courtesy of Fouladi Projects

Shitman 3, edition of 10, 2012, 3'19'' minutes, animation on dvd

Art has the power to give voice to the voiceless, and few among us have struggled to find a place in society more than Shitman has. Fortunately, Italian artist Laurina Paperina explores the existential plight of her own sociopathic anthropomorphic cartoon feces in her video piece, "Shitman and the End of the World."

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courtesy of Quint Contemporary Art

Level with my Backyard, 2012, C-print, archival mount on plexiglass, 26-3/8" x 20"

Formerly Miami-based photographer Lee Materazzi is back home for Basel, or at least some of her art is. Images from her new series "Finding Myself at Home," at Quint Contemporary Art's Miami Project booth, show Materazzi embracing peeled sheets of wallpaper; buried, her legs and head stick out of the dirt on either side of a backyard walkway.

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courtesy of Quint Contemporary Art

detail from Head Honcho, 2012

"JUST SHUT THE F*CK UP!"

...Or so insists one of Mel Bochner's large, mixed media text-based pieces. It's currently in the home of one of a collector, where its "beautiful muted pinks and yellows look great on a grey slate wall in his living room," according to Sarah Trujillo-Porter. Her Quint Contemporary Art has brought Bochner's latest work to Miami Project.

Bochner's work has been getting attention for decades but not always in the expected ways. Trujillo-Porter remembers a recent show of his in March, which featured Head Honcho, a piece that has made the trip to Miami. 
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via @gozamos, Twitter

Cure your hangover with Jarritos. It's the Miami way.

It's early. Everything hurts. The sun is streaming through your bedroom window, the one with the shades you forgot to close last night -- or was it already morning; had the sun already risen? -- when you stumbled into bed, drunk on free booze and mind-screwed by all the freaks and their freaky art you encountered throughout the evening. 

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As the "theater kid" of Miami's art fair scene during Art Basel week, NADA Art Fair is known for supporting emerging talent -- much of which leans toward the dramatic end of the spectrum.

This year's fair is no exception, with exhibits focused on themes of violence, experimental music, tabloid culture, and progressive politics.

Check out our favorites after the jump.

See Also:
- Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 Art Fairs and Gallery Guide
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Ciara LaVelle

Trek6's new Wynwood mural.

Artists like Trek6, CP1, and Prime have all added to Miami's street culture landscape with new murals in Wynwood and Midtown. And that's great and all. But no work of art has been properly feted in this town without popping a few bottles.

Especially if they're beer bottles. And free.

Phase two of the Heineken Mural Project launches tonight, when the public's invited to stop by the first of three pop-up parties to celebrate the completion of Heineken's commissioned murals.

See also:
- Heineken Goes 305: Artists And Guests Party Hard to Celebrate New Wynwood Murals
- Hawaiian Graffiti OG "Prime" Says Aloha To Miami with Estria and Trek6 (Photos)
- Miami Art Week: Wynwood Street Art Madness Has Begun

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courtesy of Reckless Productions

Just as every mighty oak began as an itty bitty acorn, so too did Entourage star and patron saint to bros Adrian Grenier start as just a little boy with dusky stubble and a dream. But it wasn't only childhood fantasies of inspecting Jeremy Piven's wig collection that gave Adrian Grenier the encouragement to try for a life in the arts. There was also YoungArts.

See also:
- Bacardi Buildings Sold to National YoungArts Foundation for $10 Million
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A lucky few filled up the half-empty Colony Theater on Lincoln Road for the world premiere of Paris-based street artist Invader's documentary Art4Space last night and met the mysterious artist/director in the flesh. Jaie Laplante, Executive Director at the Miami International Film Festival, introduced the film by the Paris-based artist who prefers anonymity due to the sometimes illegal nature of his art. More »

Hannah Sentenac

When it comes to the tens of thousands of works of art on display at Basel -- well, let's just say that "free" is the last word that comes to mind. After all, there are beaucoup bucks to be made. Regardless of cultural relevance, this week is all about the green.

See also:
- Champagne-Inspired Glithero Installation Unveiled at Design Miami/
- Basel Tov!: Miami New Times' Guide to Art Basel

But California-based artist Dickson Schneider is all about bringing free art to the masses, and this week he's spreading the wealth on Miami Beach.

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Photo by Al Rendon

Jarritos, art, Breakfast Tacos at Tiffani's, and Robert Rodriguez's Chingon. Can Basel week get any better?

Representing the "vibrant and varied" influence Latino culture has played in the United States, Henry Muñoz's 6,700-square-foot, site-specific interactive art instillation, Mestizo City, opens tonight in Miami's Design District.

But the San Antonio-based CEO of Kell Muñoz Architects, designer, and activist started championing the "intermarriage" of cultures when he was a kid.

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