Miami Project Art Fair Debuts With Strong Sales

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-YVT4H_-PZORV;he inaugural edition of Miami Project. The showopened to a crowd of 3,500 attendees
duringthe VIP Preview and over 15,000 visitors throughout theweek and weekend. The overwhelming response
from althat attended was that the show's lighting andspacious layout complimented the high caliber of work
on display.Sales were steady throughout theweekend as visitors enjoyed the pleasing atmosphere and
consistentlyinteresting presentations fromour 65 participating dealers. In it's first year, Miami Projectestablished
Ptself as the premier venue forprimary market galleries representing important mid career andestablished artists.
Marty Margulies, one of Miami’s most prominent collectors, confirmed that our efforts paid off, saying,
“I was extremely impressed by the wide aisles, comfortable atmosphere and boutique nature of the fair
and was delighted to find so many works that will enhance my collection. I am looking forward to
returning to Miami Project next year.”
and Miami MOCA Director Bonnie Clearwater.
Some important acquisitions were made including Marty Margulies’ purchase of the entire installation
of Nina Katchadourian’s Lavatory Self Portrait in the Flemish Style from San Francisco gallerist,
Catharine Clark. That installation will be recreated --replete with red walls and crown molding-- during
next year’s ABMB. Houston collectors Bernadino and Mary Arocha purchased four works from
Kachadourian’s Seat Assignment series including the new media work, “Acca Dacca.” In addition, two
museums are in discussion with the gallery about mounting a major traveling survey of the artists work.
Chris Doyle’s new media work --also on view in Clark’s booth-- was purchased by the 21c Museum in
Louisville, KY. These pieces, along with his watercolors --also exhibited at Miami Project-- will be shown
at the inaugural opening of the 21c Hotel’s Bentonville location in 2013.
Morgan Lehman sold Kim McCarty’s Large Yellow Boy to a Miami Art Museum board member, as well
as several works by Amy Parks to a major American financial advisory corporate collection. Forum
Gallery has had lots of interest in works by Brian Rutenberg and Cybele Young and reported several
sales from influential American realist Robert Cottingham’s new Scent Bottle series. The Stanford Art
Museum is considering a piece by Brendan Lott from Walter Maciel Gallery and a large-scale mixed
media sculpture titled Stumblebum by Robb Putnam was a major draw. A large-scale Peter
Oppenheim painting at Steven Zevitas Gallery sold for $18,000 and Rena Bransten Gallery garnered
museum interest in Ron Nagle and reported the sale of an important Vic Muniz work. DC Moore
Gallery sold two Whitfield Lovell pieces; works by Ralph Humphrey, Nicholas Krushenick and
Tadaki Kuwayama were sold at Gary Snyder Gallery. David Shelton Gallery sold works by both
Alejandro Diaz and Vincent Valdez.
Artist Orly Genger, who will be the featured artist in Madison Square Park in May 2013, had her Stack
installation at Larissa Goldston Gallery's booth sell to an important collection for $25,000. A rare blackand-white resin painting by Marcus Linnenbrink on view in Patricia Sweetow Gallery's booth sold to a
private collector for $32,000; Sweetow also saw sales success at the fair with several of Zena AlShukri’s works. Coagula Curatorial’s Mat Gleason was delighted with the attention received by his
program, saying that performance artist Karen Finley’s commissioned Sexting series portraits were a
big hit. He added, “The buzz on the Fair is off the chart.” San Francisco galleries Paule Anglim reported
the sale of a sculpture by Deborah Butterfield, and Cheryl Haines sold a work by Ai Weiwei, among
others. Seattle-based gallerist Greg Kucera also did well with many artists, selling Dan Webb’s Rock to
an important Swiss collection and three sculptural paintings by Margie Livingston. In addition, a
Claudia Fitch sculpture was snatched up by a Miami collector, and Gregory Blackstock’s The World
War 2 Polikarpov Russian Fighters was placed with a Toronto collection.
Many Los Angeles galleries also reported strong sales: Kopeikin Gallery placed Katrin Korfmann’s
triptych with a Chicago collector for $30,000; a grid of 15 Alejandro Cartagenas photographs from his
Car Pooler series with a Miami-based collector; and Andy Freeberg’s Sean Kelly sold to a museum in
Kentucky. Angles Gallery had particularly strong sales with Tom La Duke’s paintings and photographs
by Israeli photographer, Ori Gersht. Santa Monica dealer Richard Heller did well with works by Marion
Peck, Devin Troy Strother and David Jien. Other major highlights include Sean "Diddy" Combs'
purchase of two Andrew Schoultz gold flag paintings at Marx & Zavattero Gallery and Usher’s
purchase of Andrew Lewicki's Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker from Charlie James Gallery.
We look forward to seeing you all at Miami Project next year.