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Home My WebLink AboutOMNI-CRA-M-03-00410 ITEM 4 0 • • PERSONAL APPEARANCE George Sanchez Calderon Reference: Report giving Thanks and reviewing the finances of the exhibit "The Blessing" funded by a CRA Grant. ®MINI/CRA 03- 41 NEUTRAL GROUND POST EXHIBIT FOLLOW UP omwx�x 03- 41 11 1%iami 1 k7l'I Do e 1 03k Samuel Keller Director Art Basel Miami Beach P.0 BOX CH-4021 Basel, Switzerland April 5, 2003 Beach 0 Esteemed Community Re -development Agency Board members, I wanted to take a moment and congratulate each of you for your support and vision of George Sanchez Calderon's "Happening" which occurred this past year on December 12, 2003 under I-395 Freeway downtown Miami. Quite simply, the response of Collectors, Artist, & Museum Professionals who attended Neutral Ground was awe. The degree of creativity concerning the location and visual impact is still being discussed in circles throughout the European art community today. . The varying components of large -screen video display, painting of Earnest King and recreation of the Villa Savoye left several visitors speechless. Therefore, I applaud George Sanchez Calderon and the Community Re -development Agency for their concerted efforts in having successfully executed Neutral Ground. As I recently discussed with George, I look forward to assisting promote your future events in collaboration with Art Basel Miami Beach. Art Basel Miami Beach year two will undoubtedly surpass expectations of the first in both magnitude and quality of work. Sincerely, Samuel Keller The International Art Show - La Exposicibn Internacional de Arte Art Basel Miami Beach, MCH Basel Exhibition Ltd., CH-4021 Basel Tel. +41/58-200 20 20, Fax +41/58-206 3132, MiamiBeach@ArtBasel.com, www.ArtBasel.com Florida Office: Garber & Goodman, 301 41st Street, 3rd Floor, Miami Beach, FL 33140, Phone 305-674-1292, Fax 305-673-1242 flo�� fice@ArtBasel.com OW4f'CRA messeschweiz ® 3 -. 41 0 • NEUTRAL GROUND The following information is a follow up concerning the success of the exhibit sponsored by the Community Redevelopment Agency and the artist George Sanchez Calderon. NEUTRAL GROUND L. NEUTRAL GROUND toke place on December 12, 2003 under I-395 , and has left a resonating amount of fanfarein the Art community internationally. The exhibit had an attendance of approximately 1200 individuals through out the evening. The weekend of Art Basel / Miami Beach brought visitors from institutions from around the globe during the Neutral Ground event and all weekend long. The following institutions attended Neutral Ground and the exhibit "The Blessing / La Bendicion" under I-395 throughout the weekend. The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Guggenheim Museum, New York The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C. The Tate Modern, London Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art, Texas .Sarah Lawrence College, Mass. To measure the economic impact of having Board of Trustees, Collectors and Museum Curators attended both Neutral Ground and "the Blessing"may be considered an experiment in qualitative measures. I believe that it is fair to surmise that the goal of marketing to those individuals visiting south Florida during the Art Basel weekend was VERY successful, particularly when one keeps in mind the phenomenal amount of competition that existed during the weekend. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: The following artist participated in the Neutral Ground event, surpassing the amount originally expected. The overwhelming opinion of those that participated was one of success and gratitude. Ernest King: Container Installation Wendy Wisher: Light Projection Artist / Video Projection Carlos Betancourt: Billboard and Installation Artist / Land installation Francie Bishop Good: Video Projections Mark Kovan: Video Projections Madeline Denaro: Video Projections Ivan Toth- Depena: Video Projections Joshua Levine: Performance Piece Ferran Martin: Video Projections Marisa Teleria Diez: Video Projections Rosario Marquette and Robert Behar: Video Betty Mihares: Video Artist / Video Projection Gavin Brown: Video Projections ONM/CRA 03- 41 BILLS Yummiest 750 Keddell 750 Armadillo 1600 Doink 2500 me 7500 Toilets 1200 Cory 12500 Argo 1750 TLMC 3500 Forbes 475 Cece 1250 SPAM 2000 Moody. 2400 HIED 4675 Apache 3880.23 Wendy 500 Bus 1100 TOTAL 48330.23 TOTAL 51400 -3069.77 ®NLMICTA 03- 41 qw - - - ®® P U B L ICIDAD / PRESS INFO 0 �lm (u a www oceandrive.com- _k• a ` of �SSqq.. s� ` �€�. � =4 !