3am, Saturday 6pm-3am, Sunday, 12pm-5pm
WHERE: The Awarehouse - 550 NW 29th Street, Wynwood FL 33127
ENTRY:  $10. Free–VIP passes

www.MiamiThinkers.com

Twitter @TheAwarehouse @MiamiThinkers

The 4-day fair aims to feature local artists working across a range of media – painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, muralists, performance and new media artists. The fair will run from December 1-4, 2011 during Art Basel and will include, live music, DJs, performance art, fashion and gastronomic edibles by Ms. Cheezious.

Again this year, Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASIL 2011, a co-op farmers market featuring organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, body products, baby products, vegan treats, yoga, sustainable clothes, accessories and activities. Will also include eco-friendly designers and artists. In collaboration with 305Green & Arbodela Fest, full vendor list released soon.

Selected Artists Include: Alex Ibsen; Alex Trimino; Alexandra Snowden; Alfredo Perez; Ana Villarruel; Annette Mauricio; Anthony Humphreys; Ashley E. Craig; Barbara M de Varona; Betsy Gandy; Carla Fache; Caroline Geys; Carolyn Mendoza; Charis Kirchheimer; Clara Varas; Dan Walker; Danielle Campfield; David Gary; David Rosenbloom; Diana Maquire; Diana Rodriguez; Enrique Sendra Perez; Ernesto Kunde; Ernesto Montes; Felisa Prieto; George Goodridge; George Riveron; Gil Bitton; Gina Cunningham; Henry Ballate; Humberto M Vento; Ileana Tolibia; Isabelle Wilcynska; Jaime Ferreyros; JeanPaul Malozzi; Jeff Ryan; John DeFaro; John Pack; Juan “ERMAN” Gonzalez; Karen Starosta-Gilinski; Katia Danilova; Katya Neptune; Kayce Armstrong; Kim Yantis; Lisa Danker; Lori Nozick; Luis Arturo Mora; Maitejosune Urrechaga; Mark Diamond; Marlene Lopez; Mary Larsen; Mauricio Ferrazza; Mesa Gonzalez; Michael White; Mikelle A Moore; Milcho; Myra Wexler; Natalia Molina; Nicole Martinez; Phaedra Robinson; Ramon Branger; Ramon F. Bofill; Redinger-Libolt; Rod Deal; Rodrigo Arcaya; Ron Syllien; Ryan Hayoun; Sandra Caballero; Sean Murdock; Sean Sullivan; Shane M Maberry; Sophie Bonet; Sri Prabha; Stephanie Gonzalez; Tatiana Poveda; Ted VanCleave; Tiffany Smith; Xiomara Ponce; Zusel Escriba

Miami’s Independent Thinkers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the unity, development and promotion of Miami’s flourishing art community. Our assemblage embraces established, emerging and young artists, visionaries and intellectuals.

Our mission is to provide a sustainable support base for Miami’s creative community, including: painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and new media artists.

Miami’s local “Fashion Poet” Annie Vazquez compiled a list of must-see events during Art Basel Miami. She is a fashion writer, a poet and shop-a-holic who has been published in several publications such as The Miami Herald, AOL, Stylist, Ocean Drive and NBC among many. The Miami native is an expert when it comes to shopping, unearthing new designers and labels in her hometown and spotting trends.

So who better to check in with than a fashionista on a schedule and stilettos to show off. Make sure you follow her on Twitter @AnnieCVazquez. She keeps her #artbasel tweets flowing.

Check out her links below:

Your Fashion Guide to Art Basel in Miami 2011

Art Basel socialites flock to Marni boutique in Miami’s Design District

Designer Mara Hoffman Makes Art Basel Debut

Fashion Must Have for Art Basel 2011: Artist Made Limited Edition Tshirts

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WHAT: Colossal Rose Bed To Bloom On South Beach
DATES: Sunday, Nov 27th – Sunday, Dec 4th
LOCATION: Sagamore - 1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
WEBSITE: www.sagamorehotel.com

Sagamore, The Art Hotel, Announces Will Ryman as Featured Artist for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 In honor of the hotel’s 10th anniversary of the Annual Art Basel Brunch

Internationally acclaimed artist to install 65th Street Last seen in the U.S. in New York City

South Beach is coming up roses, literally, as Sagamore, The Art Hotel on Miami Beach, along with its owner, Martin Taplin, art collector and curator Cricket Taplin, and the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, announce Will Ryman’s 65th Street to be publicly installed on the hotel’s beachfront for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. A towering sculpture with one bud reaching as high as 22 feet, the exhibit reflects Ryman’s flair for the dramatic and absurdly wonderful.

