Art Basel Miami 2008 pt. 3

And finally, here are some of the pieces of art that caught my eye during the 3-4 days of non-stop art viewing.  What I really like about the fairs is that you can see a very wide range of art – from stuff I could afford, to things that, well, no one can.  Obviously, there were a lot more photos, but here are some of the choiciest bits.

Jeff Koons sculpture at the Miami Art Museum courtyard.

Creepy.  Artist Unknown (please leave a comment if you know any of the unknown artists).

A little anger never hurt anybody.  Artist unknown.

Doug Aitken.

Alex Prager. Would love a copy of that catalog!

Kehinde Wiley at Deitch.

Brendan Lott.  Paintings of the Vernacular.

Brendan’s project is worth further exploration.  Here is an explanation of the project from Brendan himself:

“These works began as an attempt to bring my practice in line with my life as a person living in 21st century America – wholly mediated, isolated, digital and decentralized and devoid of manual labor or craft. I have no direct input into the development or manufacture of any product I consume, other than to consume it. I think this is wonderful. So I finally abandoned my studio practice and began to spend my art making time collecting digital snapshots anonymously from peer-to-peer file sharing networks. I can access the snapshots of thousands of people at a time all across the globe. These are images of people I know nothing about and cannot ever know personally – only look at. The network serves as both a barrier and a bridge – I can see photographic depictions of their lives but never actually know them, and thepeople depicted have no way of knowing me.”  (Read the rest here)

A hand drawing of the YouTube video of one of the most controversial goals of all time.  I blogged about the other goal (The Goal of the Century) in this same game a while ago.  Artist unknown.

An My Le.

Jesse Chehak.

Michal Chelbin.

Hot rods burning out.  Artist unknown.  Would love to know who this is!

Paul Graham.  Love this photo.  I just bought the second edtion of Shimmer of Possibility (yes, the affordable one).  I think I need a cliff notes version!

Richard Prince.

My mind was most profoundly blown on the very last gallery event I attended.  They were showing a 30 minute short film called Smother, by Luis Gispert.It’s like if you mashed up Miami Vice, The Twilight Zone, Death Proof, and Lassie into one big heroin, nightmare, orgie.  Maybe I’m underselling it.  Just find it and go watch it.

And as a famous, rich man once said, “Always end with fireworks!”  So I will.  Artist Unknown (video stills of fireworks popping off in a closed room).

EDIT – Found “Smother” on everyone’s friend, Vimeo:

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