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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "4Feb Tennis Coach" by Bob and Roberta Smith |
The front gallery space at
Seven Miami is a room full of words. Walk in the doors, and you'll naturally move from left to right to follow the text, from Bob and Roberta Smith's corner, filled with colorfully painted signs telling a story, to William Powhida's collection of notebook sketches -- by which we mean sketches of notebook pages on which the artist has written lists and letters. Of course, there's plenty of less literal art here, too. But if you love reading (and since you're reading this, we'll assume you do), you'll want to stay as long as it takes to digest every word.
If you're not, well, click through to the pictures.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Not So Great Expectations" by William Powhida |
William Powhida's "Not So Great Expectations," presumably for himself, include not getting hammered at art openings and selling all his art immediately. Note that none of the boxes are checked. (This piece, however, had sold when we visited last night.)
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "The Beats, Ver. 2" by Ward Shelley |
More nerdy wordiness, courtesy of Ward Shelley's guide to Beat culture.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Healing #1" by Brian Knep |
Interactive floors are all the rage this year.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Error Correct" and "Sign Off" by Sarah Frost |
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| Detailed shot of "Sign Off" by Sarah Frost |
Yes, that is nearly an entire wall covered in computer keys. Even more impressive: it's so pretty, it almost sparkles.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Barnett Newman: Paintings in Scale" by David Diao |
A little something for the number nerds: a graphic representation of Barnett Newman paintings arranged by year, by David Diao.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| A still from "The Fast Supper," a video by Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung |
"The Fast Supper" manipulates "The Last Supper" to show Jesus eating a variety of processed foods -- corn dogs, french fries, doughnuts and Big Gulps, etc -- and growing so obese in the process that his holy robes barely cover his man-tits. Subtle? Not at all. But it was so fun to watch that we're giving it a pass.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Eat Me Damien" by Yishay Garbasz |
This counts as "body fluids as art," right?
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Tzu-Ru (Paper Crane)" by Christopher K. Ho |
Bird-like black-and-white camcorders pointed menacingly at each other, and showing paper cranes on their screens. It's the most elegant Spy vs. Spy ever.
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| Photo by Ciara LaVelle |
| "Index" by Jane Wilbraham |
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