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Director Encounter

I was so eager to blog about what happened the day before so i asked Melissa if we could go to a cafe w/ Wifi while we ate lunch and Out of the blue cafe was the place to go. the food was great and atmosphere was bright and cheery, but for some reason my antiquated ibook was unable to connect to the cafes wifi. Thank god Melis brought her new macbook so we put together that days itinerary. Towards the end of our meal one of the two ladies that was sitting at the table next to us asked if we were going through our invitations. Then the other lady commented on my necklace and Melissa immediately blurted out that i was a stylist. We got to chatting, introduced ourselves, and realized we were conversing w/ the epitomes Alana Heiss(director of PS1) and her lovely sister Andrea Heiss. When Alana found out i was a stylist she lightheartedly, yet seriously asked if i could be her "stylist pro-bono". I think she was rather amused that a friend of hers was unable to make a prior dinner engagement because he had to go pick up his personal stylist from the airport to ensure he would look dashing for a latter soiree, and possibly she'd like to try that luxury out for herself? naturally i said I'd be honored.

On top of that, Andrea asked if she could interview me on Art Radio(PS1's radio station) the following afternoon at Art Positions. You could imagine my delight!

What a great way to start a second day in sunny Miami at Art Basel!

Alana Heiss(left) w/ her sister Andrea


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Swimming in December

So what do you do when the free POP champagne runs out, it's over 70 degrees out just met a fun bunch of artist/creative types from NY and there is a heated salt water pool just beside us?






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First night of events

I had an invite to Art Basel's Vernissage, and Melissa had class (grad studies in ad design), so I tried to team up w/ my friend Ruba Katrib, who is assistant curator at the MOCA in Miami. at first the timing couldn't be more perfect. we ran into each other at the entrance but then i was told i had to check my camera, and that slight chance of running finding each other once inside were near to slim. I ended up looking at all the different characters rather then the artwork while in there. the wide array a plastic surgeries on overly tan Russian woman wearing couture(price wise) cocktail dress in either black or the brightest,tackiest colors and fabrics, was like looking at art. I never saw such diversity of highs and lows in just about everything from the 'making it one day at a time' artist student, to men wearing shoes that cost their college tuition. One thing i did love was how everyone dressed to the 9's (in their own way).
Melis and I met up and went to the Aqua art Hotel VIP preview, which was also crowded, but no where near the caliber that the convention center was. I went there another day and will show pictures from then...i wasn't able to get very good photo's during the preview.
We Hit up the Sagamore hotel where the Olaf Breuning sand sculpture opening and party was, and there i met Melissa's good friend Nicole Doren(below on the left) who oversees Olaf's instillation and exhibit at the hotel, and we all headed down the beach to see Yelle perform! she's that little spec way out in the distance in the second photo....didn't care to get all up close an personal.




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My look.

First look/first night out/first basel

I premiered Carlen Altmans NEW plastic glow in the dark Jewish Rosaries

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Olaf Breuning Sagamore Hotel Sand Sculpture

Oddly enough Olaf's sand sculpture was one of the few things i was really excited to see for some reason,(maybe because of it's fleeting moment on earth) and i wasn't disappointed.






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I guess the artwork wasn't dry yet...

Melissa walking through NADA



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NADA

I was pretty impressed w/ NADA and it seemed to me a lot of people i talked to, NADA was their favorite as well. Maybe that's also because there were half a dozen crimson red hammocks lining the walkway to the tents entrence, or was it the beautifully designed lucite ping pong table (that i stupidly didn't take a photo of) that anyone was welcome to play off of.
the art wasn't half bad either. I unfortunately miss placed my catalog so i can't tell you the artists.
My 3 top favorites are right below. There is something about those 4 crude masked monkey paintings that I'm really crazy about. The painting below is a series of 8 or 10, and at first you think homo-erotic:) but i felt it went a little deeper then that and the fact that the scale of these paintings were so small was even more intriguing. And who doesn't love goth porcelain suicide children!!!












I have to admit this hip hop tapestry (above) is pretty mind blowing.

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Aqua Wynwood

Here are few pieces that stood out...or maybe i was just so enthusiastic about arriving and a little buzzed from our 4 glasses of champagne we imbibed....you tell me.



Melissa inspecting Jim Campbell's light sculpture Home Movies

I was pretty surprised when i was told this Jessie Simon sculpture was constructed from vintage surfboards, and is quite light. I naturally assumed it was made of granite, or limestone and would be a fortune to ship.

I was a bit excited to see MK Guth's work. I originally saw her piece at NY's Whitney's Biennial at the 5th Ave Armory. Once i told the gallerist this, she was all too eager to show me all the latest work Guth has done.


I got a kick out of Tokyo Kamen's work titled Noah's Ark Made me think of one of my favorite old childhood books "where the wild things are".


Melissa took these shots, but i was rather drawn to this artist. Kristen Accola



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