DAY 3: Today is Thursday, January 5th and we are examining Art Basel Miami Beach, the most popular contemporary art fairs
in the United States. Seek our and consult on-line reviews in order to formulate your own idea of this coveted contemporary art
event and art market stimulator. Choose an exhibition from one of the many "side shows" to the main Art Basel exhibition hall at
the Miami Convention Center for your report and remember to note its significance with regards to the art market. Many of these
side shows specialize in a particular kind of contemporary art, i.e. photography, video, installation, Latin American, etc. Be sure
to consider the implications of the location of the side show/exhibition, the artist (s) and curator (s) with regards to the global market
for contemporary art. The links below will get you started. Post your report in the space provided. You are encouraged to include
inks to video clips, reviews, artists, blogs and exhibitions in the space allotted for your report.
http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/go/id/djf/
http://www.theroot.com/views/hot-black-artists-hotter-scene-art-basel?page=0%2C1
Individual Contributions
Christina Chaplin
Dalanda Jalloh
The Art Basel Miami Beach is an event that has allowed Miami to rebuild itself as a place where local art can be appreciated. In one instance, it has enabled black artists, managers, buyers, and sellers to promote themselves and seek more success in the art arena. This can in turn inspire other black artists or underrepresented artists to produce fresh, new art forms and styles.
Exhibition:
Art Positions: According to the Art Basel Miami Beach website (http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/go/id/dit/
) "[t]he Art Positions sector is a platform for a single major project from one of their artists, allowing curators, critics and collector to discover ambitious new talents from all over the globe."
Within this Art Position sector I have chosen to focus on Kavi Gupta.
Kavi Gupta | Theaster Gates Kavi Gupta will present Theaster Gates' site-specific installation of illuminated glass lantern slides, with each slide examining the significance of unrecognized African-American potters and their contribution to American art. For Art Positions, a selection of slides will be nested into the ceiling of two sculptural passageways (as seen on the Art Basel Miami Beach website).
Implications of the following with regard to the global market:
Location: Normally located in Chicago, Illinois and Berlin, Germany, the art of Kavi Gupta displayed in Miami will allow the African-American population in Miami to learn (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12086.html) to learn more about unrecognized artists in African-American culture. This could spurn new interests in African-American art, and/or art in general and possibly encourage new artists or buyers to enter to the art market. This could also generate more revenue and new artistic ideas within the art market. In addition, a greater focus could be put into art schools, as future artists build their skills and foster new ideas.
Artist: http://kavigupta.com/
This Miami based art fair could expand Gupta's following, expanding from those who typically view the art in Berlin and Chicago. A new following in Miami could spurn more revenue for the artist and thus possibly prompt the artist to create more pieces similar to those well received by the audience. Miami locals and also famous people in the entertainment industry could be drawn to this arena, creating even more revenue. (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/arts/design/how-art-basel-is-remaking-miami.html?_r=1&ref=artbaselmiamibeach).
Curator: This art fair could benefit the manager since it could lead to an increase in the artist's fan following. This could help further expand the artist's exposure and thus likely earn more revenue for the artists and the manager.
Because of the success of Art Basel, art fair based in Miami, I wonder if galleries placed in other regions of the country, like underdeveloped neighborhoods, could prove beneficial for individuals in those communities. Maybe this could be another method to widen the exposure of various artists to those who are curious about new art forms that are present in their neighborhoods and possibly recruit famous people who originate from these areas.
Here is a sample of artist Theaster Gates work which is in the Kavi Gupta gallery:
Theaster Gates
Civil Rights Throw Rug (Large)
2011 Decommissioned fire hose and fringe 80" x 45"
Theaster Gates
In Event of Race Riot (Green, Wood, Tile)
2011 wood, glass, hose 60" x 46 1/4" x 4 1/2"
Both works of art and title descriptions were obtained from: http://kavigupta.com/exhibition/100/artbaselmiamibeach/works
Charles Saunders
Lipei Yu
H Hunt Bradley III
Daniel Chazen
Kwame Nana-Atoo
Joo Shin
McKenzie Sullivan
Elena Cestero
Kelly Zona
Jacqueline Park
Tadd Phillips
Khrystyne Wilson:
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The Art Basel Exhibition at the Miami Beach Convention Center is an exhibition that focuses on introducing new artwork from both well known, and up and coming artists. The Exhibition focuses on Black and Latin American contemporary art, helping to introduce new artists to the contemporary art scene, as well as promote Black and Latin American artists, buyers, and curators within the art sector.
I am focusing within the sector of Art Nova which is described by the Art Basel Exhibition as: "designed for galleries representing two to three of their artists with new works, meaning that they have been created during the last two years - and are often even fresh from the studio." Within this section, I have decided to focus on the Carl Freedman Gallery, and in specific the Latino artist Armando Andrade Tudela.
Because the Gallery is located in London, the artists within the gallery, along with the curator will benefit by exhibiting pieces at the Art Basel Exhibition in Miami. The exhibition of the Peruvian artist, Armando Andrade Tudela will garner support for the gallery within the heavy Latino population in Miami. His focus on the country of Peru, as well as the history of Cocaine in Latin American countries will resonate strongly with the Latin population in Miami, thus positively introducing both the artist Armando Andrade Tudela, and the Carl Freedman Gallery.
The Exhibition in Miami provides a very good place for Armando Andrade Tudela to promote his own work. As I stated previously, the heavy Latino population that inhabits Miami, and that consistently visits the Art Basel Exhibition will connect with the artist, based on their similar cultures. Thus Armando Andrade Tudela will be able to expand his following to the United States and further his global following, which will now be seen, at the very least, in Peru, Great Britain and the US. The curator will also benefit from this increase in popularity and sales, because he/she will then be able to open the door to the US market for his other artists, while consistently selling Tudela's artwork.
I believe the Art Basel Exhibition in Miami is a good example of how to introduce people who are outside the Art Market, into it, thus creating more revenue for the market in general, while increasing the supply of talented, but under represented artists, such as those from Latino or Black communities. Although I think it's important for the Art Basel Exhibition to maintain it's allure through being distinct in what it offers to the art market, I think it could be beneficial to create additional exhibitions like it, that may service artists outside of contemporary art, and artists from other minorities for example Asian artists.
Some interesting links of Armando Andrade Tudela:
http://www.carlfreedman.com/artist-bio/armando-andrade-tudela-b1975-lima-peru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Andrade_Tudela
http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/armando_andrade_tudela/
Consider & comment:
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