An Evening of Artistry and Celebration: Icons Unite to Honor Rocco Ritchie’s Vision

The star-studded affair was graced by luminaries such as Madonna, Ingrid Casares, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Dave and Isabela Grutman, Alex Pirez, David Martin, Duke Riley, Emily Estefan, Jencarlos Canela, Chris Paciello, and Craig Robins, CEO of DACRA, among others. These icons from various realms of creativity and influence came together to celebrate Ritchie’s artistic vision and contribution to the contemporary art scene.

“Pack a Punch” is more than just an exhibition; it’s a journey into the psyche of an artist who is carving his path with unparalleled finesse. Ritchie, born in Los Angeles in 2000, has quickly risen to prominence with his distinctive style and profound exploration of the human figure. Influenced by the legacy of British painters like Lucian Freud, Paula Rego, and Francis Bacon, Ritchie’s work delves into the complexities of existence, inviting viewers to ponder the intricacies of self-discipline and the internal battles we face.

Charcoal Masterpieces: Rocco Ritchie’s Intimate Reflections on the Human Experience

The exhibition showcases 20 charcoal works on canvas, each a testament to Ritchie’s astute draftsmanship and his ability to evoke emotions with every stroke. His artistic journey, nurtured by his upbringing amidst the creative milieu of his parents Madonna and Guy Ritchie, shines through in the intimate and expressive nature of his paintings.

What sets “Pack a Punch” apart is its ability to captivate viewers and draw them into a world where adrenaline-fueled moments and introspective musings intertwine. The twisted limbs of entwined figures speak volumes about the human condition, prompting introspection and contemplation.

From Local Praise to Global Acclaim: Rocco Ritchie’s Rise as an Artistic Visionary

Ritchie’s growing acclaim is evident not only in the accolades showered upon him by art enthusiasts but also in the recognition his work has garnered from esteemed personalities like Stella McCartney, Donatella Versace, and Lorcan O’Neill, who have welcomed his pieces into their personal collections.

As “Pack a Punch” continues to enchant audiences in Miami’s vibrant art scene, Rocco Ritchie emerges as a beacon of artistic brilliance, heralding a new era of sentiment and expression in contemporary art. His ability to fuse raw emotion with technical mastery cements his position as a visionary artist poised to leave an indelible mark on the global art landscape.

“Creativity takes courage.”

– Henri Matisse.

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Frida Kahlo: Una de las mujeres más icónicas de todos los tiempos

Descubrir y sumergirse en las múltiples facetas de Frida Kahlo, una de las artistas y mujeres más icónicas de todos los tiempos, será una realidad a partir del verano de este año. El anuncio se hizo en el mes internacional de la mujer, como preambulo de  la llegada a Estados Unidos de ‘Frida Kahlo, la vida de un ícono’. La única exhibición inmersiva biográfica de la artista, en la que a través de siete diferentes espacios transformacionales incluido VR, el público podrá adentrarse en la vida y obra de la artista mexicana que en pleno siglo XXI sigue estando más vigente que nunca.

La exhibición

La exhibición que actualmente recorre Europa, se presentará durante el verano en diferentes ciudades en Estados Unidos como Nueva York, Miami, Washington DC, San Diego, Puerto Rico, Phoenix, Austin, Salt Lake City, Portland, St. Louis, para continuar luego a Canadá y posteriormente a varios países de Latinoamérica, trascendiendo estereotipos y fronteras, para dar a conocer el legado de la mujer que creó un mito y hoy es considerada modelo de inspiración y símbolo de libertad.

Surrealismo en su máxima expresión

Y es que Frida Kahlo, cuya obra fue eclipsada por el mito del personaje, creado tras sobrevivir las adversidades de su vida, con innumerables secuelas tanto físicas como emocionales, representa el ideal autodidacta y surrealista del arte en su máxima expresión, por eso su vida continúa atrapando e inspirando al mundo gracias a su ejemplo de supervivencia, rebeldía y talento. Frida Kahlo, sin duda, supo ser única, ya que mucho antes  que el marketing hablara de la imagen de marca, ella convirtió su estilo personal en un legado universal con sus trajes tradicionales, las coronas de flores, los hermosos trenzados y la famosa uniceja, en una muestra de autoconfianza, seducción e identidad que basta con un simple trazo para evocarla.

Frida Kahlo:  la vida de un ícono

Una co-creación de Frida Kahlo Corporation y Layers of Reality – el reconocido centro de artes digitales del Sur de Europa y donde ya en España, ha tenido un éxito sin precedentes, la exhibición inmersiva biográfica, logra una combinación única de artes digitales, proyecciones de gran formato, instalaciones artísticas, y experiencias de realidad virtual.

‘Frida Kahlo, la vida de un ícono’, se distribuye en siete espacios: Frida Kahlo, donde se destaca Living Fragments, una instalación interactiva que constituye una red neuronal que comprende el rostro humano para crear retratos mediante técnicas de collage generativo. El Instante, instalación video holográfica que recrea el accidente que transformó la vida de Frida Kahlo para siempre. El sueño, muestra en la que la vida y muerte se unen para reflejar el imaginario de Frida desde el sitio donde creó gran parte de su obra, la cama. Simbología infinita, instalación sensorial reactiva. La Rosita, lugar escogido por Frida para ejercer como profesora de pintura, Icono de la moda, espacio que explora los elementos estéticos más representativos de su imagen y finalmente una experiencia de realidad virtual imperdible.

