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Artist/Director of Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair Francisco LoCastro and artist Kris Lewis

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Disney World of the Art World

Well it's that time of year again...Art Basel week in Miami. Pretty much the Disney World of the art world all in one week. I am not going to lie I am a bit tired. I've been at the studio working hard meanwhile trying to work on OpenZine.com. I am not complaining though it has been really fun. The new work I'm doing is so far out there

. Different from anything I've really done before.

Anyway I just wanted to fill you all in on what I will be doing this year. I have been included in the Vanguard New Contemporary art fair put together by Gen Art. Special thanks to Francisco LoCastro (Director of Vanguard) for getting me involved this year. I'm pretty sure your going to see an interview pop up somewhere on OpenZine.com soon with the man himself. Back up, the dude can speak 3 languages and he's broadening his horizons globally. His hard work is paying off. With that said this is going to be a really interesting Art Fair. The fair focuses on the up and

coming galleries that show street art and pop surrealism. As most of you know my work doesn't really fit into any of the molds yet I'm excited to be apart of this because it is in fact making a wave in the art world no matter what anyone thinks. Don't believe me, seriously then pick up this months issue of Art News. I am not saying anything just pick it up. Some artists in Vanguard don't fit into any specific category and I think that's what gets me so interested in this. I love the colliding of different art and I believe most people do too.

This issue I put all the info you need to know about the Vanguard fair and a show at OhWow. I am not involved in that one but I figured I'd show some love. Even though this issue has to do with Art Basel week I don't really go to explain what's happening there. Everyone knows, Miami Beach Convention Center, pay for your ticket watch rich guys buy a lot of art...you know the story..God Bless em'. Also make sure to check out Pulse, Scope, Nada Art Fair, Design Miami and so many other things. I lose count. You get the idea. I will be making an issue with pictures for the aftermath of the Vanguard show and anything else I find interesting to share with all of you. Thanks for reading and it's time to kick some ass!

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It Ain't Fair - Clockwise from top left: Aurel Schmidt, Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle, 2008, pencil, colored pencil, acrylic on paper, 76" x 47" / Kembra Pfahler, Still from IFC Video, 2008 Evan Gruzis, Mannequin Series No. 5, 2008, ink on paper, 62" x 43" / Ara Peterson, detail of Untitled, 2008. Acrylic on wood, 92 x 148" Xu Han Wei, HISTORY, 2008, Mixed media sculpture, 75" x 24" x 18" / Jaimie Warren, Self Portrait (nude suit), 2006, c-print, 30" x 40" Scott Campbell, Untitled (3D glasses), 2008, c-print, 30" x 40"

It Ain't fair
My friends are putting this together I figured I'd share some of the other great things going on during Art Basel.

O.H.W.O.W. proudly presents IT AIN'T FAIR

Opening December 2, 2008 - 8pm-midnight featuring Deitch Projects, Peres Projects, Nueva Galeria De La Barra, A.S.S. Gallery, A.M.P., Picturebox and TV Books with curators Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh.

Aaron Bondaroff, New York City's "Downtown Don", brings his expansive community of artists, musicians, and weirdos to IT AIN'T FAIR. The second exhibition in Bondaroff and Al Moran's groundbreaking O.H.W.O.W. space in the "West of Wynwood" district, this watershed project gets celebrated curators Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh to activate their various teams of artists in a huge multimedia exhibition featuring painting, sculpture, video and performance from artists all over the world with a focus on downtown Manhattan.

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Information for Vanguard
Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair

FAIR DATES: December 4 – 7, 2008
LOCATION: 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127, Wynwood Arts District

(Miami, FL, November, 2008) - Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair presented by FAGE Total proudly announces a dynamic programming and events schedule for its inaugural fair. Programs include large scale and site-specific individual artist installations curated by Vanguard Fair Director Francesco LoCastro, commissioned artist installations presented by title partner FAGE Total, live painting, performances, and exclusive artworks auctioned on-site. Gen Art Vanguard Fair will also present a series of dynamic panel discussions focusing on the New Contemporary art movement.

Gen Art Vanguard Fair New Contemporary Art Fair presented by FAGE Total was founded by Gen Art to provide a fine art exhibition platform for emerging artists and to give leading contemporary art galleries access to an international network of collectors.

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