apache table | konstantin grcic | galerie kreo
Design Miami/ have compiled a “Top Picks” of Design Miami/ 2011, selected by interested and informed tastemakers, collectors and academics.
octopus chair | lee sam woong | gallery seomi
1951 bridge office chair | jean prouvé | galerie patrick seguin
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blue python 1/12″ | david bielander | switzerland
Ornamentum Gallery is exhibiting provocative contemporary jewelry for the first time in Miami, with a focus on silver hollowware. The silversmith has been an area of great importance in the world of precious metals… the fields of jewelry and silversmithing often overlap, with many artist / designers creating excellent examples in both mediums.
jugzilla and spoonies | david clarke | uk
On display original work from artist / designers such as Luzia Vogt (Switzerland), Gerd Rothmann (Germany), Karl Fritsch (Germany), and introducing for the first time in Miami- David Clarke “often cited as one of Britain’s most highly innovative silversmiths.”
gerd rothmann | germany
Since the 1960s, Gerd Rothmann known for his work with the fingerprint and imprints of the skin, the jewelry of Rothmann achieves an almost iconic personal connection with the wearer.
precious plastic | jantje fleischhut | netherlands
ted noten | netherlands
Dutch Artist of the Year 2012 is Ted Noten. The iconic handbag / suitcase form made of a 5 Kg bar of silver with a handle and shoulder strap mounted upon it.
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steam_12 (2010) | bae se hwa | gallery seomi | click > enlarge images
The seventh edition of Design Miami/ is only a few days away and we are thrilled to share with you the official programming for this year’s fair.
magraet/ migrant (27 sept) | gregor jenkin | southern guild
[ highlights include ]
* Galleries // 23 of the world’s leading design galleries will present works from established and emerging design talent
* Design On/Site // 5 independent and emerging galleries will present works by individual designers or studios
* Designer of the Year Award // David Adjaye will debut ‘Genesis’ – an exclusive commission for Design Miami/ [ details ]
* Design Performances // FENDI has invited designer Elisa Strozyk and artist Sebastian Neeb to experiment with Fendi discarded leather materials to create this year’s Design Performance project: Craft Alchemy. FENDI will also host for the first time the fair’s exclusive Collectors Lounge.
* Audi // As the exclusive Automotive Sponsor Audi has teamed up with Danish architect Bjarke Ingels to bring his vision of a “digital street” to life for Design Miami/. The unique environment sets the stage for the all new Audi A2 concept car.
audi 2a concept electric car
* Swarovski // Swarovski will present Crystal Matrix II by Erwin Redl, a meditative space that will allow visitors to explore the sensory effects of crystal.
* Design Talks // W Magazine’s Stefano Tonchi will moderate a series of compelling conversations among iconic figures in the worlds of design, art, fashion and architecture
* Satellite Exhibitions // On display in the Miami Design District will be the restored 24-foot Fly’s Eye Dome by Buckminster Fuller and a reconstructed Dymaxion 4 car presented by Lord Norman Foster. The 24-foot dome is part of the Craig Robins Collection and will be installed in a pedestrian plaza in the Miami Design District.
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Harmonic Convergence, the newest, large-scale art installation by artist, architect and composer Christopher Janney, is nearing completion at the Miami International Airport. Janney terms Harmonic Convergence “an abstraction of South Florida in color and sound.” The official dedication of Harmonic Convergence will take place in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami 2011.
Harmonic Convergence features a 72-foot-long glass window wall utilizing over 150 transparent colors. The project is part of Miami-Dade County’s Art in Public Places program and located in the connector walkway that is the entrance into the airport. As travelers enter the space, they’ll hear a complex set of sounds Janney recorded during trips to the Florida Everglades, scuba dives in the ocean, and other natural environments of South Florida. In addition, two video cameras installed in the ceiling feed information to the computer regarding the pedestrian activity within the space, influencing the density of the sound-score. At the top of each hour, a short composition with percussion instruments plays, marking the time of day. “This is my fifth project in South Florida,” Janney states. “It is one of my favorite places in the world. I love the sounds of the subtropics most particularly the Everglades, the ocean shore and underwater sounds, especially sounds both real, as in whales and porpoises, and imagined, i.e. mermaids and Atlantis.”
Harmonic Convergence replaces Janney’s 1997 airport commission Harmonic Runway, removed after changes to the airport due to 9/11 security. That former artwork had become an icon of South Florida, featured in magazines and films including Harrison Ford in, “Random Hearts” and Nicholas Cage in, “8MM.”
