Cordially invites you to Wynwood Gallery Nights – Last Thursdays
to preview our new furniture collections from our exclusive designer
furniture European lines:

MyYOUR – INDERA – FISCHER MOBEL – INDECASA
PROSPETTIVE/ESEDRA – MERITALIA – LA CIVIDINA

Thursday, September 24th, 2009
6pm – 8pm
Also featuring our resident artists

PATRICIA SCHNALL GUTIERREZ
Paintings
&
BRUCE McQUISTON’s
Sculptures

(Private viewings available by appointment: Monday – Saturday, 9am to 6pm)

Directions From I-95 take 195 East, take exit 2A, make a right on North Miami Avenue heading South pass Midtown Shopping Center, go right on 29th Street heading West, then left on 5th Ave heading South, and a final right on 28th street heading West, D&G is the third building on your left.

Directions: from Biscayne Blvd head west on N.E. 29th Street, make a left NW 5th Ave, make a right on NW 28th Street heading West, D&G is the third building on your left.

D&G ART DESIGN GALLERY EVENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN OUR PREMISES

GO APE SHIT : Paintings by Thorsten Hasenkamm
A really beautiful show that you should not miss!
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Come and explore amazing art FORMS from some of the USA most notorious up and coming ICONS!
EXHIBITON CURATED BY ERIC COUTIER
Enjoy GROLSCH BEER!
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URBAN ICONS MARKETING
46NW 36ST LOFT #2
MIAMI, FL 33127

Tata Navia: Opening Reception with Luis Perez Galeria at The Awarehouse for 2nd Saturdays

Mike Tesch’s “This is your Pilot speaking” at FlightStudio Gallery! Saturday Sept 12, 7-10PM

Panamerican Art Projects presents Gustavo Acosta and Carlos González
September 12th, 2009. 6:00 p.m.
Left: Gustavo Acosta. The Glass Shield. 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 96″ x 64″. Right: Carlos González. Finding light. 2009. Stainless steel. 72″ x 86″ x 80″
Opening Reception: September 12th, 2009. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Panamerican Art Projects. 2450 NW 2nd Avenue. Miami, FL 33127
Dates: From September 5th through October 3rd, 2009
Admission: Free
Flying was a dream and an obsession for centuries until the airplane was invented. Although now we are able to fly assisted by mechanical devices, we still look at birds in a mix of wonder and envy. As a result, wings are seen as the means of transforming, and flying as the ultimate metaphor for freedom, the image of total liberation. In art history there any many examples of artists who have been inspired by the act of flying and as a consequence reflected it on their works.

Here we have two contemporary Cuban artists whose works are connected to this idea: Gustavo is using it as a resource for his paintings and Carlos is more interested in the actual possibility of flying, translating this interest to his sculptures.

The Great Systems – Gustavo Acosta
The idea of being constantly watched drove him to paint what seem like views seen through night vision goggles. These images looked like they were made by somebody who went around while everybody was sleeping and registered what he saw. While experimenting in this direction Gustavo started to play with the color green and the infinite possibilities that it offered. This led him to use the color as a filter, as if he was permanently looking at his surroundings through a green glass. The result is this group of paintings in which he has ‘softened’ the color in a more even tone, getting farther away from the goggles effect and giving the impression of an image captured when the light had a rare diffusion.

Secret codes
In this series of works Gustavo is exploring night views in which he shows us how cities are mapped out by their lights reflected against the dark background of a starry night, almost like electric Nazca lines. There is a sense of abstraction with pure color points made of light dots, the pitch black background emphasizing the emptiness between the ground and the air.

Flights of Fancy – Carlos González’s sculptures
In this new group of sculptures Carlos González continues exploring the natural world yet with a clear departure from his last solo exhibition a couple of years ago. His hard angular forms have dissipated, giving space to more organic and voluptuous pieces. While the previous works reminded us of insects, these new ones are inspired by birds and connected elements such as seeds and flowers. Carlos keeps looking at nature for inspiration and these pieces are his very personal interpretations of it. Seemingly mimicking wings and plants he is bringing to light the overlapping of nature, science and flying devices that seem ready to take off. While the works look like mechanical artifacts, there is still the poetry of nature. The monumentality of his work is balanced by the delicacy and intricacy of each piece, part of a complicated yet delicate oeuvre.

