Emerson Dorsch: Artist Talk

Emerson Dorsch Gallery presents an Artist Talk on Friday, July 5th from 1-3pm. Enjoy an artist talk at Emerson Dorsch, listen to Dr. Edmund Abaka, professor of African History and Pan Africanism at the University of Miami, interview Onajídé Shabaka about his work and practice. They will discuss, among other topics, Onajide’s solo exhibition at Emerson Dorsch, Alosúgbe: a journey across time as it relates to ethnobotany, biology, and the African slave era.

In Alosúgbe: a journey across time, Onajide Shabaka’s debut exhibition at Emerson Dorsch, Shabaka explores biology and ethnobotany in the form of recent photography, works on paper and sculpture. These media serve as material for understanding the migrations of both humans and plants during the Atlantic colonial slave era to the present. This exhibition derives from several years of ongoing research finding connections between colonial sites in the Low Country (Georgia & South Carolina), the Caribbean archipelago and Suriname.

Image: Onajide Shabaka in front of his installation They continued walking upstream, 2018 at Emerson Dorsch. 

Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Calvin Reid: Art, Comics & the Book Industry

Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Calvin Reid: Art, Comics & the Book Industry on Sunday, July 7th from 3-4pm. Enjoy an art talk at the Boca Raton Museum of Art with Calvin Reid, the senior news editor of Publishers Weekly and leading expert in the field of comics, discusses how his life has been shaped by art, comics, and the book industry. Mr. Reid is a central figure in the rise and success of graphic novels as a publishing genre, and was instrumental in organizing the reading room in the exhibition Beyond the Cape! Comics and Contemporary Art. RSVP here.

PAMM Fourth of July Celebration

PAMM presents a Members-Only Fourth of July Celebration on Thursday, July 4th at 7pm. Experience a Members-only Fourth of July Celebration at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Members are invited to enjoy nearby fireworks over Biscayne Bay, food and drink for purchase, late night access to the galleries, and live music at the museum’s family-friendly event by The Details, a South Florida based band comprised of Taylor and Jenny Byrd. Members save an extra 10% off (that’s 20% off total) all purchases at PAMM Shop on July 4th.

Canine Art, Man's Best Friend, Flying Dogs — Oh My!

Renowned South Florida artist Skip Hartzell creates unique art inspired by man’s best friend. His inspiration comes in the form of a morning walk, accompanied by a furry friend. The canine-inspired artworks that he creates are figments of his artistic imagination and creative vision. Hartzell creates directly from his emotions and instincts, his work is inspired by dogs of all shapes, sizes and varieties.

The artist creates large paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of “dog”. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce. His painterly expression captures each dog’s own personality with beautiful textures, line and brush strokes using mixed media to bring each dog to life.

Art Collectors, art aficionados and dog lovers alike are experiencing Skip Hartzell’s Dogs at CityPlace in West Palm Beach. The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County presents “The Satellite,” pop-up exhibition and event space on view at CityPlace. The space includes a visitor information center, an art and design lecture series and special events and programming from local cultural organizations. Located at 701 S. Rosemary Avenue, Suite 116, West Palm Beach, Florida (just off the main plaza).

The artist has held numerous solo exhibitions at notable art galleries and prestigious art fairs such as Art Palm Beach, A.E. Backus Museum, ArtHouse 429, Paul Fisher Gallery, Aqua Art Fair during Art Basel Miami Beach and many more.

“Dogs are always in the moment. Although nothing in life has held my attention longer or has been more fascinating to me than dogs, my work is about much more than that. It is about form, movement, color and texture. The dogs are a recognizable common denominator that allows me to communicate my joy of living, passions and sentiments,” explained Skip Hartzell.

Skip Hartzell is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues and donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales, commissions, general inquiries or future show information, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com / visit www.skiphartzell.com

Local Views at PAMM: Rodolfo Peraza

Enjoy Local Views at PAMM: Rodolfo Peraza on Thursday, June 27th from 6-6:30pm. Experience a local, Miami artist at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, enjoy PAMM’s in-gallery tour program. Local Views at PAMM is where select local artists speak about a few works of art currently on view at the museum. This month, Rodolfo Peraza will lead the tour. Peraza is a Cuban-born multimedia artist who works between Cuba and the US. His work focuses on public spaces, both virtual and physical, as well as DataVis of matters related to the Internet culture and the footprint it leaves in society.

Local Views at PAMM gives visitors a first-hand interaction with local artists by creating conversations centered around art and the creative process. This casual 30-minute conversation takes place on the fourth Thursday of each month. Free with museum admission. First come, first served.

