90 Miles: Living In The Vortex
Saturday, August 13, 6pm-10pm
DotFiftyOne Gallery 51 NW 36 Ave Miami, Florida 33127
51 NW 36 Ave Miami, Florida 33127
www.dotfiftyone.com

Dot Fiftyone is pleased to present, 90 Miles: Living In The Vortex, a solo show by Havana-based artist, Sandra Ramos, one of the most renowned Cuban Contemporary artists. This will be the first solo exhibition for the artist with Dot Fiftyone and the second solo show presentation in our city, the first being in 2003.

The show takes its name from the core artwork in the exhibition 90 Miles1. It consists of a 32-foot poetic installation that works as a symbolic bridge between Havana and Miami. The allegoric walkway is composed of twelve pictures of the Straits of Florida taken by the artist from an airplane during her trip from Havana to Miami in May 2011. The pieces are displayed in light boxes, which the public can walk on, representing the possibility of overcoming more than half a century of separation, anguish and differences in the Cuban recent history.
Focused on the sea as a connecting curatorial thread, the show features two series: “Sea of Sorrows” (2004), and “Secret Fears” (2011). These beautifully crafted series deal with the unique reverie-like atmosphere that typifies Sandra Ramos’ autobiographical universe in which impossibility, solitude and chimera are essential elements.
The exhibition includes three animation videos addressing the obsession of escape at any cost.
The show is curated by Miami-based art critic and curator Janet Batet, who explains: “The passage on the bridge is a quasi-mystical experience. Under our feet, we can feel the weight of that sort of Styx, that is the Straits of Florida to the Cuban identity, while -as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz- we realize that we are finally ready to come back Home.”

About the Artist
Sandra Ramos is one of the most renowned Cuban Contemporary leading artists. Her autobiographical groundbreaking universe deals with the pressing issue of the Cuban Diaspora and split identity.

Born in Havana in October 1969, she studied Fine Arts at the Higher Institute of Arts of Cuba. Her work is in public and private collections among them: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; MOMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana; Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Florida; MAM Miami Art Museum, Miami; Ludwig Forum fur Kunst, Aachen; Fuchu Art Museum in Tokyo and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna.

Following the opening reception, gallery hours will be Monday-Friday, 12 P.M. to 7 P.M. On Saturdays private viewings will be available by appointment

Further information regarding the exhibitions is available by calling (305) 573-9994, via e-mail dot@dotfiftyone.com or jbatet@hotmail.com and online at www.dotfiftyone.com.

Second Saturday Opening: Saturday August 13, 2011 7:30-9:30pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127
August 3 – September 5, 2011

In the words of Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, “Ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.” So, why not embrace them?

With the persistent blazing heat and the relentless threat of hurricanes looming in our blue skies, Miami summers can be all too monotonous. As summer comes to a close here, there is no escaping the dive back into reality. At times every individual experiences the blues however, when overcome one can acquire newly found freedom. Blue, the overwhelming color of choice by both males and females is considered a constant in our lives. It can be both calming and dependable while conversely referencing sadness and melancholy undertones. Both the musical Blues and Picasso’s blue period were produced through inspiration brought on by hardships. The August group show at Fredric Snitzer Gallery has them swimming through the Summer Time Blues, before the wave of action rolls through Miami this fall.

The Summer Time Blues exhibition will feature works by: Alice Aycock, Zack Balber, Loriel Beltran, Timothy Buwalda, Sean Dack, Jacin Giordano, Luis Gispert, Gavin Perry, Bert Rodriguez, Diego Singh, and Michael Vasquez; each working with the color blue in their own distinct and intuitive way. The body of work within this show connect through a variety of themes directly dealing with the color blue, best expressed through nature, beauty, and energy.

Timothy Buwalda, The Birthplace, 2011, Oil on Canvas, 78 x 116.5 in.

07/09/2011, 6 pm
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW 24TH ST
Miami. fl. 33127
www.thelunchboxgallery.com

Corrosion is aphotographic series by artist Rodolfo Vanmarcke, that was born in 2008 toreference the strength of contrast, the passion for the opposites and theimposition of an aesthetic over another one in order to create a canvas full ofalmost tactile textures, which allow to read between the lines an image that itwas, but that will never be again its original beauty. According to Vanmarcke, the art pieces reject any visual fidelity in theviewer to herald new shapes that go beyond traditional photography, andincorporate themselves into new mixed techniques of visual expression.

Vanmarcke’s series is the result of aparadoxical encounter between the human body (overall, the female bodyphotographed assymbol of glamour and eroticism), and textures that cohabit in our everydaylife, but that nevertheless go unnoticed.

Inhis images, a photograph of a body overcome by an act of sensuality manifeststhe thin line between pureness and impureness, between the natural and what canbecome pagan. At the same time, the sublimation of an idealized body is rescuedand humanized by means of the use of photographed textures that repeat themselveswithin the world of the things: a crack on the wall, a blotch of paint onconcrete, a rusty object, cigarette ashes or even an old and scratched fryingpan. For the artist, all of these symbolize the wear-out of life, theinevitable pass of human time, the filth of routine, and mortality.

