Fernando Botero: The Grand Show
Enrique Martínez Celaya: Selected Work 1992-2010
Saturday, February 12th, from 7 to 10PM
Wynwood Gallery Walk
Gary Nader fine art
62 NE 27th Street
Miami, Florida 33137
www.garynader.com

Fernando Botero The Grand Show Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture and Enrique Martinez Celaya Selected Work 1992-2002 have been extended two weeks due to strong attendance over the holiday season. They will now close on February 15th, 2011.

On view since November 30th, 2010, these outstanding curated shows provided insights into Botero and Martinez Celaya body of work.

Fernando Botero: The Grand Show a comprehensive and chronological assortment of more than 100 paintings, sculpture and drawings dating from the 1950s to the present day, showcasing Botero’s different subject matters representative of his oeuvre over the last six decades: the circus personages, bullfighting, life in Latin America and its people as well as adaptations of the work of art history masters.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Selected Work 1992-2010, a broad survey of work by Cuban-born artist, Enrique Martínez Celaya, dating from the 1990s to the present day. Unique to a gallery setting in its comprehensive range of work, the exhibition offer a rich and chronological compendium of significant paintings, sculptures, and drawings from all of his major projects.

Accompanying the Botero and Martinez Celaya shows, Gary Nader Editions published a comprehensive hard cover book showcasing full color images of the works on view.

Wynwood Market
February 12th 2011, 6.30 to 10.30
Wynwood Market on Lombardi Properties
22nd and NW 2nd Ave

Wynwood Market is launching its debut during the Wynwood Art District Gallery Walk on February 12th 2011 from 6:30 to 10:30 pm.

The first of its kind in Miami, an Open air market over 35,000 sq. ft. full of various vendors, artists and performers. Wynwood Market will be hosted on every second Saturday of every month during the Wynwood Art District Gallery Walk.

Wynwood Market is an open-air venue that will bring together local artists, fashion and accessory designers, vintage outlets, craftsman, musicians, etc. to create a vibrant and interesting bazaar. It will be the first of its kind, an open air market similar to Portobello in London and SoHo in NY. Expecting a crowd over 3000 people with over 30 vendors ranging from artists of Art Center of South Florida, Art Institute of Miami, local and international artists to food vendors. Live music with guest Dj appearances are scheduled, as well as a fashion show. Wynwood Market is conveniently located down the main row of popular galleries on 22nd and NW 2nd Ave.

“Finally, a market that caters to street art and the needs of the locals.”

The Market will also contribute to the community at every event with charitable contributions and exposure.

Entrance is Free to the public.

www.wynwoodmarketonline.com

You can email us at:wynwoodmarket@gmail.com

Dream Door Design is a Miami based company operated by Roman Fournie and Natalia Bidnenko. In production for over 3 years, we provide event planning on a grand scale. We will host the Wynwood Market in collaboration with Lombardi properties.

KIWI Gallery Grand Opening: The LOVE Pop Party
Saturday, February 12th, 7pm – 11pm
During Wynwood’s 2nd Saturday Art Walk
50 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33127
(across the street from the Rubell Family Collection)
www.kiwiartsgroup.com

RSVP appreciated at info@kiwiartsgroup.com

Live Performances by NYC’s Legendary Joey Arias

Kiwi Gallery will celebrate the opening of its permanent home in Wynwood with the Love Pop Party. The grand opening event will be held on Saturday, February 12th,, from 7pm to 11pm, during the Arts District’s 2nd Saturday Art Walk. The LOVE Pop Party will feature live performances by legendary New York cabaret artist, Joey Arias; South Florida’s Bambi Le Fleur’s Burlesque Revue; music by local favorite, DJ Jody McDonald; and a complimentary bar by Miami’s own Delaplaine Sparkling Wine. South Beach nightlife legend Gary James and public relations and events maven Heather Davis, along with KIWI’s own Louis Canales, will host Miami’s movers and shakers attending the gallery’s opening night.

