D&G Art Design Gallery cordially invites you to our Pre-Art Basel Collective Exhibition
Blake Fisher Bruce McQuiston
Patricia Schnall Gutierrez
Pedro Avila Gendis Massimo Listri
Fernando Cifuentes Soro
Presented and curated by art dealer and collector Luky Cancio
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
8pm-11pm
Fernando Cifuentes Soro, Metropolitan Fiction
oil on canvas
116″ x 66″
(Private showings available by appointment)
D&G ART DESIGN GALLERY EVENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN OUR PREMISES
D&G Art Design Gallery | 540 NW 28th street | Miami | FL | 33127

Please join us for the Wynwood Art District Second Saturday Gallery Walk
Clemencia Labin | Doping Pulpa
Paula Otegui | Metaforas de la naturaleza
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
Saturday, November 14th, 7:30-10pm

CLEMENCIA LABIN – Doping Pulpa
The art that Clemencia Labin has been working on for the past few years is brimming with moisture, fragrance and colour. It oozes tropical splendour and also winks playfully at creatures of the far-off, imaginary land of childhood: cuddly toys. The fabrics chosen by Labin in her work, cloths of all kinds with soft filling, are the same as those used for teddy bears. This element of tenderness which is connected to all things soft, snug and spongy, gives her work a warmth quite rare in the cynical, disbelieving world of contemporary art, so used to exploiting the darker, seedier side of culture.
Labin´s work not only strikes a note of tenderness, but also of fun, evident in titles such as Pulpa Chic and Doping Pulpa. Her art exudes a sense of ease and a healthy attitude of not taking itself too seriously, while simultaneously providing an in depth study, full of sensuality, tenderness and respect, working the materials with such expertise that her creations become surprising objects, in the purest sense of the word.
Her sense of fun is fully apparent in her creations, which constantly challenge formats and concepts. Are they wall sculptures or paintings with a three-dimensional element? Are they cuddly toys or are they to be admired forever on the wall of a gallery or museum?
Much is said about the influence of Pop Art in Clemencia´s work, but that is somewhat questionable. Labin´s work makes use of the ease, the humour and the colouring associated with Pop Art, but differs from it in that it is free of the inherent cynicism connected to that movement.
This exhibition takes place in an architectural space which is an elongated prism in shape for which Labin has designed an all-encompassing show: in other words, she uses the space as an interior designer or an architect would. She does not merely “hang” or position her pieces, but plans out meticulously how she is going to use the whole space.
Originally from Venezuela, Clemencia Labin studied at Columbia University and currently lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.

Project Room
PAULA OTEGUI – Metaforas de la naturaleza
Paula Otegui was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she studied at the Escuela Superior Ernesto de la Cárcova, Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte, as well as the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón. Her work has been exhibited internationally since 1995. She is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions. Her intricately detailed paintings depicting a natural, yet fantastical world, are featured in the Project Room. As mirrored in her work, Otegui believes the world can be a complex sum, sometimes pathetic. The essential exists in the interactions. Everything occurs simultaneously, while the effects are infinite.

Exhibitions will be on view through November 25th, 2009.

Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
2043 N Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
www.dlfinearts.com
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturday 10am – 3pm
T. 305.576.1804 F. 305.576.1805

MASS A-PEEL : Original Garbage Pail Kids and Wacky Packages Paintings by LUIS DIAZ

November 14th- December 5th
Opening Reception:
November 14th, 7-11pm

Harold Golen Gallery
(Wynwood Art District)
2294 North West 2nd Avenue
Miami, Fl, 33127
305-989-3359