-: { 3 4- Ow �:,2* S-44 s ss d c� x 4 �•4b .bf' .. ts3�✓ PA..MELA ANDERSON ®MNT/CRA ®3- 41. ART BASIL �ABYLON BY TOM AUSTIN Five Days and Nights in the Universe of Hip . Art Basel Miami Beach turned out to be five days that shook all kinds of worlds, above and beyond a little strip of real estate that feeds on hype the same way a vampire feasts on blood: The organizers of the an fair picked the right time and place in history to launch the first son -of -Basel outside its native Switzerland. The marathon of contempo- rary culture began with, of course, a party, the vernissage at the Miami Beach Con- vention Center, a gathering that sucked in the universe of hip: Ahn Duong, muse -at - large in Manhattan; artists on the order of John Baldessari, James Rosenquist, Kenny Scharf and Mette Tommerup, mingling with such dealers as Tony Shafrazi and Jay Jopling of White Cube in London; And a buyers' pool that embraced ex -Andy Warhol It Vixen Baby Jane Holzer, Nedra and Mark Oren, Marty Margulies and for- - mer Miami girl Nancy Nagoon. From there, the list went on to Maxwell Anderson of the Whitney Muse- um of American Art, Karl Lagerfeld and every on -target European imaginable. One and all, they took in Picassos, exquisite mini-Duchamp exhibitions with copies of the Societe Anonyme's The Wonderful Book, Mark Handforth's solo sculpture show in the An Statements section, Gilbert and George's Piss Pistols, Taliban-themed installations, and a series of female artists exploring themes of male decapitation and flying brides shot out of the sky. The edge was never spookier. Afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. First Nighte strolled over to Collins Park and the emergen work of Art Positions; with Thomas Hirschhorn': homage to writer Raymond Carver —encompass ing stuffed animals, plastic flowers and scrawlec declarations ("We miss you' and 'You're the sun One bystander marvelled at the excess: "$40,000 in 30 seconds — that's America." of my life') —sprawled over the Miami Beach Library patio, an affectionate satire of the way average Joes might love Elvis or Princess Di. Across Collins Avenue, Robert Chambers' splen- did post-Duchampian helicopter, RotoRelief— with 15-foot supports and spinning pinwheels instead of blades —flanked a series of freight containers arrayed along the boardwalk. In one, images of molten dicks were erupt- ing out of cars and such, the German gallery owner not- ing, `It's like a Fass- binder movie, no?' In the all - A m e r 1 c a n Lombard-Freid container, Los Angeles hair stylist and artist Mark Bradford (his work utilizes the permanent endpaper tips used in doing weaves) had recreated his family salon, Foxye Hair, with his aunt, Cleo Jackson, and mother, Janice Brad- ford —two beyond -wonderful women —talking me into some festive streaks of blue hair for the opening whirl. From there, the crowd took in electroclash music (DJ Spooky spun the night after) and the TRANS> fireworks project a smile without a cat (Celebration of Annlee's Vanishing), entailing an anime rendition of a girl's face dan- gling from a huge crane on the beach. The perfor- mance, by Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno, had the dimensions of married sex, being all over in a heartbeat or two, but the big bang was sweet, one bystander marveling at the excess: '$40,000 in 30 seconds —that's America.' But the important thing is that we were all 'there with something conceptual to tell future generations, and the aftermath of the evening kept getting better and better. The following night in the Miami Design District, David Rohn parodied collector -as -transgressive -speak with character Herb Katzenjammer, pointing out an S&M lesbian photograph.with adidactic air 'Look at how the photogra- pher delves into the underworld: She's no.stranger to contradiction.' At midnight,'the scene shifted into the birth of the cool ina section of town given over to senseless killings, feral cats, abandoned cars and the Gold Rush strip club: Undemeath the 1-395 overpass, George: Sanchez Calder6n's installation The Blessingika Benedici6n was a brilliant recreation•:. of Le.Corbusier's Villa Savoye; done to exact scale)n Styrofoam and glowing;: with the eerie fitness of a'space'stiip: It was'too cool for any dialectic, as was the accompanying jam of. DJ:Spam,..Carlos Betancourt pieces; portraits of People's Barbeque Restaurant by local artist Earnest'King; and:Josh Levine's strapped -on video equipment; beaming outprojections-of his friends and goofy witnesses on the freeway walls. ' Everyone's best long weekend was full of such `moments and discover- ies, as with the work of Simon Evans, a 25-y6r-old British' skateboarder and ®MW/CRA 03- 41 Reed Business / Information.. '. FEBRUARY 17-23, 2003 C NEWSPAPER ,,� r $ Q7 JO UPS 656-96D 02374 .r' € ,tll.00/A$19.80 `t ... S.7I♦r�K - C7 Art Basel fair draws contempo Euro fashion frenzy By ANNE TSCHIDA iami: sun, sin — and sculpture? When the world's most prestigious art