PanAmericanArtProjects
2450 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Ph: 305.573.2400
Fax: 305.573.0720
miami@panamericanart.com
www.panamericanart.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Join us Saturday
reception and artists’ performance 7-10pm
Paul & Mills present their newest works in the main gallery. Artformz is also very pleased to announce a collaborative, interactive, performance in the gallery’s project room. On 2nd Saturday, Wynwood Art Walk Night, visitors to Artformz will participate in an unusual project. You may add one of your personal items to a still life arrangement created by the artists. Photographer PJ Mills will arrange his signature lighting and shoot the composition. Prints will be displayed digitally and visitors will be able to order photographic prints they have helped create. All prints are signed by both artists who have dedicated personal interests in supporting often overlooked Hospice Care. We welcome everyone and urge participation in this very special event. All proceeds will be donated to Hospice.
CHECK OUT WHAT’S NEW:
Artformz Memberz
ANJA MARAIS –
Best by land choice award, 2009 – Sculpture Key West, FL, USA
Artists Residency – Mino Paper Art Village Project, 2009 – Japan
RAY PAUL –
Clearwater-Art In City Buildings – Juried Solo Exhibition, City Hall, 2009 – Clearwater, FL USA
Inaugural Exhibition, Art Raw Gallery, 2009 – New York, NY USA
NATASHA DUWIN –
The Gleaners – Miami Beach City Hall, 2009, Miami Beach, FL, USA
The Walden Project – The One-Three Art Collective, 2009, Art Center S FL, Miami Beach, FL, USA
RAI ESCALE –
The Fountainhead Residency, 2009, Miami, FL USA
ALETTE SIMMONS-JIMENEZ –
Creative Capital Professional Development Advanced Seminar – 2009 Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL USA
GISELA SAVDIE –
ARS Antiqua Galería, “Imágenes Atemporales” 2009 – Barranquilla, Colombia
Art Shanghai 09 – ARS Antiqua Galería, 2009 – Shanghai, China
171 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Florida 33127
305 572 0040
info@artformz.net

Spit-Polishing a Starless Sky/Outer Space
Bhakti Baxter, Nicolas Lobo, Gean Moreno, Daniel Newman, Ernesto Oroza, and Gavin Perry will be featured in the exhibition, Spit-Polishing a Starless Sky/Outer Space, at Charest-Weinberg Gallery, from September 12 through October 5, 2009. The opening reception will be on September 12 from 6pm to 9 pm at 250 NW 23rd Street, Space 408, Miami, FL 33127.
The exhibition is comprised of two different exhibitions that have been superimposed without any attempt to make them cohere. Two sets of information have simply been brought together, and the resulting form of the exhibition will be determined by the very dynamics of their interaction.
The first exhibition, Spit-Polishing a Starless Sky, is made up of black or nearly-black paintings by Bhakti Baxter, Daniel Newman and Gavin Perry. In the work of all these painters, the black monochrome is entwined with references that belong in cultural spheres that exist far away from formalist concerns. In Baxter’s case, the black paintings double as images of macroscopic phenomena and have a scientific flavor. In Perry’s work, the black monochrome is literally the high-end side of paintings that also trade in lowbrow referents and objects, like cheap rugs and souped up cars. With Newman, the black glaze is all process. He has covered over 200 found paintings with black, turning a gesture characteristic of iconophobia into a delirious flow of production. In a sense, in the work of all these painters, two sets of information are already blended. Each of their works becomes a stand-in for the overall structure of a double-exhibition with incompatible or competing halves.
The second exhibition, Outer Space, titled after a 1999 short film by Peter Tscherkassky, will be made up of sculptural proposals by Nicolas Lobo and Giancarlo Sardone, and Ernesto Oroza and Gean Moreno. Each of these collaborative projects begins with elements provided by the technologies, conventions and infrastructure that form the invisible materiality of our social space. Working through all the engineering problems and ontological recoding that rendering a virtual artifact in actual space brings, Lobo has collaborated with terrazzo mason Sardone to produce a real-life double of a standard bench that can be found ready-made in the design program SketchUp. As the bench took shape, its proportions began to feel slightly off due to some distortion caused by the SketchUp rendering engine. What looked like a perfectly bland bench on screen takes on an uncanny air in our physical space. Oroza and Moreno will use the tabloid, of the sort found throughout the city’s neighborhoods, to create both a “catalog” and an ornamental wallpaper pattern from forms determined by the exhibition itself that will, in turn, activate the supposed neutral walls of the space.
All of the artists in the exhibition are part of Miami’s burgeoning scene. They have all exhibited their work internationally and are represented in the collections of major museums. This will be the first time their work is shown at Charest-Weinberg Gallery, whose reputation continues to grow as Miami’s premier venue for emerging art.
+1 305 292 0411 miami
info@charest-weinberg.com
250 nw 23rd st space408
miami fl 33127 usa

