Kombucha Party will be on hand quenching your thirst with fresh organic tea for all Verge Guests. Kombucha Party Miami is made possible thanks to Michael Workman, BathHouse Studios, Old Man Music and PURE LUCK.
VERGE ART MIAMI BEACH AT THE GREENVIEW HOTEL
1671 Washington Avenue @ 17th Street
December 1-4, 2011
PUBLIC HOURS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, 2 - 3 December, Noon to 10 pm
Sunday, 4 December, Noon to 6 pm
OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Thursday, 1 December, 2011, 6:00 pm to 10pm
TOMORROW’S ART TODAY: THE THIRD ANNUAL VERGE ART MIAMI BEACH
Coming Thursday, December 1, Verge Art Miami Beach invites you to experience the finest, freshest work on display in Miami Beach by living artists. Unstunted by the blue-chip rehash of a stale market, VERGE breaks away from the false quality of name recognition art to reach for something new and cutting edge. Verge Art Miami Beach is proud to host a list of exhibitors that includes international and national gallery exhibitors, and more than fifty artists for “The Drawing Show” and “Tomorrow Stars.” Chosen by a distinguished panel of jurors, “Tomorrow Stars” represents the brightest and best by artists from around the globe, as selected by Meg Duguid, Clutch Gallery Director and Cultural Grants Coordinator for the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Michael Thomas, Dogmatic Gallery co-founder and sitting member of the Visual Arts Committee for the Chicago Cultural Center, Patrick Collier, artist and critic for PortlandArt.net and ultraPDX.com, and VERGE owner Michael Workman. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to own the work of tomorrow’s stars today!
GALLERY EXHIBITORS
ANTIDOTE, Brooklyn, NY, and Chicago, IL, Astro Space Party, Chicago, IL, Visual Cocaine, Berlin, Germany, Friend Party Enterprises, Berlin, Germany, Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL, Van Brabson Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT, Byrne Art Portfolio, Merion Station, PA, McGowan Projects, London, UK, Peters Art Projects, Chicago, IL, PURE LUCK, Brooklyn, NY, Vortex Enters Void, The Muldives, Dhivehi, Klaus Gerdes Projects, New York, NY.
TOMORROW STARS
Chizuco Sophia Yw, “Propogate-G,” Brooklyn, NY, Emi Brady, “Convergence,” Brooklyn, NY, Fanny Allié, “My Town is Gone,” Brooklyn, NY, Jay Paavonpera, “Front St. / Gold St.,” Brooklyn, NY, Eve Lateiner, “Untitled,” New York, NY, George Goodridge, “Number Twenty, Vertebrate Companion Series,” Miami FL, Adrienne Outlaw, “How to Mistake Your ____ For a ____,” Nashville, TN, Michael Iauch, “Giving of Myself,” Brevard, NC, Jordi Williams, “Artificial Plantlet Array,” Richmond, VA, Josafat Miranda, “Lover,” Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Cindy Mason, “I will give you what you do(n’t) want,” St. Petersburg, FL, Alice Raymond, “Mise plat 5,” Biscayne Park, FL, Jovan Karlo Vilalba, “A Dawn Perched on Downbursts,” Miami, FL, Mare Vaccaro, “Valor,” Lexington, KY, Horst Josch, “Against the Odds #4,” Meerbusch, Germany, Francesco Vizzini, “On the Trunk,” Brooklyn, NY, Marita Contreras, “Death2,” St. Pete Beach, FL, Michael Harris, “Seven Island Way,” Weston, FL, Romy Maloon, “Birthing,” Marietta, GA, Melissa Maddonni Haims, “Hell,” Philadelphia, PA.
THE DRAWING SHOW
Monica Rezman, “Hairpiece 30,” Chicago, IL, Jordan West, “My Desires Are Not Easily Controlled,” Santa Fe, NM, Danielle Wyckoff, “Horizon (we are each others’ fates),” Athens, OH, Catherine Lane, “Figure With Guns,” and “Figure With Deer,” Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PST, “Rape Dream”, Chicago, IL, Stefan Haase, “p016,” Berlin, Germany, Alice Raymond, “Cloche,” Biscayne Park, FL, Charmaine Ortiz, “Graphite Spill (Aquatic),” Carolina Beach, NC, Erin Whitman, “Projections: Gojira,” Eureka, CA.
Kombucha Party Miami sponsored in part by:
New art work by Beau Rhee - Available through PURE LUCK
Blood/Sweat/Tears, 2011
Eau de Parfum androgyne
notes de tête - thé, bergamot
notes de coeur - tabac, épice, figue
notes de base - bois, santal
100ml eau de parfum
blue medicinal bottle
100% bronze cap
wood & satin case, hand-sewn livret
Blood/Sweat/Tears is a startlingly unique scent, which was created & produced in Grasse, France. The fragrance is a rich textural mixture of notes that emerges deep from our daily lives in our subconscious, such as notes like tea, tabacco, and sandalwood, and surprising brighter hints of spice and jasmine. Lying mysteriously in-between the feminine & masculine, the fragrance harnesses both energies, resulting in an exquisite & captivating formula.
eau de parfum fabriqué en Grasse, France
all art production in NYC
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Le privé est politique
The private is political
collection 2011/2012
Tights for free movement and strong thinking
Edition of 1000 per design
photos:Brett Casper
October 1, 2011
Occupy Wall Street - We March from Zucotti Park over the Brooklyn Bridge. Over 2000 people act united peacefully.