LUIS DIAZ
Painter and Illustrator Luis Diaz collected Garbage Pail Kids card/stickers by Topps, like many other kids in ’86-88. Not realizing the artwork on the cards were a strong influence in his art, he never thought of GPK’s again till some time in college and felt the 80’s were slowly creeping into everyone’s subconscious. Hearing about GPK’s being re-released from a friend, he was suddenly transported to that world again and decided he wanted to find out if there’s a possibility if he can be involved in the series. He contacted several past GPK’s artists after doing some digging online and found the address to send samples of his work to Topps.
Several months later he received a call from Topps accepting his work, which for Luis was a dream come true!
Garbage Pail Kids were originally released in 1985 and designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls created by Xavier Roberts, which were immensely popular at the time. Each card/sticker featured a Garbage Pail Kid character, with some comical abnormality and/or suffering some terrible fate, and a humorous, word play-rich character name.
Luis created over 40 paintings for the new GPKs and Wacky Packages.
Wacky Pacakges are a series of trading cards featuring parodies of American consumer products. The cards were produced by the Topps Company beginning in 1967, usually in a sticker format, the cards spoofed well-known brands and packaging, such as “Crust” (instead of Crest) toothpaste, “Blisterine” (instead of Listerine), and “Neveready” batteries (for Eveready Industries batteries).
Now at the Harold Golen Gallery is your rare opportunity to own an original Garbage Pail Kids and or Wacky Packages painting by luis Diaz in his one man show, that is not to be missed !

Join the Artists Saturday, November 14th 7-10pm
at 171 NW 23rd Street, Wynwood Arts District
and a special event “Money/Art/Opinion” with
Award-winning journalist and art critic Elisa Turner
Artformz’s winter group show addresses the current global concern for “money”. How money, the abundance of it, or the utter lack of it, affects everyone’s lives is the topic of conversation everywhere. The outcome has been decidedly personal with each artist coming up with decidedly different work in each of their own styles, yet all reflect the current focus on currency. Everywhere there seems a conversation of sales, consumption, need, the economy, the paycheck, the job, retirement, bills, mortgages, college funds, layoffs, and studio rent. The dilemma is more relevant now as artists tiptoe through this recession. While we listen to the hype and propaganda on how everything is getting better, the work struggles to get made and each artist finds there own creative way to survive. Money certainly does facilitate making art, but at the same time, the lack of an abundance of money in the wrong hands, may just possibly make better art.
Artists: Natasha Duwin, Donna Haynes, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Sibel Kocabasi, PJ Mills,
Rai Escale, Ray Paul, Gisela Savdie, Ray Paul, Rosario Rivera-Bond, Henning Haupt, Guillermo Portieles

Please join us for the Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk at GAB Studios this Saturday November 14,2009.
GAB Studio is proud to introduce our newest artist Deborah Weed.
We will also have new art work from Aaron Schwartz ,Alycia Linke, Bridges Aderhold and Dirk Franke.
Adam Old will be providing our site installation work in the back alley.
Greg Entner and Aaron Schwartz will be providing prints of there work for sale for the first time.
We look forward to seeing everyone again. I hope everyone can make it.

GAB STUDIO
Address: 105 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Fl 33127

SWEETNESS and LIGHT : Paintings by Dienzo and Valery Milovic
“TONIGHT”! Thursday Oct 29th, 5-9pm
Harold Golen Gallery
2294 North West 2nd Ave.
Wynwood Art District, Miami
33127
305-989-3359
haroldgolengallery.com
A beautiful show that you should not miss!
Very reasonable prices!
Be sure to come by…

Miami New Times: 22 Years of Art
Our head-turning covers all have one thing in common: Art.
For years we’ve been hearing, “Did you see that New Times’ cover?” – We’re proud of the artistry displayed on each week’s issue and want to celebrate with an exhibit of some of our most riveting covers through the years.
Saturday, October 10th at Miami Art Space in the Design District.
Free Admission and Open Bar from 7pm to 10pm.
Sounds by Mr. Brown and Ivan Diaz
Plus special Locks of Love exhibition by Saraswati Miami.
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Miami Art Space, 244 NW 35th Street, Miami, FL

On October 10, 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. See attached.

Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 ST
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
dorschgallery.com

Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
October 10th through November 25th, 2009
Cecilia Paredes. Rhythmic Garland. 2009. Acid-free photographic paper print
Opening reception: October 10th, 2009. 7:00 p.m.
Location: Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts. 2043 North Miami Avenue. Miami, FL 33127
Dates: From October 10th through November 25th, 2009
Admission: Free

CECILIA PAREDES | Fugitive Dreams
Paredes combines origin, nature and femininity to create a beautifully subtle blend of visual aesthetics, self-introspection and representation. Her artwork is created through the lens of past and present life experiences, integrated with cultural, poetic and environmental influences. Her immersion in a variety of cultures gives her a nomadic perspective that informs her work. Her itinerant existence is reflected in her art as she wanders, and metaphorically portrays her many selves. Paredes explores exactly where she fits in with the natural world. In more recent photo-performance works, she shifts her focus to feelings about migration and displacement.

Paredes’ work recognizes the inherent relationship between the origins of humanity and the natural world. While methods and aesthetics have changed, she addresses the same range of issues from origin, to migration, to femininity. Her balance between traditional artistic methods and the incorporation of natural elements creates a genuinely beautiful fusion and contrast between art and nature – where her art always insinuates itself. As much as these images and objects are viewed in public, they retain a sense of privacy or ritualistic secrecy. In the process of creating and interpreting, the artist seeks a poetic connection to the world. And the art produced through her investigations creates a window into a reality where she expertly delivers a simultaneous sense of enchantment and verisimilitude.
An Animal in Her Time, Ruth Miller and Mark Jew.

Project Room
CHRIS NATROP | Dewdrop Cloud Machine

Natrop employs transparent plastics, video projection and multi-channel audio alongside intricate, hand-cut paper to create fully immersive environments within gallery and museum spaces. Viewers are encouraged to enter these installations to experience the realm where elements of light, shadow and form coalesce into a fully unified world. Most individual components are hand-cut in the studio, then custom-arranged for a particular space. For works on paper, each piece is spontaneously created without the use of patterns or pre-drawing – this stream-of-consciousness approach is the crux of the artist’s practice.

Graphic silhouettes emerge from meditative-channeling activated by the repetitive practice of cutting paper. Natrop works on sheets of Lenox 100 paper stretched out on his studio wall. Wielding a standard utility knife, he spontaneously cuts away creating a hybrid of landscape imagery. Natrop’s free-form “knife drawing” process reveals negative space by removing emptiness in-between forms. Often an amalgam of things previously observed, the graphic nature becomes a freeze-frame of Natrop’s own surroundings revealing his particular sense of place. In many cases one feature will be multiplied, resulting in a dense layering of a single element. A multiplicity of water droplets, crawling vines or cracks in the pavement may be rendered and reworked within each installation. Emotional forces further contextualize the work within this structure: anticipation, apprehension, disorientation or joyfulness often encapsulate the work’s inherently myopic narrative. This fusion between internal, emotional space and external, physical landscape is the framework for much of Natrop’s practice.

Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
2043 N Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Ph: 305.576.1804
Fax: 305.576.1805
info@dlfinearts.com
www.dlfinearts.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Eduardo del Valle & Mirta Gómez On View Opening Reception at Chelsea Galleria

Cordially invites you to Wynwood Gallery Nights – Second Saturdays to preview our new exciting furniture collections from our exclusive European designer brands
MyYOUR – INDERA – FISCHER MOBEL – INDECASA
PROSPETTIVE/ESEDRA – MERITALIA – LA CIVIDINA
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
8pm – 11pm
http://www.dgartdesigngallery.com/
Also featuring our resident artists:
PATRICIA SCHNALL-GUTIERREZ Paintings
BRUCE McQUISTON Sculptures
BLAKE FISHER Silver Gelatin Print Photography
(Private viewings available by appointment: Monday – Saturday, 9am to 6pm)
Music by Felix Cutillo
www.sonodea.com