Honor a la personalidad de una artista

Co-Producida en Estados Unidos por Frida Kahlo Corporation, Layers of Reality y Primo Entertainment, esta última, compañía con respaldo de éxitos mundiales como ‘Beyond Van Gogh’ y ‘Beyond Monet’, la exhibición inmersiva hace honor a la personalidad de una artista irrepetible y avanzada a su tiempo.

Frida Kahlo es un ícono de fortaleza, víctima del amor y genio del arte, su laberinto de emociones, pasiones, alegrías y tormentos hacen de Frida Kahlo la mujer única, autentica e irrepetible, quien hoy está más vigente que nunca, y es una fuente inagotable de lecciones de vida, que quiso ser médico y su accidente conspiro para colocarla en un nuevo punto de partida y poner a Frida Kahlo en el lugar que estaba destinada a ocupar, un espacio único y cuyo marca y legado es hoy en día licenciado en exclusiva por Frida Kahlo Corporation.

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Gracias a eso, ‘Beyond Monet’ que presenta más de 400 obras del creador del impresionismo, Claude Monet, extiende su exhibición hasta la última semana de abril en el Ice Palace de Miami y posteriormente visitará ciudades en Estados Unidos, para luego continuar a Latinoamérica.

‘Beyond Monet’: Un Viaje Multisensorial

‘Beyond Monet’ ofrece al público un espectacular viaje multisensorial a través de las imponentes proyecciones, la música, los efectos de sonido y la escenografía que despierta los sentidos, mientras las pinturas cobran vida frente a los ojos de los asistentes. Las impresionantes imágenes del artista rodean las superficies del salón, sumergiendo al espectador al interior de las pinturas, expandiendo sus obras más allá de los lienzos, convirtiéndola en una de las experiencias inmersivas más asombrosas del momento.

Personas de todas las edades pueden ser parte de cada pincelada. En la visión de Monet se esconde un mundo sin orilla. Una nueva apreciación del trabajo de este artista icónico surge a medida que los invitados viajan a través de las obras, una experiencia inmersiva como ninguna otra.

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The nationally acclaimed, eco-feminist artist is celebrated for co-founding Continuum in 1961, one of America’s first art collectives for women artists. It thrived for more than 30 years, and her vision to kickstart the local art scene influenced the evolution of the visual arts in Miami.

The Hotel created its new EPIC Art initiative to advance the works of local artists and provide its visitors an insider’s look into the destination’s vibrant art scene.

Now, at the bold age of 87, Lehr is creating more new work now than ever before in her six decades of artmaking. The all-new works in this exhibition have never been exhibited before and were created by Lehr in 2022 and 2021.

Lehr is now gaining even more national and international acclaim, and she is the subject of a major new 400-page artist monograph book by Skira Editore, celebrating its worldwide release in April.

The exhibition is on view through April 20th, and will feature a panel discussion event about the role women artists played in the evolution of Miami’s art scene.

The moderator of this event will be The Miami Herald’s Jane Wooldridge, and the panel features some of South Florida’s groundbreaking cultural leaders, including: Lorie Mertes (Executive Director of Locust Projects, formerly of the National Museum of Women in the Arts); Melissa Diaz (Cultural Arts Curator of the Deering Estate); Vivian Donnell Rodriguez (former Director of Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, now on the Palm Beach County Public Art Board); Diane Robinson (filmmaker); and Ombretta Agro (curator, environmental activist, and Executive Director of ARTSail).

The public will have the opportunity to meet the artist at this panel discussion, where she will sign advance copies of the new 400-page book by Skira Editore, the renowned art book publisher. Learn more about this major new international monograph honoring Mira Lehr at skira.net/en/books/mira-lehr-arc-of-nature-the-complete-monograph.

“Mira Lehr blazed trails as a woman artist in the 1950s during the male-dominated art scenes in New York and Miami during the mid-century era,” says Ericka Nelson, general manager of Kimpton EPIC Hotel and director of operations for Kimpton’s Florida hotels.

“Today, sixty years later, Lehr is recognized as one of the early influencers who helped Miami become an epicenter of creativity and diversity, and her new art continues to inspire new generations throughout her six decades of propelling the art movement forward. The launch of our Hotel’s EPIC Art initiative has infused the visual arts into the guest experience ‒ paying homage to the extraordinary creative talent that has served to make our city a cultural destination,” adds Nelson.

“I feel the urgency of both our global climate problems and our continuing need for progress for women in the arts,” says Mira Lehr.

“It is a privilege to be on the Earth and I believe we are meant to be a success on the planet.”

“If we can expand our thinking to cross borders and transcend places,our united vision for the planet can raise our awareness.It is this sense of hope and purpose that calls me to action through my art,” adds Lehr.

From 1956 to 1960, Mira Lehr had her art studio at Carnegie Hall in New York while she also raised a young family. She had just graduated from Vassar College in 1956 with a degree in Art History, under the mentorship of Linda Nochlin, the renowned feminist art historian.

While in New York, Lehr studied painting within the Hans Hofmann circle, and met many of the great American artists of that famed time in New York ‒ including Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, James Brooks, Ludwig Sander, and Robert Motherwell.