KIWI Gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Miami Beach fine art photographer William John Kennedy. The Kennedy collection comprises rare and historic images of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana with their soon-to-be iconic works. The photographs, taken in the early 1960s at a time when Kennedy forged a friendship with both Indiana and Warhol, capture the two artists at the seminal point of their careers and the birth of the Pop Art Movement. After nearly half a century in storage, a select number of the nearly forgotten images have been carefully chosen and published for the first time in a limited edition of silver gelatin prints. The Kennedy collection debuted at a pop-up gallery in Miami Beach during Art Basel 2010 to rave reviews, with the exhibition experiencing record attendance with stronger than expected sales. A documentary, “Full Circle: Before They Were Famous,” chronicling the images’ journey from the days they were taken to the present, premiered at the Colony Theatre during the esteemed art marathon. According to Tom Austin in AOL/Paper (artbasel.aol.com) it was “One of the best—and most surreal evenings—of Art Basel.” A special screening of the short film, open to the public, will be held at 6:30pm, prior to the LOVE Pop Party.

Sponsored by Delaplaine Sparkling Wine (www.champagnedelaplaine.com) and MiamiArtZine.com (www.miamiartzine.com), a program of Miami Beach Arts Trust and a key resource for the South Florida arts scene.

UM Department of Art and Art History will present FotoKonbit social photography workshops
Opening reception, Saturday, Feb 12th, 6 to 10 pm
UM Wynwood Project Space
2200A NW 2nd Avenue
Miami

Exhibition will engage and empower Haitians to tell their stories and document their communities through photography

This February the UM Department of Art and Art History will present FotoKonbit – an exhibition of social photography workshops. The photographs in the exhibition were taken by Haitians in their home country and here in Miami.

The photography will be on view at the UM Wynwood Project Space located at 2200A NW 2nd Avenue in Miami. Opening reception is Saturday, Feb 12th from 6 to 10 pm.

FotoKonbit is a movement created to engage and empower Haitians to tell their own stories and document their communities through photography. The images in the exhibition “Haiti FotoKonbit: 3rd Vernacular Photography” at the UM Wynwood project space were all made by Haitians themselves, offering viewers a unique perspective and an opportunity to see Haiti through Haitian eyes.

Inspired by the Creole word “konbit” which can be defined as the coming together of similar talents in an effort towards a common goal, FotoKonbit educators use their skills as photographers, educators, and artists to impact the lives of their participants and the public through photography. By partnering with established Haitian grassroots organizations in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora, FotoKonbit is uniquely positioned to inspire hope through creative expression and provide Haitians with the opportunity to document their reality and share it with the largest possible audience.

FotoKonbit is made up of three founding members, Tatiana Mora Liautaud, Noelle Theard, and Marie Arago, as well as Ralph and Frederic Dupoux. Maggie Steber and Edwidge Danticat serve on FotoKonbit’s advisory board.

A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art.

Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery New Location Grand Opening Reception
Saturday. Feb. 12. 7-11PM
173 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, FL 33127

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We invite you to join us for the unveiling of our new 5,500 sq/ft gallery

Event will Feature :
VIP Lounge
Complimentary Cocktails
& Light Bites
International Guest DJ

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Artist Miguel Paredes To Celebrate The Opening Of His
New Wynwood Art Gallery In February

Urban realist will unveil his first functional 3D interior mural in new space

Fresh from his successful Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 exhibitions and events, Miami-based pop and multi-media artist, sculptor and urban realist Miguel Paredes will unveil the new home of his Wynwood Arts District hot spot, Paredes Fine Art Gallery, on Saturday, February 12 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. coinciding with the neighborhood’s monthly “2nd Saturdays Art Walk.” Guests will also enjoy music spun by international Buddha Lounge DJ Sam Popat and local DJ Ari X along with complimentary “Sapphire Dhiva” signature cocktails sponsored by Bombay Sapphire, Heineken art bars and Appleton Rum drinks. Light fare will be provided by Vinyl & Kai, Miss Yip, National Hotel Miami Beach, Kind Healthy Snacks and Sweet Street petite desserts. Guests should confirm their attendance by emailing: RSVP@miguelparedes.com

“I am eager to introduce Miami to my new gallery! After Basel, I really felt the need for a bigger creative playground and I was lucky enough to find the perfect space in my beloved Wynwood. This expansion will allow me to venture into bigger pieces and collaborations, but most importantly it will give my guests more room to interact with the artwork,” said Paredes.