As a result of this juxtaposition, Vanmarcke’s series initiates a battle betweenthe beautiful and the ugly, both in their own aesthetical sense, arousing anirresolute debate on the definition of a culprit: Who makes the other dirty? Moreover, who beautifies whom?

Thecombination and interplay of these constituents allow the artist to play withthe somber, the imprecise and the fleeting, where observing the art pieces doesnot only result in an aesthetical activity that pursues delight, but anactivity that is at the same time intellectual as well as sensitive. At theend, Corrosion examines how fears andillusions, delirium, utopias and fantasies become at some point ornamental, andat some other point a reflection of the unequivocal and cruel reality.

Wynwood Art Walk at Cafeina
7.9.11, 6pm-4am
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami – Wynwood Arts District
www.cafeinamiami.com

Join us Saturday night for a night of Art, Music, and Libations during Artwalk. Enjoy a Limited Edition art sampling from IRREVERSIBLE, an International Art Project and featured artist Lucinda Linderman.

Dine on our famous Tapas like Shrimp Ceviche or Truffled Beef Carpaccio while you sip on $6 Cosmos all night long. See and be seen in one of Miami’s hottest spots.

Sounds by DJ Troy Kurtz with VJ Tom LaRoc in the Garden.

$5 cover after 10pm. For table reservations info@cafeinamiami.com

M E R Z B A U – N O W
Reception: Saturday July 9, 7:30-9:30 pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

On view through August 15
John Bock, Die Schritte in.Zwolf Uhr Mittags’, 2009

Kurt Schwitters’ profound impact on art history is rarely given just recognition. A pioneering artist in the spheres of collage, sculpture, architecture and installation, Schwitters was an innovator; he set the tone for the avant-garde. At a young age in war torn Germany, Schwitters stylistically evolved through genres such as Expressionism, Dada, Constructivism, and European Avant-garde to ultimately generate his signature modus operandi, Merz. Designed as a distinctly Schwitters architectural assemblage, his transformative installation known as Merzbau is recognized today as one of the most riveting artworks of the early 20th century. Unfortunately, the Merzbau was bombed and destroyed in 1943 during WWII. Kurt Schwitters’ vast artistic impact nevertheless continues to have an influence on artists and developing movements as his multifaceted legacy lives on.

Held over due to popular demand, Fredric Snitzer Gallery will modestly aim to pay homage to the late Kurt Schwitters in their summer group exhibition MERZBAU – NOW. In this group exhibition Fredric Snitzer Gallery will present works by artists Maria Martinez-Canas, John Bock, Michael Vasquez, Christian Holstad, Ida Ekblad, Bert Rodriguez, Mauricio Gonzalez, Jessica Laino and Jose Bedia. Kurt Schwitters’ comprehensive influence on art history resonates with each of these artists uniquely. While each of the participating artists has a distinctive style of their own that has surely evolved since the early 20th century, cohesively their collages, sculptures, photographs, and installations are intertwined with the multidimensional artistic relationships that Kurt Schwitters himself explored.

Join us! 2nd Saturday Gallery walk from 9pm
Cultural event Wynwood Exhibition Center (WEC)
297 NW 23 St Miami, FL 33127
www.irreversiblemagazine.com

Adjacent to the Cafeina’s interior lounge is the 1,000-square-foot art gallery that cycles exhibitions monthly.The Miami New Times calls this 23rd Street outpost “the hangout of choice for many locals in the know.” Encompassing all that is exciting about this burgeoning neighborhood, Cafeina is dark, sultry and exotic—a kind of elegant hipster’s paradise

” I want our exhibition space to be a compliment to the Wynwood Art District as opposed to a competitor in it. My goal is to create a place where Miami’s artistic minds gather to enjoy, discuss and display the work that drives them.”Ivette Naranjo, Owner

IRREVERSIBLE- CAFEINA (WEC) 2nd saturday CULTURAL EVENT PRESENTS:
Flavio Galvan – Argentina
www.flaviogalvan.com.ar
Through a strong economy of technical resources, Flavio stamps realistic images in abstract two-dimensional planes. He first draws and then saturates with color some of the spaces, thus inducing us to visually explore his work in an imaginary journey full of surprises, flashes and contrasts. Flavio was born in Argentina in 1971 there he studied art at the University of Cordoba. During the past 20 years he has produced a mature body of artistic work.

Hung Liu, Wedding day (detail), 2008 Oil on canvas 48” x 96” Private Collection of Fanny Hanono Image Courtesy of The Bernice Steinbaum Gallery Miami, FL USA
photo coverage by Liam Crotty /www.liamcrotty.com

Sennheiser Underground Presents
Gallery 212 Miami – Art Walk
Second Saturday, July 9, 2011
2407 NW 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33127

VIP – 6pm -8pm Wine Bar & Celebrity Chef and Cooking Demonstrations
by The Marriott Biscayne Bay and Catch Grill and Bar
8pm-Midnight DJ Lineup, Fashion Showcase & Gallery Art Walks

Our Suggestion: Come Early To Beat the Crowds and Get a Great Parking Spot!
Every Second Saturday of the month, during Wynwood Art Walk Nights, Gallery 212 Miami sees a massive crowd of enthusiasts through its doors, as their team produces not only the most Cutting Edge Art Exhibition, but an Indoor – Outdoor Music, Fashion and Multi Media Extravaganza!

