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“Don’t Call Me Pretty”

On April 24, 2010, in MAEX Art Blog, Visual Art, by Onajide Shabaka
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Concurrently with the exhibition Pan American Art Projects will be hosted a panel discussion with their exhibition, "Don’t Call Me Pretty," that was SRO. The evening opening was seen as a very good sign for the District. The panel also gave us a great sense of change that has been building that the art playing [...]

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Purvis Young R.I.P. 1943 – 2010

On April 21, 2010, in Miami Art Articles 2010, by Steven Kaplan
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April 21, 2010. Purvis Young, the soul of the indigenous Miami art scene, was generally labeled an “outsider” or “folk” artist, but he was making it happen in Overtown and Liberty City decades before “Wynwood” was able to pronounce the words “Art Basel Miami Beach”. He died yesterday at the age of 67 at Jackson [...]

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Adler Guerrier: Out to Lunch

On April 21, 2010, in Miami Art Articles 2010, by Onajide Shabaka
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Guerrier’s multi-dimensional exhibition will employ a variety of media, including photography, drawings, sculpture, and video, to express a “psycho-geographic” narrative of a distinctive cityscape that includes an urban center, quiet neighborhoods, and a lively beachfront. Guerrier finds inspiration in the simple act of walking city streets, which he describes as a “political and poetic act.” [...]

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South Florida folk artist Purvis Young dead at 67

On April 20, 2010, in Current Affairs, MAEX Art Blog, by Onajide Shabaka
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sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/sfl-ent-purvis-young-obit-042010,0,633749.story South Florida folk artist Purvis Young dead at 67 By Ben Crandell, SunSentinel.com 3:47 PM EDT, April 20, 2010 Acclaimed South Florida folk artist Purvis Young, who died Tuesday morning in Miami at age 67, leaves a legacy that spreads across the globe. “Purvis really gave credibility to the South Florida art community. He [...]

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The Magical World of M.C. Escher

On April 19, 2010, in Miami Art Articles 2010, by Onajide Shabaka
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The Magical World of M.C. Escher was recently on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art and was visited by a large computer tech group, of which I was a part. It is always interesting in the stark differences in what the trained and untrained eye sees. The tech group really found Escher’s use [...]

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Images from Eyjafjallajökull

On April 18, 2010, in Miami Art Articles 2010, by Steven Kaplan
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April 18, 2010. This is the fifth consecutive day of eruptions of the Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajökull [pronunciation], spewing ash into the atmosphere and shutting down air traffic over much of northern Europe. The image above represents the situation this morning. Below are images from days four, three and one. Obviously the volcano, after being dormant [...]

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