Then, in December of 1960, she moved her family back to Miami Beach. “I was shocked at the lack of an art scene in Miami in 1960, especially for women artists,” said Mira Lehr.

“So we decided to take matters into our own hands and banded together our group of women artists to form Continuum as a working co-op to showcase women artists when no one else would, and it thrived for more than 30 years,” adds Lehr.

“We learned on our own how to create opportunities for ourselves, to display our work via DIY exhibitions throughout the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s, an era in the art world that would be difficult for today’s young artists to imagine.”

In honor of Women’s History Month, one of the new paintings in this exhibition is titled Julia’s Prophecy (for Julia Tuttle). Known as “the mother of Miami,” Tuttle was pivotal in pioneering the City of Miami in the 1890s. The Hotel is located near the very spot where Julia Tuttle first settled.

The term Continuum is equated with being limitless
and with the idea of boundlessness, and this current time
has been a powerful period of creativity for Lehr.

New techniques and discoveries have paved the way for new visions and experiments in her art, and this exhibition thrives on that sense of newness for Mira Lehr.

“I am grateful to have been selected for this art exhibition honoring Women’s History Month, and to share this new series of works, some definitely representing a departure point,” says Mira Lehr.

“I no longer feel as though I have those Masters of art history sitting on my shoulders, watching what I am doing. I am more of an explorer now. I can now create in a more powerful way. I find that this realization often comes late in life, after a long career and I believe my sixty years of work has made me, in Hans Hofmann’s words, ‘search for the real’ in a more profound way,” says Mira Lehr.

To emphasize the peril of climate change that we are now experiencing, Lehr experiments with the use of fire. “This natural element of fire, often controlled and abused by man, is a major medium in my work and my interest in the environment has become a driving force.”

“Drawing with fuses and loose gunpowder on top of subtle hand drawing, I set the entire work ablaze, embracing the risk that such a gesture could destroy my entire painting. Afterward, only a trace of the flame’s path remains, bringing an exciting energy to the work and the suggestion of destruction,” says Lehr.

In her essay for Skira Editore’s new book about Mira Lehr, the art historian Eleanor Heartney states: “The 20th century opened with a burst of optimism, as advances in art, science and technology seemed to presage the birth of a marvelous new reality.”

“In the first two decades of the 21st century, by contrast, the news has been relentlessly grim at times. It takes a brave person these days to hold onto hope for a better future ‒ yet Lehr is not, however, a starry-eyed romantic,” adds Heartney.

“She is well aware of the challenges that face us, and she has the advantage of a long perspective. In the over sixty years that she has been active as an artist, Lehr has lived through any number of social upheavals,” says Heartney.

“These paintings reflect Lehr’s conviction that the current crises are planetary in scale, and she has shifted her work into new, more activist directions and explorations that push the limits of painting, experimenting with a wide range of new techniques and materials,” says Heartney.
“Such innovations have allowed Lehr to reach out to new audiences, to create whole new worlds that draw viewers into an awareness of their relationship with the natural world. But like all her works, they resist literal readings, instead inviting viewers to create their own narratives about the worlds they conjure.”
“She leavens her message with a seductive beauty that is designed to inspire contemplation about what is at stake,” adds Heartney.

“I feel the urgency of both our global climate problems and our
continuing need for progress for women in the arts,” says Mira Lehr.
“It is a privilege to be on the Earth and I believe we are
meant to be a success on the planet.”
“If we can expand our thinking to cross borders and transcend places,
our united vision for the planet can raise our awareness.
It is this sense of hope and purpose
that calls me to action through my art,” adds Lehr.

About the Artist Mira Lehr

Mira Lehr’s solo and group exhibitions number more than 300. She is a graduate of Vassar College (1956). Lehr will be the subject of a new, 400-page international monograph by the leading art book publisher Skira Editore, to be published in the spring of 2022.
Lehr has been collected by major institutions across the U.S., including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art (Washington), the Getty Museum Research Center (Los Angeles), the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (NY), the Margulies Collection, the Mennello Museum of American Art, MOCA North Miami, the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU, and the Orlando Museum of Art.

Her work is in the private collections of Elie and Marion Wiesel, Jane and Morley Safer, and Judy Pfaff, among others. 
She is included in the Leonard Lauder Corporate Collection in New York. Thirty of her paintings were commissioned for the collection of Mount Sinai Hospital. 
Her work can be seen in American Embassies around the world and is permanently on view in the Sloan Kettering Memorial Center.
Her nature-based work encompasses painting, sculpture, and video. She uses nontraditional media such as gunpowder, fire, fuses, Japanese paper, dyes, and welded steel. Lehr is known for igniting and exploding fuses to create lines of fire across her paintings.
In the 1950s, Lehr studied and worked in New York as an artist, where she met some of America’s most prominent masters including: Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, and Helen Frankenthaler.
Lehr studied with James Brooks, Ludwig Sander, Robert Motherwell, and within the Hans Hofmann circle. She was selected in 1969 by Buckminster Fuller, as one of only two artists, to participate in his World Game Project about sustainability and his groundbreaking “Spaceship Earth” concept which preceded the world’s very first Earth Day.
Lehr’s video installation, V1 V3, was exhibited at the New Museum, New York. She was the recipient of the Vizcaya Museum Lost Spaces Commission, where she was commissioned to create a site-specific installation for Vizcaya Museum and Gardens as part of the Museum’s centennial celebrations.