fair, based in Basel, Switzer- land, decided to cross the pond for the first time, Miami -Dade County seemed a bizarre choice. But supermodel glare has a way of blinding cultural vision. Art Basel Miami Beach turned out to be an astounding success, for natives and visitors. Step back a minute to tl}e week beginning Dec. 2. The sun was bright, the seas blue. Legs dan- gled through holes from a ceil- ing in a performance -art piece "Going Out on a Limb," one of almost 100 locally generated shows in a gentrifying area called the Design District. A "photo" of a dismembered head and limbs packed into a box hung in a cargo container, one of 20 containers sitting on the beach and housing hundreds of alternative artworks from across the globe. Picasso, Ma- tisse and Warhol waited for Prada-clicking purveyors to buy them up in the main Art Basel hall, before the heels tapped off to the many parties and private collections. Thousands danced to funk - trance around a lighted -up model of Le Corbusier's famous 1916 modernist villa in the mid- dle of the city's poorest ghetto — at midnight. It wasan eclec- tic, electric week that trans- formed Miami. Indeed, Miami has secretly been fertile ground for contem- porary art for several years, but now the world knows. Miami's international bow was actually delayed a year — Basel was scheduled to debut in 2001, but post-9/11 tremors kept it away. And in the intervening year, Miami's effervescent scene threatened to burst out on its own, as national newspapers and magazines started to take note of the area's energy. Then came December. Art Basel Europe has never en- gulfed an entire region quite like this. From Karl Lagerfeld's fash- ion show (with super -models) to the apple martini -on -the -sand opening to the surreal images projected on decrepit walls in the ghetto of Overtown, Miami threw a serious cultural bash. Photo courtesy of M Basel Miami Beach An AND COMMERCE: The main exhibit at Art Basel Miami was a hit among the 30,000 attendees. It was also lucrative for artists. "It was extremely positive for us," says Cuban -born Miami artist Carlos Betancourt. "But I think it worked in reverse, too. People saw this unique multi- ethnic place with a very rich cul- ture and they will take that back with them." New York's Robert Miller Gallery represents him; both his photo works sold within two days at the Miller booth in the main Art Basel exhibit, which held 160 international galleries (chosen from 600 applicants). As attendance far exceeded expectations — 30,000 dropped in as opposed to an an- ticipated 15,000 — sales also soared, per Robert Goodman, Florida representative for Art Basel, who, however, couldn't give solid figures. About 10,000 people the opening -night par says, while tours of priv. lections were far overb The fact that these cot opened their doors so ger ly for free, but invite-onl3 added to the success Basel, Goodman says. The success of local a also a surprise. Genar brosino's gallery was one local galleries included "official" exhibit. "I s pieces," the gallerist says I show mostly young a and -coming artists." Ambrosino was in awe expert marketing, : "They created such a bu even average people sin terested in art — not j collectors — showed i bought." Next year, he thinks t from this year will pack more — visitors and art. Indeed, expect much same for 2003, Goodma The amazingly popular s: containers on the beach turn, as will tours of priv lectors and celebrity -fill penings. ®MN1 / CRA U3- 41 METROPLl 61 1 Nolume 37, Number 9 www.mdcc.edu/Wolfson/metropolis JANUARY •+VUR6>r. RCeSC Knell UNDER THE BRIDGE, The styrofoam and steel installation will stand solid and bright under I-395 and NE '13th Street until mid -March. New Urbanist brightens Overtown with a Blessin g Random images by local artists danced on suspended screens daz- zling hundreds of spectators under a section of Interstate 395. Colorful projected shapes steadily flowed while wrapping around every square inch of highway supporting cement. The mixture of movements seemed to coordinate with the heart -thumping bass of DJ Le Spam. A late Friday night of interaction and engagement took place in an otherwise desolate area whose only visitors, aside from wandering chickens, are homeless people seeking a roof over their heads. This event celebrated the re -building of a New Urbanist project by Miami artist George Sanchez -Calderon. The Blessing: La Bendicion is a 77% scale replica of the modern architect Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye in Poissy, France. Hired workers constructed the successfully recreated and simplified prop over a 4- day period at a cost of $25,000. It is composed primarily of styrofoam and 2" by 2" steel beams that comprise its skeletal