Event Coverage: Mirror or Hammer-Social Practice Art at 2017 Miami Art Fairs
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.” -Bertolt Brecht As a Teaching Artist, I recently became aware that Los Angeles-based Art Education organization, P.S. Arts, founded in part by prolific arts patron Herb Alpert, is using this Brecht quote as their educational theme of 2017-2018. It goes…
Save the Date: Salon & Closing Reception of “Personal Baggage” at F.A.B. Gallery in Santa Monica – Sunday, April 30th
FAB Gallery, in Santa Monica, has a new solo exhibition titled: Personal Baggage/Paper V. Plastic, that includes new sculptures and works on paper by Los Angeles-based artist Mark X Farina. The artist’s first solo exhibition with FAB, introduces the thesis work for Mark’s MFA in Public Practice from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Personal Baggage features various…
Night and Day: The 96 Hour Spectrum of Miami Art Fairs!
It’s hard to focus on the art fairs of Miami without being distracted by the art of the city itself! I was a first-time visitor to Florida, and immediately absorbed by the aqua gel waters, waving feathery palms and coral-specked sands. Historic, royal Art Deco architecture houses institutions as humble as post offices and motels.…