HORACIO SAPERE VICKIE PIERRE CARLOS DE VILLASANTE
Alternate Combinations You Poor, Sweet, Innocent Thing Short Form
WHEN: Saturday, September 12th, 7:30pm – 10:00pm
WHERE: Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts – 2043 North Miami Avenue – Miami – FL – 33127
T 305.576.1804 F 305.576.1805 info@dlfinearts.com

HORACIO SAPERE
Alternate Combinations builds on the implication of a long-standing body of work connecting the many threads of this thoughtful painter’s work. While predominantly known as a painter, Sapere has always brought a conceptual approach to the media. He has further worked beyond the confines of the media with sculpture and installation, specifically in the Poet’s Room series, which is an ongoing and somehow never completed project in constant evolution. His engagement in ideas established the field of painting and more spatial modes of representation within the parameters of modes of thought and representation. So for Sapere the act of painting, like the act of writing, is situated within the field of thought and should be understood as a form of thought. In his own terms, painting, like sculpture, can be a form of ‘visual poetry’. – William Jeffett
Horacio Sapere was born Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work has been exhibited widely in Europe, as well as Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Korea, Uruguay, Venezuela, the United States. He currently lives and works in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

VICKIE PIERRE
“Within my paintings and drawings, rubber stamp imprints of fictional female icons are converted into a world where the line between abstraction and representation is blurred. The works are primarily comprised of the dresses of the “three graces” of the fairy tale animation world: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. The repetitive applications and manipulation of the stamped images into clusters and groupings, along with occasional handwritten text, have become the basis of a connective network that alludes to identity, order, sensuality and feminine psychology. The repeated application of these icons also mirrors their mass-produced presence in popular culture. I am drawn to these characters; their underlying themes and their symbolic significance. In appropriating these images and in turn reconfiguring them, I am attempting to create a new meaning (or story). They are now faceless totems, deities, icons of a different caliber that are self-assured, indulgent and independent. These deconstructed and distorted shapes become otherworldly characters with sensual and precious personalities. They are self-contained and self-generating, recalling the abstractions and distortions of flora as well as the human body.”
Vickie Pierre is a Haitian-American artist born in Brooklyn, New York. She received a BFA in Studio Arts from the School of Visual Arts. Pierre relocated to Miami in 1999 and has participated in numerous exhibitions. In 2004, she participated in Transitory Patterns: Florida Women Artists at The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Her paintings and works on paper have been exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach, among other fairs. Collections include the Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH; Millennium Partners Collection of Contemporary Art, The Four Seasons, Miami, FL; and ALFA – Wasserman Collection, Bologna, Italy.

CARLOS DE VILLASANTE – Project Room
“In theatre, Short Form follows an improvisational spontaneous format. My paintings likewise follow intuitive suggestions, accidents and interventions. I use automatic mark-making to oppose precise graphic representation in my portraits. I then rely on my sensibilities to suggest which next step to take, much like in theatre when the audience’s suggestions guide the performance.”
Carlos de Villasante was born in Mexico City and lives in Sonoma, California, where he is on the painting faculty at Sonoma State University. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the Memphis College of Art. He exhibits his work both in the United States and abroad.
Carlos has taught numerous courses in studio art as well as liberal arts both in MFA and BFA degree programs. He began as a teaching assistant at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1991 and has also taught the Memphis College of Art; the University of Mississippi, Oxford, and New World School of the Arts in Miami. He lived in Miami for several years and was part of the full-time faculty at Miami international University of Art and Design. Carlos is included in the recent book, Miami Contemporary Artists, by Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow.