structure. The challenge involved acquiring both local and state government support through the Community Development Agency and the City of Miami. The original 1927 French.design combines simple geometric ele- ments and pilotis, or basic columns, with an entirely white exterior. Its pure and clean appearance goes hand -in -hand with the terrace garden it rests on. Sanchez takes this controversial concept of clarity:and takes it a leap further. The Blessing is set in Overtown, the worst sector in the nation's poorest city, and was deliberately placed beneath I-395. Not only do the highway's massive concrete columns resemble those of the house but they are part of a lifeless setting antithetical to the gar- den at Poissy. The windows that wrap around the house were designed to allow a maximum amount of sunlight in. Conversely, Sanchez's The Bless- ing is the dominant source of light in its area, emanating hope in a place of prevalent darkness. The project makes a social commentary that brings exposure to a serious poverty problem. The local government spends about $2 mil- lion a year on consultants for the redevelopment of Overtown and has commissioned over 30 urbanization plans in the past decade, none of which have been carried out. "This is as bad as it gets," Sanchez said as he looked around the projects site. "We should embrace and improve [the area], not rein- vent it " . OM AA /'l..RA -- DIANA BARNEY AND GABOR SZENDREI XBRATINGf-A o0,ENTURY i YEAR S CETHER www.miami.com YEAR, No.78 r SUNDAY. DECEMBER 1, 2002 1 FINAL EDITION light 02002 no Ylaml Hu ld :ADLINES I.,b OTHER M SHOWERS lycloudy A n 174 / LOW 62 PTS .. ` ES ROMP Aiami icanes move a _. closer to " iding their oaf title after trample ;use 49-7,1C TOPS OF i annual battle rastate rivals, ; Rix and No. 23 la State power Rex Grossman 4o.15 Florida ,1C us 'lu ... - J03NUA PIIEZANT/FOR THE HERALD ART FAIR EXTRAORDINAIRE: Samuel Keller, chairman of Art Basel, stands by Container Village at 21SI Street and Collins Avenue, where all displays are free to view. This is the first Art Basel fair to be held outside of Basel, Switzerland. " The 0M 0-rignon of art- cvcRts GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT I .BY:JANE WOO LDRIDGE, Miami Beach, the first edition of the DANIELCHANO AND EL13A TURNER legendary Art Basel fair to be he'd out- ]wooldridge@heratd.onin side Basel, Switzerland. Local collectors, artists, business - ON S. FLORIDA AS starting today, Miami and Miami people and politicos hope the fair will Beach=will spend a ,week at the center catapult a developing cultural scene to of the visual arts;umveIrse. unseen levels. and provide a boost for TOP COLLECTORS, The'best-heeled art collectors, the tourism. and long-term economic most exclueive:,galleries, the top development. museum curators, cutting -edge artists The four -day art marketplace, one — a 11 rhn„aonAa of." 1—d from .- 7 One Dollar F For home dallvarr, can 300 35a-''M Kenyans release Florida couple 10 others also have no ties to al Qaeda BYSUDARSAN RAGHAVAN . Knight Ridder News Service MOMBASA, Kenya — Kenyan authorities on Saturday released a Flor- ida couple taken into custody shortly after last Thursday's twin attacks on an Israeli -owned hotel and an airplane car- rying Israeli tourists. The authorities, under U.S. diplo- matic pressure to free the former Broward couple, said they had ruled that Alicia Kalhammer, 31, and Jose Tena, 26, had no connection to Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda network, which they believe is behind the attacks. Kalhammer and Tena had found themselves living a nightmare for more than 48 hours — locked in a jail on sus- picion of taking part in the attacks. They were among 12 people detained. After the couple was released, Julius Sunkuli, Kenya's internal security min- ister, said there was also no evidence to link the six Pakistanis and four Somalis still in custody to all Qaeda But they were still being interro- gated and he said it was too early to rule out the possibility that al Qaeda may have masterminded the two attacks. Police have found the registration plate for the vehicle used in the suicide attack on the hotel, but it is unclear who owns it. There has been no progress + P RJASE SEE COUPLE, tit THE YIANI HERALD 12.0 02 P'k A IBasel I Miami Beach ROADSIDE ART:'The Blessing/La Benedicion; an ihstallabon by George Sanchez -Calderon, lies under the 1-395 overpass between Ivortnwesi Inn aim 1JU. 1 MUST -SEE BASEL: 5 THINGS NOT TO MISS 1. In the Art Statements sec- tion, you'll see up-and-coming tal- ent. Pay attention. 2. in the Art Positions village of containers along the ocean, you'll be able to buy pieces from care- fully vetted young artists whose works are far less pricey than what you'll see inside the Conven- tion Center. 