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Kimpton spaces and experiences center on its guests, offering inspiring design that evokes curiosity to forward-thinking flavors that feed the soul. 
Every detail is thoughtfully curated and artfully delivered, so that guest experiences remain meaningful, unscripted and ridiculously personal.
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As a result, Kimpton has been awarded, “Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Upper Upscale Hotel Chains” by J.D. Power three times.
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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Mira Lehr founding “Continuum,”

one of the country’s first-ever women artist collectives.

Featuring all new works by Lehr never exhibited before, on view now through April 20th at the Hotel’s new 16th floor gallery space.

Panel discussion event about Women in the Arts will premiere the worldwide release of new 400-page international volume about Mira Lehr by Skira Editore, one of the world’s leading art book publishers.

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La exposición comienza con un área introductoria de Monet y sus obras, para seguir al Garden Gallery donde los visitantes podrán atravesar puentes japoneses y sentir que están en los estanques de Giverny. Luego llegan al área más grande de la exhibición, el Infinity Room, inspirado en el Musée de l’Orangerie de París, el hogar de las obras de Monet.

Impresionantes imágenes del artista, rodean todas las superficies del salón, desde el piso hasta el techo, sumergiendo a los invitados al interior de las pinturas, que cobran vida fuera de los marcos a través de proyecciones animadas y ambientada a la perfección por una banda sonora creada únicamente para la exhibición.

Los asistentes pueden caminar libremente y cautivarse con las pinturas más icónicas del artista como la serie “Nenúfares”, “El puente japonés”, “Impresión, sol naciente” (el cuadro más famoso de Monet pues es el que dió origen al estilo impresionista), entre otras obras. “Beyond Monet” estará en Miami hasta mediados de abril del 2022, con la posibilidad de extenderse como lo hizo “Beyond Van Gogh”.  “Beyond Monet”, es toda una experiencia para despertar los sentidos.

“Beyond Monet, The Immersive Experience”:
Tickets a la venta en www.miamimonet.com
Ice Palace Studios: 1400 N. Miami Ave. Miami, FL
Abierto al público a partir del 11 de febrero, 2022.

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El mural envuelve tres paredes de 15 pisos abarcando las fachadas este, oeste y sur de One Times Square, pieza central de Times Square y una de las ubicaciones más visibles y reconocidas del mundo. Con aproximadamente 300 pies de altura y cubriendo un total de 30,000 pies cuadrados, será el mural de vinilo más grande en la ciudad de Nueva York realizado por este grande del arte, quien está pintando en andamios sostenidos de última generación, frente a los 350,000 visitantes diarios de Times Square.

Domingo Zapata brinda tributo a su carrera con ‘Life is a Dream’

La instalación incorpora temas y aspectos más destacados de la carrera de 20 años de Zapata, como sus series: Polo, Flowers, Pandas y Flamenco, incluyendo también la recepción celebrada en el Vaticano cuando fue invitado a pintar junto al Papa Francisco.

“Mi pintura en One Times Square es un tributo a todos los temas que he trabajado durante 20 años”, comentó Zapata. “Para mí es un honor formar parte de la historia creando Life Is A Dream, el mural más grande en Nueva York. Quiero transmitir este mensaje a las personas de todo el mundo que visitan Times Square y que puedan disfrutar y conocer mi arte” finalizó el artista.

El mural que termina de pintarse este fín de semana, permanecerá en exhibición hasta el año que viene. Después de la instalación, el lienzo de vinilo será deconstruido para luego armar obras más pequeñas que serán donadas a Scholas Occurrentes (entidad internacional impulsada por el Papa Francisco), Elevate New York y organizaciones sin fines de lucro de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Nueva York y la instalación de Zapata

“Creemos que hay una oportunidad increíble para aprovechar la visibilidad de Times Square para algo más que publicidad, y la instalación de Zapata es la perfecta muestra de lo que es posible”, dijo Michael Phillips, presidente de Jamestown, propietario de One Times Square. “Al proporcionar una plataforma para artistas, particularmente aquellos tan famosos como Zapata, podemos crear momentos y experiencias no comerciales que beneficien al público.

Esta instalación podría estar en cualquier galería o museo importante, pero en cambio, se exhibe en un espacio público para que la comunidad la experimente sin ningún costo”.

“Domingo Zapata es uno de los artistas más genuinos y trabajadores que hemos tenido tanta suerte de hacernos amigos”, “¡Estamos orgullosos de trabajar con Domingo, Jamestown y todos los patrocinadores para dar este regalo a Nueva York!” dijo Evan Richheimer, CEO de New Tradition quien tiene el contrato de arrendamiento principal para ventas de publicidad en One Times Square y ha ayudado a coordinar esta instalación de arte con Jamestown.

Finalizando este proyecto, Zapata viajará en septiembre a España para recibir una calle con su nombre en el pueblo donde nació su abuela, Alcaudete en Jaén, Andalucía.

