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Indepth Arts News:
"ART MIAMI: For the 11th year, special exhibits and fresh new galleries revitalize Art Miami"
2001-01-18 until 2001-01-22
Art Miami, Advanstar Communications
Miami, FL,
USA United States of America
Art Miami's upcoming exposition at the Miami Beach
Convention Center, Thursday, January 18 - Monday, January
22, 2001 will break new ground with a show designed to reflect
Miami's role in today's rapidly evolving global art scene.
Embracing Miami's reputation as a growing international
hotbed for cutting-edge design, fashion, architecture and art,
Art Miami 2001 will feature a slate of 120 international
galleries, many of whom have yet to develop an international
profile; special exhibits showcasing the hottest young talents
from Latin America and the Caribbean, and a New York
Times-sponsored TimesTalk event moderated by design editor
Pilar Viladas, that will explore the increasingly blurred
boundaries between art, architecture and design.
Long regarded as South Florida's top annual exposition of
modern and contemporary art, and considered a compelling
forum for international exhibitors to present a broad range of
artistic talent to collectors, curators and arts professionals, Art
Miami 2001 is being restructured by director Ilana Vardy into a
show that, according to the former director of Art Chicago,
makes sense for Miami.
Stated Vardy, The time is right to present a show that not only
addresses international art trends, but more specifically, how
they play out in South Florida. After spending some time here,
I believe that translates to more young Latin galleries, more
underexposed galleries and artists and programming that
actively engages attendees.
In implementing her vision for Art Miami 2001, Vardy is
building upon initiatives she started in the short time she was
on board prior to the show's opening last year. For the 2001
show, Vardy will increase Art Miami's cutting-edge component,
while maintaining its stable of respected galleries. The
revitalized exposition tracks Miami's emergence as a hip,
young member of an international art community that is no
longer based solely in New York and Paris, but increasingly
taking root in postmodern cities like Sao Paulo and Madrid.
Exhibitors
Among the many galleries returning to Art Miami in 2001:
James Goodman Gallery (New York), Christopher Grimes
Gallery (Santa Monica), Nancy Hoffman Gallery (New York),
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts (Miami/Buenos Aires), Mary-Anne
Martin Fine Art (New York), Galería Nina Menocal (Mexico
City), Galerie Marion Meyer (Paris) and Theo Waddington Fine
Art (London, Boca Raton). Galleries exhibiting at Art Miami for
the first time include Galeria Camargo Vilaça (São Paulo,
Brazil) - Brazil's most important gallery showing contemporary
Brazilian artists on the international circuit, Espacio Mínimo
(Madrid), De Chiara/Stewart (New York), and Galería Rubbers
(Buenos Aires) which is presenting a solo exhibition of
Argentine national treasure Xul Solar. Emerging galleries
featuring edgier works will once again participate in Currents, a
successful element in the 2000 show that provided great
exposure for its up and coming participants. Among the 20
galleries in this section, Galería Baró Senna (São Paulo),
Gallery Eighty-Six (Curaçao), Florence Lynch (New York), M.Y.
Art Prospects (New York), NFA Space (Chicago), Nikolai Fine
Art (New York), and Vedanta (Chicago). For the full slate of
participating galleries please refer to the enclosed list.
Special Exhibits
Among programming choices, MEGA Fino, an
up-to-the-minute survey of cutting-edge artists from Miami,
Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by Peter
Doroshenko, director of The Institute of Visual Arts (inova) at
the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, proves timely and
relevant. Featuring site-specific works by José Gabriel
Fernandez (Venezuela), Naomi Fisher (USA), Laura Hamilton
(Jamaica), Quisqueya Henríquez (Dominican Republic), José
Antonio Hernández-Diez (Venezuela), Priscilla Monge (Costa
Rica), Aaron Salabarrias (Puerto Rico), Rosângela Rennó
(Brazil) and Eugenia Vargas (USA), MEGA Fino, will also
feature installations outside the environs of Art Miami, in public
spaces throughout Miami Beach.
