The posts so far:
What to Wear to an Art
FairMiami Overview
Domestic Affairs
Painting in the Big Box
More Painting at More Fairs
NADA: Peter Williams at Foxy Production, New York City
Big paintings really did make an impact at the fairs, but it's eminently worth noting that there were a lot of strong small paintings and works on paper at the fairs. You saw a few already--Howard Hodgkin, Imi Knoebel, Kenneth Noland and Leslie Wayne at the Big Box; Don Voisine and Alfred Leslie at More Fairs. But in this post I want to focus exclusively on the smaller work during the big week.
After several days of the big picture, small was a welcome change of pace. I appreciated the opportunity to alter my physical relationship to the work--closer, slower, more intimate. The materials and expression are varied, but something many works have in common is the installation in multiple. It's an effective visual format with small works. And it's effective logistically as well. "I shipped my entire booth in boxes via Fed Ex," confided one dealer.
We open with the famous Seven wall, an amalgam of seven galleries' artists. I wouldn't even begin to try to document it, but you can see a few more images on Seven website.
Seven: The fabulous wall of art. Click pic to enlarge
From the wall: Sarah Walker
Seven: Nancy Lorenz at Winkleman Gallery, New York City
Each of these is mother-of-pearl, gold leaf, resin and pigment on panel
Above and below: Nancy Lorenz
Aqua Art: Deanna Lee at Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn
Aqua Art: Chase Langford at Susan Ely Fine Art, New York City
Aqua Art: Sara Bright at George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco/Los Angeles
Closer views of each painting
Aqua Art: John Zinsser at George Lawson Gallery
Closer view below
Aqua Art: And a trifecta for George Lawson Gallery!
These four paintings by Jacobb Melchi
Closer view below
NADA: Yui Yaegashi at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
Closer view below
Pulse: Richard Roth at Tomlinson Kong Contemporary
Art Miami: Alan McCollum at Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York City
NADA: Michelle Grabner at Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Closer view on one work below (I'm pretty sure it's silverpoint)
Miami Project: Andrew Masullo at Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
Miami Project: Andrew Masullo at Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
And a trifecta for Andrew Masullo. Here, at NADA at Feature, Inc., New York City.
Painting in foreground by Todd Chilton
Pulse: Pius Fox at unidentified gallery
Closer view below
Art Miami: Artist who identifies as Ohne Titel (Untitled) at Aureus Contemporary, Providence. Closer view below
Untitled: Fiona Curran at Carslaw St. Lukes
Closer view below
Miami Project: Jered Sprecher at Gallery 16, San Francisco
Closer view below
Aqua Art: Julie Alpert at Soil Gallery, Seattle
Closer view below
NADA: Dave Miko at Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn
Closer view below
Context: Andrea Way at Curator's Office, Washington, DC
Closer view below
Art Miami:Carolo Rojas at Durban Segnini, Miami
Installation shot, above; closer view below
Art Miami: Alicia Villarreal at Galeria Patricia Ready, Santiago
Closer views above and below
More views above and below
NADA: Bret Slater at Elaine Levy Project, Brussels
Closer view below
NADA: Imi Knoebel paintings and works on paper at New Galerie, Paris
NADA: Fergus Feehily at Galerie Christian Lethert, Cologne
Closer views above and below
Pulse: Sandra Vasquez de la Hoprra at Galeria Senda, Barcelona
Closer views above and below
Context: Aime Mpane at Nomab Gallery, Brussels
Closer view below
Miami Project: Laurina Paperina at Fouladi Projects, San Francisco
Above and below, Aqua Art: Edward Del Rosario at Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
These quirky little vignettes, which seemed so odd early in the week, made perfect sense after five 10-hour days of art viewing
10 comments:
preuropWonderful post! Inspiring work. Thanks.
I LOVE THIS POST!
There is so much to look that I am (nearly) without words.
Jacobb Melchi.....Yui Yaegashi.....Pius Fox......Jered Sprecher . . . . and so many other beautiful paintings. I'm going to spend a lot of time on this post.
A fantastic post, Joanne, and what a wonderful and inspiring collection of works. They are like glittering jewels for the walls. Now I just want to get into my own studio.
Wow, so much to see. It's hard to absorb it all even from this vantage point. I can't imagine what it's like when everything is all around you. Some really great stuff there. Thank you, Joanne.
bright, portable, desirable, affordable what's not to like? hope the collectors were taking home bags full.
Your postings have been just wonderful. Thanks.
Annette Kearney
Many Googlings came from this post. Love the work of Bret Slater, Sara Bright, Pius Fox and Jered Sprecher.
YES!!! thanks
Hi Joanne,
Thanks for your hard work and for including 2 of my paintings in this post!
I am the "Artist unidentified" who made the small square paintings on the left side of the photo at Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn, at Aqua Art.
- Deanna Lee
Great post! I enjoyed your selections. The small artworks were much harder to "see", given the vast amount of art presented in the Miami fairs. Thanks for taking the time to notice and to share with your readers.
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