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
D&G Art Design Gallery | 540 NW 28th street | Miami | FL | 33127

SWEETNESS & LIGHT
Paintings by: DIENZO & VALERY MILOVIC
October 10th – November 7th
Opening Reception Oct. 10th, 7- 11 pm
HAROLD GOLEN GALLERY
2294 Nw 2nd Avenue
Miami, Fl 33127
305-989-3359
haroldgolengallery.com

DIENZO
Rick “Dienzo” Blanco is a Los Angeles area artist whose collection of dark little characters are meant to intrigue, entice and perhaps cause a bit of anxiety. His experience in commercial art as an award-winning designer spans over 15 years. His most recent style is greatly influenced by his work for Disney, Mattel and most recently, Cartoon Network. In creating his art, Dienzo sees the technical aspect as, “taking the world of cartoon like characters and rendering them in the traditional medium of acrylic on canvas. From a content perspective, it’s drawing from the influence of pop-culture elements and experiences as a kid like watching The Munsters and The Addams Family or visiting the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland.

VALERY MILOVIC
Vallery’s inspiration for her paintings come from human frailties and death (things we all have in common), also vintage celluloid, tin and plush toys, cartoons, comics, old black and white photographs and skulls. Patch work bunnies and rag dolls, usually smoking, drinking or both ,are the reoccurring characters that tell her story of loneliness and feeling like an outcast , which she identifies with greatly. Broken Toyland , inspired by the book ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’, (she highly recommends reading if you haven’t yet), is the name of the world these endearing characters live, with patters, drips scrapes, layers and whatever else, sets the atmosphere for her charming and wonderful acrylic on canvas paintings.

Cinq champs d’opération (i. de deo), 2009. Graphite on 185 g/m2 Arches satiné, 56 x 76 cm.
Richard H̦glund РFieldwork
October 10th – November 7th, 2009
Opening Reception October 10th , 2009 7 – 10 p.m.

Join us for Fieldwork, an exhibition by the Paris based artist, Richard Höglund. Richard will exhibit a body of work including video, sculpture, drawing, and sound — all pieces which were created in Miami over the past several months . The exhibition will open on October 10th, from 7- 10 p.m. and the artist will give a gallery tour on October 17th (please contact Diet for further details).

Höglund has exhibited work at the Lyon Biennial, The National Gallery in Bulgaria, was a finalist for the Jean Claude Reynal prize and is a recipient of the Prix Jeune Creation, Paris. This year Richard has been an artist in residence at the Samband Islenskra Myndlistarmanna in Reykjavík, Iceland, and in 2010 will exhibit and be on residence with the Villa Bernasconi in Geneva, Switzerland, where he is also creating a citywide project supported by the MAMCO (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), Geneva.

This will be Richard’s second solo exhibition at Gallery Diet where he is represented.

About Diet: Located at 174 NW 23 Street in Miami, Florida Diet represents five emerging and mid-career artists. Diet’s artist roster includes Brian Burkhardt, Charley Friedman, Richard Höglund, Abby Manock, and Daniel Milewski, whose work is exhibited alongside that of an invitational series of exhibitions by artists from around the world.

Natalya Laskis American Odyssey Opening Reception
Saturday October 10th, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery, 2247 NW 1st PL, Miami, FL 33127
305.448.8976, www.snitzer.com

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Miami artist Natalya Laskis. American Odyssey is a reflection on research of the American psyche, which the artist explores in a historical fashion.

Natalya Laskis has discovered a legacy of risk inherit to the American culture. Simple pleasures peppered with ever-present danger have always existed. Like Ulysses, one must dare to take that first step into the unknown in-order to experience adventure along the way. Facing the temptation of sirens, the potential for drowning, the perilous ness of modern day monsters, all for the sake of joy.

