ART SAKE : PUMA'S, PENCILS, AND BULLETS - Federico Uribe

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Walking around Miami's Wynwood Arts District we stumbled upon one of the coolest exhibitions we have ever experienced: Frederico Uribe's, "Realm of the Unreal." The contemporary artist created a wonderland entirely made of unexpected objects including: compact discs, Puma sneakers, colored pencils, plastic forks, bullets, yard rakes and more. 

At first glance we didn't realize what we were looking at, we just thought,  "wow this a fun space." As we moved closer we discovered that the birds on the wall were made of cut open Puma sneakers, the water was made of compact discs, the swimmers had swim caps made of computer keys, and the chandelier was made of plastic forks. As we moved through the space, we got hypnotized by all the details we kept uncovering.

We soon noticed a crown surrounding what looked like a moving version of all the sculptures we had been looking at. As we moved closer we discovered that the sculpture  was actually the artist himself dressed in his unbelievable creation. 

We learned that Uribe had spent the past 7 years laboring over this epic fantasy world.

He was incredibly gracious and timid as he hid behind the thousands and thousands of colored pencils that blanketed his face and body.

Learn more about Uribe on his website.

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ART SAKE : DALI COMES TO MIAMI

Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali I Domenech doesn't just have the longest name in history, he is known as the leader of the surrealist movement. The Spanish artist worked in all types media including oil, watercolor, graphite, graphics, and sculpture, film, photography, performance, jewelry and objects of all descriptions. A true innovator, he treated his own life like art and his work was a mélange complex dream-like images executed with academically stellar technique. His erratic behavior, obsessive curiosity, and experimentation of the mind and body are the ingredients that all influenced the context of his work. He produced over 1400 artworks in his career. 

Here are some cool facts about the famed artist:
* Salvador had an intense fear of grasshoppers, germs and assassination.
* He dedicated his life to proving that he was a genius.
* As a child he was frequently expelled from school.
* He liked his wife because she changed her clothes three times a day.
* He was notorius for not knowing how to count money.
* He was afraid to expose his feet.
* When in public, he would jump up and down to get attention.
* He was kicked out of the official surrealist society in 1934.
...and my fave...
* Dali always dressed in a suit and cape accessorized with a turban and walking stick.

Salvador Dali was crazy, but he said things like "Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings," and THAT'S COOL!

Be sure to see the very special DALI exhibition in the Miami Design District, Moore Building on March 7-12. Details here: http://www.dalimiami.com or here on facebook. Twitter @DaliMiami.


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