The new 5,500 square foot gallery located at 173 NW 23rd St. is a distinct upgrade in size compared to Paredes’ former 1,700 square foot space around the block. The new gallery will be home to the artist’s previous popular works, a small retail boutique featuring his art and colorful merchandise, as well as revisited pieces from his 90s collections such as Boroughs, Urban Dreams, New York Stories and Culture in a Bag. In addition, Paredes will reveal his first functional 3D interior mural-wrapped room entitled Brownstone Lounge.

Brownstone Lounge is a complex piece of artwork produced by Paredes in collaboration with local interior designer, 3D specialist Jeff Vaughan and celebrated 20-year-old Broadway scenic designer and producer Antonio Marion, CEO of Marion Theatrical Productions in New York City. The 14 X 21 foot mural features Paredes’ iconic New York brownstones along with an image of the artist’s childhood home, an apartment building located at 144 W. 73rd St. However, it is Marion’s expertise that makes the piece come to life.

“Even though my relationship with Miguel is new, I immediately was drawn to his artwork and admired the unique way he depicts New York. Architecture and design are both a huge passion for me and I am having such an incredible time adding perspective and depth to Miguel’s pieces. My main goal is to make his fans feel like they’re part of the painting by giving them ability to literally stand inside of it,” said Marion.

Paredes Fine Arts Studio is located at 173 NW 23rd ST. Miami, FL. 33127. For more information, please visit www.miguelparedes.com

About Miguel Paredes
Paredes, a New York native, is an Urban Realist who combines cutting-edge techniques of street art, pop art and Japanese animation to create his own genre of trend-forward pieces.

Drawing inspiration from pop icons such as his own mentor Ronnie Cutrone, Andy Warhol’s immediate assistant at The Factory during the notorious pop artist’s most productive and prestigious years, Warhol himself and Keith Haring, Paredes has created his own unique and explosive style. His combination of street graffiti, landscape and pop art have propelled his crossover from street walls, during his days as a student at the prestigious Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in the ’80s, to becoming a highly regarded creator of fine decorative art, prized by collectors from Los Angeles to Seoul.

Paredes, now Miami-based, has become one of the booming local arts’ scenes most prosperous artists. He opened his first solo gallery, Paredes Fine Art Studio, in the Wynwood Art District in June 2010. Paredes continues to make his mark by further expanding his inspirational environment while simultaneously showcasing his works at local, national and international shows, including Artist-In-Residence at the iconic National Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach, 2010.

About Antonio Marion
Antonio Marion is CEO of Marion Theatrical Productions, a production company founded in 2006 and located in New York City. Originally from Canton, Ohio, Marion’s passion for theater began at an early age due to family trips to New York and countless viewings of Broadway shows. Throughout high school, Marion became heavily involved in his hometown’s theater community and later ventured to New York City to immerse himself in all aspects of Broadway full-time. Marion plans to continue pursuing a degree in Entertainment Marketing and PR at New York University this spring.

Marion Theatrical Productions is presently working on the revival of Broadway’s “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” opening in spring 2011, and Whoopi Goldberg’s “White Noise” debuting in Chicago this fall. For more information, please contact Marion at tony@mariontheatricalproductions.com and/or visit www.mariontheatricalproductions.com

About Jeff Vaughan
Jeff Vaughan, a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, specializes in 3D projection sculptures which have been exhibited abroad in Germany, London and Japan and in many trendy nightclubs of the era such as Area and Palladium in NYC and GrooveJet and Mynt in Miami Beach. Vaughan exhibits his creative talents through his unique style of design and fabrication — from exotic waterfalls and eclectic silk lamps to slick nightclub theme designs. Vaughan, along with SRX Productions, has designed and built an array of innovative environments and décor for clients such as Elle Magazine and Krug and at one of Miami Beach’s most exclusive nightclubs – LIV at the Fontainebleau. Vaughan is currently working on giant chenille stem sculptures which he intends to exhibit in the Wynwood Art District.