Image: Rodolfo Peraza

Art Santa Fe July 18-21, 2019

Art Santa Fe, a gathering of exceptional artists and galleries from around the world, celebrates 19 successful years in summer 2019. Join us from July 18–21, 2019, for an exploration of world-class modern and contemporary art in a city that boasts a vibrant creative scene and economic support for all things artistic. Taking place at the Santa Fe Convention Center, enjoy a four-day curated contemporary art show featuring extraordinary art from around the world, specially curated programming, special events, and entertainment. Purchase Tickets here.


OPENING NIGHT HOURS

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Opening Night Preview Party: 5 pm – 9 pm



REGULAR SHOW HOURS

Friday, July 19, 2019: 12 pm – 7 pm

Saturday, July 20, 2019 12 pm – 7 pm

Sunday, July 21, 2019: 11 am – 5 pm



FEATURED EXHIBITIONS

ART LABS: Curated exhibitions by leading local art museums & institutions.

SPOTLIGHT: Solo-artist/designers exhibitions selected by ASF curator.



SPECIAL EVENTS

THURSDAY

OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW PARTY: Art Labs / Event Unveilings


FRIDAY

ART TALKS: Focused on collecting, the acquisition of art, and conversations with artists and regional art leaders.


SATURDAY

ART TALKS: Focused on collecting, the acquisition of art, and conversations with artists and regional art leaders.


SUNDAY

DESIGN TALKS: Focused on design trends, and conversations with designers.

July Wynwood Art Walk, Second Saturdays!

Experience the next Wynwood Arts District Second Saturdays Art Walk on Saturday, July 13th from 7-11pm. Enjoy open galleries, studios and alternative art spaces throughout the district; located just north of downtown between 23rd and 30th streets and NW 2nd Avenue.

The Minimalist, Retro Abstract Style of South Florida-based Artist Amauri Torezan

Brazilian-born artist Amauri Torezan creates impressive geometric and organic compositions evoking a sense of depth, as though the flatly painted shapes were eternally suspended in space.

Amauri Torezan

His influences range from the work of the pioneers of abstract art to the Brazilian modernists, not only in the visual arts, but also architects such as Oscar Niemeyer and the landscape designer/painter Roberto Burle Marx.

Coral Springs Museum of Art, Inspire Exhibition 2016

Torezan’s career has elevated to new heights, his work is being exhibited in art museums, prestigious shows and art fairs worldwide. During Art Basel Week Miami in 2014 at the Conception Art Fair, Torezan was invited by the master sculptor Gino Miles and art curator Rachel Wilkins Blum to be part of the Global Code Project. In 2016 Torezan's works were selected for show at The Baker Museum in Naples, and the Coral Springs Museum of Art.

Whizzy Ride R1 White Limited Edition WRAPPED Amauri Torezan Folding Electric Bike

The artist exhibited at the Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London during the UK’s Parallax Art Fair in July of 2015. In November that same year he was invited to participate in the Canvas WPB local showdown, as the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency had commissioned Torezan along with six other artists to paint individual murals in the arts district of the Northwood neighborhood.

'Time Machine', 48"x 36" (121.9cm x 91.4cm), Acrylic on Canvas

During the inaugural Art Boca Raton fair March 18-21, 2016 Torezan had works exhibited by the prestigious Sandra Neustadter Gallery alongside masters of modern art like Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Alex Katz among others. His work was also shown at the juried exhibition Art Forma presented by Art Synergy at Art Boca Raton as well. Keep your eyes on this local contemporary art star as his career continues to expand and grow.

The Baker Museum in Naples, Florida

Also in 2016 Torezan collaborated with the Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, presenting his line of hand-painted Tag watch straps during his solo show at the brand’s store in Miami. In 2017, Torezan's works were exhibited alongside works by the masters that influence him during Art Palm Beach International Art Fair.

Studio Session

He was the winner of the Visual Arts Press Award in the Pop Art category in 2017. To visit one of Torezan's public works, visit Wynwood (work located at the intersection of N Miami Avenue and NW 33th street).

Mural at R House – Wynwood Arts District, Miami

His art is part of collections in the USA, Europe and South America. The artist exhibits at major art fairs during Art Basel Miami Beach each year in December as part of the Miami Art Week celebrations. Torezan was recently commissioned to create stunning murals at The Dalmar Hotel & The Sparrow Rooftop bar and lounge in April 2019.