Working with Doroshenko is Victor Zamudio-Taylor,
independent curator, Mexico City & international exhibitions
curator, inova and Pedro Alonzo, adjunct curator, inova. Alonzo
will lead bilingual walking tours of MEGA Fino, on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Maps will
also be available for self-guided tours. On Saturday, January
20th from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Zamudio-Taylor will host
VAIVEN, a panel featuring the artists of MEGA Fino,
discussing the concepts behind their work.
At a time when everything is information based and media
overload is an everyday occurrence, there are artists, all from
the Caribbean basin, who have begun to develop their own
private intellectual islands. Instead of responding directly to
the ever-recurring conflicts and tragedies of modern life, as
other artists might do, they have been moving in the opposite
direction: creating new situations or fantasies based on looking
optimistically at the possibilities that exist in everyday life or in
worlds of their own making. The nine artists in MEGA Fino,
view art as a means of exploring alternative options of
thinking, behaving, and playing, said Doroshenko.
Project Rooms, a series of individually curated solo
exhibitions, will also debut at Art Miami 2001. Eight curators
from Europe, Latin America and the United States have been
invited to select an artist to produce a solo exhibition; then the
artist and their representative gallery together create the
special exhibit -- each in a 200 square foot space. The list of
curators follows: Silvia K. Cubiñá, independent curator, SAN
JUAN; Jesus Fuenmayor, independent curator, CARACAS;
Kathryn Kanjo, Executive Director, ArtPace, SAN ANTONIO;
Adriano Pedrosa, Independent Curator & Senior Editor,
TRANS> arts.cultures.media, SÃO PAULO/NEW YORK; James
Rondeau, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art
Institute of Chicago, CHICAGO, Jérôme Sans, Director, Palais
de Tokyo & Independent Curator, PARIS; Debra Singer,
Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum, NEW
YORK; and Octavio Zaya, Curator & Critic, NEW YORK.
On Saturday January 20 from 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm, Art in
Context, a panel featuring the curators will explore concepts
behind their selections.
Special Events and Panels
Another Art Miami programming initiative this year is a New
York Times sponsored TimesTalk event, The Art of Design.
New York Times design editor Pilar Viladas will lead a lively
discussion that explores the blurred boundaries between art,
architecture and design. The panelists will include a dynamic
cross section of prominent members of these communities.
Advance tickets priced at $30, are available at
1-888-NYT-1870. Ticket to the event includes a permanent
pass to Art Miami. The TimesTalk will take place on Saturday,
January 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Hall B, Room
B115.
Working closely with the city's local museums and cultural
institutions, Art Miami has designated Saturday, January 20th
Museum Day, and will offer complimentary admission to all
museum members. Project Rooms and MEGA Fino panel
discussions, featuring participating artists and curators will take
place Saturday.
On Sunday, January 21, 1:00 p.m. Art Miami will present
Horst P. Horst: Master of Shadow & Light - a discussion on
the prolific career of this famed photographer, in conjunction
with ROOM and the Horst P. Horst Estate.
Art Miami 2001 Show Hours
Art Miami 2001 kicks off Thursday, January 18th with a
by-invitation gala opening reception from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m. Exposition hours are Noon - 8:00 p.m. on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, and Noon-6:00 p.m. on the show's final
day, Monday, January 22nd. Unless otherwise noted, panels
and lectures will take place in Hall B in room B115. Art Miami is
open to the public. More than 40,000 people are expected to
attend over the course of the show's five-day run. Daily
admission to Art Miami: $10 adults; $7 seniors, students,
groups; $25 Permanent Pass; free for children under 12. For
further information contact Art Miami's offices at
1-888-663-5001 or on the Internet www.art-miami.com
Generous sponsors of Art Miami 2001 include artnexus.com,
Bacardi, Caviarteria, and The New York Times.
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