Sunset, Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

I didn’t have to sleep on the beach when I was in Miami, but I didn’t have invites to a lot of the parties, so I spent a lot of time just wandering.

Jason Freeman, Flock (Miami)

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Except for attending the world premiere of Jason Freeman’s “Flock,” which I was planning to present at the 2008 01SJ Biennial (http://2008.01sj.org/?p=330)

Jason Freeman, Flock (Miami)

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Marina Zurkow, Bryce Walkowitz Gallery, Pulse Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

I did, of course, walk through the various fairs. There is always work to like, such as Marina Zurkow’s (and others) at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery. I commissioned Marina to do Paradoxical Sleep for the 2008 01SJ Biennial (http://2008.01sj.org/?p=270)

Kota Ezawa

Kota Ezawa, Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

I also commissioned 3 new works by Kota Ezawa, $150, New!, and Untitled (http://2008.01sj.org/?p=284).

Sabina Raaf

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Apparently, I also saw some of Sabrina Raaf’s work, although I didn’t remember it when I curated a show of her work recently in the gallery@CalIT at UC San Diego (http://tiny.cc/70ke9)

Adams Hotel, Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Mostly, however, I just wandered and mostly had a great time.

Adriana Carvalho

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

One of my favorite shows was in the windows of a Walgreens, I believe. (http://tiny.cc/ptjnt)

Alberto Baraya, Greenhouse

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Baraya’s “Greenhouse” was appropriately synthetic (http://tiny.cc/dxx4a).

Jeppe Hein, Modified Social Bench

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

I fell in love with Hein’s Modified Social Benches (http://tiny.cc/84wa3), which seem to me not unrelated to Angel Borrego Cubero’s Mutant Bridges (http://tiny.cc/30j44) or even Marcus Young’s Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk (http://tiny.cc/fjuun)

Jeppe Hein, Modified Social Bench

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

We Are Our Own Art History

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

This sticker seemed a propos and may or may not be related to Loren Munk (http://tiny.cc/x8ruw).

Patrick Mimran, I’m the Best in the West

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

The difference in scale and sentiment between Munk’s (?) sticker and Mimran’s contrail is surely indicative (http://tiny.cc/8zgyv). Of something.

Susan Philipsz

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

I can’t recall the exact sound of this installation but Philipsz’ Munster and Governor’s Island installations are still haunting. When will the Walker bring her to Minneapolis?

Rodney Dickson, Queen Bee, War Remnants Museum

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Closed.

Art Positions

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

The containers of Art Positions were not nearly as interesting as the “Container Culture” exhibition I organized and co-curated for the 2006 01SJ Biennial/ISEA Symposium (`http://tiny.cc/2a295). Not to mention eToy’s Mission Eternity (http://tiny.cc/a89sl).

Ryan McGinness, Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

McGinnehttp://tiny.cc/2vokcss’s installation, however, was amazing (http://tiny.cc/2nr9a)

PS1 @ Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

And the whole PS 1 screen/radio/performance space was an inspiration for my work on Wing Young Huie’s University Avenue Project(ion) Site (http://tiny.cc/2vokc)

Art Radio

Art Basel Miami Beach 2007

Pae White, Miami Basel, 2009

Art Basel Miami Beach 2009

Even though I’d been to Miami in 2007, I’m super bummed everytime I see a picture of this Pae White installation (http://tiny.cc/45cm2).