The dwarfing blossoms will spring up from steel stems on Sunday, November 27, and remain on display through Sunday, December 4, 2011. A fanciful and colorful display of flora blooming on white sand beach and set against the Atlantic’s perpetuity, the installation will enamor viewers with its larger-than-life landscape.

Offering a bug’s-eye-view of the world, 65th Street will feature four colossal pink and red buds, ranging from five to ten feet in diameter, with the tallest bud inhabited by a brass aphid and beetle. Ryman, familiar with non-traditional materials, utilizes stainless steel, yacht-grade fiberglass resin, automotive paint and brass to create sculptures designed to withstand the elements.

Will Ryman is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to exhibit at the South Beach hotel. Since the inception of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 when the international art market incorporated the city of Miami as a prime art venue, Sagamore, The Art Hotel, has hosted celebrated artists from around the world including Massimo Vitali, Yoko Ono, Spencer Tunick, Olaf Breuning, Elliot Erwitt and Roxy Paine, among others.

“Will Ryman is one of the most important artists of our time; his art will make history and we are extremely fortunate to celebrate his amazing talent at the Sagamore,” says Cricket Taplin.

This year Sagamore, The Art Hotel, will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Annual Art Basel Brunch. One of the most sought-after Art Basel events – which commenced in 2001 despite the events of 9/11 canceling the launch of Art Basel Miami Beach– the hotel partners with six local museums including the Bass Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU, the Wolfsonian-FIU and Lincoln Center in New York City.

“It is a privilege and an honor to have Will as the featured artist of our 10th anniversary,” continues Taplin. “My husband and I began collecting his work in 2006; we have followed his career since and are constantly impressed with his larger-than-life concepts and ideas. He takes everyday objects that are often overlooked, blows them up and places them center stage, reminding you, literally, to ‘take time to smell the roses.’”

A native New Yorker, Will Ryman is internationally known for his large-scale figurative sculptures based on urban scenes and oversized flora. His work steadily incorporates a range of materials including plaster, fiberglass, stainless steel, paper machê, magic sculpt, brass, copper tubing, and cast aluminum. A writer turned artist, Ryman’s work is heavily influenced by the works of absurdist playwrights and philosophers.

DATES: Wednesday, Nov 30th to Sunday, December 4th
PREVIEW DAY (By invitation only): Tuesday, November 29th
COLLECTOR’S PREVIEW: 12-6pm (New hours)
VERNISSAGE: 6-10pm
GENERAL SHOW HOURS: Daily from 12pm-8pm; Sunday 12pm-6pm
LOCATION: Meridian Avenue & 19th Street - Adjacent to the Miami Beach Convention Center
WEBSITE:  http://designmiami.com/

Tickets can be purchased for entry to the fair Wednesday to Sunday, 30 November – 4 December.

General Admission: $25
Students & Senior Citizens (with valid ID): $15
Tickets are valid for one day only.

Highlights include:
• Galleries // 23 of the world’s most active design galleries will present works from established and emerging design talent
• Design On/Site // 4 independent and emerging galleries will present works by individual designers or studios
• Designer of the Year Award // David Adjaye will debut ‘Genesis’ – an exclusive commission for Design Miami/ which will be showcased at the very entrance of the fair
• Design Performances // FENDI will present ‘Craft Alchemy’, a dreamlike installation realized by designer Elisa Strozyk and artist Sebastian Neeb.
• Design Talks // W Magazine’s Stefano Tonchi will moderate a series of compelling conversations with a selection the world’s top architects, discussing their careers, collaborations and passions.
• Satellites Exhibitions // the Miami Design District presents in collaboration with the Buckminster Fuller Foundation, utopian architect Fuller’s 1970s Fly’s Eye Dome alongside Lord Norman Foster’s reconstructed Dymaxion car
• Sponsors // Audi, Design Miami’s Exclusive Automotive Sponsor, Fendi and Swarovski Crystal Palace will unveil new design projects at the fair; Veuve Clicquot and Cappellini also continue their support with the 2011 show.