{By our good friends at Artoconecto and Damien B. Highly Recommended!}


ARTOCONECTO, THE DYNAMIC MIAMI ARTS NON-PROFIT, PRESENTS:
KIDSART: The Art Show! With a Special LIVE performance by Oscar Fuentes and Friends at 7:30PM!
The kids worked hard creating their projects for five weeks and now they are ready for their Opening Night! Come see their work at Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk!
On Saturday mornings this summer, KIDSART brought a group of kids right into the studios of five notable Miami artists. Each week, a different artist led the kids in a workshop they created based on community-oriented themes, like sustainable art, recycling, or diversity. The kids learned the importance of having art and creativity in their lives, and got to know artists, and each other, in a very personal way. Working on arts projects together, and then sitting down to lunch to discuss their work, brought them a new, and bold perspective on art in Miami, and in their lives. Come see their collaborative creations, and get a glimpse of the artists’ work as well!
Where: Damien B. Contemporary Art Center
282 NW 36th St. in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Arts District
When: 9/12/09 6-10PM
Refreshments will be served!
The Artists and their KIDSART projects:
John DeFaro The ‘Bottle Tree’
Tracey Hagen Photo Assemblage
Oscar Fuentes Theater and Improv
Agustina Woodgate Felting/Installation
Johnny Robles The Mural
Luis Valle Associate Program Coordinator
KIDSART made possible through the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Special thank you to World Resource Café for providing lunch each week; and to Ms. Manuela Mueller for bringing the cakes! And to Damien B. for donating the space!
Artoconecto/KIDSART is a federally recognized 501(c)3 arts non-profit. All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
See you there!

Join us for our First Opening Reception of the Season!
Opening Reception, Friday September 11th,
7-10pm @ Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Wynwood Arts District
BAC Main Gallery:
The Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Art Department is proud to present a group exhibition of 19 full and part-time art faculty. Their works encompass a variety of mediums and include the following disciplines: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Jewelry, Ceramics, Mixed Media, Photography and Video. As artists with national and international reputations, their works have been featured in major galleries in Miami, New York, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, Japan & Denmark. Exhibition on view until October 1st.

Miami Dade College is the largest institution in American, servicing over 160,000 students annually. The Kendall Campus Art Department offers course work in the following disciplines: Art History, Humanities, Cinema Appreciation, Computer Art, 2D and 3D Design, Painting, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Printmaking, Black & White and Color Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Jewelry and Small Metals. It offers premier studio work spaces, designed especially for an established art program. More information can be found at http://www.mdc.edu/kendall/artandphilosophy/.

Bakehouse Art Complex Artists 2009: Pastels

The second installment of this series focuses solely on the medium of pastels. BAC artists will present their work on a variety of topics and styles.
On view: September 11 – October 1
www.bacfl.org

New Show at Harold Golen Gallery Go Ape Sh!t 9/12/09
Paintings by Thorsten Hasenkamm

Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present three solo shows September 12, 2009, 5-10pm: Peter Barrett: Ergo Gnomic, Amanda Burnham: Marginalia, Michelle Hailey: Between the Valleys. Please join us to kick off the season!

On September 12, pick up/drop off pedicab service will be provided from gallery to gallery in the Wynwood Arts District during the art walk. Drivers will wear a pink t-shirt with the Wynwood logo. This service is sponsored by Intown/Ocean View Rickshaws. September 12th will be a testrun of the venture’s possible success – so be sure to use them!

Upcoming shows at the gallery are, in October: Jenny Brillhart: New Works, Richard Haden: Venting, John Sanchez: Recorded Eyesight. In December: Robert Ransom Thiele: Three Decades.

Elisabeth Condon’s work is included in the Southern Edition no. 82 of New American Paintings, curated by Ron Platt of the Alabama Museum of Art. She also has paintings in the Girls’ Club exhibition Under the Influence, on view through September 2009 and With You I Want to Live at the Fort Lauderdale Museum, through October 12th, 2009.

Franklin Einspruch’s review of “Prendergast in Italy,” an exhibition at Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown, MA, appears in the September issue of the New Criterion. His “Heywood’s Brook,” which interprets a passage of Thoreau’s journal as a two-page comic, will appear in September in the #4 issue of Inbound, the anthology of the Boston Comics Roundtable.

Mark Koven has work in the “University of North Carolina Asheville Faculty Exhibition” at the Tucker S. Gallery located in Asheville, NC and “Sculpture 2009: The North Carolina Sculpture Consortium” at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery located in Greenville, NC.

Martin Murphy’s work is in “Night Shift” at Hudson Guild Gallery through October 4, 2009. Hours: Tues-Fri 10-7, Sat 1-4. 441 W 26 St., NY, NY.

Mette Tommerup’s work is on display at MAM’s Recent Acquisitions show, on view through October 11, 2009. Miamiartmuseum.org

Kyle Trowbridge has work in NewPRINTS at Unversity of Dallas’s Haggerty Art Village in Irving, TX. Sept 9-30, 2009.

And there was a review of the “Importance of Daydreams” by Janet Batet in El Nuevo Herald on August 14, 2009. The show was curated by Tyler Emerson-Dorsch at World Class Boxing. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/galeria/artes/story/519503.html. A translated version will be available at dorschgallery.com soon.