Made Possible by Sponsors Sennheiser Underground www.SennheiserUnderground.com – providing specific DJ equipment including a wide variety of Sennheiser Headphones, complete with State of the Art Listening Pod on premises – and
The Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay and Catch Restaurant – providing Wine Bar and Celebrity Chef Demonstrations – [6pm-8pm] The Event This Saturday, July 9, 2011 Will Not Disappoint!

The show is the next in a series of monthly events and is the result of intense collaboration between Gallery 212 Miami, Global Internet Radio Station Radio 4by4 www.Radio4by4.com, Art Walks the Runway [www.ArtWalksTheRunway.com – grand launch December 2011], Distinct Records www.DistinctRecords.com, and all participating Sponsors, Artists and DJs, as Sennheiser Underground.com and Radio 4by4.com Live Stream Audio and Video from the two major event areas, inside and outside.

AND It’s a FREE party! Hosted by Publicist Caitlin E. Slayback @CaitfromNY, Producer Hito Mix, Artist Michael Perez and Presenter Rod Pratt.

Inside will display the Gallery 212 Miami July Art Exhibition entitled “Americana” featuring the works of 16 Artists and the original “America the Beautiful” oil painting by Artist Michael Perez. Painted Live on the Today Show in New York City the day after the September 11th tragedy, 2001, the painting was dedicated in 2010 to the Miami Fire Department and Search and Rescue Task Force and responders from 9/11. Starting July, 2011 Very Limited Edition Prints of Michael Perez Art and “America the Beautiful” will be available for sale at Gallery 212 Miami. Alongside the exhibition, models will greet the crowds, introduce and facilitate the enjoyment of the Sennheiser Headphones and Listening Pod. Guests will enjoy Art Walks the Runway’s Haute Couture Fashion and Art Fusion Show – A collaboration by designer Thomas Pham and Artist Michael Perez.

Outside will showcase a Complete Stage with Top-of-the-Line Equipment and Laser Light Show alongside Wall Art Projections. Full and highly sought-after DJ lineup to include South Florida’s most popular local DJs – Jason Perez, Wasabi, DJ Vidal, Deep Therapy, Sir Manta, Luxx and Sam Zarif – International Turkish Sensation; The Lovely Miss DJ Ilgin – and certainly neither last nor least; Electric Daisy Las Vegas headliners and massively popular in Florida – “The Renegades of Funk” with Distinct Records.

Gallery 212 Miami, “Join the Miami Art Movement!”
Located at 2407 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, Fl 33127 is a NY-based, cutting edge gallery and indoor – outdoor mixed media event space covering over 4,000 square feet, smack in the middle of the Wynwood Art District Miami. Taking full advantage of the crowds drawn by the growing Wynwood Art Movement which, some might say, they have helped to create with such innovative events in Multi-Media and Multi-Art Fusion – by shear fact that Gallery 212 Miami has so aptly chosen its prime location and joined the neighborhood and local businesses in partnership to solidify the district as an up-and-coming movement nothing short of a Volcano in American and International Arts and Events – Gallery 212 Miami is clearly a strong and vital establishment in the foundation of the creation and nurturing of the quickest-growing Wynwood , Miami and “Americana” Art Movement. www.Gallery 212 Miami.com – Phone # 786.431.1957 – info@gallery212miami.com

For More Information Contact
MyPublicist@hotmail.com
www.MiamiPublicist.com
Follow @Gallery212Miami and @Radio4by4.com

July 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Jimmy’z Kitchen Wynwood
2700 N. Miami Avenue
Cynergi Building
Miami, FL 33127
www.jimmyzkitchen.com

A Very Special Wynwood Art Walk Party at Jimmy’z Kitchen – this Saturday, July 9th – honoring the Puerto Rican roots of the Wynwood Arts District with a Free Concert of Authentic Caribbean Afro-Boricua Drum Music – Bomba Y Plena – by the musical group Zona De Bomba.

Join in on a flavorful night filled with the sounds of the drums, Puerto Rican delicacies, and a great atmosphere in the Cynergi Building Plaza.

Come and visit before, during, and after the Second Saturday Art Walk for this special evening!

Reset Miami Art Walk After Party
July 9, 2011, 8:00pm – 3:00am
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street
Miami, FL 33132
www.resetmiami.com

On Saturday, July 9th we open the doors to the first Official Art Walk After Party curated by Reset. We’re bringing you an extraordinary selection of Art, sculpture and sound, as well as your original images and ideas projected onto an architectural installation.
***send your imagery to resetmiami@gmail.com for inclusion***

Reset Miami DJs
Switchlift
C/B Radio
Brandon Myles / RKTKT

Digital Art by Laurence Gartel
www.innervisionartwork.com/gartel

Video art projections by EKIPO VERSA
www.ekipoversa.com

Installations by Andrew A
www.ccioart.com

No cover, free parking until 11pm

Saturday, July 9th from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Second Saturday Art Walk.
Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery
173 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127.
Those interested in attending should confirm their RSVP by emailing RSVP@miguelparedes.com.