In this American Odyssey life’s simple pleasures are readily available to all, but commonly overlooked. The comfort of friendship, the warmth of a bonfire, the merriments of inebriation, and even the excitement of revelry are sometimes taken for granted.

Focusing on the energy with an aggressive approach to color, Natalya Laskis’s paintings are filled with simplicity. Her manipulation of perspective through the brush strokes carries the viewer into the gesture of the artist’s impulsiveness.

Natalya Laskis graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland and New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida. Her work has been included in group shows at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL and The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY among other. ### For more information or images regarding this exhibition please contact 305.448.8976 or info@snitzer.com.

Join us at Artformz – 171 NW 23rd Street , Miami, FL, October 10th, 7-10pm. “Carnivale of Souls” Rai Escale & Gisela Savdie

David Castillo Gallery: Adler Guerrier,
Everyday Travails
Adler Guerrier
Everyday Travails
David Castillo Gallery
2234 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami
October 10- November 7, 2009
Reception October 10, 7-10 pm
David Castillo Gallery is proud to present Everyday Travails, Adler Guerrier’s first solo exhibition at the gallery and his first in Miami in over four years. The artist’s creative impulse is both intellectual and organic and is shown by his love of paper and its natural evolution into artwork and by his contemplative photography of the everyday. The current exhibition includes drawings, sculpture, photography, and video encapsulating the ideas of constant interest to the artist: place and the everyday.
The works reveal a structured imprint of the everyday, in the exploration of the relationship of media to the psycho-geographical, social, and political nature of place. Adler Guerrier sets drawing, collage, sculpture, photo, video, and installation in dialogue. His inspired cultural hybrid between color and plane are anchored by fearless, site-specific subversions of place and time in regards to conceptions of race, class, and culture. Often calling upon the districts of Miami and his own backyard, Guerrier examines the contemporary flaneur in an impending post-demographic age.
Adler Guerrier was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and lives and works in Miami. He studied at the New World School of the Arts in Miami and has exhibited widely including The Whitney Biennial 2008, the Wolfsonian Miami Beach, and Miami Art Museum. The artist has recently exhibited in VideoStudio at The Studio Museum in Harlem and Pivot Points 3 at Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and is in the permanent collection of both institutions. Upcoming exhibitions and projects include Afro-Modernism: Journeys through the Black Atlantic at the Tate Liverpool; commissioned works for Locust Projects Miami and a monograph to be published by Name Publications. Guerrier’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Artnews, and Art in America, among numerous other publications.
info@davidcastillogallery.com
+1 305 573 8110 Telephone
http://www.davidcastillogallery.com
David Castillo Gallery | 2234 NW 2nd Avenue | Miami | FL | 33127

FLY AWAY with Bernardo Medina – Colon at FlightStudio Gallery! Saturday Oct 10, 7-10PM

Giselle Loor Photography Exhibit at Giovanni Rossi Fine Art – Sat., October 10th

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!
Very reasonable prices!
Be sure to come by…
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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
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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.

David Castillo Gallery: Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova,
You might sleep, but you will never dream
David Castillo Annex: Amir H. Fallah,
Flowers and Terrorists
Leyden Rodriguez- Casanova
You might sleep, but you will never dream
David Castillo Gallery
2234 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami
September 12- October 3, 2009
Reception September 12, 7-10 pm

Amir H. Fallah
Flowers and Terrorists
David Castillo Annex
2234 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami
September 12- October 3, 2009
Reception September 12, 7-10 pm

David Castillo Gallery is pleased to present You might sleep, but you will never dream, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova’s second solo exhibition at the gallery.

The artist uses a vocabulary of domestic objects and suburban architectural elements as a visual language, addressing our social, cultural and emotional existence. He uses material appropriations first introduced in post-minimal and conceptual art. Rodriguez-Casanova is presenting a series of objects that use a room as the point of departure for his concepts. All the objects are elements of a room which have been detached from their original context.

