DINA MITRANI GALLERY | MIAMI

ALEXANDRA ROWLEY SHOOTS LEVI'S WORKWEAR AD CAMPAIGN

Alexandra Rowley worked in collaboration with renowned Levi's creative director Len Peltier and the gifted minds at Widen + Kennedy Advertising Agency. Levi's recent collaboration with artists such as Ryan McGinley and Stefan Sagmeister have earned them many artistic accolades. The campaign is due to come out midsummer or fall/winter 2010.

FARSIDE GALLERY PRESENTS FEAR OF FLYING

Exhibition of Works by Miami Artist Peggy Nolan
October 2—November 1, 2009 | Opening Reception: Saturday, October 17

Fear of Flying is proof that Peggy Nolan finally boarded a plane and flew 7,467 miles to Tokyo, Japan to meet her daughter-in-law’s family and then, 11 days later, flew back home. Her sense of dread for months before this trip involved nightmares of planes crashing into mountains and buildings and bodies of water between two continents. The trip was a life-changing experience for Peggy and, in her own words, ‘no amount of art making will suffice to describe it.

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CARLOS IRIJALBA

First Prize - Purificación García 2009 Award
Revista-foto.com

In his Devices series, Carlos Irrijalba creates a clash between what is natural and what is human. The placement of a light fixture, like those used in football stadiums with expectant audiences, among clouds in the sky depicts a surreal atmosphere. The focus shifts away from the habitually illuminated scene, to the artifact that emanates light. The artists generates an amalgam of contrasts: western culture, which reconstructs reality with lighting effects with the eastern concept, which focuses more on shadows. We are faced with a critique of the society of the spectacle, the...

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