3. In the Miami Design District on Thursday , starting with an Art Loves Design party at 8:30'p:m.; the see.and-be=seen quotient will go off the charts. Fashion yourself as a chic con- noisseur and try to blend in. between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. — at George Sanchez-Calderon's scaled -down version of Modern ist architect Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye. In the 1200 block of Northwest Miami Court, he'll show video projects by local art- ists — and perhaps tout a piece of, real estate or two. 5. At the Architecture and Collecting lecture at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Con- vention.Center, architect Richard Gluckman will share the stage with Maxwell Anderson; director of the Whitney Museum of Ameri- can Art. Remember that, a few months ago, the Whitney was iiiim i i i i ri I you can get touched up oY u1C. gull: Want to te: _ conditioning for free. Indeed allergy. of c it as deep heat co � , don t have a reason tostay Grab an order kn the only folks who heads. Need to • Miami for the summer are, ll, the high - we erve her a samp]i in M S x= riced stylists. a thousand -year-( p x ever the outcome f' BESTNEW BUILDING ends at 3:3o p. a, B v o e model the rest of the d y Le Corbusier s Vi11a.Sa y 't be there Readers' Choi The best new building won er. It will be taken down not much long because it is- an historic landmark no one BEST LAW Y b about but because it wasn't meant to cared abo � • ' incredible to Joaquin Mende last. But while it stands, Its i • George Sanchez decided to A recent Men behold. Artist Ge g ear sent a model of the famous 19291�e Cor teen -year cony create exquisite exam Miami )urY busier house in France, an exq t it u along with four c le of modernist architecture, and put p gjudge a lave p must un derneath the I-395 underpass off NWhe stands Thirteen th n Street. That's right — Overtowwhit • de. It sits derstood an at its most blighted decrepitu it lows —amid them is the Fift .clean and sleek — at night g is neglected shall be deprive, the concrete and filth of Miam Bless- without due prc ® urban .core. Sanchez called it The Cuban-A.meric-C `°� ® be that's what the city will need C � ing. maybe path, and create per to defend those to follow the artist's and hope in an area too .Cuba. And sure manent beauty p fanatical anti C long without it. loo - r 1 i. A MIAMI PSYCHOLOGIST HELPS GUESTS Of DAYTIME LIFE.'AFTER.*�TALK. HOWS"'. ULK:SHOWS RECOVER FROM THEIR BRUSHES.WITR INfAMY.ANO PEOPLk LIKE MONTEL WILLIAMS TAKE BACK MIAMI-BADE: . 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EASY TO SW 44 art basal and beyond: highlights L)ur on a Limb which involves an volunteers; and David Rohn's satiric dig at art collectors, Katzenjamm Kollection of Konceptual Art. Mo terIQ '5 -J shows' hours will be 11 a:m.-8 p. fA through Sunday; by appointmen 0 afterward. & Viva Fidel! Now that we'v ducked to avoid the Molotov cocktail .... Opening reception from 7:30 to 0 Neutral Ground video installatior p.m. for New World School of the Art Propaganda!,, Cuban Political and Fil and party. Artist George Sanchez Posters at Courtney Gallery, 4100 NI Miami Ave, Miami,. built a model of Le Corbusier mod 0 Opening reception 7-11 p.m. fo ernist Villa Savoye under the 1-39' Everybody Knows This is Nowhere a Kevin Bruk Gallery, 3900-B NE Firs overpass at Northeast 13th Street an( Ave., Miami; 305-576-2000. Painting by Ed Ruscha, Fabian r0arcaccio North Miami Court in overtown,ani Alex Ross and others celebrate weir materials and blur the line betwee turned it ' into the site of a party wits abstraction and landscape. music provided by -DJ "'Please Give M ® At Locust Projects, 105 N I " St., Miami: Phil Collins, who n" ei2the a Day Off Le Spam. Catch a-doublE .* plays the drums nor sings, gives docu mentaries a swift kick in the ass will decker bus shuttle to the site from th yourse two sociopolitical-yet-not-ponderou Design District, or: drive videos and a mural -size photograph and Luis Gispert's video starring a pot ty-mouthed cheerleader channelin Wu Tang Clan, in the project room Opening reception 7-11 p.m.; throug Dec. 27. Call 305-576-8570. ®,Neutral Ground video installatio and party. Artist George Sanche built a model of Le Corbusier's mod ernist Villa Savoye under the 1-39 overpass at Northeast 1 3th Street an North Miami Court in Overtown, and turned it into the site; of a, party with music provided by DJ "Please Give M a Day Off" Le Spam. Catch a double decker bus shuttle to the site from the Design District, or drive yourself. 11 docanA@streetmI-am, cP- : OMNI/CRA 03- 41 .. ...-: .... -i U.,- �Fb`'w : Art,-f I __Ie tin ,M r., r, "-.ti?:'.i.