Join Us For The Wynwood 2nd Saturday Art Walk
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 7-10p
Artformz is Moving and this is our Last Opening Reception at 171 NW 23rd Street
Attending guests receive a complimentary Artformz T-Shirt
Commemorating the award winning Artformz project “Giants in the City 2008”

On exhibit: Mary Larsen, Maxine Spector, Donna haynes, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Rossella Ramanzini, Sara Rytteke, Natasha Duwin, Rosario Bond, Randy Burman

For the Wynwood 2nd Saturday gallery openings this month the artist’s cooperative Artformz Alternative will hold the last opening reception at the 171 NW 23rd Street gallery with the continuation of the exhibition “SPILL”. Also, in celebration of the New Year the founder and director, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, announces exciting changes in the structure and location of the 7-year-old alternative space.

Artformz was founded in 2004 in the Miami Design District, and in 2008 moved to the Wynwood Arts District. The project’s direction has been continuously evolving and yet has always been focused on the critical belief of how art should be viewed, open creative dialogue, and the development of compelling ideas. At the end of January of 2011 Artformz will once again undergo an evolution. The alternative space will be moving to a new location within the Wynwood area and while it will no longer maintain a monthly exhibition salon, it will continue to focus on the exhibition of selected curatorial projects and cultural exchanges, both local and abroad. Artist Alette Simmons-Jimenez will continue to direct collaborations and curate projects.

Over the last 7 years, 50 exhibitions have been presented and hundreds of artists have been featured. Artformz is a recipient of a Knight Arts Challenge Award for “Giants in the City 2008”, a Miami-Dade Tourism Development Grant, a Miami-Dade Community Grant, and a Miami-Dade District 3 Small Business Grant. The space has been invited to participate in several international art fairs and has presented local artists at Arteamericas Fair, Art Aqua Miami, Sleepless Nights Miami Beach, Verge Art Fair, the 44th National Conference of the Society of Photographic Educators, and Artist Invites Artist in Spain. Artformz projects have been featured in Sculpture Magazine, Chic Today (London), Miami New Times, Jane Magazine, The Miami Herald and Tropical Life, El Nuevo Herald, ArtMurmur, Phaidon Agenda, Art Centric, Miami Art Guide, Wynwood Magazine, and Artdaily amoung others.

In 2011 Artformz will continue to develop innovative and exciting exhibitions with the intention of broadening horizons and expanding boundaries not possible while maintaining a physical local. I am very grateful to all the artists and members that through the varied curatorial programs have contributed their time and exceptional artwork to enrich the cultural conversation that has had a far reaching affect. I hope everyone will continue to attend our future manifestations and collaborate in the dialogue of contemporary social and aesthetic ideas that Artformz offers.

Solo show by Salustiano, opening January 8
Art Rouge Gallery – 46 NW 36 St, Loft 3, Miami, FL

Clara Varas First Solo Show Opens At Edge Zones Magic City
January 8 – 29, 2011
Reception: Sat., Jan. 8,
Meet the Artist: 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Edge Zones Art Center
47 NE 25th St.
Miami, FL 33137
(East of North Miami Ave.)
www.edgezones.org

Artist Statement
My work explores the struggle and chaos of coastal cities and their disappearing natural habitats. Of particular interest to me are the lives that hang in the balance and those whose livelihood is directly related to nature. My recent compositions involve images which have been destroyed using scratches, marks, and globs of paint. Many times the marks resemble different manmade structures around the city such as fishing piers, buildings, or construction cranes, while the globs of paint become abstracted versions of nature like mangrove islands or meandering creeks and canals. In my work I like to create tension between past and present, natural and manmade, using paper boats, candy, sewing thread, fishing line, and other discarded objects to provide the viewer with clues as to a city’s inhabitants, and to reference memories of early childhood and current pop culture.
Much of my work is done on paper. Paper is a product of our consumer culture, it is a material easily discarded, and often overlooked, I like cutting it, tearing it, or stepping on it to create marks, scuffs, and to give this throw away material new meaning, giving mundane things new importance is something I enjoy.