The Sparrow Rooftop at The Dalmar in Fort Lauderdale, 2019

For more information about this fascinating artist, to inquire about his work, information about upcoming shows and exhibits, or to commission a piece, please visit www.amauritorezanart.com

Coral Gables Museum: Last Wednesday of the Month’s Lecture #6: Women Photographers in the Republic

Enjoy a lecture at the Coral Gables Museum, Women Photographers in the Republic on Wednesday, June 26th from 6:30 – 8:30pm. This lecture offers an unprecedented approach to women’s role as a modernizing force in Cuban society with lecturer Aldeide Delgado. It focuses on the scenario marked by the existence of the Photographic Club of Cuba, between 1935 and 1962. Delgado will make reference to some of her finds while doing research for her project Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers. Conceived in 2013, this initiative aims to document and recognize the work of women photographers in Cuba. It is a platform for the investigation on women who contributed to the development of Cuban photography, the historical conditions of their artistic participation, and the topics in their works beginning in 1853 with the recovery of the first Cuban female photographer to the present.

Delgado is the founder and director of the nonprofit organization Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) that researches, promotes, supports and educates about the role of women and those identified as women in photography. She is the author of Catalog of Cuban Women Photographers, the online platform www.catalogofotografascubanas.org and the namesake book. Her articles have appeared in publications such as Art OnCuba, Cuban Art News, Arte Al Límite, Artishock, Terremoto, C&America Latina, Arcadia, as well as diverse independent art blogs. She is currently a contributor for Artishock, Terremoto, ArtNexus, and C&America Latina.
To RSVP please send an email to: dayana@coralgablesmuseum.org or call: (305)603-8067. $5 Members / $10 Non-Members. This lecture is presented with the additional support of Arts Connection and Women Photographers International Archive.

Art Workshop: Made at PAMM

Experience Made at PAMM on Thursday, June 20th from 6-8:30pm at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Every Thursday, enjoy art after dark at PAMM. Participate in hands-on art-making, centered around the museum’s current exhibitions, and explore the galleries until 9pm. Outside, visit Verde restaurant and bar for happy hour specials and dinner. Open to the public. Free with general museum admission.

Laurence Gartel, "The Father of Digital Art", Has Boldly Gone Where No Artist Went Before

Laurence Gartel is a living legend. Hailed as the first graphic artist of the digital age, Laurence Gartel stands at the top of his artistic niche as the acknowledged “Father of Digital Art”. A born and bred New Yorker, he perfected his iconoclastic style with the likes of Andy Warhol, whom he introduced to computer artistry even before Mac and the PC came on the scene. Like Warhol, Gartel blurred the line and created a bridge between fine art and graphic artistry. 

“Self Portrait of the Artist” (c) Laurence Gartel 2017

Gartel’s trailblazing in digital art was unthinkable when he started his career in 1975. He was working at the University at Buffalo, Media Study Department on analog system computers when he met video guru Nam June Paik.

Nam June Paik went on to write the Introduction to what is thought to be the first book on digital art: “Laurence Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance” published by Gibbs Smith in 1989. The same year, Gartel created the first cover of Forbes Magazine and held an exhibition of works titled, “Nuvo Japonica” made on a Commodore Amiga Computer that replaced Van Gogh’s “Irises” at the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery in Portland, Maine.

Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, 1995. Cibachrome Print, 40″ x 30″

Gartel’s vision was to create electronic images by capturing them with a still camera off a monitor, as there were no saving devices or software to store the created picture. In 1985, he delivered the keynote speech at the First Pan Pacific Computer Conference in Melbourne, Australia predicting the future of the world, which landed him on the front page of The Australian Newspaper. This was the same year he taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer to create the album cover for Debbie Harry (Blondie). It was a moment when “Pop Art met Digital Art”.

In the true innovative sense, Gartel received the commission to produce ABSOLUT GARTEL for Absolut Vodka, utilizing the first digital camera by Canon. The “file” itself was 900K – less than a megabyte. This astounded everyone as to how something with “low” resolution could command the attention of the advertising and art world. He was also featured in Apple’s famous “Think Different” ad and has created works of art for Coca-Cola, the National Basketball Association, and other top brands and personalities.

Warp, 1996. Ink-Jet Print, 11″ x 8 1/2″
Collection: Coca Cola Company, All Rights Reserved

Gartel achieved the prodigious accomplishment of having his work hanging in the Museum of Modern Art before he turned 25, and he remains on the cutting edge of his profession today. His resume includes exhibits at Palm Beach Photographic Center, a museum retrospective at the Norton Museum of Art, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern History at the Smithsonian to name a few.

Clown Cuzin, 2000. An ink jet print, this collage was made in Painter and Photoshop running on an IntelliStation. It was exhibited at the Edison College Gallery of Art.

His work has also graced the pages and covers of many well-known magazines such as Forbes, ART-IN-AMERICA, Artforum, Sotheby’s, Art and Auction, Art and Antiques, ArtByte, Scientific American, and NY Magazine.