Miami-based pop and multimedia artist, sculptor and urban realist Miguel Paredes will unveil his newest piece of artwork, Superhero, at his Wynwood gallery.

“I’ve been a comic book collector almost my entire life,” says Paredes. “As a child, I often fantasized about having special powers, and those memories were a source of inspiration when creating Superhero. True to the Los Niños collection, my children were also involved in the creative process, and this eventually led me to paint my own interpretation of a superhero.”

Superhero is a hand-painted oil on canvas piece measuring 48 inches by 60 inches. The foreground features a child who is elevating by using his superpowers and winged feet, while the background showcases the artist’s personal comic book collection organized on a wooden bookshelf. A silver clock located on the upper-right-hand side of the bookshelf reads “4:20” and is a reference to the artist’s successful printing company, PK Graphics, located at 420 Lincoln Road in South Beach. Paredes’ Birds, which are a recurring image in his works, are also featured and serve as the child’s loyal, brave guardians. Superhero will be the last addition to the artist’s well-known Los Niños collection.

At the premiere, guests will enjoy refreshing nitro ice cream treats (liquid nitrogen ice cream with premium fruity and nutty mix-ins), compliments of HaVen Gastro-Lounge. In addition, complimentary Zignum Mezcal signature cocktails will be available, along with beer from the Heineken Light art bar, a selection of Rex Goliath wines and sparkling water courtesy of Perrier. Local DJ Ari X will provide the tunes for the evening. PK Graphics is also a sponsor and supporter of the event.

(photo credit: Isabella Paredes)

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents Ashley Ford: Metrouroboros
Opening Reception For The Artist
Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 6pm.
UM’s Wynwood Project Space
2200A NW 2nd Avenue

Metrouroboros by Ashley Ford will be on view from July 9 – 29, 2011
UM presents the Master of Fine Arts exhibition by Ashley Ford on view beginning July 9, 2011. Metrouroboros is the examination of the contemporary non-place. The term, “non-place” as coined by French anthropologist Marc Augé, indicates a kind of place that has a sense of liminality. These are spaces that are common to our everyday lives, that we pass through with frequency yet don’t hold enough significance to be regarded as places – highways, public restrooms, airports. Metrouroboros examines the psychological and sociological impact of these places and the interactions we have within them.

Ashley Ford has been exhibiting work in print, photography, drawing and bookbinding since 2001. She received her B.F.A with Honors in Studio Art as well as a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. Because of this combination of interests, her work often has heavy psychological and anthropological themes. She has proudly exhibited her prints and books across the country and has been collected by the Miami Dade Public Library System as well as The W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama Libraries.

A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art.

Image Credits:
Ashley Ford, Untitled prints from Privy series, 2008, Digital Photographs, 20×30
Ashley Ford, Metrouroboros, 2011, flag book structure; epson paper, arches paper, book cloth, 9 x 4 (closed)

Art Auction at Cafeina
6-11-11, 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Cafeina Wynwood
297 NW 23th Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.cafeinamiami.com

ATTENTION ART LOVERS!!

Don’t miss this Saturday night with the 1st ever Cafeina Art Auction! FREE auction registration and 15% buyers premium.

Enjoy European inspired Tapas in the lounge and Garden while you sip, savor and admire the art work in the Gallery. Live VJ show by Tom LaRoc and Overthrow’s Troy Kurtz mixing sounds all night long!

No cover before 10pm, $5 after. Bottles specials all night long with 2 bottle for $275 – 1 Chivas 12 and 1 Kettle One!

For more information contact info@cafeinamiami.com. Full catalog available online at www.hammerandblock.com.

Bidding starts promptly at 9:30 pm

Local Emerging Artist Andrew Nigon Exhibits Powerful Sculptures
Saturday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m
Primary Projects
Atrium Building
4141 NE Second Avenue, Suite 104
Miami Design District

An Official State Opens during Second Saturday Art Walk in Design District

Primary Flight (“PF”) is honored to present An Official State, the monumental sculptures of Miami-based artist Andrew Nigon. As if caught in a moment of euphoric overdose, his work explodes with bright colors, discarded luxury items, and objects bent on fulfilling a life cycle they will never experience.

An Official State marks a modest 5th exhibition milestone since the space launched during last year’s Basel. This show will run through August 2011.

“My work reflects the bizarre nature of our existence, in which we have an insatiable drive to improve while simultaneously living within bodies that are in constant decay”, said Nigon. “The result being seductive and tortured characters that exist halfway between somewhere and nowhere.”

An Official State is curated by Books IIII Bischof, Typoe and Chris Oh. Free and open to the public, complimentary beverages at the reception will be provided by Bacardi Rum and Perrier. For more information please contact info@primaryflight.com or visit www.primaryflight.com.

