Revolver Party - Friday night, December 02, 2005 Art Basel

I meant to post this several months ago but I have been working so much I have had little time for sleep and no less posting. Now that things have slowed down I will try to catch up. I'll start with some pictures from Art Basel Miami Beach 2005. Yes, ok that was in December but I'll catch up to the present, quick, I hope.



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Carlos D. and Steve Aoki
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Mark, The Cobra Snake was having a good time.
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Harold Hunter (Zoo York) was serving free Red Stripes. Why Harold Hunter? Who knows and who cares, it is free beer after all.


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I finally compiled the pictures from last weeks Vice Magazine sponsored party over at Revolver at the Pawn Shop. I still have two more days worth of Art Basel Pictures so stay posted for more...

Documentation of FUFI FUFI Ice Cream Truck - Art Basel

On Friday, December 2nd, I finally ran into the FUFI FUFI ice cream truck. Their hard work really paid off. The truck looked great and the product was top shelf.


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FUFI FUFI Ice Cream Truck - Art Basel

From the press release:
FUFI FUFI
December 1-4, During Art Basel and NADA, Miami Beach

TypeStereo & Freegums present FUFI FUFI, a converted ice cream truck which
will be driving around selling art from local and internationally known
artists, during the four day Art Basel Miami Beach event in December.

Artists:
AZStar 78
Alvaro Ilizarbe (Freegums)
Barry McGee
Ben Loiz (Neenoon)
Cody Hudson (Struggle Inc.)
Dan Funder (Thought Ninjas)
David Ian Taylor (OkayBro)
Deanne Cheuk
Derek Lerner
Gary Garay
Justin Fines (DEMO)
Justin Kay (Upnorth)
Kimou (Grotesk)
Friends With You
Green Lady / HUGA
Maya Hayuk
Mike del Marmol (typeStereo)
Pres Rodriguez
Steve Green (Upnorth)
Thom Lessner

Publications involved:
OneOneNine
Arkitip
Lodown (Berlin)
Lumpen
Vice

Miami PAC can't take the heat?

Look, it is one thing not to hire someone because you don't want to hire them. But, to hire someone and then, after they have given their two weeks to not hire them because, god forbid, they wrote something critical of that public organization. Why don't arts organizations understand blogging? is it that hard to understand this new printing press? Miami needs this Performing Arts Center but it would be nice it were run a little more professionally. Let's just hope it get finished "on time," whenever that is.

DISTANCE, by JEPPE HEIN at the Moore Space.

This past Thurday, during Art Basel I got a chance to go to The Moore Space to check out Jeppe Hein's installation.


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MOSAIC in the Design District

MOSAIC was one on the many Miami Design District collaborative art shows that sprouted during Art Basel. There was lots of work from China including a foam pit.


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Art Basel Miami Beach - Containers

I made it to a few of the Containers or Art Positions, as they like to call them, over this past weekend. I couldn't make it too all of them because they closed on as I was walking around–some party. Of the ones, I visited I found them only marginally better then last year. Overall, I think a gallery needs more space to display their art. People never like bumping into people. It just turns them off and when the container is three people wide, this happens too frequently. Anyway, here are the highlights:


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The M/M Paris Container was one of my favorites. Many will write them off because they are "Graphic Design" and not Art but to me they are of a higher caliber then the rest of the lots. If anyone knows where I can get a hold of one of those posters, please write me.

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Just outside the Containers, there was a crushed airplane sculpture by someone named Adel Abdessemed.


I have several more photosets this is only a part 1 of day 1. Stay tuned for updates coming all week.

The 26 Hour Day.

Considering all the events/parties going on this weekend, I will be outside and not on the computer. I'll post a post-baselmaddness wrap-up sometime next week. Tonight's event is Revolver at The pawn Shop:
Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeah's)
Carlos D. (Interpol)
Steve Aoki (Kidmillionare/Dim Mak Records)
MisShapes (NYC)
Ben Cho (Sway Sundays/NYC)