Double Disguise, 1989. This R Type print selection was created on a Commodore Amiga, first exhibited at the Joan Whitney Payson Museum of Art in Portland, Maine

The artist’s 40-year career has touched all points of the globe: from creating a Bollywood-style video and music multimedia work commissioned by Universal Studios; to delivering the keynote speech at the Fotographica Congress in Orvieto, Italy to receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Globus Family Trust; official artist of the 57th Grammy Awards; artist of the Newport Jazz Festival; NASA MMS Launch at Kennedy Space Center; official artist of the Monaco International Film Festival, to being the feature of the Oslo Motor Show in Norway.

Coney Island Baby, 1999. Giclee print, 13″ x 9″

These days, Gartel, who now calls Miami home, has shifted gears taking his art to a whole new frontier – car art. His commissioned creations include a Tesla Electric Art Roadster, a Ferrari Scuderia 430, a 1984 Rolls Royce Spirit, a 1957 Lincoln Premier Convertible, a 1959 Fleetwood Cadillac Limousine, and a 1963 Chevy Pickup among other fine or classic vehicles. Each iconic paint job tells a story.

For instance, Gartel says, “On the 1959 Cadillac I depict the space race against the former Soviet Union as well as Castro’s influence and the addition of Hawaii as America’s 50th state.”€ His ‘Auto-Motion’ exhibition has been captured on film for the big screen in Britain, Australia, and many other countries around the globe, as well as in a luxury edition of a hard-bound coffee table book. He followed that up with his ‘Supercar’ series and then, in 2012, with the Fireball Run: Northern Exposure film and live streaming event.

Gartel earned a BFA degree in Graphics at the School of Visual Arts where he interacted with renowned graffiti artist Keith Haring. He studied for an MA in Photography under Arthur Leipzig at CW Post College and later began his electronic career working side by side with video guru Nam June Paik at Media Study/Buffalo in upstate New York in 1975.

Gartel’s recent installation “Welcome To Miami” at Virgin MiamiCentral

For more information about this fascinating artist, for sales, exhibitions and project inquiries, to commission an art piece or an art car, please visit https://gartelmuseum.weebly.com/

The Delightful Four-Legged Sculptures Of "Dog Artist" Skip Hartzell

South Florida artist Skip Hartzell creates unique art inspired by man’s best friend. His inspiration comes in the form of a morning walk, accompanied by a furry friend.

The canine-inspired artworks that he creates are figments of his artistic imagination and creative vision. Hartzell creates directly from his emotions and instincts, his work is inspired by dogs of all shapes, sizes and varieties.

Hartzell creates large paintings and works on paper that capture the essence of “dog”. He is best known for his unique sculptures recognized immediately by their distinct form and style that only Hartzell can produce.

“Dogs are always in the moment. Although nothing in life has held my attention longer or has been more fascinating to me than dogs, my work is about much more than that. It is about form, movement, color and texture."

Happy Skip Hartzell Collectors

"The dogs are a recognizable common denominator that allows me to communicate my joy of living, passions and sentiments,” explained Skip Hartzell.

Wall Dog Sculptures made with Resin, Paper, Concrete. Various sizes available.

Skip Hartzell is a longtime supporter of no-kill animal rescues and donates proceeds from the sale of his artworks to animal-rescue, no kill shelters. For sales, commissions, general inquiries or future show information, email: skipperhartzell@yahoo.com / visit www.skiphartzell.com

Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach presents Unshaped, a group exhibition of LGBTQ artists

The Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach presents Unshaped, a group exhibition of LGBTQ+ artists exploring the confines of mediums and concepts, asking for conversation on the physical and psychological boundaries we create and inherit.

The show will take place in the museum’s Spotlight gallery for the month of June in conjunction with Pride Month opening on Friday June 7th with a reception beginning at 6pm in tandem with the First Friday Art Walk. Unshaped will be on view until the June 29th, 2019. 

The featured artists identify as LGBTQ+, a demographic still marginalized both in public and in the museum space. This show is a reaction to a large part of art exhibitions still showcasing nearly exclusively white/male/heterosexual-identifying artists. Just as importantly, it wishes to bring focus to up-and-coming artists using out-of-the-box approaches to their practice. 

Unshaped continues the Spotlight Gallery’s mission to foster connection and conversation amongst the artists and their community by allowing underserved and unseen art to be “spotlighted” and given a chance to be appreciated. 

The Cornell Art Museum works to the collaborate with local are groups to curate, manage and promote art exhibitions to support and benefit non-profit children’s groups, student groups, art education groups, art scholarship organizations and other artists groups.