Primary Flight is a collaborative curatorial organization dedicated to the production of site-specific, street level and indoor, murals and installations. Since its inception in 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their bodies of work live in the streets of Wynwood, the Design District and greater Miami-Dade. Launching Primary Projects at 4141 NE Second Avenue, Suite 104 in December 2010, Primary Flight uses its 4,000-square-foot space as an art lab, giving professional established and emerging artists the opportunity to redefine the context in which their work is experienced. For more information please visit www.primaryflight.com.

Please join us for the opening reception of Noise Field
Friday June 10th, 6-9pm,
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127

celebrating the group show, Noise Field.
The exhibition will run from June 10 – July 9, 2011.

There will be a live musical performance by R.A.F. (Raphael Amadeus Frankenstein) at 8 pm.

The gallery will also be open noon-9 pm on Saturday, June 11, for the Wynwood Second Saturday art-walk.

Artists:
Raphael Lyon
Ruben Millares
Martin Murphy
Kylin O’Brien
Odalis Valdivieso
Sam Winston
Antonia Wright

Curated by Annie Hollingsworth

Noise Field examines the field of consciousness where language patters begin to form of where, conversely, they dissolve into nonsense. In this in-between place, language has an unsettling vertigo effect. Dreamlike logic rules and nightmare characters are born.

Noise Field looks at written, spoken, and non-verbal languages. Throughout the exhibition, words fall apart and images get caught between old and new media. Technology is cast as a set of questionable tools and produce chaotic excess in combination with incomplete information – a psychologically murky terrain that can produce as much anxiety as the dark space under the bed.

* For an inside look at Noise Field, click here to read an NBC Miami interview with curator Annie Hollingsworth.

Second Saturday Art Walk at Purvis Young Studio
Saturday, June 11, 7pm
Purvis Young Studio, 255 NW 23rd Street
255 NW 23rd Street

Please join us for great art, cool drinks and hot beats with art from the private collection of The Purvis Young Estate and music by DJ Mayner.

“I was there,” Four Seville-based Photographers to Exhibit in Miami
7:00PM Saturday, June 11th,
during Wynwood Arts Walk.
Kavachnina Contemporary
46 NW 36th Street
Miami Fl, 33127

Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres
Exhibition runs through August 10, 2011.

I Was There,” is a photographic exhibition by four Spanish artists who will bring to Kavachnina Contemporary this coming Saturday June 11th, 2011, a personal analysis and interpretation of the human perception during Wynwood Arts Walk.
The photographers, David Palacin, Pepe Moran, Rafaela Rodriguez and Estela Garcia were selected by Salustiano, the curator for this photo exhibition.

Salustiano, an established Spanish artist known widely by his portraits painted in a technically perfect red which look more like velvet than a canvas, is a master that shows his subjects in enigmatic acts of looking.

“Human beings have left a trace both, in the landscapes as being themselves, and with their fingerprints throughout time, which have been recorded in our memories or even as a witness of our living experiences and hence the title for this exhibition,” said Salustiano.

“Initially, the idea was to do a photo exhibit on portraiture but then to widen the possibilities for artists when making their proposals, I suggested instead to work on the human being itself, on its figure, its presence and its absence throughout time,” added Salustiano.

Saturday June 11th
gallery212
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
Facebook page.

This is a Free Party
Live Streaming on Radio 4by4.com from Gallery 212 Miami
Gallery Doors will open to friends and family at 6pm.

Please remember: 21 years old to Drink, 18+ to Enter the music show / back gallery after 9pm.

First “One Night Stand Exhibition Series”: War by Children by student PJ Lazo
The Lunch Box Gallery
June 11, 2011, from 5-10pm
310 NW 24th St, Miami, Fl 33127
www.thelunchboxgallery.com

The exhibition “War by Children” by Miami International University of Art & Design student PJ Lazo inaugurates the first show of the “One Night Stand Exhibition Series”, a new project from The Lunch Box Gallery (Miami, FL) which aims to give photography students the opportunity to participate in the popular Wynwood Gallery Walks, facilitating them the exposure of their work during this major art event.

Understanding how difficult can be sometimes for current students to showcase their photography in galleries or in any other art institutions besides their undergraduate or graduate schools, “One Night Stand” emerges from the idea of encouraging and enabling the students in Florida that “first step” into the Miami art scene.

After a call for entries and a final selection, a student is chosen every month to exhibit his/her photographs in the exterior wall of The Lunch Box Gallery for the day of the Wynwood Art Walk (second Saturday of every month). This occasion is intended to give the student access to meeting new people, gaining experience in the process of exhibiting and bringing to the eye of the public new talents worth seeing in the realm of contemporary photography. The exhibition series is also oriented to help students by the gallery not retaining any commissions in the event of a sale.

P.J. Lazo is a 25 years old photography student from the Miami International University of Art & Design, born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida. He was one of the first students to apply to the first “One Night Stand Exhibition Series”, submitting a fascinating work named War by Children. For Lazo, almost everything becomes a game through the eyes of a child. Children experience the world with an untethered perception. An imagination without budget or the shackles of social restrictions, therefore transforming any conventional concept into an infinite play land where anything is possible. These can be controversial subjects like “war” for example: man slaying man in a perpetual struggle; one of our species greatest downfalls and certainly not a topic for games. However, according to the student, a child interprets this concept with an empty mind, oblivious to the horror of reality. To him, it is just a concept; a setting in which to play in. War by Children is Lazo’s subjective interpretation of what that play world would look like.

