Much like Dorothy’s ruby red slippers hanging from a power line against this building front, Miami is home to many idiosyncrasies, including this past week’s assortment of art and design fairs. While Art Basel MB was a tad bit too ‘rich’ for my blood, I felt at home in both Art Miami and Photo Miami, located in the middle of Miami’s revitalized and growing art district. Of all the galleries, I was most impressed by the selection of work featured by Randall Scott at Art Miami and Hamburg’s Robert Morat at Photo Miami. Scott highlighted a sequence of images from his artists that provided provocative storytelling from pairings evoking curiosity amidst abstruseness. Morat’s assortment of photographs, including Jessica Backhaus’ images from her series “What Still Remains” was refreshing considering the work shown by many of the other international dealers at Photo Miami. The story of the day, however, must go to friend, colleague, and fellow Indiana University alum Gregory Scott. Of all the work shown at Art Miami, his two pieces “Depth” and “Tossed” from his “Contraventions” series, featured at Catherine Edelman’s booth, drew the most obvious attention from fairgoers. Viewers were amused, perplexed, and most of all entertained by Greg’s nascent and unique pieces. Seeing this work from its inception at Indiana, I’d like to offer Greg a big “Congrats.”

December 7th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No comments