Design Miami/, the global forum for design, will hold the 2011 edition of its show November 30 – December 4, in a custom structure, erected adjacent to its sister fair Art Basel Miami Beach. The fair boasts a newly expanded gallery program with choice exhibitors from America, Europe, Asia and Africa presenting important works of 20th and 21st century design, including furniture, lighting and objets d’art. This year’s fair will see a 50% increase in participating galleries and will host a program of Talks, Satellite Exhibitions and custom commissions exploring the relationship between design and architecture.

Design Miami/ has become the destination for collectors seeking both established and cutting-edge emerging design for private and museum collections. Each fair presents a competitively curated selection of international galleries – all top specialists in their fields – representing important works by French architects of 40s and 50s, Brazilian and California Modern, Scandinavian Mid-Century, Postmodern Italian design, the French 60s and 70s, Korean craft, artists’ and designers’ jewelry and a large spectrum of experimental contemporary work from both lauded established and emerging designers.

The fair’s list of prestigious exhibitors draws influential collectors, institutions, designers, critics and industry luminaries from around the world. Design Miami/ maintains a consistent roster of the world’s most active design galleries, including: Galerie Patrick Seguin (Paris), Galerie kreo (Paris), Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London & Paris), Demisch Danant (NY), R 20th Century (NY), Johnson Trading Gallery (NY), Jousse Entreprise (NY) and Cristina Grajales Gallery (NY). This Miami fair also welcomes back Galerie Downtown – François Laffanour (Paris), Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery (Zurich & Paris), Hostler Burrows (NY), moss (NY), Magen H. Gallery (NY) and Galerie VIVID (Rotterdam).

First-time exhibitors include Didier Ltd (London), Galerie Maria Wettergren (Paris), Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud (Brussels), Mark McDonald (Hudson, NY), Modernity (Stockholm) and Novalis Fine Arts (Turin). In addition, the Design On/Site program, the showcase for small-scale yet high-level exhibitions of new work by individual designers or studios, will include Design Miami’s first ever participant from Africa, Southern Guild (Wilderness).

Alongside these venerable galleries, Design Miami/ organizes a cultural program that profiles established and up-and-coming designers, commissions new architectural and design work and brings together luminaries from the worlds of design, art, fashion and architecture to discuss their influences and process.

A highlight of this December’s show is the site-specific installation by Designer of the Year Award winner, UK-based architect David Adjaye. As his award commission, Adjaye will create a pavilion, entitled Genesis. Adjaye calls Genesis his first work of “giant architectural furniture” that combines structure, seating,
windows and doors into a single gesture.

For the second consecutive year, Design Miami’s Design Talks series will be moderated by W Magazine Editor-in-Chief Stefano Tonchi. Over the course of three days, these conversations will include a selection the world’s top architects, discussing their careers, collaborations and passions.

As part of the show’s series of satellite exhibitions, the Miami Design District presents in collaboration with the Buckminster Fuller Foundation, utopian architect Fuller’s 1970s Fly’s Eye Dome alongside Lord Norman Foster’s reconstructed Dymaxion car. The fair also welcomes a capsule exhibition of the french design show Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity presented by The Wolfsonian Museum.

Design Miami’s ambitious curatorial program and investment in bringing the most exciting names in design to the fair would not be possible without the generous commitment of its partners. Audi, Design Miami’s Exclusive Automotive Sponsor, Fendi and Swarovski Crystal Palace will unveil new design projects at the fair; Veuve Clicquot and Cappellini also continue their support with the 2011 show.