To apply for upcoming “One Night Stand” exhibitions, students are required to send their photographs, CVs and artist statements to submission@thelunchboxgallery.com.

Saturday, June 11 · 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery / Wynwood Arts District
173 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, FL 33127

RSVP now: rsvp@miguelparedes.com

We invite you to join us for the Art Walk at our 5,500 sq. ft. gallery!

Complimentary Drinks provided by: Societe Perrier & Chivas
Sponsored by PKGraphics.com

www.miguelparedes.com

Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery to celebrate Wynwood’s 2nd Saturdays Art Walk with DJ Trails and signature cocktails by Chivas and Perrier

On Saturday, June 11th Miami-based pop and multi-media artist, sculptor and urban realist, Miguel Paredes, will celebrate Wynwood’s 2nd Saturdays Art Walk with cocktails and special guest DJ Trails.

Art Walk enthusiasts will indulge in complimentary Chivas signature cocktails including a tropical “Out of this World Punch” and a sweet “Chivas Smash” as well as Perrier sparkling water. Local DJ, Jonathan ‘DJ Trails’ Fields, who has opened for legends such as Outkast, KRS-1, Slick Rick & Afrika Bambaataa, will provide beats for the evening, setting the tone for a unique summer night in Wynwood. “Miguel Paredes has always been a big inspiration of mine, both as a person and as a fine artist,” says Fields.

While on site, guests will have the opportunity to view pieces from Paredes’ collections including Boroughs, Urban Dreams, Elements of an Artist, Pulgha™ & Birds and his 3-D interior mural Brownstone Lounge. A recent addition to the gallery includes Paredes’ “Ghost Writer.”

Celebration of Life & Art: A Tribute to Jim Hunter
June 11; 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
NWSA ArtSeen Gallery
2215 NW 2nd Avenue, Wynwood

Heartfelt Farewell To Jim Hunter
New World School of the Arts is in mourning after the loss of one of its founding visual arts teachers. Jim Hunter – loved by his students, respected by his peers, and recognized by the arts community for his commitment to arts education – passed away just a couple of weeks ago after a brief battle with lung cancer. Jim is survived by his wife, Lilia Garcia, also an artist, educator, arts advocate and former member of New World School of the Arts’ Executive Board.

“Working hand-in-hand with Jim Hunter for the past ten years and interacting with him, both as a colleague and as an artist, helped me to realize that he truly loved working with students” explained Maggy Cuesta, dean of visual arts at NWSA. “He would come to my office at the end of the day and we would talk, brainstorm, and plan ways to make the high school program even better. He often brought with him the list of all the awards and scholarships the students received…like a father with his child going off to college. Jim’s passion for the arts and commitment to his students made him an exceptional educator and unequaled mentor.”

Jeffrey Hodgson, Interim Provost at NWSA also comments “New World School of the Arts has built a legacy of excellence since its first classes started 25 years ago, and like so many other dedicated professionals, Jim Hunter was there, steering young talent towards greatness from the beginning. We are thankful that Jim’s legacy continues on in the school, in our alumni and students, but his presence will be deeply missed.”

A celebration of Jim’s life has been organized to bid one last farewell to this irreplaceable artist, friend, colleague, and mentor.

Secrets, Regrets, Joys, & Truths
06/11/2011, 8:00pm
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street, Miami, FL 33132
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– Art N Hustle in partnership with artist Nate Dee are curating a summer art show entitled Secrets, Regrets, Joys… and Truths from June 10th – 11th, 2011. Secrets, Regrets, Joys… and Truths will feature works of art that explore the more subtle moments of life (secrets, regrets, joys, and truths) as expressed by Nicole Ricca, Todd Elliot Mansa, Nathan Delinois, and Vanessa Craan.

Art N Hustle has teamed up with The Christopher Miro Gallery & Villa 211, and The Artkitextural Foundation, to bring you this urban art event. Little Secrets, Regrets, Joys… and Truths will begin on June 11th, 2011 at 7PM with an hour long invitation-only private viewing for collectors, museum curators and press. Then will official open at 8PM for the general public. There will be live art and musical performances.

“” We want to change the perception of what urban art is, a genre that doesn’t get much respect to garner the buying power that others do. This is the first exhibit of many to if not change the minds of the art community at least open them to what “urban” is categorized as.”” says Art N Hustle Founder Corey Knight.

“This will be an art show, a cultural event, a party, and a most joyful spectacle that you will not want to miss.” says Art N Hustle Art Director Nate Dee.

