Holiday Hiatus

Happy Holidays, from the MIXED GREENS crew

We will see you back here in 2011 (I'll resume blogging on Jan 4, 2011!)


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Friday is Fun Day

Rob Carter, if you're reading this, look who's learning to make wall repairs...Stay Tuned for Rob Carter's return to Mixed Greens this January (he's currently on residency in Spain)



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Thursday LINKS! (and video!)

Kammy Roulner from Mixed Greens on Vimeo.

It's starting to feel very "holiday" around here...and it's with that fun spirit that I post the above video. You can find out more about Kammy Roulner here.

IN OTHER NEWS:

Flavin and Viola works NOT ART?!?

Smithsonian BACKLASH. Here, here and here.

Guess what else those Wikileaks cables discuss.....

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Joan Linder: Art in America (and other NEWS)!

Joan Linder's massive drawing, "Where Death Delights in Helping the Living," 2010 is currently on view in Beyond/In Western New York at the Albright-Knox. It will be on view through January 16, 2011. You can read the Art in America review here.

IN OTHER READING:

Donn Zaretsky, on why deaccessioning doesn't need to be such a "slippery slope". (Deaccessioning is such a swear word these days!)

Jerry's Top 10 art exhibitions of the year.

High Line Part 2. We are anxiously awaiting the opening! (and Julianne Swartz's sound piece!)








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more Miami reading LINKS!

Joanne Mattera used an entire box of toe donuts to survive the fairs.

Artlog has a handy rundown of its own--thanks Manish! Best part is that it includes lesser mentioned activities such as LAND's "The Island".

Lindsey Pollock noted a lot of the celeb-sightings.



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Miami: Part 2 (Scope, Nope)

SCOPE



The Scope fair was a huge disappointment this year. Unfortunately, this is the second year in a row. First and foremost, it was impossible to find. Yes, I know that it was in a massive white tent, but for some reason the Scope fair advertised itself as being located at 3055 N. Miami Ave. For those of us walking up N. Miami Ave., 3055 was a giant dirt lot. There weren't any signs directing us to the entrance. I was not the only person wandering aimlessly up an down N. Miami Ave, between 31st and 29th, helplessly searching for 30th street.

It was schlocky--is that even a word?? Well, it was. More specifically, it felt unfocused. Many of the dealers' desk areas were covered in folios, books, and ric-rac. While I loved Maya Huyuk's mural (you can see a glimpse of the rainbow wall painting in the shot above), the "art fair" seemed to mutate into a "craft fair" as you walked from the front to the back of the tent. The last row's walls were covered with scarves, t-shirts, and specialty wallpaper.


Not that there's anything wrong with specialty wallpaper. I just wish that Scope didn't brand itself as an "Art Show".


Oy.


Umm, methinks someone else agreed with my sentiments about this fair...because it certainly looks as if Scope's Google tagline has been hacked. No?? (Why do I feel like Bert Rodriguez did not have anything to do with this?)


One tragic example. I won't even name names. Overhung, overdone...


On the other hand:
SHOUT OUT to Jen Stark (at Carol Jazzar Gallery's booth) for the best work I saw at Scope. Some shots are below.








Stay tuned for more of my Miami rundown...





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Miami: The Rundown (Basel & Rubell Collection)

BASEL



Welcome to Basel! Pristine as ever.



It wouldn't be Art Basel Miami without Eva and Adele!




Or some Damien Hirst (above: "Isolation," 2009/2010, gold plated, glass and cubic zirconia; at White Cube's booth)



Or some participatory installations.



Basel had its fair share of pleasing encounters this year, such as this "park" area in the middle of the convention center...



...and this Art|Video section, with a cluster of individual "viewing booths"...



...Or artistic flooring (at James Cohan's booth)...



...Ooohh, and wall labels with prices!!!



...And then there was this incredible booth (Galleria Franco Noero, Torino) (above).