Confirmed Galleries For Design Miami/ 2011
Main Gallery Programme:
Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London & Paris)
Cristina Grajales Gallery (New York)
Demisch Danant (New York)
Didier Ltd (London)
Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery (Zurich & Paris)
Galerie Downtown – François Laffanour (Paris)
Galerie kreo (Paris)
Galerie Maria Wettergren (Paris)
Galerie Patrick Seguin (Paris)
Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud (Brussels)
Galerie VIVID (Rotterdam)
Gallery SEOMI (Seoul)
Hostler Burrows (New York)
Johnson Trading Gallery (New York)
Jousse Entreprise (Paris)
Magen H. Gallery (New York)
Mark McDonald (Hudson)
Modernity (Stockholm)
moss (New York)
Novalis Fine Arts (Turin)
Ornamentum (Hudson)
R 20th Century (New York)
Todd Merrill Twentieth Century (New York)

Design On/Site:
Established & Sons (London)
Industry Gallery (Washington, DC & Los Angeles)
Priveekollektie Contemporary Art|Design (Heusden)
Southern Guild (Wilderness)
Venice Projects (Venice)

DATES: November 28 to December 4, 2011
OPENING EVENING: November 29, 6 pm to 9 pm
PUBLIC HOURS: 11 am to 9 pm
LOCATION: Surfcomber Hotel - 1717 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL

ENTRANCE FEE : $ 10, free for kids under 14

CONTACT: sandrine@artsforabetterworld.com

Program of conferences, debates and seminars
Program of special events
Collector’s private and guided tour

Private school tours: 10 AM/ 2 PM. Free entrance.
Kids Art workshop: 10 AM-1PM for school (during the week) 1PM – 3PM and 5 PM (Saturday and Sunday)

The stage of Arts For A Better World 2011
Unlike any other fair during Art Basel Week, the elegantly designed exhibition space will be dedicated to show case the artworks presented by galleries, but also corporate and institutional partners, sponsors and non-profit organizations.

An innovative mosaic of arts and spaces will contribute to opening the minds on varied expressions of art. A Special Curatorial Space will show case selected works from emerging artists but also some important works from the secondary market within a carefully curated art exhibition within the show.

Special artistic projects with a Better World dimension will be presented as well in dedicated space. Artistic live happenings, receptions, VIP opening, special tours, unique kids program….

Workshops, conferences, seminars will be organized in a special education dedicated space Arts For A Better World will be associated with a major Non-Profit Organization for this 2011 edition

November 28th
7-9 pm: All Together – Holocaust Remembrance & Tolerance evening co-hosted by Greater Miami Jewish Federation

November 29th
6 pm-11 pm: VIP Opening (invitation only) benefitting the Taglialatella Foundation
7:00 pm: Ribbon cutting by Miami Beach Mayor Bauer
Street Art Live Happenings (Speedy Graphito)

November 30th
8-10 am: Breakfast Robert Lynch, Americans For The Arts
Noon-2 pm: Media Brunch
3-6 pm: Art Basel VIPs Afternoon Tea
8 pm-11 pm Vernissage After Party: Support New Orleans

December 1st
9-10 am : Greater Miami & Beaches Hotel Association : “How Art benefits the hotel industry”
7-8 pm: Van Gogh Conference, Wouter Van der Veen
7-10 pm: Van Gogh Private Dinner (Guest List only)

December 2nd
9-10 am Art and Corporate Responsibility: Claire Breukel
2-4 pm: Museums & Community, Jean-Michel Raingeard
6-7 pm: An overview of the art market // Panel art and investment, Sebastien Laboureau, Dominic Tagliatella, William Goldberg
7-11 pm: Friday Night Party (Theme TBD)

December 3rd
5-6 pm: Van Gogh Conference – Dominique Janssens, Wouter Van Der Veen, Sebastien Laboureau
6-7 pm: From Pop Art to Street Art – panel, scholars and curators
7 pm- 1 am: Better World Party

December 4th
10-11 am: Van Gogh Conference – Dominique Janssens, Sebastien Laboureau
11 am-3 pm Van Gogh Brunch and afternoon on the beach

DATES: November 29-December 4, 2011
LOCATION: NE 1st Ave (Midtown Blvd) @ NE 30th St
WEBSITE: www.scope-art.com

SCOPE Art Show celebrates eleventh year with return to 2010 Midtown Miami location

