What’s better than a day at the beach? Maybe add some art, a little food, and some good vibes. That’s what you got at the 15th anniversary of PULSE Miami Beach. Fairgoers were greeted by PULSE Prize Award Nominee Ralph Ziman’s SPOEK 1 set to the background of beautiful Miami Beach. Upon entering the venue […]
PBT got a chance to sit down with Aqua’s director, Katelijne de Backer. This was Our conversation: PBT: Hi Katelijne, tell us a little about your fair, tell us about Aqua. Katelijne: Aqua is the best fair in Miami because it’s a small fair, it’s intimate. It’s in a the beautiful Aqua Hotel and it’s […]
David Zalben: Wired, Part I D = David Collante Z = David Zalben D Your work draws beautiful women into this place. Z Indeed it does, you’re witness to that. My own dwellings manifest these things which are an extension of my personality. I never do anything that’s for somebody else; I think that’s cheap […]
Federico Uribe: Beyond Unreal, Part I David= D Federico= F D What’s your favorite object to use? The colored Pencil? F I always wanted to be a painter. I just wasn’t the painter I wanted to be. Colored pencils are essentially lines of color that you can make in any size. So essentially it’s a […]
David= D Federico= F D What was it like growing up in Colombia? F The fact that it was in Colombia or the fact that I was growing up? D Let’s say the environment. F I spent a large part of my childhood, about half, in my grandfather’s farm and the rest of it in […]
Randy Burman: Art Reconstructed, Part I D= David R= Randy D In reference to The United States of Oil piece, do you like to use your art as a vessel to raise social awareness? R Absolutely; the artwork reflects on the times and the environment that we live in. I guess artists can ignore that, […]
D= David R= Randy D Thank you for joining us Randy. R Thank you for having me. D What was it like growing up in Baltimore? R Gee whiz. I was very protected as a child. I was raised in a Jewish orthodox family. I didn’t go to school with the rest of the kids […]
Richard Kurtz: The Man Behind the Art, Part I D= David R= Richard R When I moved to New York in the late 70’s, early 80’s, I went to this gym on 14th street above this restaurant called Luciao’s. It was a real gym, like South Beach boxing, but more real. You had to walk […]
D= David R= Richard D Thank you Richard, for sitting down with us today. R Great to be here David as one of the inaugural artists. D Not just one of the inaugural artists, THE inaugural artist. R The golden calf to the slaughter (laughter). D […]