Images by Jamestown

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Taking a cue from the new book from Letter16 Press, edited by Brett Sokol, this is the first time a museum presents a solo show of Sweet’s work, now on view until June 23. The exhibition’s debut also coincides with the successful national release of The Last Resort, the new film directed by Dennis Scholl & Kareem Tabsch that also celebrates Andy Sweet’s work.

The landmark museum is located at 301 Washington Avenue in the heart of South Beach’s historic Art Deco District, which was ground zero for Andy Sweet (1953-1982).

Sweet’s work was almost lost forever, and was rescued thanks to the work of his sister, Ellen Sweet Moss, and her husband Stan Hughes. The exhibition will feature an intimate look inside the artist’s working process, with more than 60 images, plus original photographs that have never been shown, handpicked by Sweet’s family exclusively for this museum show.

The family is also providing a treasure trove of archival materials, shown for the first time, including some of Sweet’s original Hasselblad cameras, photo contact sheets hand-noted by Sweet, and more. The museum’s programming of events surrounding this exhibition includes an evening with Ellen Sweet Moss and Brett Sokol, on April 9.

“Andy Sweet was a true Miami Beach original. He possessed a talent and creative vision that was intrinsically linked to the zeitgeist happening here at that time,” said Susan Gladstone, the museum’s Executive Director. “The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is thrilled to create this first-ever museum solo show about Sweet’s work, as our own South Beach history resonates in the same radius where his creative lens took flight. There was a magical quality in Andy Sweet’s photography that comes across today.”

A testament to the powerful way his images connect across generations and cultures is evident in the early interest from other museums in the U.S. and abroad, wanting to borrow this exhibition to show in their communities.

South Beach was predominantly a Jewish enclave in the late 1970s when Andy Sweet photographed the elderly population, and many of the residents were New York transplants and Holocaust survivors.

Before preservationists rescued the Art Deco buildings and designated the district onto the National Register of Historic Places, before Miami Vice transformed Miami’s image worldwide, and way before the hip and trendy renaissance of the area, South Beach was home to the largest number of Jewish retirees in America. More than 20,000 elderly Jews lived in South Beach then, within a compressed area (like a modern-day shtetl).

They banded together into a tight-knit community to help each other, often converting the lobbies of these Art Deco buildings into makeshift synagogues. Susan Gladstone, the museum’s Executive Director, was a young social worker when Sweet was documenting this community with his camera. She was assigned to work with agencies in this neighborhood, to assist the aging population.

Thirty years later, Gladstone was tapped as a historian for the film The Last Resort, the smash hit that won numerous awards in the film festival circuit and that is getting rave reviews now during its national theatrical release.

“This exhibition is about more than just nostalgia, it’s about the life of a young photographer destined to become an important artist were it not for his sudden end at the age of 28. Many of the people in Sweet’s photographs smiled back at his camera,” adds Gladstone. “Many of his subjects exuded a sense of urgency to live out their lives to the fullest on South Beach ─ some of them were still laughing, dancing, and living before it was too late.”

In the new photography book from Letter16 Press, Brett Sokol states: “Forget those jokes about South Beach in the late 1970s being the Yiddish-speaking section of God’s Waiting Room. Yes, upwards of 20,000 elderly Jews made up nearly half of the Beach’s population in those days – all crammed into an area of barely two square miles like a modern-day shtetl, the small, tightly knit Eastern European villages that defined so much of pre-World War II Jewry . . . they all still had plenty of living, laughing and loving to do. Sweet’s photos capture the community’s daily rhythms in all their beach-strolling, cafeteria-noshing, and klezmer-dancing glory.”

Also in the book, filmmaker Kelly Reichardt says: “I can’t recall exactly where I first discovered Andy Sweet’s photos but it wasn’t long after moving north . . . After you get some distance from a place, you realize there were some things you liked after all. And one of those things for me was the Miami Beach that is represented in Sweet’s photography. If only, back when I was out there on Ocean Drive, with my Pentax K-1000, if only I could have stumbled into Andy Sweet’s photographs.”

Because Andy Sweet died so young, and since his boxes of photos and negatives were lost, his work was almost lost forever. Sweet’s life was cut tragically short when he was murdered in 1982. Victim of a violent crime, he was brutally stabbed to death in his Miami Beach apartment. Citizens of Miami Beach and of Miami-Dade County were shocked and horrified by Andy’s senseless murder.

This native son, affable and fun-loving, having just entered his artistic journey and becoming well known for establishing an important visual legacy, was abruptly gone.

His family was so devastated, that for decades they could not face the emotional ordeal of what to do with his boxes of photographs. His extensive body of work exhibited a level of creative maturity far beyond his years.

Time passed, but the Sweet family and their friends kept an emotional vigil. Andy’s photographs, in boxes containing thousands of colorful prints and original negatives, became their focal point. His extensive archive would represent his richly-lived short life.

However, if there was any glory in their undertakings, there would be much more anguish — the family was heartbroken when in 2003 they were shocked to learn that a storage facility lost all of these boxes, and they feared his legacy was forever lost.

Then, suddenly a stroke of good luck would change their lives! In 2006, Andy’s sister, Ellen Sweet Moss, and her husband Stan Hughes, miraculously discovered boxes of precious test-prints, contact sheets and work prints that no one knew existed. The couple then decided to dedicate the greater part of their lives to maintaining the memory of Sweet’s work.