Clara Varas
Born 1972, in Havana, Cuba, Clara Varas arrived in the United States at the age of six. Her work deals with issues of exile, immigration, separation and identity. Drawing upon fragmented memories of early childhood in Cuba, as well as her experiences living in an urban, coastal city like Miami, Clara has pieced together her history using unconventional materials like fishing lines, hooks, paper boats, yarn and plastic. Images of mangrove islands, piers and other structures invade her worlds creating tension between the natural and manmade, the past and present, forming links between her homeland and Miami. Clara has developed a unique visual vocabulary, taking us on a journey that is personal, playful, and spontaneous.

Clara earned her Bachelor of fine arts in 1995 from the School Of Visual Arts in New York City, where she had the honor of studying with renowned professor and contemporary artist Marilyn Minter. Her work is a part of private collections such as celebrated restaurateur and event designer Barton G. Clara has exhibited her work nationally in New York and Miami where she currently lives and works

Edge Zones
Edge Zones (EZ) is an artist based non-profit arts organization that was founded in 2004, dedicated to strengthening the contemporary art environment in South Florida. EZ creates programs that allow artists to explore new positions in the contemporary art world. EZ introduces innovative, risk-taking artistic exponents on a multicultural stage and fosters expansion in an international forum.

January 8th, 7-11pm
Harold Golen Gallery Presents: Transylvania By Artist Chris Dean
An Eye-Popping 3D exhibit, that is not to be missed !
2294 NW 2nd Ave.
Miami, Fl 33127
Wynwood Art District
305-989-3359
haroldgolengallery.com

Opening Night:
January 8th, 7-11pm
Show runs Jan 8th- Feb 5th

TRANSYLVANIA is a series of 3D lenticular images that reflect on ideas of transformation and acceptance in the context of Detroit’s troubled landscape, using the unusual medium of lenticular holography to create multi-layered, hypercolor images with stunning depth and motion qualities. Dean creates illusions that make objects appear to levitate, shimmer and move as viewers walk by. Though lenticular images have a fifty year history of kitch and commercialism the technology is used by Dean in an exciting way that takes full advantage of the medium’ s potential.

The content focuses on Dean s relationship with the troubled city of Detroit and the concept of transformation in the city but also as a universal truth. “Stability is an illusion” , Dean says in the opening paragraph of the show s statement. This theme gets played out in the exhibit’s eleven 3′ x 4′ pieces where robots, rainbows and prostitutes seem caught in an inexplicable metamorphous, as Dean would say all things are. The photographically based pieces are brightly colored and temper the sometimes gritty content with an element of humor and otherworldliness.

Dimensions Variable Presents
The Outer Limits-
Felice Grodin and Samantha Salzinger
Reception Saturday January 8, 2011, 7-10 pm
171 NE 38th Street, Design District, Miami, Florida 33137, United States

January 8 – February 27, 2011
There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to…The Outer Limits.

— Opening narration, The Control Voice, 1960s

Exploring the overlaps between space, place and artifact—a perforation is introduced. A moment, a window, and a possibility that may transmit a disruption in the fabric of Dimensions Variable by introducing a variable dimension.

Felice Grodin was born in Bologna, Italy and currently lives and works in Miami Beach. She obtained her BArch from Tulane University and her MArch with Distinction from Harvard University. Her first solo Lost Horizon, featuring the depiction of alternative architectural exploration, debuted at Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts in 2009, where she is currently represented. Her work was also featured recently in the group show Drawing Beyond the Plane at the Tampa Museum of Art. In addition, her first curatorial project was in 2008 at Locust Projects in Miami called “Synesthetics” which explored the creative interface between art and technology.

Samantha Salzinger is currently an Associate Professor and Art Department Chair at Palm Beach State College. She obtained her MFA from Yale University in Photography and her BFA from Florida International University. Samantha was the recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship in 2000 and again in 2009. Among her recent exhibitions are “With You I Want To Live”, an exhibition of the Francie Bishop-Good and David Horvitz collection at the Museum of Art at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art and her upcoming second solo exhibition at Gallery Diet in March of 2011.

Special thanks to Poliform Miami, Maritza Pena, Chris Vandevier, Dogan Arslanoglu and Jacqueline Falcone.

