FAIR WEATHER: Trends and Coincidences--Animals

Miami Art Fairs, Art Basel Miami, Aqua, Art Miami, Bridge, Pulse, Red Dot, Scope, Rubell Collection
Already posted:
FAIR WEATHER: Deal or No Deal
FAIR WEATHER: Prologue
FAIR WEATHER: Art Basel
FAIR WEATHER: The Containers
FAIR WEATHER: Art Miami
FAIR WEATHER: Art Imitates Art

FAIR WEATHER: Pulse

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If you follow this blog, you know I often refer to the fashion dictum, Two of anything's a coincidence; three's a trend.

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Welcome to Trend #1: Animals. This grouping starts with the fuzzy and furry and progresses to the truly bizarre. Crossdressing squirrel, anyone? Coyote head on a gumball machine? It also yields what I think is the most freakish description of medium I've ever read: "oil and naturalized coyotes on canvas." (Did I mention I'm a vegetarian?)

Art Basel Miami Beach: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Bridge on Collins: Crissy Penuell at Garden Fresh, Chicago

Bridge on Collins: Ross Bonfanti at Projects Gallery, Philadelphia

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Want to hug these woodgie woodgies? You're in for a surprise: They're concrete. "The artist pulled the stuffing out of the animals and filled them with concrete," explained the person in the booth. When the concrete set, he ripped away the outer fabric, bits of which remained stuck to the new version of the animal, along with the eyes, nose and mouth. I love them!

Aqua Hotel: Elaine Bradford at Art Palace, Austin




Scope: Iris Schieferstein horse shoes at Jack the Pelican Gallery, Brooklyn




Scope: Invisible-Exports, New York. That's dealer Benjamin Tischer in the foreground. I want to direct your attention to the wolf head on the gumball machine by Genesis Breyer P-orridge
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(The book wall is an inkjet print by Mickey Smith)

Red Dot: Marc Seguin at Charest-Weinberg Gallery, Miami. I Love America and America Loves Me, 2008. This is the naturalized coyote on canvas--as if you couldn't tell

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