OHWOW!

All over Miami, there are countless openings and private art parties. On my second night in Miami, I went to the OHWOW opening in the Design District, entitled It Ain’t Fair, a clever play on the show’s separation from the convention hall style fairs. OHWOW has been putting on the It Ain’t Fair show since its establishment in 2008. The show featured works by Barry McGee, Neck Face, and photographer Tim Barber. The work tends to be a bit edgier and more like street art, what OHWOW refers to as progressive contemporary art. Like in much of the Design District and Wynwood areas of the art fair, this style of work and alternative setting draws a greater number of young people. It is nice to see that type of crowd viewing work by young and emerging artists and it’s a bit of a relief from the way the main convention can feel a bit stuffy, crowded at times with older, wealthy collectors buying art from fifty years ago.

And some of the work was really great:

Michael Genovese's highly reflective sculptures are reminiscent of ancient texts, like Hammurabi's Code

I love Aurel Schmidt's Prismacolor drawings/collages!

Visitors view photographs by Julia Ziegler-Haynes.

This little guy sat on top of a crate labelled and ready to go to the MOMA!

Sculpture by Lucien Marc Smith