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.