Last weekend was a luminous time for creative types. Or anyone else, for that matter, who was looking to be enveloped into art’s fetishistic wonderland. Southampton Elks Lodge welcomed fellow artists, stylish bloggers and avaricious art collectors to the place where the world’s most notable galleries — 80 of them — synced to create the largest contemporary art fair seen north of Miami. Art Southampton 2014 dangled a wilder side of expression in the faces of every admirer who, quite reasonably, might have used the fair hours to lose himself/herself in a fantastical world of fashion and candy-coated refinery.
Pan American Art Projects’ gleaming green armadillo and antelope served as principal works you have probably seen everyone talk about, along with the digital birds in cage by the gallery’s artist Troy Abbott. Fashion photographer Simon Proctor’s blissful renditions of Kate Moss, Louis Vuitton and Karl Lagerfeld were amongst the glorious print works exhibited by Rosenbaum Contemporary.
Art Southampton (an integral part of Art Miami, LLC) was a glittering happy dose of classic pop art, empowered females and vivacious fashion photography displayed alongside lots of pop culture. The charisma of Kelly Reemtsen paintings: Retro sundress-clad gals wielding a shovel or brightly colored chainsaw – were cheerfully exhibited by the International DeBuck Gallery.
One of the most recognized icons in modern culture, aka the Diet Pepsi icon, glittered alongside sugary counterparts Tab, Fanta and even Corona. A strawberry-frosted pastry evoked quite a bit of amazement and tended to look oversize in petite hands of the female art analysts. Wrapped candies were sculptured from resin and set in a gift box.
Lego, a brand who once feared bankruptcy, displayed a rectangular board with more than 200 minimen. A cowboy, military officer and gold medalist interpreted childhood dreams – mildly posable dreams, that is.
Illustrative work exhibited by Dorian Grey Gallery, Seoul’s GAMO Gallery held their own type of culture. From the downtown vibe of my favorite charcoal life drawing, Daphne’s Roots by Brooklyn-based artist Leah Yerpe for (Dillon Gallery) to that glowing green antelope exhibited by Miami’s Pan American, every project expressed a particular culture in time. The time to take it all in, is right now.
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