First View For VIP’s and Press
Tuesday| November 29 | 4pm-8pm
Free for VIPs (or $100 donation to benefit The SCOPE Foundation)

General Admission Fair Hours
Wednesday-Saturday | Nov 30 – Dec 3 | 11am-7pm
Sunday | Dec 4 | 11am – 6pm


The art show that has established its name by curating cutting-edge contemporary art from around the world proudly returns to Miami for its eleventh year. Cementing its future with an 80,000 square foot pavilion SCOPE Miami’s high-profile venue is centrally located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District. Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami, SCOPE’s Midtown Miami home is just steps from The Rubell family collection, Margulies Collection at the Warehouse and the Goldman Collection. The fair opens to Press and VIPs on Tuesday, November 29 with the FirstView benefit from 4-8pm

This year’s edition of SCOPE Miami, November 29th-December 4th, 2011, presents 80 international galleries upholding a unique tradition of solo and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality programming, collector tours, screenings, and special events. Returning galleries include: SPINELLO Projects(Miami), Jacob Karpio Galeria (San Jose), New Image Art (Los Angeles), Katharine Mulherin (Toronto | New York), PROGRAM (Warsaw), Christopher Henry Gallery (New York), Contemporary by Angela Li (Hong Kong), Civilian Art Projects (Washington DC) newcomers: Meulensteen (New York), Mallick Williams (New York), Plataforma de Arte Contemporaneo (Guadalajara), NOMAD Gallery (Brussels), Heiner Contemporary (Washington DC). Additionally, SCOPE is proud to announce The Argentine Section featuring 6 galleries, including returnee Pabellón 4 Contemporary Art.

Complementing this year’s international galleries, SCOPE Miami will feature a selection of special artist projects, including: a performance by United Emirates artist, CHOKRA; the installation, HELLO WORLD courtesy of artist Christopher Baker; and DB Burkman’s installation, STUCK UP, which features one of a kind stickers from artists like Matthew Barney, and Marilyn Minter to Kaws, and Skullphone. All three museum quality projects exemplify the thematic nature of history brought to life through art practice today.

SCOPE Miami is also proud to present New York’s Aperture Foundation, which will feature artists including Richard Mosse, Penelope Umbrico, Brian Ulrich and Hank Willis Thomas. Additionally, Miami-based Kiwi Arts Group presents a special exhibition of photographer William John Kennedy, featuring images of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana from their emerging days prior to their fame as historical and celebrated artists.

The unique SCOPE Miami experience expands this year in partnership with cultural organizations, featuring: film, music, theatre and performance. “This season we want to highlight SCOPE’s lead role as creative R+D for a wider audience of taste makers who make art their business” says SCOPE President & Founder Alexis Hubshman. “Introducing artists, curators, and cutting-edge galleries to new international audiences has made SCOPE the most comprehensive destination for the emerging art world.”

Creating awareness through art and design…2009 Green Art Fair will be part of the “Local Intervention” at Coverings Creative Complex located at the MiMO District.

Location:
7620 NE 4th Court MiMO District Miami FL 33138

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Michael Workman is reworking the Bridge Art Fair into Verge, which will focus exclusively on emerging art. Verge was the name given to a section of artist-run spaces housed within Bridge. Verge will launch this year in Miami at the Catalina Hotel to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach.

Verge is an international platform for the most exciting and interesting in new and emerging art. Verge exists to establish boundaries of the extraordinary as a counter to the natural compulsion towards stagnation in the way art is evaluated and delivered to the public. Staying true to this necessary state for the advancement of art requires a sustained focus on the best new ideas and practices of those marginal or newly emerging to international art audiences. The satisfaction of this fixed requirement for a healthy and competitive artistic culture is at the core of Verge as an international exposition of the highest quality artistic production and the galleries, museums and audiences who sustain it.

Presenting an exclusive total of 30 exhibitors this year in Miami.

Location:
The Catalina Hotel and Beach Club
1732 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Dates:
December 3-6, 2009

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Art Positions: 23 young galleries showcasing cutting-edge projects, now inside the Miami Beach Convention Center. Formerly located at Collins Park in shipping containers, Art Positions will now comprise of booths situated in the center of the Art Basel Miami Beach exhibition halls. The sector presents 23 young galleries from 9 different countries, showcasing cutting-edge projects by single artists and conceptual group shows.

