Late night thoughts arise from vintage markers at Abra Palabra.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
several swampy openings
SWAMPSPACE Gallery
ABRA-PALABRA
by Bhakti Baxter
Opening: April 9th, 2011 12noon - 12 midnight
Swampspace is pleased to present ABRA-PALABRA by Bhakti Baxter, a project that invites people to relax and consider the special arrangement of words in recognition of O'miami during National Poetry Month.
ABRA-PALABRA is a place where visitors can read, write, and display poetry. We provide books, paper, pencils, chalkboard and comfortable furniture for those participating.
ABRA PALABRA acknowledges how a rhyme, a joke, or a simple phrase can evoke meaning and unravel mystery in our
lives.
ABRA-PALABRA cordially invites you to participate in this unique literary experience in the heart of the Design District over a cup of coffee and enough time to extract a poem from the most profound depth of your heart and soul.
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
Mark Twain
"A horse is a horse of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed."
Also of special interest is the much anticipated Transit Antenna Fun Fair courtesy of Artlurker and of course be sure to cozy up to the work of Agustina Woodgate at Spinello gallery.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Art Marches On
The Know Show theme by definition has a built-in failure mechanism that was evident at the March Art Night in the swamp. By now most South Florida communities have adopted the casual ritual of family night at the art venues. It is encouraging to read that folks want more than teevee 24/7. An art experience offers anyone willing a salvo for the pressure of daily drudgery. Knowing is to surveillance cameras what Feeling is to Books.
Lulu at Lowenstein
Diane Lowenstein gallery in Wynwood opened with a charming show "ComePly" by local youngsters collaborating with Mr. Loveland from New World. The emerging artists are very knowing in the art of feeling.
Annabell with Bonvecchio at Lowenstein
Asher Mones Video at Lowenstein
These fine ladies appear delighted by the provocative video projection featuring the pair of shoes on display. New media defies the articulate, basically you gotta go see it.
Back in the leafy Design District, strollers were treated to Typoe the Michelangelo at Locust Projects. Also of particular note was the very sentimental Caterina Jaramillo at Dimensions Variable. With "You Are Always Here" Caterina lays bare the emotional components of loss and materialism.
Art is many things. One of them is finding solace in the company of strangers.
David Rohn at the KnowShow
Monday, March 7, 2011
another swampy opening
The Know Show
To Prepare Ourselves for Understanding
Opening March 12 7-11pm
Developing the Concept of Knowing
In today's non-linear, dynamic, complex world, art can no longer rely on the logic of the past to win future audiences. As we move away from predictable art patterns susceptible to logic, artists are increasingly reliant on their "gut" instinct, an internal sense of "knowing." To prepare ourselves to understand current situational assessments and potential influence, it is essential that we learn to identify, interpret, make decisions, and take appropriate action to create consensus utilizing this sense of "knowing."
The Know Show will focus on the cognitive capabilities of observing and perceiving art, the cognitive processing that must occur to understand the external world and make maximum use of our internal thinking capabilities, and the mechanism for creating deep knowledge and acting on that knowledge, the Self as an Agent of Change.
selected works from the permanent collection
3821 NE 1 Court - Design District
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Company Loves Misery
" Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
Emma Lazarus
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Are you one of the hundreds of artists or 501Cs whose ideas have been rejected and denied funding by philanthropic behemoths nationwide?
Not ready for prime-time? No Problem.
Congratulations to all for there is now a place where your ideas can be shared with other losers whose bad luck has trumped their talent.
It's OFFICIAL Swampspace Gallery announces:
The Swampspace Arts Challenge 2011.
Here is how it works:
When you submit your ideas to any competition nationwide,
you can also copy/paste them in the comments box right here at this Swampspace post.
We will publish all submissions in the hopes of garnering popular support for your idea by way of reader feedback.
What you need to know:
If you are 50 years of age or older, you will be treated like a very impotent person by sheer nature of your protracted suffering for arts sake. If you are between 29 and 49, you will be considered an emerged artist and held to public scrutiny.
All other entrants are also welcome in our effort to build an anthropological repository via this casual survey of individuals in the Miami Arts Movement .
Our mission:
Swampspace Gallery exists to encourage individual participation in the advancement of the contemporary art by maintaining a visible presence in prime real-estate. Swampspace is a non-commercial entity dedicated to the dissemination of empowering principals for unrecognized artists seeking solace.
No idea is too small or defeat too big... so your comments at swampspace are a welcome treat.
The caviat:
Just as with the FB decency policy, we will not include really, truly offensive material.
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Congrats to YOU,
everyone is a winner at swampspace.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
wiki-KIWI-bonga
Artic Attire Required
Winter in South Florida is our pay-off season. Day temperatures are tolerable and the cool nights are divine. One can easily spot snowbirds who flock here to get away from global warming by parading around our artzihoods in tee-shirts while locals dress conversely in bundled garb that suit their thinned blood. Where else but in the swamp can we enjoy art mid winter al fresco.
Legendary Delaplaine and Norma Jean
During the latest Art Crawl, at the newly minted KIWI Gallery in Wynwood, it was easy to tell "whos who" but the pressing question was "who is what".
Fame by Frame
The inaugural exhibition at this latest of bandwagon galleries is titled Warhol + Indiana, the fine art photograph by William John Kennedy of pop art giants in their early days when everyone was undiscovered and really really interesting. Four decades later Kennedy has compiled a picture story in black and white and read all over. In my small mind Andy is an art god... Indiana not so much.
Here is a portrait of the very Kennedyesque William John back when film was king and cool came from within not without.
Kennedy's work chronicled his times with uncanny sensitivity and honesty, as did another great photographer Bruce Davidson.
2011 Kennedy still kickin' it with our very own voluptuous art world ambassador DM Baptiste.
Wizard of Gloss
To get the party started local SOBE legend Louis Canales brought us Joey Arias of Billy Holiday channeling legend. Joey is an old pal and when he taps his 6 inch heels three times, party goers are transported to her Kansas, a place where dreams come from.
Real Girls Crispi, Merle and DM..
Mrs. Swampthing shares beauty secrets with the hired help.
Joey Arias hams it up with incurable gallery goers.
While Wynwood wallows in the sultry excesses of popular attention and illusive revenue , it should not be unsettling to observe the now reliable barometers of gentrification. The scripted stages pique predictably in an ever shrinking cycle aptly heretofore unnamed. I call it YesInMyBackyardism.
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
ready, set, LaunchArte
The Miami Design District Greens is hosting a open-air street scene for day-time wanderers.
Stroll among the Artistic Vendors and munch from a selection of popular Food Trucks, every Saturday from sunrise to sunset.
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