Because these newly discovered boxes contained no color negatives, and because the test-prints in these previously undiscovered boxes were faded after so many years, the project would require extensive restoration.

Hughes decided to research into Sweet’s early work and his style of photography, to be able to try to restore them to their original colors with the guidance of Gary Monroe (Andy’s best friend and photographic partner during their South Beach days).

For years, Hughes spent over 12 hours a day painstakingly and tirelessly restoring these new-found test-prints to their original colorful glory, using new advances in digital photography. They made it their life mission to ensure that Sweet’s work reaches as many people as possible with the Andy Sweet Photo Legacy.

The family’s mission is now at a turning point, with the spectacular success of the film The Last Resort by Dennis Scholl and Kareem Tabsch, the book by Brett Sokol, and the museum exhibition by the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. All three current manifestations of Sweet’s work are taking his creative vision to audiences worldwide.

More about the artist . . .

When he returned home to Miami Beach after receiving a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1977, Andy Sweet was on a mission with his friend Gary Monroe to photograph the Old-World Jewish culture that then distinguished South Beach.

While in graduate school, Andy was part of a small faction of young artist-photographers who were discovering the creative possibilities of color imagery. His beach-ball hues perfectly described the vivid light and lively culture he explored and portrayed, a culture that many others found bleak and pedestrian.

Andy’s aesthetic was as fresh as his colors. He rejected formalist theory and idea-driven imagery in favor of immediate and unmediated responses, of living it up and aligning himself with the people he knew he was privileged to photograph.

Andy admired the work of Diane Arbus, and like her he rejected the notion of self-conscious art making. The pure and spirited photograph was what mattered. He knew he was an artist but his aesthetic, his intellect, and his ego required that he conceal this fact in service of achieving the caliber of photograph he desired.

Intuitive, but certain, each click of his camera’s shutter release was an affirmation. He joyously photographed in this way until his death in 1982. He was only 28 years old.

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One of the greatest gifts that our city has received over time has been the arrival of many artists and fashion designers who have come to live here, pursuing the American dream. In return and in appreciation for their talents, Miami has welcomed them as their own, giving them the best of it. This is the case of our great local artist and Venezuelan designer, Lisu Vega.

Last Saturday, Vega presented her first “Solo” Exhibition “El Cuerpo de la Obra” at ‘Laundromat Art Space‘ with great success — a dream this artist had for a long time before her arrival in Miami while she still was living in Venezuela.

We have seen her working hard, becoming a pioneer in wearable art and gaining recognition over the years–including the unforgettable award of Miami Fashion Week in 2014, where she won the first place in the uniform competition of Eastern Airlines, where Vega remains as a head designer.

We have closely followed her achievements, finding her designs in editorials of very important magazines and many posts in fashion blogs dedicated to her art.

Interviewing Vega in her first “SOLO” was a must, it was something that our Fashion blog could not ignore, we had to meet her new sustainable collection ‘Alana’ and give our readers accurate information… here is our conversation…

Lissette Rondon (MFS): How do you feel in your first SOLO exhibition?

Lisu Vega: Very happy because “El Cuerpo de la Obra” is an exhibition where I could capture in three installations that the roots of my artistic work and design are based on experimental engraving and that the body is a canvas where I can embody my emotions.

Lissette (MFS): Every Exhibition has a story behind, tell us yours …

Lisu: My work is based on art and my involvement with experimental engraving and recycling. Based on this premise, I have developed over the years my artistic designs, where I use clothing and body as canvas like I said before. I am a woman who loves to challenge myself and not pigeonholed myself in anything.

Lissette (MFS): Tell us about the title “El Cuerpo de la Obra,” it is true that was inspired by a book?

Lisu: The title belongs to the work of my teacher Víctor Fuenmayor; it is a tribute to him. This book has been in my life and has become a reference book for many artists.

Lissette (MFS): Let’s talk about the collection and your source of inspiration

Lisu: “Alana Collection” is my first fully sustainable ready-to-wear collection, it has been the most challenging of all—I had to pause with prints and work with solid fabrics which I could reuse each material and making pieces of art as clothing.

Lissette (MFS): We were very impressed by your hand knitted accessories. Is it true that they are unique pieces?

Lisu: Yes, they are unique pieces in which I explore the drawing through the ropes, and I am creating in some pieces my own knitted, they are very organic structures, lightweight that adhere to the body of women who wear them.

Lissette (MFS): You also have the “Resistencia” collection in the exhibition – the one you dedicated to the fallen people in Venezuela. Tell us a little about this protest that you continue to make against the government of Venezuela.

Lisu: As long as this deplorable government exists, my fight against them will continue. “Resistencia” was a collection that was made to make a catharsis of my emotions and my frustration as Venezuelan and each piece will be donated to the foundations that will help the neediest people there. I am showcasing this collection again because it is very important to show that my work goes beyond art and design – my denouncement will always be present in my work and more when it comes to my people.

Lissette (MFS): We read in a Facebook post from you that many years ago in Venezuela, your biggest dreams were to make an exhibition here in the USA. How do you feel now that it is a reality?

Lisu: Doing my first SOLO was a big dream, it has been a unique experience, full of satisfaction.

Lissette (MFS): Tell us more about the production of the event, from the audiovisuals to the amazing fabrics that are decorating the ceiling of your exhibition.