Art Basel Miami Beach 2009

Art Positions counts participating galleries from the United States, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Japan, Italy, Mexico and the Netherlands. Eight of them are new participants in Art Basel Miami Beach.

The Oceanfront area, formerly the home of the Art Positions containers, will be created by Los Angeles artist Pae White, working together with Creative Time, the legendary New York public art organization, and host a daily program including the Art Basel Conversations, Art Perform, Art Video and Art Film.

Below, you can find all the 2009 Art Positions galleries at a glance:

Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York City | Pieter Schoolwerth
Bischoff Weiss Gallery, London | Nathaniel Rackowe
Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam | Lara Almarcegui, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Falke Pisano
Canada Gallery, New York | Joe Bradley
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles | Amanda Ross-Ho, Noah Sheldon
Pilar Corrias Gallery, London | Ulla von Brandenburg
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York | Brent Green
James Fuentes, New York | Agathe Snow
I8 Gallery, Reykjavik| Egill Saebjornsson
Klemm’s, Berlin | Gwenneth Boelens, Falk Haberkorn, Alexej Meschtschanow, Adrian Sauer
Maisterravalbuena, Madrid | Karmelo Bermeso
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York | Sarah Cain
Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo | Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
ProyectosMonclova, Mexico City | Nina Beier, Mario Garcia Torres
Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona | Ignacio Uriarte
Ratio 3, San Francisco | Ruth Laskey, Mitzi Pederson
Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles | Jason Kraus, Jeff Kopp
Sutton Lane, London | Reena Spaulings, Marcel Broodthaers
T293, Naples | Sonia Almeida
Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York | Barb Choit
Wallspace, New York | Walead Beshty, Shannon Ebner
Eva Winkeler, Frankfurt | Martin Hoener
Galerie Zink, Berlin, Munich, New York | Rinus Van de Velde

Miguel Abreu Gallery (New York) mounts a solo show of Pieter Schoolwerth’s paintings. In his allegorical tableaux, Schoolwerth insists on placing the depicted body at the center of his ingenious scenes, as a first order of resistance to the forces of abstraction. Within a single still picture he attempts to render the fact of the body’s existence in multiple images.

With “My Rising Phoenix,” Ellen de Bruijne Projects (Amsterdam) puts forward three strong positions by female artists Lara Almarcegui, Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz and Falke Pisano. Next to their critical approach towards society’s morbid growth in wealth and consumption, all three artists present in their work an inner strength with a productive focus on “creating constructions.”

Joe Bradley presents his “Shamagoo Paintings” at Canada Gallery (New York). The paintings – employing dirt, raw canvas and loosely drawn symbols – are part of a greater installation specifically created for this presentation.

Cherry and Martin (Los Angeles) installs a two-person show with new works by Amanda Ross-Ho and Noah Sheldon. In their photo-based pieces and sculptures, Ross-Ho and Sheldon actively investigate personal identity and experience within the context of America’s overwhelmingly disjunctive – often broken – mass-produced image and product-driven landscape.

Pilar Corrias Gallery (London) presents a solo exhibition of works by Ulla von Brandenburg, a participant in this year’s Venice Biennale. The installation is separated in two parts by a curtain, one area dedicated to Brandenburg’s watercolors, while the other part of the booth presents the film “Singspiel, ” both looking to the late 19th century and putting current depictions of reality into question.

For Art Positions, James Fuentes (New York) mounts a solo show with sculptures by Agathe Snow, consisting of the completion into her year-long research of the world of Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci’s machine concepts are the basis for the series of Snow’s raw sculptures exploring the inventions of the Renaissance times.

In their Art Positions project, i8 Gallery (Reykjavik) present a new installation by Egill Saebjornsson, which comprises of objects on a stage animated by a video projection and sound. In Saebjornsson’s work, everyday objects take on an unexpectedly life-like quality, encouraging the viewer to look afresh at their surroundings.