In conjunction with Yes Magazine, Berrett-Koehler Publishers has published, This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement, a book about the OWS movement that will include my photos.
This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement, check it out on shelves starting next week. Proceeds go to further fund OWS!
“The people united will never be defeated.”
WE ARE THE 99%!
NYPD led the protesters onto the bridge only so they could arrest them for “blocking traffic”. Watch as they arrest 12 year old girls.
Behind closed doors you privately gain access to holographic data mines, Chinese missiles, gold bullion, carbon credits and water rights. Numerous artworks tangible and intangible will be presented, each created from an actual valuable commodity. By presenting artworks created from materials of intrinsic value, we present a historical view of the art object juxtaposed with notions of contemporary and future value. Pure Delight explores ideas within the ego of art, corporate politicking, social currency and the business of business.
ARTWORK PRODUCTION COSTS TO BE RAISED:
Contribute to the realization of these artworks
DIAL 9.11! - Where did the Gold go? It seems to have gone missing from the basement of the Financial center.
- Bronze casting of 3 Gold bars
(pattern, mold, casting for complete edition + PU/Delivery)
- Surfacing
H2O HOURGLASS - Filled with water instead of sand this hourglass counts down Mankind’s inalienable right to water.
- Production
TOILET PAPER? - With no Gold Standard some people say the American Dollar isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. See for yourself how soft the Dollar can be.
- set up, production, printing and delivery
PURE LUCK BULLION - Plain & simple, our own coins with our logos, names and icons on them.
- Materials
- Casting, molding and stamping
- Delivery, insurance and handling
ERBIUM GLASS MISSILE & FIGHTER JET SET - Cast from glass mixed with Rare Earth Metal - Erbium - to create a one of a kind stable pink hue. This is the ultimate fighter set replicating China’s advances in military technology.
- Erbuim powder
- Glass mold and production
- Transportation PU/ Delivery
CARBON NEUTRAL CARD - Your get out of jail free card. Next time you emit too much Carbon just use your Carbon credits and feel good about yourself again.
- Production, set up and delivery
Pure Delight - TOTAL ARTWORK PRODUCTION COSTS = $21,840
Contribute to the realization of these artworks
With funding completion we will create the artworks listed above and will set a date for the exhibition in Fall 2011. Donors will be given the first opportunity to attend this exhibition.
Pure Delight is decadence at its best. An art exhibition, a performance work and a private dinner party set in a vault. Pure Delight curates cast characters, schmoozing and unique works of art created from precious metals and other rare elements / objects.
Drawing inspiration from Oskar Schlemmer and his Bauhaus parties, PURE LUCK produces art exhibition theater. Guests are invited to participate in the experience that is this one time only event.
Pure Delight will be held in NYC at the Capitol Grille Wall Street Location in the Private Vault - Fall 2011.
PURE LUCK is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of PURE LUCK must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Additionally, Fractured Atlas will receive grants for the purposes of PURE LUCK, provide oversight to ensure that grant funds are used in accordance with grant agreements, and provide reports as required by the grantor.
PURE LUCK is modeled after the House of Medici which began it’s artistic patronage under Cosimo de’ Medici in the late 14th century Italy. The dynasty continued for 3 centuries as one of the most prosperous and most respected institutions in Europe. PURE LUCK holds the same philanthropic policy as the House of Medici and advocates artistic expression as a means of innovation, unity and community. Moreover, as a means of creating historical while advancing society. PURE LUCK’s support is broad and covers an array of disciplines from traditional artistic mediums and culinary ideas, alternative energy sciences, to Earth cohesion systems and the hybridization that is art, architecture, technology and design today.
PURE LUCK's inspiration began as a nickname for a woman who is overflowing with the joy of life, love and learning. Attracting countless admirers and acts of generosity this woman was a classicist and trained in the classical Arts. She is the embodiment of 'pure luck' and sits atop our crest.
Projects will vary greatly from traditional to non-traditional applications in fine art, installation, performance, architecture, design and technology. We aim to curate visionaries and tomorrows leaders today. We distribute PURE LUCK in the form of pointed, positive, substantial projects and exhibitions that pay inspiration, innovation and prosperity forward for future generations.
Our mission is to fund artwork with exceptional historical value and present it on a scale and in a format that is bold and outstandingly conceptualized. Future projects will consist of small scale artworks with a solid message coupled with large scale longer term projects. These larger, more pointed works will combine architecture, green technology and city planning elements tied into a conceptual package that are nascent homes, buildings, cities, suburban developments and communities.
Our members take part in a cause that aims at a better quality of life for everyone. PURE LUCK curates innovation through art application at a societal level.
Should you choose to support PURE LUCK you will be at the forefront of new ideas in societal infrastructures, the generation of new artistic methods and literally seeding grassroots change at a communal level.
Support PURE LUCK today by making a charitable contribution to one of our projects. Thank you.
Email question@mypureluck.com with any questions or for more information.
PURE LUCK is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of PURE LUCK must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Additionally, Fractured Atlas will receive grants for the purposes of PURE LUCK, provide oversight to ensure that grant funds are used in accordance with grant agreements, and provide reports as required by the grantor.