Dimensions Variable is an exhibition space in the Miami Design District interested in innovative new projects. The intention behind Dimensions Variable is to feature projects by individual artists and collaborative projects. Rather than showcasing group or solo exhibitions in the usual format, we are interested in exhibitions that address our space specifically and produce one cohesive project. Dimensions Variable aspires to provide a forum for the introduction of unfamiliar, complex, collaborative and multidisciplinary practices to a Miami audience.

Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com

We will be open this Saturday January 8th from 7-10pm, with our current exhibitions:

Arnold Mesches: Weather Patterns and Paint
and Clifton Childree: Orchestrated Gestures

Also opening on Saturday January 8th around the corner, Trinacria, a solo exhibition by Ralph Provisero
at Wynwood Project Space, 2200A NW 2nd Avenue.

R: Clifton Childree, still from Mysterium, 2010, dimensions variable. L: Arnold Mesches, Portraiture, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 40 inches

Pan American Art Projects presents Gustavo Acosta: Here
The artist is available for interviews, and will be present at the opening reception:
Opening reception: January 8, 2011 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
2450 NW 2nd Avenue. Miami, FL 33127
www.panamericanart.com

Pan American Art Projects presents Gustavo Acosta: HERE, a tribute exhibition to the city of Miami. Obsessed by the power of architecture, the artist traces the urban transformation of the city he calls home in this new series of works. Having witnessed the real estate boom and economic crash that followed thereafter, Acosta’s pieces encapsulate architectural giants in a stand-still moment; whether plummeting to ruins, being erected, or standing strong amidst the chaos of a city of lost promise. Works like “Borrando las Huellas”, which depicts collapsing buildings, and “One Day I Find Myself Building a Circus”, a large canvas of the foundations of the new Marlin Stadium, portray the city as a breathing entity; one that suffers with the collapse or construction of its parts; what is enfolding in each canvas is left up to the viewer to decide.

The pulsating city in Acosta’s canvases is a city at conflict with itself. An undeniable nostalgia creeps through the artist’s hectic brushstrokes. The emotional intensity of the artist’s world is present as Acosta captures a fleeting moment in the trajectory of the city’s day-to-day. Acosta has always made the cities in which he has resided the protagonists of his oeuvre. In this exhibition, we see Miami through the artist’s eyes. He sets before us a map of his city: the places that define Miami as his hometown. HERE is Acosta’s tribute to Miami, through these works the artist is embracing his role in the city; grounding his roots and proclaiming his sense of belonging HERE.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Marie Lorenz
Waverunner XV; Indices and Abstractions
Opening reception: Saturday, January 8, 2011, 7-10pm
Conversation with the artist, 6pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Through February 19

Locust Projects is pleased to present Waverunner XV; Indices and Abstractions, an exhibition by New York-based artist Marie Lorenz. Conceived specifically for Miami, the exhibition is a continuation of the artist’s ongoing exploration of urban waterways and narratives. Through video, sculpture and large-scale works on paper, Lorenz examines and abstracts familiar places, objects, and actions.

For the first time, Lorenz is experimenting with a jet ski – a contemporary mode of transportation and sport. The artist has built a floating ramp, modeled after an ocean wave, which was taken out to Biscayne Bay. There, Lorenz filmed the interaction of the jet ski and ramp, which simultaneously become subject and object. The resulting video explores moments of floating and unexpected discovery and will be on view at the gallery alongside the ramp.

Lorenz will also present a series of black and white prints. The first, a vinyl diagram of the jet ski’s pump (the jet that propels the machine through the water), takes form on Locust Projects’ window façade and provides a kind of floating explanation of the forces at work inside the machine.

On display inside the space are handmade works on paper created using a method employed by Japanese anglers to precisely record their prize catches. To create these works, the artist has painted sumi ink onto the surface of the jet ski, and then pressed rice paper onto its handle bars, hoses, cables and decals, recording the man-made object in the style of a Japanese fish print.

By indexing select aspects, perspectives and features of the jet ski and the jump, the artist has abstracted the object, and transformed its representations into illustrations of her own personal exploration.

