#17 Digital Art Renaissance: Miami's Cultural Shift, Inclusivity, and Collectors' Insights
#17 Digital Art Renaissance: Miami's Cultural Shift, Inclusivity, and Collectors' Insights
👋 Hello, we are Julian and Marcel, and welcome to our weekly edition of The Curious Collector. Each week we humbly curate what’s happening in the digital art realm. ✨
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Today, we explore the latest in digital art, ranging from the transformative Miami Beach Art Basel to innovative digital artists like Lorna Mills, Mathias Isaksen, and Leander Herzog.
Dive into the collection of the passionate digital art collector Basileus, and discover the impact of fxhash 2.0's launch on the generative art movement.
News Digest
Art Basel Miami Beach: The Miami Beach Art Basel, which has transformed Miami into a major cultural destination over 20 years, typically occurs annually in early December. Ana María Caballero presents a curated list of key events and exhibitions, focusing on showcasing digital art.
Digital Innovation: The Observer highlights the transformation of mainstream art through blockchain technology, featuring key figures such as Erick Calderon, Dmitri Cherniak, and Vera Molnár, who are driving this change with their pioneering work in generative art, NFTs, and digital platforms.
Additionally, recognizing the list's short representation of women, Cozomo de’ Medici spotlights three notable women in the field: Nina Roehrs, Spumma, and Anne Spalter.
Collecting with Heart: Basileus, a passionate digital art collector, meticulously curates his collection, focusing on emotional resonance with each piece. He views this art form as a movement as significant as the Renaissance. His collection includes over 2300 works, emphasizing a blend of classical themes with modern perspectives.
Digital Highlight
Canadian artist Lorna Mills has been actively showcasing her artwork in solo and group exhibitions since the early 1990s, both in Canada and around the world. Her diverse practice spans various mediums, including Ilfochrome printing, painting, super 8 film, video, and online animated GIFs, often integrated into offline installations.
Notable recent exhibitions include "Dreamlands" at the Whitney Museum in New York, "Yellowwhirlaway" at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, and "The Great Code" at TRANSFER Gallery in New York.
Upcoming exhibition: Dashing Blades on Verse.
Notable Insight
“The addition of a woman’s signature can devalue artwork to the extent that female artists are more likely to leave their work unsigned.”
Dr. Helen Gorrill
Unsigned by Operator & Anika Meier is a collection of 100 signatures from women and non-binary artists created to reverse the current negative value of the signatures through their transformation into artworks themselves.
Sale Spotlight
Mathias Isaksen: Oslo-based generative artist and creative coder with a DIY approach. Holds a master's in applied physics and math. His work explores balancing opposing qualities and finding unconventional ways to apply commonplace techniques and methods.
Artist to Watch
Leander Herzog is a Swiss visual artist who has been working with code to create generative and interactive abstract art on the web since 2006. He combines his expertise in web development and digital products with generative art, particularly exploring the potential of NFTs.
Herzog's artistic practice encompasses both visual maximalism using contemporary computer graphics and minimalist abstraction based on web technology standards.
Tech & Texture
fxhash 2.0: On December 1st, fxhash 2.0 launched on Ethereum, marking a significant event in the generative art movement by introducing a multi-chain model that includes both Tezos and Ethereum. It is celebrated with a series of curated releases from renowned artists and partner groups, promising to be a festive event.
Closing Remarks
As we reflect on this issue, let's also ponder the insights from the “Unsigned” collection, which emphasizes the ongoing challenges in the art world, such as gender representation.
The Observer's list, featuring only one woman, underscores the journey ahead in achieving greater inclusivity and recognition for all artists, regardless of gender.
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