As the title of Damien Hirst’s work suggests, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, Rodriguez-Casanova is interested in understanding the loss of someone, including one’s self (and the “impossibility” of such). In the work An Open Door, 2008 commissioned for the Dennis and Debra Scholl Collection, the artist built an entirely new wall with a blackout doorway created by a black sheet of plexi. The opening becomes a metaphor for what lies beyond our existence. This same element exits in A Folded Bed, 2009 in which a portable folding bed is intersected by a large sheet of the same black plexi. The black plane once more is a metaphor for a void. In A Bedroom Floor, 2009 the artist has recreated the exact tile grid of his adolescent bedroom floor. A nod to Carl Andre, the work uses its own detachment and “negative space” properties to focus on the floor and its plight in its original context.

Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova lives and works in Miami, and has exhibited nationally and internationally. His work has been featured in publications such as Art in America, ARTnews, and Sculpture Magazine. The artist has recently exhibited at Socrates Sculpture Park and the Sculpture Center in New York, among many other venues.

In the project room, the gallery is proud to present Amir H. Fallah’s Flowers and Terrorists.

The stark juxtaposition of flowery still lifes and political statements confront the severe spectrum the world lives in. Fallah uses familiar colors and collage elements to blur the line between beauty and violence. Fallah’s still lifes “his mother wishes he would paint” are sullied through his chaotic use of explosive color, while the terror-themed paintings are calmed by the easier transitions of subtle colors.

In the David Castillo Annex, Amir H. Fallah constructs a single tower of objects from found materials in Miami. In this installation as in his paintings, the artist combines the subjects of still lifes and political statements, re-enforcing the dialogue between them. The site-specific installation is a commentary on how beauty and terror are ultimately conjoined in life.

The Los Angeles-based artist has exhibited nationally and internationally. He is also the publisher of the contemporary arts magazine Beautiful/Decay. Fallah received his B.F.A. from The Maryland Institute College of Art and his M.F.A from UCLA in 2005. He was included in the 2009 Sharjah Biennial.

About David Castillo Gallery
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5pm and by appointment
info@davidcastillogallery.com
+1 305 573 8110 Telephone
http://www.davidcastillogallery.com
2234 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127
United States

Miller & Shellabarger
Dolos
September 12th – October 3rd, 2009
Opening Reception September 12th 7 – 10 p.m.
Preview Performance and Panel : September 12th at 1 p.m. Click here for details.
Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger are the two artist that together form, Miller & Shellabarger. Miller & Shellabarger will be the 10th artists to participate in Diet’s invitational series of exhibitions. Their work, which is often rooted in accessible performances, links them together as partners, procreators, specimens, and artists. Miller & Shellabarger take a comical, yet heartfelt everyday approach to the notion of collaboration. For their exhibition at Gallery Diet, Dutes and Stan will be performing Untitled (Pink Tube), a never ending, at least not to date, performance in which the duo sit across from each other patiently knitting a pink tube, their casual demeanor encouraging audience members to join them in conversation; inviting questions that range from the socio political to the mundane. The ritual of their performance lies in the ritual of the everyday, the casual tasks that two people perform when linked together.

HILLS SNYDER STEAM
GALLERY DIET PROJECT ROOM
SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2009 OPENING RECEPTION 7 – 10 PM
“We habitually discard our opportunities to be present; we float in a sea of association, drifting from one thought to the next; the moment can be taken for granted in the same way that sensory awareness can be assumed.” – Hills Snyder