°� .t. •' F _ TF' ' YX , via :- ....S:s - st^ . .. `, f t - �r yam: t 2 s• MY as. s:: f5111 iil- : cal r�=la adtsoivo: .Y.�AMA3YS:OGAAA ,:'_: `.:`: -:;;' - . 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Within .the first l0 minutes duc"tion," saidxNicole Francis, projections;- aiatingsby street- . of :Artroves"Design,' the giant. 27: "We ,don't:get anything Me - prole anii. artist," -:.Art Basel` street party;.Rosie this up there." r lowit ✓•r � n - I: VV �� f' w .y U • > r e � �"> Cam.^", "�,i • \ ` r3? �_ r' „S ilf .. ~z •:3✓ '! i',r,* - Yv,��/.� y y � -pr+r` < � � - F C � J: { '-"•' 1-0 � s Yam{•'•: f .r fjw le CJ I 1 � - �I - -t •• - ..r �� A -•,, Y z� ��®♦ :hff bitions, .food, drinks, sic . and dancing throughout the streets, galleries and show- rooms of the Miami Design District. Thursday, Dec. 5; 8.30pm - midnight 2nd Ave. and 40th St: Art Lounge @ Mynt Wednesday,Dec. 4 to Sunday Dec. 8; 10pm late (Official Mynt kick-off party Dec. 4) Mynt Ultra Lounge 1921 Collins Ave., Miami Beach 786-276-6132 Art Loves Clubbing @ Crobar Thursday, Dec. 5 to Saturday, Dec. 7; 10pm - late (Official Crobar party Dec. 6) 1445 Washington Ave.,=Miami Beach 305-531-5027 Midnight Party: Neutral Ground Year Two - 2002 A celebration of all art forms, including a re-cre- ation of the "Villa Savoye," with installations and exhibits, video and light projections and music with DJ Spam in a lounge environment under the expressway. Thursday, Dec. 5; midnight - 4am Between 12th and 13th Streets at North Miami Court, under the 1-395 expressway; valet & secure parking 305-576-8092 6th Annual Miami Jewish Film Festival - 0pening Night The Golem, The Original Silent German Expressionist Film by Paul Wegener with musi- cal accompaniment; Robots art exhibition curated by Fred Snitzer; reception follows. Saturday, Dec. 7; 7:30pm Temple Emanuel's historic sanctuary 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach 305-573-7304 $25 at the box office Miami Art Museum Ball and Late Night Party . Still from artist Sarah Morris' new film Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami. Yayoi Kusama, Bass Museum of Art, Mian Beach. Celebration ofArtis the theme for the fundrai! ing gala. : Saturday, Dec. 7; 7pm Ball; 9:30pm Late Party Renaissance.Hotel, 1601 Biscayne Blvd., Miarr 305-665-6763 Tickets from $500 for the Ball (including Lat Night Parry and After Party); Late Night. Part and After Party only: $65 MAM members, $7 non-members and at the door MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS For hours of operation, admission fees an special events, please contact the museums: Art Center/South Florida Stomping Ground —new works by over .regional artists. ®MNIiCRA 03- 41 Havana's winning dolita .%Lombinations are 6a-SeCon Florida lottery numbers, broadcast in Cuba by Radio Marti. BY KATHY GLASGOW Kulchur ponders the man who brought ..Che Guevara's lieutenant to campus. BY BRETT SOKOL Okay, we're so over Basel, but it's worth illuminating some highlights. 6YALFREDOiA1Ff A Clubbed Christmas: What makes a marvelous Yuletide affair? BY LEE WILLIAMS December19-25.2002 FREE Volume 17. Number 37 is DAVID CARUSO TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? THAT RED-HAIRED ;UY AND CSI: MIAMI PUT US BACK OI•,! THE MEDIA MAP BY MATTHEW ALMAN www.miami.com ' SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2002 1 FINAL EDITION F BY EUSA TURNER ds9"@ao•oorn Two .,flights above a downtown Miami shoe store, where fake leopard - skin mules nudge against fuchsia spike heels in a helter-skelter. sidewalk dis- Play, artists Carlos Betancourt, Charo Oquet and Robert Chambers talk shop ai4id an even wilder welter of objects, from super -hero sheets tacked to walls to a yogurt cart They're inside the studio Oquet and Betancourt share,'a former office suite. that would have been one of a dozen, adventurous spaces commandeered by artists during Art ,Basel Miami Beach neat month. With thousands of collectors and patrons of prestigious museums in town for the fair, South Florida artists were hoping to use Art Basel to call, vvJLv attention to their efforts as well. But now that the fair has become, another economic casualty of Sept 11, the mood is the studio matches the dusty win- dows overlooking Flagler Street: gray, though.occasionally pierced by shafts of tropical sunlight "It was a tremendops blow," Cham- bers says of Artliasel's decision, to 1 PIM SEEART BASE„ = .A watercolor rendering of Scott Merrill end George I PC . S...i S S. Of UM-gilad-s' BETH DUNLOP bdunlop0berald..com . drawings, paintings and: a splendid case for just i 'Me work is rich in it potential of archiiectur aside' beginning Dec.12. EMPOWERED ARTS Whether they'll do that without Art Basel's cachet and contacts is unknown, but what does appear .certain is that South. Florida's arts