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Savannah, Georgia based artist, Marcus Kenney, has been creating this intricate, heavily detailed "reclaimed taxidermy" pieces, where he adds sticks,...

“We hope that this exhibition will inspire new ways to experience contemporary art and the evolving narratives that make up our cultural fabric.”

“We’ve come to recognize that many extraordinary artists may be known in their own locales, but have yet to emerge on the national stage,” Mr. Alligood said. “Their work, however, deserves consideration from a national audience.”

Including Florida Mining artists Hiromi Moneyhun and Kedgar Volta

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Hiromi Moneyhun | Under the Rose

See Hiromi Moneyhun's new series of papercuts at Florida Mining from September 4 - October 30 . Read more about this exciting show on the Florida Mining website.

Hiromi's Papercuts - The Process Starting with a whole sheet of paper, Hiromi meticulously draws and then cuts out intricate shapes to convey her artistic vision. The finished product is a marvel. Something between sculpture or origami and drawing or woodblock prints. The end result offers ghostly images that seem to hover and shimmer against the light and darkness of the gallery walls.

“My art is simultaneously 2D, using single-plane paper, and 3D, as the viewer can potentially break the plane by putting his fingers through it,” says Hiromi, “and the shadows of my pieces are as much a part of the image as the paper is.”

This video gives you a glimpse into Hiromi's studio and her process.

Hiromi Moneyhun, Paper Cut Artist from Wishbone Media LLC on Vimeo.

State of the Art Exhibition at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hiromi was recently accepted into the prestigious State of the Art exhibition at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The national search for the handful of artists selected for this exhibition was chronicled in the New York Times and Esquire (read the curator’s post).

Two Florida Mining artists, Hiromi and Kedgar Volta, were among the handful artists selected from thousands of applicants nationwide to participate in this national group show. All of this makes us even more excited about Hiromi’s show at Florida Mining next month.

Join us for the opening reception of Under the Rose @ Florida Mining 6:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, September 4th, 2014

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Urban Impositions is a multimedia video and photography installation by Cuban artist Kedgar Volta. Inspired by the vacancy of the urban environments he found when he moved to Jacksonville Florida from his home in Havana, he used his artwork to underscore the absence of people by repurposing ghostly images of the population of other places to Jacksonville's downtown.

"Cuba is a very alive place and to an extent reminds me of New York and I’m drawn to that. That’s the way I grew up. So, it was just a shock. First of all a change of culture and then second, I landed in a city; in a space that was not quite a city. It was not populated,” Says Volta.

Volta's Urban Impositions exhibition is photographs of those vacant urban spaces with projections of footage taken from busier cities cast over the photography. The effect is a haunting and intimate immersive art experience.

“When you build a building, you want people to actually be in that building…There were a lot of places that were man made that weren’t serving their purpose." Volta captures these vacant sites and haunts them with the people not authentically in the work, but rather imposed via the projection.

"This is my first time working with projections but it will not be my last." Volta is currently working on a video project in Cuba.

Urban Impositions premiered at North of Modern, a gallery show in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach curated by Florida Mining.

Check out videos of the installation here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201167040527096

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=734400653254242

Artist Christina Foard’s paintings show her interpretations of sliding, falling, floating, sinking, hanging, being trapped or breathlessly still. Through painting Foard can open and react to memories; and when necessary, reframe and resolve them. She explains, “Through paint, I attempt to access spaces, memories, scenes which have no words. I use the vaguely familiar, dreamlike qualities of memories to create an escape to invented spaces. As I paint, I imagine myself immersed, or engulfed in the worlds I describe visually. I am creating an intimate, silent space. A space that feels like the anticipated quiet between an inhale and an exhale. I favor a trajectory over a specific plan, making room for risk and experimentation and surprises.”

Foard uses her work to remove herself from her memories. Without her insecurities, she can explore vulnerability and see the situations for what they are.

See more work here and at #NoMo #ArtBasel this weekend.

Sharla Valeski is well-regarded as an installation-based artist who works with large scale sculptures, yet is equally adept at navigating media such as ink, watercolour, and graphite. Valeski’s work successfully balances playfulness with the provocative.

