Miami started with an unbelievable Apéro at The Raleigh. Free food & drinks in an nice atmosphere- no need so say more… My little art tour actually started already in NY with a visit of the New Museum and the MoMA, where I took some of the pics. The ART Basel Miami was very impressive but actually it seems, that I was rather people watching than I had the completion of looking at the pieces. And there where many people and a lot of art everywhere. It is kind of a family affair to be a Stones fan. How lucky we where, that there was a photo exhibition with previously undisclosed tour photos of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the Betsy Hotel. There was also a lot going on at the Design District ; different spaces and ateliers showed their work and outside performances. Like our friends from the Ping-Pong Gallery in Basel who had a pop-up gallery. There I fell in love with two pictures. And then, another night with art, music and free drinks.
Miami is fun during these special days but besides that I didn’t took that many impressions home. But as soon as I got home I bought myself the two pieces from Sue Irion – as a nice memory and a good start for my collection.
A wonderful train ride from Grad Central Station up north along the Hudson to Beacon, a small village with a great Art Foundation.
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, opened in 2003 as a museum to house its renowned permanent collection of major works of art from the 1960s to the present. Dia:Beacon occupies a nearly 300,000-square-foot historic printing factory. The galleries are vast and the collection is amazing. A truly inspiring trip to make a break from the hustle in NYC.
A cultural walk from the VitraHaus with it’s impressive spaces – to the Fondation Beyeler with an exhibition about Richard Serra and Constantin Brancusi – both with a refined use of lines, proportions and material.
Sorry for the bad quality of the pics – a good reason to visit and see the places yourself..
Just a tiny glimpse of the Art 42 | Art Unlimited | Design Miami Basel
How fast a year passes… and after Paris last June I’m looking forward to OFFF Barcelona 2011 under the theme Year Zero:
“Year Zero. Year Alpha. Time to turn our back on the past. To just look forward. Upwards. Fearless of being blinded by the sun. It’s time to set up new rules, to invent new games. To forget about the “re-” and the “post-”. To become kids again and discover the world. Another one. It’s time to be revolutionary. There is no longer a present to determine us, because the present is us. We are the future. And the future will be just like we want it to be.
2011 is Offf’s Year Zero. The year the festival will voluntarily forget its past and once again reinvent itself. In a new place. With new areas. With fresh ideas and the spirit of those who start something. Something big. Different. Better.
From OFFF we stand up to the passage of time. We reject it. We have decided not to age. Our route page is blank. Our map, waiting to be drawn. Nothing ties us. Nothing is forbidden. Nothing is done. There is no limit. Year Zero. Tabula rasa. Look, the dawn is breaking. It’s a new day rising.”
barcelonayearzero a film/campaign by Ignore
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The design competition is organized by the Bundesamt für Kultur (Federal Office of Culture). I think this competition is a perfect opportunity for us as designers and I’m proud to say that Andreas Saxer is one of the winners! www.andreas-saxer.com
The exhibition is showing the prize-winning works and gives insight into the creations of young Swiss designers in the fields of graphics, textile and fashion design, photography, industrial and product design, jewelry, ceramics and scenography.
A good tip for the holidays to wander around and be inspired by young designers. The exhibition runs from 1.12.2010 – 20.2.2011 at the www.museum-gestaltung.ch
I really like visiting art exhibitions, but I often ask myself what is it that makes me examine and like one piece of art and just glance over another? For me, it gets even more complex when it comes to installations. How can artists catch someone’s interest and tell their concept through their work?
What I like about Christian’s Man-Machine Cycle is the interest he generates with his combination of familiar, everyday objects and ambiguous topics or titles: Pay’n’Pray, Frischfleisch (fresh meat), Orakel (fortune teller). The interactive aspect of the installations catches you as a user in a situation where you become aware of the relationship between man and machine, and makes you conscious of your own expectations, habits and prejudices.
Pay’n’Pray can be seen at Regionale 11 – Time and Motion Study from 27 November to 2 January 2011 at the Kunstverein Freiburg im Breisgau (www.kunstvereinfreiburg.de)
Always a good place for inspiration or just crowd watching: preview www.kunstzuerich.ch.
www.jonasetter.ch
www.pirovino.net | winner of the ZKB Art Award 2010