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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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 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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The fair’s new location is strategically positioned in Miami’s midtown arts corridor. photo MIAMI is on the main thoroughfare for all of the major satellite fairs in Miami, as well as the Rubell Family Collection and the new warehouse for the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection, which will open that week.

Fair Location:
Wynwood Arts District
3401 North Miami Avenue and NW 34th Street
Miami, FL 33127

Fair Hours:
VIP – Opening Night Reception
Tuesday, December 1 | 6:00 – 10:00 pm

General Public
Wednesday, December 2 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Thursday – Saturday, December 3 – 5 | 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 6 | 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Admission:
General Admission: $20
Students/Seniors $15
Entrance for Children under 12 is free.
Valid for re-entry during the run of the fair.
Tickets are available at the door throughout the duration of the event.

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The show will be an important resource for art lovers to discover emerging and noteworthy female artists as well as new and alternative trends in contemporary art. Guests will also be able to enjoy the fascinating ambiance of MiMo District with its restaurants, lounges, cafes, bars, boutique stores and all around entertainment.

Dates:
Tuesday, December 1st
General Opening
11:00 am – 10:00 pm

Sunday, December 6
11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location:
MiMo District
7300 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33138

*Submissions for female artists are being accepted until October 31st, 2009.
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Located in the heart of famous Wynwood Art District, Sculpt – Miami will combine an international selection of over 30 top sculptors with other exciting cultural events. The fair will be located at 46 NW 36 St which is 5 min waling distance from Midtown Mall.

The show will be an important resource for art lovers, collectors, dealers and curators that are searching to discover and experience new trends and museum quality contemporary sculptures.

Location:
Wynwood Art District
46 NW 36 St.
Miami, FL 33127
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Fair Hours:
Tuesday, December 1
Media & VIP Preview
7pm – 10:30pm

Sunday, December 6
11:00 am – 5:00 pm

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In addition to TWO HOURS OF FREE FATAL CONCOCTIONS PROVIDED BY STOLI from 8pm-10pm, guests will also be treated to free tarot card readings, illusions and magic provided by “America’s Got Talent” Marti Brill, and additional tricks and treats provided by MyEventBooth.com, Noobie Games, the ultimate trick or treat goodie bag and more! This event will definitely sell-out so make sure to RSVP NOW!

Time: 8pm – ?
Location: Club 50 – Viceroy Brickell – 485 Brickell Avenue, 50th Floor
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The background song is “Pink Warrior” by Candy Coburn. She has released the rights to the song for the community to use it. A portion of the sales proceeds from the song goes to the Susan G. Komen group.

Go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to read more about breast cancer research and fundraising.

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Spinello Gallery is proud to present LITTLEST SISTER 09 / INVITATIONAL, playfully commenting on the proliferation of the “Art Fair” as the viewer ironically steps back into the gallery.

If you’re looking to find small diamonds in the rough, look no further. In its second edition, Art Basel Miami Beach finds her baby sibling at SPINELLO GALLERY. LITTLEST SISTER 09, the smallest art fair in town, is conveniently located in the Design District and is sandwiched between Design Miami, Art Miami, Photo Miami, Scope, and Red Dot. The FREE art fair consists of 8 booths, all 4′ x 8′ in size. The scaled down booths uniquely house 50 of todays most provocative artists with a predominant focus on local Miami artists, curated by Denis Tejedor (Assistant Curator of Bass Museum) and Art Fair Founder, Anthony Spinello.

In the spirit of the miniature art fair, we invited the artists to submit works that are true to their individual style, however scaled down in size (approx. 9″ x 12″ and smaller). And like all art fairs, as works sell new works by the same artist will be re-hung.

November 6 – December 10, 2009

ARTISTS: Troy Abbott, Zach Balber, Bhakti Baxter, Sandra Bermudez, Blackbooks, Pablo Cano, Alejandro Contreras, Julie Davidow, Reniel Diaz, Jose Felix Perez, Pachi Giustinian, Michael Glidden, Enrique Gomez De Molina, Felice Grogan, Alex Heria, Alvaro Ilizarbe, Kris Knight, David Leroi, Nick Lobo, Lee Materazzi, Franco Mondini Ruiz, Victor Muniz, Federico Nessi, Skot Olsen, Christina Pettersson, Kerry Phillips, Vickie Pierre, Job Piston, Manny Prieres, Retna, Santiago Rubino, Samantha Salzinger, Oliver Sanchez, George Sanchez-Calderon, Tawnie Silva, Jen Stark, Tatiana Suarez, TM Sisters, Vadis Turner, TYPOE, Tatiana Vahan, Michelle Weinberg, Agustina Woodgate + more.

Press & Collectors Preview Benefit: November 6th / 7-10PM
[ Coinciding with Locust Projects Annual Fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Locust Projects ]
Design District Gallery Walk Preview: November 14th / 7-10PM.
Littlest Vernissage: December 1st / 7-10PM.
Art Basel Public Show Days: December 1 – 5 / 11AM – 8PM

* ABOVE IMAGE: LEE MATERAZZI, HAND DRYER, EDITION OF 10, 6″ X 4.5″, C-PRINT, 2009

SPINELLO GALLERY prides itself in exhibiting intelligent works of art in every medium by contemporary local Miami emerging artists. SPINELLO GALLERY has become the playground for unorthodox and experimental artists who don’t easily fit into the confines of the traditional gallery space. SPINELLO GALLERY is steadily making headway in the Miami Art Scene and beyond becoming a contender in the Art World.

SPINELLO GALLERY | 155 NE 38 STREET, No. 101 | MIAMI | FL | 33137

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