Miami Art Group invites you to the monthly Gallery Walk and an evening benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Fundraising Event
DATE: August 8th, 2009
TIME: 8pm-11pm
LOCATION: Miami Art Group
21 NW 36TH St, Miami
Join us for a fun evening of wine tasting, art appreciation and opportunities to win some great prizes! All proceeds will go to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
First 200 Guests will receive a free 7 day pass to the
UM Wellness Center
Raffle Prizes Include:
Bacardi Superior Gift Basket
Grey Goose Gift Basket
Golf for 4 at Shula’s Golf Club
Jewelry Bag by Mushka Designs
Art Painting by Lisa Fiol
Bootcamp Gift Certificate by Assassin Fitness and Body Active
and many more!
DJ Mo will be providing the entertainment for the evening
Also enjoy sampling complimentary wines!
Miami Art Group
21 NW 36TH ST
Miami, Florida 33137
305-576-2633
Miami Art Group | 21 NW 36TH ST | Miami | FL | 33137

The Luis Perez Galeria and Acustronic present: Colombian Export
The Awarehouse encourages trade of South America’s finest goods and invites you to indulge
A collection and mix both of contemporary and classic Colombian masters.
Sounds by: Heather Holiday
Live performance by: THE HONGS
The Awarehouse
550 nw 29 st., Miami, FL
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Formed originally in Fall 2007, The Hongs is the brainchild of evil genius musician Gordon Myers
This indie-house band, fed from the underbelly of the underground Miami-music-scene, crafts their unique take on live electronica and solidifying its line-up. Part Jazz, House, DnB, Visual, The Hongs live shows are always memorable. Currently with Aaron Lebos on guitar (Jazzilla) and Ale Fernandez on drums, the musical territory covered by this band vast and quite extensive.
Didi Gutman of Brazilian Girls and Smurphio of Afrobeta guest their musical expertise on the band’s first EP–to be released this Fall. Hongs unique blends of musicianship creates a musical experience not to be missed.
myspace.com/hongs
18+ welcomed
Complimentary Red Stripe beer (must be 21 with valid i.d)
7-9 gallery
10-live performance
http://www.theluisperezgaleria.com
http://www.acustronic.com

You are cordially invited to attend the opening of “Young Blood: New World MIXX” at ArtSeen Gallery in the Wynwood Art District of Miami. Benefiting New World School of the Arts, “Young Blood: New World MIXX” is an exhibition of twenty one NWSA alumni emerging into the Miami art scene. Their works will line the walls of the recently opened ArtSeen Gallery as a fundraiser — proceeds will benefit the NWSA Visual Art Program. “Young Blood: New World MIXX” is curated by alumnae Michelle Gomez and Patty Suau. Feel free to forward this invite along to friends and family. We hope to see you there!
“Young Blood: New World MIXX”
Opening Night is Saturday, August 8th 7 – 10 PM during the Wynwood Art Walk
August 8 – August 28
ArtSeen Gallery
2215 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
For more information visit: www.artseenspace.wordpress.com
Participating Artists:
Roman Arevalo
Leo Castaneda
Reinier Gamboa
Michelle Gomez
Alan Gutierrez
Allison Jenetopulos
Matthew Krawcheck
Danielle Levine
Oliver Loaiza
Daniela Londono
Ramon Lopez
Jose Mertz
David Olivera
Andrea Preston
Nabila Santa-Cristo
Stephanie Santos
Nicole Serize
Patty Suau
Nicholas Varsalona
Jovan Villalba
John Witty

Andres Dominguez, “Final reflection”, oil/canvas, 37×56, 2009
Economic shock it is no competition as Miami experiences fine art. Be our guest at the opening of our August Group Show. This exhibition highlights 6 contemporary artists: Alonso Mateo, Andres Dominguez, Joel Rojas, Lucile Wong, Roger Calle and Josafat Miranda Each artist brings a fresh reflection on our current reality. These 6 divergent prospective will provide an overview of present emotional life.
Be our guest and join us for our opening reception Saturday, August 8, 2009, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Art Rouge/Lurie-Kavachnina Gallery
46 NW 36th street, Miami, Florida 33127, 305-4482060, info@artrouge.com

Final time to see Tonel Exhibition Saturday August 8th 5-9
CHELSEA GALLERIA
2441 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL. 33127
www.chelseagalleria.com