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents Audrey Hynes neither here nor there
two opening receptions for the artist,
Friday, June 10th from 7pm to 9pm
Saturday, June 11th from 2pm to 9pm
UM’s Wynwood Project Space
2200A NW 2nd Avenue.
www.as.miami.edu/art.

neither here nor there by Audrey Hynes will be on view from June 10 – 26, 2011
UM presents the Master of Fine Arts exhibition by Audrey Hynes on view beginning June 10, 2011. neither here nor there aims to evoke the familiar and the fantastical through non-site objects, on-site installation, site-specific installation, sculpture, video, sound and photography as documentation.

The basis of her work is conceptual, in an effort to rethink and recontextualize our perception of reality. The artist has said that the project specifically explores issues of material and location, by investigating an invasive species, the melaleuca tree, that has altered the physical terrain of the Everglades and South Florida. The exploration and manipulation of the materials becomes the process of each project, where the artwork is about process and time rather than static and enduring. The projects are relative to time and place within the site, they are temporary arrangements that are subject to change and become more of a sequence and narrative with each rearrangement, they are ephemeral like the material. The environmental, political and social conditions of the site are discovered through an exploration of location, material, process, and production.

Her projects are invented realities presented as fact that employ a pseudoscientific approach by using a variety of materials each with a corresponding process that becomes a major component for the overall inspiration and communication of the project. The actualization of the work occurs in two ways: either the artist begins with a solid idea and employs materials to certain ends, or my methodology begins as experimentation and leads to new discoveries and objects. This practice helps ensure an intuitive creative reaction that directly feeds her concept allowing an openness to new discoveries and provides fodder for developing dynamic, layered, stories. Her investigations frequent the topics of temporality, space, and time, and she is interested in the role that imagination plays in forming and reforming these physical properties of experience.

Her work is partially autobiographical and she attempts to detach herself from it to place it in a larger context with the intention of expressing a variety of feelings evident through human behavior. Each sculpture, photograph and installation relates to a theory where a subjective experience is in relation to a phenomena. The directedness that each project attempts to embody is an experience that is worldly, and inviting interaction and thought. By portraying her work as documentation of an actual experience, she attempts to evoke a sense of empathy with the object.

Hynes was born in Atlanta, Georgia and currently lives and works in Miami. She obtained her BFA from University of New Mexico in Studio Arts and a Post Baccaulaurette Certificate in New Genres from the San Francisco Art Institute.

From Guggenheim Venice to Miami..Marco Nereo Rotelli/opening May 14
Please Join us at Sculpt Miami this Sat May 14th @ 6pm – 10pm
46 N.W. 36th Street Wynwood Arts District
Kavachnina Gallery Mid-Town Miami 33127

“Arrived” by M-lon
05-14-11, 5:00 – 10:30pm
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW 24TH ST
Miami, Fl 33127
www.thelunchboxgallery.com

Arrived gathers 18 photographs intervened with digitalillustrations (mixed media) by Venezuelan artist, painter and illustrator M-Lon(Miguel Gonzalez), who combines photography with the use of a WACOM digitalpen, thus giving life to images that equally share the participation of bothreality and fantasy.

This series is born bythe need to awaken reflections about our environment, by means of the visit ofimaginary beings that interact with our context. These entities star in scenesof urban and natural encounters, particular or general ones, within a reality which we would consider they don’t belong to, butnevertheless where they try to find their own space.

By penetrating into anunknown society, these beings attempt to discover our world through innocentfrolicking; and the behavior that sometimes seems vile or spiteful, is nothingmore than a wild and instinctive interaction caused by not knowing the conduct codes of our world. In fact, these are interactions where the process of exploring turns them intopersonifications of feelings and moods in their maximum state of purity;emotions we can somehow relate to.

These approaches, many times nostalgic and curious butalways naïve, along with their visions confronted with joy or lack of it when entering our space, are an invitation todiscover, imagine and reconsider the world that surrounds us.

Arrived reflects on the M-Lon’s idea that when we trulycome close and stop to observe, admire and understand that all these elements,natural or man-made, mean something to someone, it is in that precise momentwhen we will begin to take care, enjoy and respect it all.

Fordista Poster Exhibit Finissage
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7pm
Product/81 Gallery at Wynwood
2311 N.W. 2nd Avenue
Wynwood Art District

South Florida Ford Dealer and Product/81 are doing it again at this weekend’s Wynwood Art Walk.

Join us for the final chance to catch Miami-based creative lab, Product/81’s Fordista Poster Exhibit, a series of posters created by local artists in different media. As I mentioned last month, the exhibition is sponsored by South Florida Ford and includes work by Baller B, La Mano Fria, Memo, and Team Panza, to name a few. Stop by to view the exhibit one last time, pick up a limited-edition t-shirt and enjoy live music by ESS & EMM. The Purple People Eatery food truck will be onsite to redeem your personal coupon for a Fordista burger and beverage that was specially created for this event.

Join us for the closing of the first Fordista Poster collection

The African Caribbean: the works of Santiago Olazabal, Manuel Mendive and David Boxer Closing reception:
May 14th, 6-9 PM
PanAmerican ArtProjects

The exhibition explores the African influence in contemporary art through the works of three Caribbean artists: Santiago Olazabal, Manuel Mendive and David Boxer. Olazabal’s and Mendive’s works show the religious influence of African cultures while David Boxer’s commentary comes from a social viewpoint.

