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Daniel Chazen A side-show at a recent Art Basel in Miami Beach was the DenMi exhibit. It was located in the Wynwood Art District of Miami, not too far from the Art Basel at the convention center. The name of the exhibit (DenMi) is derived from a combination of the cities of Denver and Miami. The exhibition featured some of Denver's top contemporary artists, such as Clark Richert, Homare Ikeda, and John McEnroe. The key factor of the Art Basel side-show for the Denver artist is that it effectively provided instant "global" access and to what is probably one of the most important contemporary art fairs in the United States. Collectors of contemporary art and others involved in the art market from around the world were at the show and able to visit the DenMi exhibit and see some of the best contemporary artwork Denver had to offer. It was definitely an important networking opportunity for the artists in the DenMi exhibit, as well as artists in the other side-shows. What is very interesting about the Art Basel in Miami is that it seems that the side-shows are probably as important as the show in the exhibition hall, especially for artists trying to get discovered. As for the artists who got into the exhibition hall at the convention center, they probably have some sort of following to begin with. It's kind of like if I was starting a new car company and could not afford to get into the New York Auto Show, I would try and rent out some space down the block from the Javits Center and try to lure people into my side-show to see the product. Here is a piece by Denver contemporary artist Homare Ikeda that was displayed at the DenMi side-show: Here is a link to DenMi and their participation in a side show at the Art Basil: http://denverarts.org/other_exhibits/denmi_during_art_basel_miami_beach_2009.html This is a link to the DenMi Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DENMI/153315093038 Here are links to Homare Ikead's 2 personal webpages which show some of his work: |
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Kwame Nana-Atoo ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH Like its European counterpart Venice biennale, Documenta, frieze art fair etc., Art Basel Miami beach has become the most important show in a America promoting cultural and social highlight for the international fair. It is also a sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland. An interesting feature and a distinctive one as well is that it involves a lot of outside activities, which easily engages the public, and increases the chances of finding new talents. Curators, critics, art connoisseur, galleries and museums, art collectors and buyers are all attracted for this gathering. When a gathering like that takes place, it embodies the fullness of the art world/market aiming to inspire the debate in the visual arts, to produce knowledge and bring about the development to raise curiosity and desire which will channel longevity to art and artist. ARTIST In the fair, the Anita Schwartz galleria will be showing an installation by Otavio Schipper. Schipper was born in 1979 in Brazil. He has a degree in Physics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He began his training in fine arts with courses in Parque Lage and as assistant to the photographer Pedro de Moraes. He worked in the computer graphics group of the Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada ( IMPA) developing research in 3D photography. He participated in the exhibitions "Arte Brasileira Hoje" (at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 2005), XII Salão da Bahia (Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, 2006) ,V Salão Nacional de Arte de Goiás (2006) and Nova Arte Nova (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil RJ / SP, 2008) . In 2007 held his first solo exhibition, "Borda de Dobras", at Millan gallery in São Paulo and in 2008, the solo exhibition "Fluido Percurso", at Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro. In 2010 showed the sound installation "Inconsciente Mecânico", at Centro Cultural Maria Antônia in São Paulo. INSTALLATION He will be installing a piece called empty voices. Empty Voices is a sound and sculpture installation that focuses on the artist constructive approach to traditional sculpture as well as minimalist and serial methods of musical composition. The idea for this dates back to the 18th century where musicians, in order to produce pure pitch for turning musical instruments where the invention of the turning fork was used to experiment the nature of sound. It consists of an acoustic space in which various types of tuning forks are suspended in space by steel cables. The sculptures are cast in bronze from computer-generated molds while the walls of the booth will be covered with acoustic materials commonly found in recording studios. The artist's constructive approach to sculpture draws from the Modernist tradition as well as from minimalist and serial methods of musical composition as exemplified by atonalism and other avant-garde techniques such as the polyphonies of ars combinatoria. CURATOR/GALLARY Anita Schwartz gallery started to serve as a spotlight for Brazilian art abroad. They act with the represented artist by working their careers internationally thus forging partnership with international institutions and galleries. Through careful selection of represented artist and their works,counting with great names of contemporary Brazilian art as well as supporting emerging young artist, the gallery invests in dissemination and propagation of Brazilian culture. LOCATION Since the gallery and the artist are both based in Brazil, I think their new location in Miami will create an interesting exposure to them. In exchange the audiences will also get to more about the culture of brazil and I think more importantly with the artist career and academic change, it will provide an interesting platform to discussion how he merges the sciences, music and art together to create such interesting installations. Links Images of Empty Voices http://www.mediamatic.net/person/60439 A short video of Otavio Schipper.- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JXLABTwyQdE#! A short biography and cv of the artist http://www.pipaprize.com/?page_id=1138 other links |
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