Lisu: The development, production, and execution was my responsibility, but I must thank my talented team who strengthened the three installations, especially Mauisa Parada, the choreographer and talented woman who believes in my work, listens to my ideas and strengthens them with her knowledge to make them a reality. DJ Musicat was in charge of developing a piece of music during the performance of my collection called “Alana”. A talented woman named Alex, along with her wife–they were 100% available for my work. My sponsors who support my work such as “Brugal Makeup” and “Hola INK”. The Hunting House for its advertising strategy and my collaborators, Juan Henriquez and Nelson Gonzalez. This team is my creative family!

Lissette (MFS): This is something that we are starting to do, so our readers know a little more about the human part of each local designer.  I will ask you 10 questions that you will try to answer with just one word.

1- The first thing comes to your mind when you wake up.

“Today will be the best day of my life.”

2- Biggest passion.

 “My family.”

3- Designer or artist you admire.

“Ronaldo Fraga”

4- A book that you have read again and again.

“El Cuerpo de la Obra.”

5- Music that has made you cry.

“Radiohead live.”

6- The collection that you will remember forever.

“Resistencia”

7- Favorite experience in the industry.

“Serving water to Karl Lagerfeld while I was working in a restaurant. It was a sign that everything you want can be achieved.”

8- What do you say when you say goodbye on the phone?

“I love you.”

9- Your favorite place in the whole world.

“Florence.”

10- Let’s say I can give you one thing – the thing you want the most, what would you ask for?

“A long life to enjoy with my family and continue fulfilling all my dreams.”

For more information about the designer, please visit: Lisuvega.com

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Uno de los mayores regalos que nuestra ciudad ha recibido a lo largo del tiempo ha sido la llegada de muchos artistas y diseñadores de moda que han venido a vivir aquí, persiguiendo el sueño americano. A cambio y en apreciación por sus talentos, Miami los ha recibido como suyos, dándoles lo mejor de ella. Este es el caso de nuestra gran artista local y diseñadora venezolana, Lisu Vega.

El sábado pasado, Vega presentó con gran éxito su primera exposición (SOLO) “El Cuerpo de la Obra” en “Laundromat Art Space”, un sueño que esta artista tuvo durante mucho tiempo antes de su llegada a Miami cuando aún vivía en Venezuela.

La hemos visto trabajar duro, convirtiéndose en una pionera en ‘wearable art’ ganando reconocimiento a lo largo de los años, incluyendo el inolvidable premio de Miami Fashion Week en el 2014, donde se alzó con el primer lugar en la competencia de uniformes de Eastern Airlines, donde aún sigue como diseñadora principal.

Hemos seguido de cerca sus logros, encontrando sus diseños en editoriales de revistas muy importantes y muchas publicaciones en blogs de moda dedicados a su arte.

Entrevistar a Vega en su primer “SOLO” era un MUST, algo que nuestro blog de moda no  podía dejar pasar, teníamos que conocer su nueva colección sustentable “Alana” y dar a nuestros lectores información precisa sobre todo … aquí está nuestra conversación …

Lissette Rondon (MFS): ¿Cómo te sientes en tu primera exposición SOLO: “El Cuerpo de la Obra”?

Lisu Vega: Muy feliz porque “El Cuerpo de la Obra” es una exposición donde pude captar en tres instalaciones que las raíces de mi trabajo artístico y de diseño se basan en el grabado experimental y que el cuerpo es un lienzo donde puedo plasmar mis emociones. 

Lissette (MFS): Cada exposición tiene una historia detrás, cuéntanos la tuya.

Lisu: Mi trabajo parte del arte y mi vivencia con  el grabado experimental y reciclado.  Basándome en esta premisa, a lo largo de los años he desarrollado mis diseños artísticos, donde utilizo la vestimenta y el cuerpo como canvas, como dije antes. Soy una mujer que me encanta desafiarme y no encasillarme en nada.

Lissette (MFS): Cuéntanos sobre el título “El Cuerpo de la Obra”, ¿es cierto que se inspiró en un libro?

Lisu: El título pertenece a la obra de mi maestro Víctor Fuenmayor; Es un homenaje a él. Este libro ha estado en mi vida y se ha convertido en un libro de referencia para muchos artistas.

Lissette (MFS): Hablanos sobre la colección ‘Alana’ y su fuente de inspiración.

Lisu:  “Alana” es mi primera colección de ready-to-wear completamente sustentable, ha sido la más retadora, tuve que hacer una pausa con el estampado, trabajar con telas sólidas donde pudiese re-utilizar cada material, haciendo piezas de arte como vestimentas.

Lissette (MFS): Nos impresionaron mucho los accesorios tejidos a mano. ¿Es cierto que son piezas únicas ?

 Lisu: Si, son piezas únicas donde exploro el dibujo por medio de la cuerda y elaboro en algunas piezas mi propio tejido, son estructuras bien orgánicas, livianas que se adhieren al cuerpo de las mujeres que las usan.

Lissette (MFS): Acabamos de ver que tienes también en exhibición la colección ‘Resistencia’ que le dedicaste a los caídos en Venezuela; háblanos un poco sobre esta protesta que continúas haciendo en contra del Gobierno en Venezuela.