RUBELL COLLECTION



There were two things I liked very much about the Rubell Collection this year: 1. Matthew Day Jackson everywhere, and 2. the Nobu boxed lunches (above: that's the happy crowed hovering around the sushi station and the Illy coffee bar). It was a truly Miami afternoon.





Talk about a nice package.









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NEWS (some miami, some not miami)

The Miami New Times coverage of the Pulse fair. (you'll be seeing pictures of those hammocks everywhere)

Chad Person created this mini studio-visit video of his work that was going to be on exhibit in Miami. Verrry interesting. Will more artists start doing this?

Mark Moore Gallery has a Wordpress blog! We love blogs, especially gallery blogs. Be sure to note that they will be opening their new Culver City space on January 8th!

In Chelsea news, the Empire Diner is being replaced by another diner (brought to you by the Coffee Shop folks)

Artinfo's NADA coverage.

Still waiting on Paddy Johnson's thoughts...




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Mixed Greens @ PULSE Miami (and Part 1 of my Miami Rundown)

Ohhh, Miami. I've just barely recovered, but I'm back in New York and I'm ready to start posting pics. There's a lot to share, so bear with me...this might take a few entries.

The most important thing to note about this year's fairs was the overall SUCCESS I witnessed. And I'm thinking of success in terms of sales, quality of the artwork shown, attendance, and excellent weather. It was an excellent, excellent time.

Let's begin with the PULSE fair (and yes, I might be biased because Mixed Greens participated in Pulse), but I will say that of all of the satellites I visited, it was my favorite. Aside from having some of the best booths, it was well-located & easy to get to, had nearby parking, and was a comfortable fair to hang out at--lots of lounging/eating/drinking. It was the ultimate afternoon activity on the Miami agenda. Paddy Johnson gave Pulse a nice mention: not her #1 favorite satellite, but she did mention the hammocks. Unfortunately she also made it sound like Pulse is new to the Ice Palace (it was in the same location in 2009).

You might recall that last year I was pretty high on the NADA fair. Well this year I couldn't catch a break. It was this year's "It Ain't Fair" Fair experience. TWICE I tried to visit, and twice I couldn't find parking (valet was full, and there was a serious lack of street parking). This fair might only be reachable by shuttle (but then you're doomed to wait in front of the convention center for 30 minutes for the van). As much as I like the ballroom interior of the Deauville Resort, 68th street is WAAAAY up there. I guess last year I wasn't driving, so I didn't experience this problem.





Above are some nice shots of the lounge-like atmosphere I was talking about. I believe it was this fair where I noticed the most attendees "hanging around" for long periods of time. It was comfortable, laid-back, and consistent as ever with a high quality of art work presented in immaculate booths.



I even saw a few more prices this year on wall labels!

And now, onto the Mixed Greens booth:







We were showing work by Sonya Blesofsky, Kim Beck, and Suzanne Song in our booth. It was busy, busy scene every day! Congrats to Monica and Steven on all of the success!!

to sum it all up, the PULSE fair was:

- accessible
- beautiful
- comfortable
- pretty much a buying frenzy (red dots everywhere & big ticket sales reported)





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Miami & MUST READ news

Miami art-world reveler beaten to a pulp by the Townhouse bouncer.

Paddy Johnson has already made a concise list of Basel "vortex" booths, and has some NADA coverage posted.

The Y is unhappy with Steve Martin's "art talk". I'm still scratching my head over this one.

STAY TUNED for some Miami photos and my little rundown of the fairs...

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Censorship

Just when I started daydreaming about the palm trees in Miami, I receive the Washington Project for the Arts newsletter and it brought things back into focus.
In the newsletter, it stated:
"WPA applauds the National Portrait Gallery for organizing the exhibition Hide/Seek, but deplores the decision to remove David Wojnarowicz and Diamanda Galas' work "A Fire in My Belly" from the exhibition in response to pressure from outside groups who wish to suppress freedom of expression."

Read the article in the Washington Post here.

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