Liz Tracy (better known around these parts as the person behind Miami, Bro) has a nice write up on NBCMiami about a book highlighting Miami street art, previously seen here.

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mural madness extravaganza

A few years ago, Alvaro & Jen published a book filled with photos of business murals in inner city Miami.  During the process, they  interviewed $erge, the man responsible for a lot of the art on the walls of these businesses. Here’s a bit on $erge talking about where he’s from and where he’s at:

“… I’m in Miami. I’m from the ghetto. I wanna be a local artist. This is my spot. I belong in Dade County. And people think I’m big man, man, oh man. It’s just me, $erge, from the hood. I jus love ta paint. I can paint anything, any size, anywhere, anytime.”

I’m not sure whether the interview was included in the publication, but luckily, it’s up on Freegums’ blog.

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collabo

It was hot (down right muggy), bright, mesmerizing and loud. The Collabo Show was overall a very satisfying experience even though they ran out of beer rather quick, something that didn’t go well with the sweltering ambiance of the locale.

My ears are still ringing from all the drumming/banging/crashing/whatever-you-wanna-call it is they were doing that was so overwhelming I couldn’t even look their way… although it could have been the bright strobe light, illuminating the inert, stuffed feline, lying belly-up on a table in their general direction.

I couldn’t help but become fixated on the jelly fish in the water tank under the blue light, as well as the hot air paper balloons that gloriously burned over the Little Haiti skies. (With the couple of exceptions where they burned either just prior or right after being released.)

Honestly, I don’t know what it all meant but it was a lot of fun and as torturous as some of the work looked (e.g.  putting together the live piece in the suffocating confines of their installation), it was the artists who seemed to be having the most fun.

Some links relating to the event:

LINK to my pics.

LINK to Jipsy’s pics via NBC 6

LINK to Miami, bro’s pics/post

LINK to Artlurker’s pics + review (great read)

confection!

This is my flickr set for Confection, the food-themed art exhibit featuring baked goodies for sale, goodies baked by some of the artists, with proceeds going to the Daily Bread Food Bank. Lot’s of people and plenty of interesting pieces. My favorites were Michael Genovese’s engravings but Hugo Montoya’s baked pieces certainly caught my eye.

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a catalog of street art – Sandra Bark’s collection of local and international street art. (Including quite a bit from the Wynwood area in Miami.) LINK.

edible art

Confection

Charity Bake Sale/Art Exhibit on February 13th, 2009 at Our House West of Wynwood. Curated by Pres Rodriguez featuring a grip of Miami artists with proceeds benefiting the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Location: 3100 NW 7th Avenue, Miami, FL  33127

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the freegums store is up

Just in time for the gift giving season, featuring reversible sweaters and Jen Stark’s Ooey Gooey.

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wlrn + jen stark = art street miami

I know I’m a little late with this but Jen Stark was recently featured on WLRN’s Art Street Miami. If you haven’t heard of her yet, this 6:33 minute video should give you an idea of what this up-and-coming Miami artist is about.

free gum$ art and a colt 45

A visual sampling of Alvaro’s art at the Bas Fisher Invitational’s last show evar. btw, what’s better than reversible tees? customizable tees!

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lunch with Jen Stark.

Jen Stark meets up with Lydia Martin and spills the beans on how this paper cutting business came to existence. (On the mythical lands of southern France.)

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