commu- nity has grown more empow- ered, more activist, as a result of the energy generated in 0 The Bass M> of Art, .forced by con, ction problems to pull scheduled exhibits, will present a hast- ily developed show by art- ists either based in Miami or with ties to the area, includ- ing young but widely known contemporary figures Janine Antoni and Teresita Fer- nandez. It will als o feature site - specific works by Jose Bedia, Glexis Novoa and Purvis Young; performances by Maria Jose Arjona, Maritza Molina and Gustavo Mata- moros; and a special section devoted to the art of specta- cle, curated by Adler Guer- rier. Quix6tically titled globe>miami<island the show, which runs Dec. 13- Feb. 3, is being curated by Miami artist Robert Cham- bers, who compares his gen- erous, effervescent approach to "a shopping list to create a successful . installation. I want the artists to do their best work, but I don't feel it's my job to tell them what to do." The Bass will also show architectural photographs by Jewel Stern and one of Liza Lou's amazing beaded extravaganzas, a life-size trailer. 1 New York dealer Laurie De Chiara says she has been "inundated" with calls and e-mails regarding her pro= posed alternative art fair in Miami Beach for Dec. 13-16, when Art Basel Miami Beach would have taken place. anticipation of the fair. "I think we should be doing all of these things regardless of Basel. I'm apprehensive that Basel might not come back if the economy tanks," says artist George Sanchez, who is work- ing with the Department of Transportation Miami's Com- munity Redevelopment Agency to set up a temporary architectural model beneath a' bleak stretch.of I-395 as a way to provoke thoughts about urban development. "If we had stuff like this going on all the time, Miami would be quite an arts community." Despite Sanchez's reserva- Museum of Modern Art. Visitors to the Design District will also get to see Humid, a gathering of about two dozen international art- ists, about half. of whom hail from Miami. Originally orga- nized by Key Biscayne col- , lector_ Rosa De La Cruz for her home, the show was relocated after Art Basel Miami Beach was post- poned. It's being curated by Dominic Molon, a curator at Chicago's'Museum of Con='� temporary Art. "The title came from a discussion I had with former, Miami artist Teresita.* Fernandez," Malon says. "A lot of the Miami work has . this discomforting, subver-.. sive aspect, like Tao Rey's lovely calligraphic take on'. - graffiti tagging." . 1 Most ongoing offerings: at alternative and.;, impromptu spaces - iaclud- °' ing Green Door Gallery, Dorsch Gallery, Locust Pro,.: jects and The House, as well;. as Betancourt's studio and,. the Miami Beach Botanical'; Gardens — feature work by., . Miami artists. Inc'fact the Gardens will exhibit Blotter, an ambitious show orga- nized by Mauricio Giammat= : teL development director for'.' a Miami Beach advertising' firm, D& 12-Dec.:21. In addition, artist Marvin Weeks has put together her - The Colored Town Gallery..' which unites the work of 10'. artists at Overtown's Lyric;' Theater Dec.13-16. ELISA TURNER'. tions, Keller remains adamant that the fair will return despite the sluggish economy and sus- picions aroused by the experi- ence with the fickle Latin = Grammys. "We are not thinkingof going to a different place," he says. "The name of the event is linked to Miami Beach. We are an organizer with 150 galleries,. we want this to be successful in the long run. We are prepay- . ing for December and we are preparing for next year. There's already twice as much work to do." Staff 'writer Gail Meadows- rn.,rr;l,,,*tea .., .t,;.....,;_. -1 a E a. E M. z - 0. 72 LLI .a - L16 c1d CD CD C14 cc LU M 2' LU U.: - LU o. Cn ,'fir 09 E cc 0 r % 6 WOO— =`V To Raise the Water Level in lFishOond,'above,.by Chinese artist Zhang Huan. Below, an artist in Mariko Morrs video. * a Place'Discouering fl Miami s hot That Place, an exhibi- tioh culled mainly -from WSATURNER contemporary art in pri- vate South Florida c6llec- elisa1urn@ao1,;C0M tions and on view at two - venues in Miami's Design District, could just as well live in a' crowded, fluid be called Any Place. it world of morphing identi=. gamely tackles the vari- ties and virtuid travel ously depressing and thrill- comes through loud and ing manifestations of glob- clear, as 50-phis conte mP()_ alization, 'All without rary artists ricochet among mentioning the pesky "g" genres, freely sampling word. from the conventions of But the sense that we painting, design, film, pho- tography and performance AM Artist C6sAr Trasobares, in collaboration with Key. Biscayne collector Rosa de la Cruz L -urated the exhibit, 0 RM SEE ME, 6M 0 TAKE A TRIP TO `THAT PLACE,' 6M OMM/CRA 41 ng `That Place' arl !c- makes a. co ,as connection to.the t evolving Miami. of art scene where. ed new art has been of popping up in a r challenging us of ip P- ip is !d It-. a- ie ie rs 3- n 's t, �t P ;s a variety of places. robes in Thailand. Peer through. its glass walls and you see an assortmentof objects gleaned from Tiravanija'spast exhibits, -including a kitschy plastic replica of Thai food and cans of curry with labels he designed. Another installation featur- ing the junky clutter of props used in a performance Bock gave, also at.MoMA, makes a bit more sense if you watch the video documenting it. With wacky and barbed wit the art- ist, wearing a Halloween-ish space suit, rambles about a cheesy stage set. He takes on a character. that's both expert and quack of modern science and contemporary art, mis-. chievously spewing forth arcane formulas and binary codes as if they are all the foundations a high-tech soci- ety needs. This being the Design Dis- trict, That Place `also takes a spin through objects designed to comfort the body or propel it through space = though of course artists' take on body - friendly design is never just a matter of being ergonomically correct. Thus we get Ray Azcuy's psychedelically col- ored levitating couch, Rachel Lachowicz's brittle and broken glass slippers and Trasobares' wood and marble structure, all Part bookshelf, chair and mon- umental figurative statue. Such places segue. into art about bodily identity with Pip- pilotti Rist's spoofy rock -star video and Ana Mendieta's pre- scient 1972 series of photo- graphs documenting her femi- nist performance, in which a man shaves his beard as she glues locks from this hirsute marker of strength, on to, her own'smooth face. . SCENES FROM THE CITY Urban places figure boldly in this show, including some pieces that prove unexpect- edly wrenching in this post 9/11 era. Gabriel Orozco's photo Building and Birds is an upward -looking shot of a sky- scraper with birds. appearing to flee its dark tower. Sarah Morris' Midtown video is a jit- tery meshing of pedestrian crowds and minimalist flashes of more skyscrapers, tailor- made for anxious, Ritalin-defi- cient attention spans. Mariko Mori's video, shot in a busy Tokyo subway, features an initially soothing, then sac- charine soundtrack behind clips of the glamorous, silvery - costumed artist caressing a t � by �4 3 u kM t i. t crystal ball with mesmerizing. intensity. It's hard to tell which seems more artificial, the sleek subway, or the slick fantasy girl. One of the most energizing facets to this show -is that Miami -based artists are put in the ambitious, cutting -edge contexts they deserve. Nowhere is this more true than in the inspired pairing of Tac- ita Dean's Rozel Point with a partial, ghostly recreation of George Sanchez's The Blessing, a full-scale model of Le Corbu- sier'- classic emblem of Mod- ernist architecture, the 1920s Villa Savoye, which Sanchez has sited in a dreary space under I-395 in Overtown. Dean's piece, which exists only as a slide projection, shows the site of Robert Smithson's 1970 work Spiral Jetty, a.legendary piece of Land Art of a spiraling, now -sub- merged incursion into the Great Salt Lake. Dean captures a mirage -like vista of sky and water in pastel pinks and blues, a place that also glimmers with hard -to -define promise and echoes of past innovation. The theme of promise may be the most important part of this show, however subtle and long-range. "I think it shows the great . potential of what a Miami museum could be," Robins says. "My hope is that the great " collections that are being built in Miami will end up in an institution here. I don't think this is going to happen in the near future. But I do think there's an awareness now." BUILDING .TRUST Still, not all South Florida collectors speak in such san- guine terms..Another argues,, off the record, that museums here with recently established contemporary collections haven't yet reached the matu- rity level to attract large gifts;, saying, "it takes years to build the kind of trust that would allow somebody to leave their collection to an institution. In New York, it's a privilege to give things to MOMA, because You know it's going to be cared for and nurtured in a way that it will live forever; even when you're dust. That remains to be seen down here." " Robins; however,, .remains unswayed. "[My'family is] certainly open to making big commit- ments if we were doing' that with other members of the community that are building serious collections," he says. "Ultimately,, our goalis to make Miami a place that.peo- ple here and around the world can see. some of the most important art of our time." N1MC A Elisa Turner is The HeralT art critic. 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