Lisu:  Mientras este deplorable gobierno exista mi lucha seguirá. “Resistencia” fue una colección que se realizó para hacer catarsis de mis emociones y mi frustración como venezolana, cada pieza será donada a fundaciones que ayudarán a los más necesitados allá. Esta colección la muestro de nuevo porque es muy importante mostrarle al espectador que mi trabajo va más allá del arte y el diseño–la denuncia siempre estará presente en mi trabajo y mucho más cuando se trate de mi pueblo.

Lissette (MFS): Leímos en un post tuyo en Facebook que hace muchos años atrás aún en Venezuela, uno de tus sueños más grandes era realizar una exhibición aquí en USA. ¿Qué sientes ahora que es una realidad ?

Lisu: Hacer mi SOLO era un gran sueño, ha sido una experiencia única, llena de satisfacciones.

Lissette (MFS):  Cuéntanos más sobre la producción del evento, desde los audiovisuales hasta las telas que están decorando el techo de la exhibición.

Lisu: El desarrollo, la producción y ejecución de obras fue de mi autoría; pero debo agradecer a mi  talentoso equipo que fortalecieron las tres instalaciones—a Mauisa Parada, coreógrafa y mujer talentosa, quien escucha mis ideas, las fortalece con sus conocimientos y las hace realidad. Dj Musicat quien se encargó de desarrollar una pieza musical para el performance de mi nueva colección sustentable “Alana”. Una mujer talentosa llamada Ale, junto a su esposa  por estar 100% disponibles para mi trabajo. Mis sponsors que apoyan mi trabajo ‘Brugal Makeup’ y ‘Hola INK’. ‘The Hunting House’ por su estrategia publicitaria y mis colaboradores, Juan Henriquez y Nelson Gonzalez.  ¡Este equipo es mi familia creativa!

Lissette (MFS): Esto es algo que estamos comenzando a hacer para que nuestros lectores conozcan un poco más la parte humana de cada diseñador local. Te haremos 10 preguntas que tratarás de responder con una sola palabra…

1- Primera cosa que viene a tu mente cuando te levantas.

“Que hoy será el mejor día de mi vida.”

2- Tu pasión más grande

“Mi familia”.

3- Diseñador o artista que admiras.

 “Ronaldo Fraga”.

4- Libro que has leído y vuelto a leer.

 “El Cuerpo de la Obra”.

5- Música que te ha hecho llorar.

 “Radiohead en vivo”.

6– Colección que sabes recordarás por siempre.

“Resistencia”.

7- Experiencia favorita en la industria de la moda.

 “Servirle el agua a Karl Lagerfeld mientras trabajaba en un restaurante; fue una prueba de que todo lo que te propongas lo puedes lograr.”

8- Qué dices cuando te despides por teléfono?

“Te amo”.

9- Tu lugar favorito en el mundo entero.

 “Florencia”.

10- Digamos que soy un genio y te regalo una sola cosa– la que tú más quieras, ¿qué pedirías?

“Larga vida para seguir disfrutando con mi familia y seguir cumpliendo todos sueños”.

Para más información sobre el diseñador, por favor visite: Lisuvega.com

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Note from the editor: For this event, I wore  a black carroll jumpsuit by Jay Godfrey and my INRO Clutch by CH Carolina Herrera. I paired with vintage accessories.

Remember you can shop my look here–just one click away at my Shopstyle store!

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[one_half_last padding=”0 0x 0 10px”]Nota de la editora: para este evento use un mono (jumpsuit) en color negro de Jay Godfrey junto a una cartera tipo clutch (INRO) de CH Carolina Herrera. Los accesorios fueron vintage.

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Art Basel 2018 received a South American touch on December 7, 2018, with the Cavallaria Exhibition at Wet at the W Hotel in South Beach.

The event was hosted by famous Celebrity and Fashion Photographer Marcos Mello who conducted a live photo shoot of Brazilian supermodel Isabeli Fontana featuring Madonna’s lead dancer Loic Mabanza while Victoria’s Secret Angel Barbara Fialho gave her first exclusive performance of 3 original songs, 2 days ahead of her music career debut.

The show also featured amazing audiovisuals effects and incredible music. We loved all guests had the opportunity to greet and meet the infamous photographer and the two gorgeous supermodels …so much fun in one night!

“A picture is a poem without words”

–Horace.

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La Exposición Cavallaria en Art Basel 2018

Art Basel 2018 recibió un toque sudamericano el 7 de diciembre de 2018, con la Exposición Cavallaria en Wet at the W Hotel en South Beach. El evento fue presentado por el famoso fotógrafo de celebridades y modas Marcos Mello, quien realizó una sesión fotográfica en vivo de la supermodelo brasileña Isabeli Fontana con el bailarín de Madonna, Loic Mabanza, mientras que la ángel de Victoria’s Secret, Barbara Fialho realizaba su primera interpretación exclusiva de 3 canciones originales, 2 días antes de debut en la carrera musical.

El espectáculo también mostró sorprendentes efectos audiovisuales acompañado de una música increíble–nos encantó que al final todos los invitados tuvieron la oportunidad de saludar y conocer al afamado fotógrafo y las dos hermosas supermodelos … ¡mucha diversión en una noche!

“Una foto es un poema sin palabras.”

–Horacio

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