Marie Lorenz was born in Twenty-nine Palms, CA, in 1973 and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA in sculpture from Yale University, New Haven, CT, in 2002. She has participated in the Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Italy (2008); and residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME (2004); Salzburg International Summer Academy, Public Interventions Seminar, Austria (2002); and The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, Sausalito, CA (1997). Recent solo projects include Upriver, performance for the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, NY (2010); Shipwrecks, Jack Hanley Gallery, NY (2010); and The Inner Sea, a web-log that documents exploration of waterways around Rome, ITALY. In her ongoing project, Tide and Current Taxi (2005-2008), the artist acts as a guide for participants wishing to visit sites in areas surrounding New York City that are accessible only by water. After each voyage, Lorenz provides a detailed account of the journey in her Web journal, www.tideandcurrenttaxi.org.

Join Us For Wynwood’s 2nd Saturdays Art Walk

Sat. Jan. 8, 7 – 10pm
Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery
2311 Nw 2nd Ave.

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Complimentary Cocktails By: Bombay Sapphire

Light Bites Provided By: Ra – Sushi – Bar – Restaurant

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Join Us For The Miami International Launch Party And Vip Opening Of “Spaces”
Saturday, Jan 8th • 6:30-8pm
Black Square Gallery
2248 Nw 1st Place • Miami, Fl 33127 (Wynwood Corner Of 1st Place And 23rd St.)

Caviar Tasting Sponsored By Black River Caviar
Wine Tasting
Unveiling Of The Fair Catalogue
Kindly Rsvp To Anna Milashevych Or Ron Kritzler At Milanna.Ua@Gmail.Com

Www.Mia-Artfair.Com
14-17 January 2011 • Preview 13 Jan
Miami Beach Convention Center

Artist Talk with Teresa Diehl
January 8 2011, 6pm
Praxis International Art Gallery
2219 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami FL 33127
www.praxis-art.com

Praxis International Art invites you to an Artist Talk with Teresa Diehl on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 6pm at the Wynwood gallery.
Teresa Diehl is presenting her video installation work, Maneem (Dream). Diehl’s work was recently added to the permanent collection of the 21c Museum in Lousville, Kentucky. In addition, she will be presenting her work in the exhibition “MariaMaria 1511/2011” from Februrary – June 2011 at the Muzeum Montanelli in Prague.

Teresa Diehl
Mannem (Dream), 2010
3 single channel projected on crochet monofilament

…In a dream, everything slows down; the mind goes in an out between bits and pieces of the past, at the end all is woven in a tapestry of light…

“Maneem” is an immersive three single channel video installation, dealing with reconstructed memories of childhood.
Viewers are invited to walk trough the maze and wonder inside.

Like Dream catchers, the screens are woven webs that only let good dreams filter through…
bad ones stay in the net disappearing with the light of the day and good ones pass trough getting embedded in the subconscious.

The clarity of the images and experience of the work depends on the viewer’s position and his /her relationship to the space,
from where she /he stands the images could be clear and recognizable, like a familiar story line; interrupted and repeated,
or like visual echoes, some kind of dejavu; and finally just suspended colors creating an ephemeral experience.

I am fascinated as how to create a physical space that recreates the labyrinth of the mind.

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents Ralph Provisero “Trinacria”
January 8, 2011
2200A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL

The Department of Art and Art History, in the College of Arts and Sciences at UM presents a solo exhibition by Ralph Provisero on view beginning January 8, 2011. The exhibition features three large scale works with drawings and models. The project space is located at 2200A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL.

Using the patches in damaged welding curtains from the school as drawings, Provisero references time and memory, reality and the past. Distilled from these concepts are the models and large scale works in the exhibit. They represent the formal counterpart, the spatial experience, the present. Together these nine works unify as an installation of concept and form.

Provisero has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally at such venues as the Martin Z. Margulies Collection, the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo de Yucatan, the Bass Museum, and Chicago’s Navy Pier. Part of the Lowe Art Museum’s permanent collection, Provisero’s large-scale work Pietra Veloce, resides on the UM campus.
For more information regarding the artist: www.provisero.com. A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art . For more information about the exhibition or Wynwood Project Space, call (305) 284-2543 or email m.cardoso1@miami.edu .

The University of Miami’s mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of our diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. www.miami.edu.