Busy in preparation for the last month for this make-or-break last week… happy to finally have time to write about the question on everyone’s mind – How was Miami? The title quote definitely sums up the week.
Sales were way up from last year (how could they not be). The mood was education and post-fair due diligence, private parties in the evening. I didn’t expect to see blind spending, but I did miss the enthusiasm, everyone was very restrained. So I guess the title of this post could also be: 2009 – More liquid, just less excitement.
I have been shopping around for a good article about the Top 10 and I finally found one I agree with by Sarah Douglas – Miami Postmortem: A Basel Top 10.
If it were a Miami Top 10, Beg Borrow and Steal at The Rubell Collection would have been #1 – artist list and images for those who couldn’t make the exhibition.
My personal highlight – Chuck Close visiting our Scope booth and spending a lot of time looking at work by Barnaby Whitfield and Shawne Major.
Shawne Major (New Orleans, LA) L'Argent, 2009. Plastic netting, clothing, fabric, plastic toys (including trophies, sheriff badges, coins, flies, rings, tiaras), chains, charms, ornaments, satin ribbon roses, silk flowers, appliques’, pendants, bead, buttons, costume jewelry, circuit boards, feathers, bottle caps, bracelets, braid & trim. 7 x 7 feet.