With a new-found identity exploring the idea of being feminine using methods, materials and imagery that are traditionally assigned to females, Valeski constructed “My Ego” on a home sewing machine. The sphere is comprised of three conical panels and is made of collected and found fabric. The colors for the art piece were inspired by a 1970's Betty Crocker Cookbook for Children the artist found in a thrift store.

“Deformance” artist, Liz Gibson was born with seven fingers total – five on her left hand, two on her right. She explores her deformity, adversity, and empowerment through multimedia projects, paintings, sculptures, videos, installations, performances and storytelling. Gibson has created four distinct characters that represent four developmental stages that people with deformities go through. Her intention is to turn her deformity into a shared experience with her audience and to reflect not only social perception but also self-prospective.

Gibson received her MFA in Performance Art from Florida State University and now teaches at the University of North Florida. See her here and at #NoMo #ArtBasel this weekend!

Artist Donald Dusinberre, who spent half of his childhood in the North and the other half in Florida, has always found it difficult to merge these two life events into one. The great divide between the two halves of his brain—the creative side always battling the analytical side–sprouts from the divide in his childhood and is reflected in his art. This divide has continued throughout his life, as he began his college education at the University of Florida and soon after moved again to the University of North Florida where he earned a BA in painting in 2001.

Throughout his education, he learned that he did not enjoy the controlled art of still lifes or figure drawing, but rather getting his idea and thoughts out into the world and on canvas, whatever the end product may be. “The final product is not a “picture,” but more like the evidence of an unusual event. And since I’m not a very prolific painter, what finally comes out is steeped in the accumulation of thoughts since the last painting, which might cause the event to be more accurately described as a tantrum,” he explains.

What ties all of his works together, however, is the general tension between the controllable and the uncontrollable—the right and the left brain. Dusinberre leaves his work open ended as he wants his audience to pull their own understanding from his work, which you can check out here and at #NoMo #ArtBasel this weekend.

Vegan and animal rights activist Elizabeth Olsen founded Olsenhaus—Pure Vegan in August of 2008 in New York City. With a degree from FIT NYC in Accessories Design and a Liberal Arts Degree from University of Florida, Olsen acquired the tools to merge her love for design, fashion, function and being a voice for animals, the environment, transparent business practices and unwavering values in ethical and social responsibilities. After learning firsthand about the leather industry, Olsen decided to use her passion to create a purely vegan shoe and accessory brand.

Olsen also works on collaborations with various designers, acts as a judge in design competitions and creates design competitions for Institutions inspiring students to use sustainable, cruelty/animal free materials in their collections for a better future. Today, the line is sold in 14 countries at select retailers, both department stores and boutiques. The popularity of OlsenHaus has only allowed Olsen to spread her love for proper treatment of animals as all of her work is 100% vegan.

Olsen will have a pop-up shop at #NoMo #ArtBaselMiami this weekend so be sure to stop by. If you can’t make it, check out her work here.

Marcus Kenney (b. 1972) was born and raised in rural Louisiana, which reflects in his work. He now lives and works in Savannah, Georgia where he earned an M.F.A. in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Kenney’s work includes mixed media sculptures, collage/painting and photography.

Kenney has exhibited in museums, institutions, galleries and art fairs internationally, including Tel Aviv, Paris, London, Montréal, New York, Boston, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Miami and Portland. His work has been featured and reviewed in Art in America, New American Painting, Artpapers, Art News, New York Times, Boston Globe, ArtVoices, Antlanta Journal Constitution, New York Art Magazine, and Art News. A high quality monograph of his works was published by SCAD and has been distributed worldwide by DAP.

View his work here and at #NoMo #ArtBaselMiami this weekend.

American artist Ke Francis’s work is far from abstract. “I would say, simply, that almost all of my work is ‘about something.’ I have very little interest in the decorative aspects of fine art, though I certainly hope that my work is visually exciting and aesthetically pleasing,” he explains. Whether he is painting, printmaking, sculpting or publishing books, Francis strives to create work that would be of interest to the broadest range of viewers (and readers) yet still meet his aesthetic criteria.

The decision to write and publish his work allowed Francis to reach a different audience. This broadened his interest in storytelling and the fine art of the book. Most importantly, it has freed his work in a way that has allowed him to pursue a more poetic and implied narrative direction. His intention is that the symbols, the relationship of the figures to each other, the imaginary forms, pure patches of texture and color and vaguely recognizable shapes will communicate with the viewer in a more primary way—less intellectual, more emotional.

