Skull Stye At Art Basel!

If you've ever read this blog you know I love skulls.  Wait! I mean "well done, well crafted skulls - not just any 'ol skull"  (and, not the cheesy teenage skulls. Understand?)   I shoot tons of photos of skull art continuously that I find inspiring.  I love to see how artists represent, thus, this post from Art Basel.  (I also work for a designer in which "skulls" are their select trademark so to speak, much like McQueen (but not quite as expensive.)  

According to the the book "Skull Style Skulls In Contemporary Design" curated by Patrice Farameh, the definition of a skull is as follows:  1;The bone and the brain, etc. the formal definition... 2;Historical picture representing death or danger... 3;Informal the head: regarding as the center of knowledge and understanding... 4;Derogatory;  the head regarded as the mind or intelligence.  

I like 3 and 4, the first is obvious. Death and danger, eh...I prefer knowledge and understanding!  Have a look at the Art Basel pics, skull style....below a mega 8" silver, metal piece at the entrance of The Catalina Hotel for the INK show.

Street art skull style at Wynwood Walls

All above, featured at Scope & Pulse

Peter Tunney's new skulls on old album covers, megs piece above, individuals below...

Skulls at Avant Gallery, above / below...

Alec Monolopy above / below

Above by James Lahey, "You Want To Start Over, mixed media on canvas, 72x48, $24,000.

Art Basel Day 4: OUTSIDE! More Amazing Street Art & More Everything!

Art Basel day 3, or 4 is it?   Either way, here are some images from "Outside" only in the Wynwood Walls area.  Well, maybe a few gallery pics will slip in, but the majority represent killer street art happenings during that ABMB/Wynwood Walk evenings.  Notice Shepard Fairey's work at the Wynwood Kitchen/Wynwood Walls, Kenny Scharf's mega mural in it's entirety, Gilf, Fumero, OptimoNYC, and lots of great artists who as you'll see wanted to remain "anonymous."  Have a look at more of the outside of ABMB!

Nice Miami art boys....

More nice boys with paint... :)

Below Shepard Fairey at Wynwood Walls and tons of other WW views at the mega party....

Brightening up any night: Kenny Scharf's mural(s) are located at Wynwood Kitchen BUT the mega, mega mural is across the street and it's beyond amazing.  The first is below at the Kitchen, keep going and if you piece these all side by side you would view the entire mega mural 360. Look closely at all of the details, I can't rave about these enough.  (And, if you are in NYC, head over to the corner of Delancy/Bowery for another mural. It makes that block look much better for sure!)

Gilf, from NYC...

Images from Fountain Art Fair...

More Fumero...

More OptimoNYC...

INVADER...

Some guy with roosters....

Drawing on the streets....

Ending this night with the Miami High School Marching Band....they rocked!  

This isn't over yet, tons more tomorrow. Yes, I took a lot of photos and have a few great artist and fashion/art features coming up...this is work people! (The best kind of work, "art-work.")