[ events ]
29 november > 4 december | architecture of the air | janney traveling exhibit | 10a – 10p
2 december | janney studio music with other musicians from boston and new york | 9p
3 december | panel discussion – moderator beth dunlop, janney, gustavo metamoros, vito acconci | 3p
3 december | movie screening of janney’s “what is a heart?” | live music | 9p
venue: moore space | 4040 ne 2nd avenue | miami design district
[christoper janney ]
Trained as an architect and jazz musician, Janney is an American artist whose work explores the relationships between sound and architecture, often-transforming otherwise ordinary spaces into “hyper-reality” environments. Educated at Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Janney has explored the intersection of architecture, creating temporary and permanent installations throughout the United States and Europe. Soundstair on the Spanish Steps in Rome; Sonic Forest at the Bonnaroo and Glastonbury Music Festivals. He’s well known to Miami sports fans for his Turn Up the Heat interactive “anemone” scoreboard created for the Miami Heat’s American Airlines Arena. [ christoper janney ]
[DesignApplause] It’s late afternoon and the crowd has thinned out a bit in the Design Miami pavilion where ten design galleries are set up. Having just arrived I am at the moment in the Barry Friedman gallery space. Barry knows I would like to talk to a designer and introduces me to Wendell Castle who walks into the space because he and Barry are going to dinner.
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[Wendell Castle ] I’m Wendell Castle and I’m here at Design Miami right in front of four pieces of mine, two what I think of as stools and two are huge rocking chairs. I’ve really been into rocking chairs last year, about a dozen in this series that all have these very long rockers, where often you don’t know where the ideas come from for things or references, but then sometimes you do.
In this case I do. They’re automobile references, references to speed, references to a bucket seat, and references to the type of camber that early sports cars had. Where the wheels aren’t being parallel and where the bottom of the wheels are being closer together than the top of the wheels. And I also like the fact that the color of the pieces, I’ve sort of taken the natural color of the wood away, and one of them is stained black and one is stained white, which to me are very pure colors.
The little stools are like walking stools. These pieces have names and I forget their names and I have to read the labels. I don’t remember names, but the little stools are a small edition so we’re going to make more of those. But the rockers are unique. And that’s what I’m involved in on a daily basis, making furniture as art.
[DA] Where did you grow up?
[WC] Rochester, New York. Actually just outside Rochester in a little village called Scottsville.
[DA] That’s were live now?
[WC] As a matter of fact, that’s where my studio is. Though we also live part-time in New York City. And my gallery, Barry Friedman, is in New York City.
[DA] Well, I love your work. These rockers are very playful. I did think of a vintage Talbot-Lago when I look at the rockers. The wood finish is remarkable.
[WC] Thank you.
[DA] That was all the time I had with Wendell but now I recognize his work. I am a bit late with posting this chat however I was prompted as Wendell is opening a show 4 November at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. The name of the gallery certainly alludes to the craft of Wendell for sure. And as he mentions there are over a dozen rockers out there, I’ve inserted others that were not in Miami in this post.
[ wendell castle collections ] [ 4 November | Carpenters Workshop Gallery | London ]
For those visiting Design Miami/ here is the lineup for sister event Art Basel Miami Beach — The Art Nova sector is a platform where emerging and established galleries present new or recent work by either two or three artists at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Conceived in 2005, this year’s edition of Art Kabinett, includes 30 galleries, more than ever before, to present tightly focused exhibitions within Art Basel Miami Beach. The strong program will include thematic group exhibitions as well as solo shows by emerging artists and historical figures.
[ Participating galleries and artists ]
303 Gallery, New York: Hans-Peter Feldmann
Adler & Conkright, New York: The Two of Us
Air de Paris, Paris: Guy de Cointet
de Alvear, Madrid: Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset
Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm: Martin Jacobson
Benzacar, Buenos Aires: Adrián Villar Rojas
Bortolami, New York: Morgan Fisher & Daniel Buren
Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo: Tiago Carneiro da Cunha
Gmurzynska, Zurich: Yves Klein and John Cage
Alexander Gray, New York: Joan Semmel
Harris Lieberman, New York: Matt Saunders
Jancou, New York: Larry Johnson
Juda, London: Sarah Oppenheimer
Kicken Berlin, Berlin: Repetitions – Art Works in Plural
Kilchmann, Zurich: Francis Alÿs
Krinzinger, Vienna: Angela de la Cruz
Lelong, New York: Nancy Spero
McCaffrey, New York: Sadamasa Motonaga
Meile, Lucerne: Ai Weiwei
mennour, Paris: Sigalit Landau
Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe: John Miller
Naumann, New York: Beatrice Wood
Nolan, New York: Alexander Ross
Praz-Delavallade, Paris: John Miller
Rumma, Milan: Vanessa Beecroft
Schulte, Berlin: Alice Aycock
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf: Claudia Wieser
Thumm, Berlin: Anna Oppermann
Two Palms, New York: Mel Bochner
Wolff, Paris: Valérie Favre
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