The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of its official Park & Ride Gallery Shuttle
Red Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Reception: 5-6pm
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: 5:45pm (sharp)
Official Park & Ride Shuttle Launch & Gallery Night Celebrations: 6-10pm
gallery212
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Wynwood Arts District Miami, FL 33127
www.designdistrictexperience.com

NY Pop Artist Michael Perez & NY Group Endorse Miami Art with Commitment to Wynwood Gallery “Michael Perez Art and Friends – A Collection Series” Featuring “Blue Collar Holiday” a rare piece by Larry Rivers Showcasing a Collectable Series of Cutting Edge Art & Photography by Select Guest Artists

The DMW Park & Ride Gallery Shuttle is another brilliant incentive of the company that leads this year, hands down, in innovation and ambition to increase awareness and business through elite service and guided tours in the Miami Art Districts. No more looking for parking spots, getting stranded or waiting for no-show taxi cabs – Offered to tourists and locals, art, fashion, design and culinary enthusiasts alike, DMW brings the long-awaited convenience and access for everyone to enjoy the action of our celebrity eateries and bars, galleries, design houses, warehouses and Walls of Wynwood in Miami’s three art-centric neighborhoods.

Now during Second Saturday Miami Art Walk & Gallery Nights, the Park & Ride Gallery Shuttle will run $15 and will accommodate the thousands who visit the area, putting all 3 Art Districts at the people’s convenience, with 7 shuttle stops running on rotation from ample parking space in Wynwood and “Unlimited Hop-On, Hop-Off” tickets, allowing an affordable, fun and long-awaited way for everyone to enjoy their Second Saturday experience. Riders can pick up the exclusive DMW Gallery Walk Passport and Official Event Guide that can be carried in-hand and is full of incentives and, most importantly, lists the events of all participating businesses throughout the districts and allows free entrance into all the action. You can’t miss this bus – In true DMW style, see our uniformed Ambassadors, Hop-On the bus with DMW’s lovely Tour Guides and “Rock-n- Roll” with music on board to rock the shuttle!

First Solo Show of Xenia Fink in USA
05/14/2011, 6pm to 9pm
Galerie Schuster Miami
2051 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
www.galleryschuster.com

Galerieschustermiami
Galerieschusterberlin

drawings
Xenia Fink
07 May – 31 May 2011

Galerieschustermiami is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Berlin based artist Xenia FInk. The “ drawings” opens 14.May. during the Wynwood Second Saturday . The exhibition will be open one week before the official opening. All drawings are done during the ISCP Grant 2010 in New York.

Xenia Fink (born 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil) was raised in Brazil and Mexico before moving back to Germany to study Illustration at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and finished with the Master in Painting at the UDK in Berlin. Recent exhibitions include group shows at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin; Galerie Schuster, Berlin and Miami; and solo shows at the Galerie Volkspark and Halle and Galerie Schuster, Berlin. and now Galerieschustermiami.

Xenia Fink provides the figures in pictures with contradictory character traits. They are never reduced to being good or evil but are full of nuances. She succeeds in creating droll figures doing crazy things. Thus the limit between fiction and reality dissolves. Sometimes this becomes threatening, sometimes it sets you free and sometimes it is just wonderful. The artist’s tableaus are also infused with a repertory of stylistic and formal elements of the modern pop culture. Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch are perceptible as are the framing of the images which overall are reminescent of cinematography.

Xenia Fink`s bold croppings and close-ups show figures, scenes and objects that are of such vividness as if she had photographed them with pencil and brush. For the viewer it is a foolhardy game of illusion and reality and there is the danger of totally losing one`s footing.

Manon Bursian, directorin of the Sachsen-Anhalt Art Foundation

Area 23 Galeria
Wynwood Art District
2294B NW 2nd Avenue (corner 23rd Street and NW Second Avenue)
Miami, FL 33127
www.area23galeria.com

Located in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood District, Area 23 Galeria presents a refreshing spin on contemporary and modern art. Showcasing mixed media works, sculpture and painting by resident artists Dario Posada, Luis Jimenez, Rafael Espitia, and Santiago Betancur, the gallery offers a compelling and ever-changing line-up of Latin American and international art.

“Indelibly Ephemeral”
Vernissage Saturday, April 9th, 7pm to 11pm
Adjust Gallery

Bringing to light the temporary nature of New York Artist Ellis Gallagher’s exterior street works juxtaposed against the permanent pieces of Gallagher’s interior gallery work. Save the date Miami!

Gallagher’s Pop-Up Solo Exhibition Is At Adjust Gallery In The Wynwood Arts District, Downtown Miami, Florida. Vernissage Is On Saturday, April 9th, with a private viewing from 5pm to 7pm, then intermittent live art from 7pm to 11pm. Coinciding With Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk, An exhibit of this scope is not to be missed! Incorporating Installation, Photography, Screenprints, Originals, Paintings And Live Art, The Show Is Entitled “Indelibly Ephemeral” and Will Be On View Through April 23rd.

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