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Weird Miami @ BFI

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BasFisherInvitational presents WEIRD MIAMI, opening reception Saturday July 10, 7 – 10 PM.

WEIRD MIAMI Visitors Center exhibition
JULY 10 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2010
RECEPTION SATURDAY, JULY 10, 7 – 11 PM
PERFORMANCE BY JASON HEDGES STARTS 8 PM
WEIRD MIAMI Artist-led Bus Tours
JULY 18, AUGUST 15, & SEPTEMBER 19
WEIRD MIAMI is the chance to ditch our jaded views of Miami and become “tourists in the ‘weird’ pockets in our own city.” – Adler Guerrier
There is a much more interesting — sometimes dark — and never boring side to Miami, one only known to the people who inhabit this town.  For any Miamian a typical day’s experiences could range from strange to the swampy sublime.  Is there any such thing as “Flori-duh?”  It is only when one accepts the city in all its glorious weirdness that one can unearth the cracked and quirky gems that lie hidden within.
The artists, both Miamians and non-natives, consider their experiences with people they have come across, through mysterious topographies they have discovered, and objects they have excavated or exhumed, as a way to make sense of or share their unique findings.
Exhibition is free and open to the public.
VISITOR’S CENTER ARTISTS:
Autumn Casey | Alyse Emdur | Adler Guerrier  | Jason Hedges
Nicolas Lobo & Kenneth Andrew Mroczek | Justin Long | Isabel Moros | Peggy Nolan
WEIRD MIAMI ARTIST-LED BUS TOURS: Reserve your seat now!
During the 3rd Sundays of July, August and September the BFI will kick-off a series of monthly school-bus tours each led by 2 artists from Miami, taking tour-goers to unexpected locations around the city. Each location is selected by the artist-leaders, and will not be revealed ahead of time in order to keep riders in suspense. “We’ll load into the big yellow school bus and be completely at the artists’ mercy!” – Agatha Wara, BFI . The artists leading the tours are:
Kevin Arrow | Clifton Childree | Christy Gast | Adler Guerrier | PLUS secret special guests!
FIRST TOUR – SUNDAY July 18
“Untitled (How the other half lives)” with Adler Guerrier
Be among the first to join the first ever BFI Weird Miami bus tour!
TOUR DURATION: Day trip
WEAR: Comfortable shoes
BRING: Plenty of water, bring some money for lunch and drinks
About the artist: Adler Guerrier lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received his BFA from the University of Florida/New World School of the Arts. Guerrier has been included in many groups exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial 2008, Conditions of Display at the Moore Space and at Locust Projects; 10 Floridians at Miami Art Central. He has had solo exhibitions at Miami Art Museum, Newman Popiashvili Gallery and at David Castillo Gallery. His works can be found in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC. His work has appeared in Art In America and the New York Times.
SECOND TOUR – SUNDAY August 15
TBA with Kevin Arrow & Clifton Childree
More info on tour coming soon…
Artist’s website: http://cliftonchildree.com
THIRD TOUR – SUNDAY September 18
Ripe Riparian with Christy Gast & Secret Guests
More info on tour coming soon…
Artist’s website: http://christygast.info
YOU MUST RESERVE YOUR BUS TICKET AHEAD OF TIME. Buses fill up fast.
Contact: info@basfisherinvitational.com / 305-879-6978. We accept cash or checks only.
Bus ticket price: $16 per person. Please check out website for updates www.basfisherinvitational.com
For more information and high res images please contact: agatha@basfisherinvitational.com
The BFI is an artist-run non-profit generously supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
WEIRD MIAMI is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th ST, Suite 210
Miami, FL 33137
www.basfisherinvitational.com
info@basfisherinvitational.com

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Kathleen Hudspeth at BasFisherInvitational, June 13

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Bas Fisher Invitational will show Kathleen Hudspeth‘s You were always There with us.

Here is the press release.

June 13 – July 11, 2009

Opening reception: June 13, 7 – 10 PM

Closing reception: July 11, 7 – 10 PM

BFI is pleased to present the first solo show of works by Kathleen Hudspeth.  You Were Always there with Us is an exhibition of drawings and prints which addresses the seemingly contradictory ideas of oppression and inclusion.  The works use a language of visual symbology to refer to dominant and marginalized groups within the context of both art history and impossible situations.  Knives, bouquets, logs, flies and drips stand for actions, people and systems simultaneously.  The work is made from a feminist perspective, and re-imagines the narrative of the white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy at an individual, intimate scale.

The culture of printmaking is an important influence on the works in this exhibition.  Though many of the works are prints, none is part of an identical edition; Hudspeth exploits the possibilities of the multiple in such a way as to rephrase and reframe visual statements in order to better build an internal language of meaning.  Engraving, lithography, mezzotint, etching and silkscreen are used together with collage to both evoke and undermine art-historical traditions.  Methods are combined, artifacts from the printmaking process, such as pin and registration holes, remain in the works, the contemporary photo-litho technique is used to reproduce hand-drawn imagery—intentionally without the assistance of digital processes, and media which are static and sticky are used to depict fluid, painterly marks.

Kathleen Hudspeth is a Miami native with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and soon to receive a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Miami in Printmaking.  You Were Always there with Us is her Master’s thesis exhibition. Her work has been in numerous local and national venues, including the Fredric Snitzer Gallery, the Bass Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C.  Her critical writings have been published in Art Papers, The Sun Post, and her (now defunct) blog, The Next Few Hours. She has been a visiting critic and lecturer at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, and a volunteer docent for 8 years at the Miami Art Museum.   Recently, she was selected as one of 45 finalists for the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge for her idea to start a community print shop.

The BFI is an artist-run alternative space located in the Buena Vista Building in Miami’s Design District.  It was founded in July 2004 by artists Hernan Bas and Naomi Fisher.  The space is currently run by Naomi Fisher, Jim Drain, Kathryn Marks and Agatha Wara.  Bas Fisher Invitational is open from 7 – 10 PM during events or by appointment.