Friday, December 05, 2008

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)

2 comments:

out of sight said...

The statues seem to be mimicking the The Terracotta Army which are the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Shi Huang Di the First Emperor of China. The terracotta figures, dating from 210 BC, were discovered in 1974 by several local farmers near Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. The figures vary in height, according to their role, the tallest being the Generals. Current estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits.

There are some amazing photos on Wikipedia at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army

(Yah, I know they aren't the experts, but they are good on this one)

Geniusofdespair said...

Thanks outofsight, I learned something today!