The group show “Time-Gap-Memory” at Klemm’s (Berlin) engages the notion of time, as in memory and past, compiling works by Gwenneth Boelens, Falk Haberkorn, Alexej Meschtschanow and Adrian Sauer. Crossing different media – drawing, collage, photography and sculpture – the gesture of conscious appropriation, utilization and reinvention is the thread that ties together this presentation.

Sara Meltzer Gallery (New York) shows a solo project by artist Sarah Cain, whose focal interest is to challenge the status of painting and employ abstraction as a mode of representation. She incorporates natural elements and found material, moving fluidly between works on paper, canvas, sculpture and site-specific installation.

Proyectos Monclova (Mexico City) presents a group show featuring Nina Beier and Mario Garcia Torres, which focuses on psychoanalytic theory, history, architecture and politics. The show includes paintings, sculptural-architectural elements and video.

The show at Mizuma Art Gallery (Tokyo) presents a new video installation and photographic works by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba. For the project “Breathing is Free: 12,756.3,” Nguyen-Hatsushiba documents and refers to the globe’s diameter, a distance that he tries to reach while running in various cities around the world.

In his project “The Michael Winslow Typewriter Experience” at Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona), Ignacio Uriarte works together with the actor Michael Winslow, who became famous in the 1980s thanks to his role in the comedy film “Police Academy.” For his work, Uriarte has invited Winslow to create a live monument to a typewriter, imitating the sound for a video piece, which in the exhibition is surrounded by Uriate’s typewriter drawings.

Ratio 3 (San Francisco) presents a two-person show with Ruth Laskey and Mitzi Pederson, who share the use of delicate materials and an attention to the subtleties of color, line and shape. Pederson’s sculptures and Laskey’s intricate weavings explore concerns of minimalism with an exciting contemporary edge.

Redling Fine Art (Los Angeles) highlights artists Jason Kraus and Jeff Kopp, each exhibiting work that plays on the materiality of common objects and manipulate them to highlight the subtle perversity and uncanniness of the everyday world.

Sutton Lane (London) mounts a juxtaposition of Reena Spaulings, a title character in a novel who then emerged as a fictional artist and gallery in Manhattan, and Marcel Broodthaers, the great progenitor of a rigorous but humorous practice of institutional critique. Like Spaulings, Broodthaers started as an artist in a contrived and poetic way – in both cases, the identity of the artist is called into question from the beginning, serving as a platform for further exploration.

The installation at the booth of T293 (Naples) is based on a work in progress by Sonia Almeida, in which a single street is mapped by the sequence of colors on its left and its right side, correlating with the idea of the two sides of the brain and the duality of body and mind. Almeida’s paintings express the duplicity of the body and how perception intrinsically connects those two sides.

Rachel Uffner Gallery (New York) constructs an exhibition of ceramic fragments produced during a tea ceremony held by artist Barb Choit in in February 2009 in New York City, which included a subsequent breaking of the cups and saucers. The installation includes the inventory amassed during this event as well as the photographs and documentations, fetishizing the broken, useless objects on the floor.

Wallspace (New York) features a three-person presentation with Fia Backström, Walead Beshty and Shannon Ebner. All three artists, in different ways, seek to exploit, deconstruct and repurpose systems of language, exchange and production, with strong ties to the legacy of conceptual art, performance and contemporary photographic practices.

Under the title “The Contemporary Cave” artist Rinus van de Velde installs a site-specific installation at the booth of Gallery Zink (Munich/Berlin/New York). “The Contemporary Cave” is the studio, archive and home of the fictional sculptor “William Crowder,” who van de Velde invented as his alter ego, presenting his sculptures, drawings and documentations of the life of the artist’s counterpart.

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INK was founded to provide a much-needed venue to showcase contemporary works on paper during Art Basel Miami Beach week. INK will feature 13 notable publishers and dealers who will exhibit new publications, projects and aquisitions by leading contemporary artists.

Dates:
December 2 – 6, 2009
Opening Brunch Celebration
December 2, 2009: 10 a.m. – Noon

Hours:
Wednesday, December 2: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Thursday, December 3: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Friday, December 4: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 5: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 6: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Admission is free.

Location:
Suites of Dorchester
1850 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139

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