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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Miami’s extracurricular community

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Image courtesy of Robbietoons Amidst the doldrums of last February a small group of like minded folks deeply entrenched in the Miami arts community began to meet every Tuesday to talk about current events, critical texts and theory. Instigated and to a large extent organized by then Miami newcomer Ruba Katrib, Assistant curator of the [...]

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Thieves Abscond with Symbols of Three Abrahamic Faiths.

Monday, January 12, 2009

The sculpture that was stolen. Photo courtesy of Swampstyle As if the suspicious loss of his famous rooster just before Christmas wasn’t enough, Miami fabrication mogul and art scene veteran Oliver Sanchez reported this morning that a sculpture has been stolen: “Local neighborhood security American police have confirmed that a Styrofoam sculpture was stolen Saturday [...]

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PAUL GABRIELLI at INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, NY

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Alex Imagining His Own Body, 2008. Looped Video, mixed media, 14 x 27 x 13 inches. Paraphrasing the press release: Paul Gabrielli is a New York based sculptor whose work incorporates a multiplicity of media. “Infused with a thwarted eroticism of both desire and restraint” his work, beyond Assemblage, elegantly collaborates between light, form, and reflection to [...]

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To: President-Elect Barack Obama

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Illustration by Ron English for The Re-Birth of American Democracy on ADBUSTERS . To:  President-Elect Barack Obama Congratulations and thank you for all you do. Your good friend Quincy Jones said: “…next conversation I have with President Obama is to beg for a Secretary of Arts.” [November 14th 2008 WNYC interview by John Schaefer on "Soundcheck."] [...]

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The CMS debates: Losing twice but always winning!

Monday, January 5, 2009

Image for CMS debates event. christophermichaelsullivan — one word, no spaces, 26 characters (shortened as “CMS”)– is the name of a Maine based art firm that produces art.  The firm is composed of three firm partners, all having equal ownership of the projects and firm assets, whose responsibilities are divided departmentally. These include Chris Sullivan, [...]

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Miami Art Listings: January 2008

Thursday, January 1, 2009

The Possibility of an Island at MOCA at the Goldman Warehouse. Courtesy of NOMAD . The haze of Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 has cleared, revealing a cultural landscape pitted with scars of the season past. Accounting for its various losses and gains, Miami’s arts community—no doubt after some well deserved respite—is now beginning to [...]

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