Art Miami: A Review. By Geniusofdespair

I went, I viewed, I took a few phone photos. "Art Miami", I think, is considered the poor man's "Art Basel" or at the very least it's evil stepsister. I like "Art Miami" better than "Art Basel" but what do I know. In case you all didn't know, this is the "BIG" art week in Miami. Do not miss it. The night doings in the design district (Saturday) are really fun. "Art Miami" is on NE 1st Avenue, between NE 31 and 32 Street. It is in a big white tent, impressive size. I saw Marty Margulies there. Note: the traffic in the vicinity was horrendous.

First two photos are works from the Rudolf Budja Galerie. I like the painting of the gal better than the statues but they were pretty interesting.

Second two photos are from the Susan Teller Gallery. Get used to these, they are WPA, depression era paintings. Art should look a lot like this for the next few years. Expect a return to somber paintings of factory towns and people toiling, like this miner (except in today's version it would be a computer programmer). These were painted during the depression in the 1930’s (by Riva Helfound).

Susan Teller is friendly, say hello if you pass by. She had a lot of prints you could flip throught in the $1,200 - $3,000 range. (hit these 2 to enlarge them)