Jéfe aka Johnny Chiba first-person experiential of the great
art fair that is ART BASEL, and select satellite art fairs

Kevin Simón Mancera

A very talented artist, Kevin Simón cartoonish drawings are more societal statements than renderings
as evidenced by his ability to draw extremely well when he pleases. Nueve Ochenta represented
with many drawings on simple lined paper, napkin-esque and other. I particularly liked los perros!
c/o Nueve Ochenta
Bogotá

DAVID RATHMAN

Minny's Rathman had some reknown for his "Zaire (Rumble in the Jungle- Ali-Foreman)" series, and his previous works for
Larissa Goldston Gallery are spectacular old west (ala Clint Eastwood westerns). His new series of tanks, ships,
helicoptors and other weapons of war provide ample proof of his painting excellence, the titles of the works make you think
about war:"In quiet rooms, young girls are writing poetry", "How the bells do toll", "There's always more to come",
"Love, you were a sickly child", "Look what sincerity will get you" - brilliant!
c/o Larissa Goldston Gallery
NYC

JENS SCHUBERT

Young Jens Schubert of Leipzig, Germany presented an on-site floor to wall installation for Galerie Kleindienst
Schubert's work, one-of-a-kind single leaf prints, use countless layering of colour prints
experimenting is an integral part of the creative method and of the finished work.
Jens Schubert at Bongout.org
Jens' Dragon Slayer Exhibition at Tajga
c/o Galerie Kleindienst
Leipzig, Deutchland

FEDERICO SOLMI

Excellent biting videos cum video games are the forte of Signore Solmi, mounted here on fancy screens
c/o Conner Contemporary Art, taking on Wall Street with his new series Douchebag City,
starring Dick Richman. Previous videos parodied the bloody Pope. see trailers at his home page
c/o Conner Contemporary Art
Wash DC

LAURINA PAPERINA

A very large piece by the phenomenal Laurina Paperina took over the entire wall of
Perugi ArteContemporanea, with her hilarious parodies of contemporary art, artists,
art dealers, popular icons, movie heroes, cartoons, etc, including Morikami, Nara, Barry McGee,
Keith Haring, Batman, Pulp Fiction, Clockwork Orange, Speedy Gonzalez and so many more

A few years ago Perugi presented a humongous on-site installation of Laurina's brain flowing out of her head,
leading to a small hut where her incredibly cool videos were shown, downloadable at her website

c/o Perugi ArteContemporanea
Padova, Italy

Ms. Pap contributed to Creative Time's
monthly online comic series. click the head

ERIC BELTZ

The macabre and humorous drawings of Eric Beltz recast stories and characters from colonial American history in a grayscale psychedelia.
His intensely detailed graphite drawings imagine and confound histories, origin myths, psychedelic states, and life on the farm.
Using headless and skull-headed figures, Founding Fathers, and ethnobotanists Beltz re-envisions American foundational narratives.

c/o Morgan Lehman Gallery
NYC

*** fave gallery ****

Santa Monica, CA

representing Ernesto Caivano, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, y mas artistas interesante

ERNESTO CAIVANO

MARCEL DZAMA

robotic dzama from Pulse, typical morose Dzama from website

NEIL FARBER

bleakness abounds in Farber's work, depicting multitudes of the lone and lonely, and poor

Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber
Symbolatry Animated

TINKEBELL

Katinka Simonse aka TINKEBELL uses dressed-up taxidermied pets, disturbing sex photos
dressed with flowers and other combinations of models, death and other flora to provide a dichotomy
of issues and effects. There was a particular chopped up cat at the fair I couldn't bare to look at
or take a picture, yet the chopped up Lassie with foxy model makes it slightly more bareable.
c/o Torch Gallery
Amsterdam

AL FARROW

Brooklynite turned Frisco native Al Farrow uses munitions: bullets, guns, hand grenades,
bombs, etc to make 3D Christian reliquaries, Islamic mosques and Jewish temples.
Is there a Koran or a Torah inside? only Allah knows for sure!

c/o Catharine Clark Gallery
SF

interesting melted tree-face and fish from Kristofer Porter
c/o Fred Torres Collaborations
NYC

 

DAVE COLE

Dave Cole's Money Dress, weaved from $1124 dollar bills,
and tiny dioramas
c/o DODGE gallery
NYC

 

MILER LAGOS

tree rings made of newspaper collage looked more like
beautiful woven crystals
c/o Magnan Metz Gallery
NYC

 

SOO KIM

hand-cut chromogenic print
c/o Saul Gallery
NYC

ALEXANDER GORLIZKI



Forever Beautiful
Pigment and Gold on Bookprint
c/o Kudlek Van der Grinten Gallery
Köln

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