The characters (both human and animal) that are portrayed in Francis’ work often find themselves in stressful situations. They face dangers both real and imagined. Their worlds turn upside down, they are surrounded by traps, and in some cases they are the aware and evident prey and victims of nature’s most harsh designs. Still, they are indomitable. Their spirit maintains them and across a multitude of artworks they persevere, survive, and overcome their difficulties.

“I believe in the art experience,” he explains. “I believe it is possible, even probable, that reading books, experiencing plays, viewing good art, and listening to beautiful music can make a person a more complete and empathetic human being.”

Jeff Whipple creates art that engages viewers in imaginative contemplations about the weirdness and beauty of our brief appearance in the infinity of time. Whipple’s artwork is in dozens of corporate, college and museum collections and he has won awards in professional competitions for drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, video, photography and playwriting. He has also taught at several colleges including Arizona State University, Florida State University, and Northern Illinois University. He currently teaches at the University of North Florida.

Whipple guides his audience towards a theme in each piece he creates but leaves his work open-ended so that each viewer can creatively apply their own ideas to it. This also applies to his three-line symbol, which appears in all of his visual art. He initially created this symbol in the early 1980s to make his compositions appear planned and organized.

“I use three lines because three repetitions of an element is a recognizable pattern and that implies a definite design. I also use it as a life symbol because the basic perception of something living is a pattern of movement,” he explains. “I also use the three-line motif as a logo for my art. It’s an ironic commentary on corporate branding and product marketing. I like exploring where the logo concept can go and it’s even become a cartoon character.”

His newest series, “Marching Orders”, is a metaphor for our journey—or march—through life and the innate desire to find meaning and purpose. His use of the three-lines as an insignia in uniforms was inspired by marching bands.

View his work here or at #NoMo #ArtBasel December 5-8 in Miami Beach.

Artist Ibrahim Miranda graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte in 1993 with a specialty in etching. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and collective shows in galleries and museums worldwide, from the United States to South America and Europe.

His latest series, “Islas Urbanas”, is an “iconographic research on the metamorphosis that takes place on urban schemes. The idea is to find anthropomorphic figures that at the same time form new constellations of organic order. These same figures could be indicators of identity without altering the original scheme of the city. They have always been there unseen.”

View his work here or at #NoMo #Art Basel Dec 5-8.

Artist Kedgar Volta immigrated to the United States from Cuba in 2008, which allows him to draw on a dual cultural perspective. His work represents dissimilar lives and environments, but also reminds us of our common humanity. His art serves as both personal artifact and a reflection of our internal landscapes.

In a life filled with fragmentation of feelings and thoughts, Kedgar Volta’s art brings it into form – shaping movement, creating context that is cohesive and complete. He creates work with a specific sense of purpose and a personal depiction of place: a contemplation of self, based on where he has been and where he is going. That inquiry reveals itself in Kedgar’s photography, graphic design, installations, and site-specific public art.

His latest work “Urban Impositions” includes urban spaces that are defined as much by people as buildings and objects. Absent any human presence, I initially found this photo series incomplete – an unfinished canvas waiting to be populated. “I decided to apply my own visual process of urbanization – relocating life and activity from one space to another, and in the process, creating the kinetic urban scene that I was originally looking for,” he describes. “After recording people moving through areas that approximated the physical perspective of my photos, I isolated their movements, removing all inanimate structures and objects. Applied to the photos, the dynamic elements in the projections migrate from video to print, and from conscious to concrete. Movements and paths through once empty physical spaces become defining characteristics of a new environment.”

View his work at Art Basel Miami December 5-8 or check out his Facebook for a preview.

Inspired by the title of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s book, “The Decisive Moment,” artist David Kaminsky’s newest collection, “The Decisive Pixel,” brings his photography into the digital age.

Cartier-Bresson said “In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject,” and Kaminsky listened. Kaminsky takes the smallest unit of his photographs—the pixel—and develops a whole canvas from it. His digital prints “expand one carefully chosen pixel along one axis of a high resolution image to express its visual essence in an immediately recognizable form.”

Preview his work here or at #NoMo #ArtBaselMiami December 5-8.

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