Fountain Miami 2011A Fair for Young Artists

If you approached Fountain Fair at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 and thought "oh brother, this looks like a hippie fair", you'd miss some VERY innovative and daring, cutting-edge artwork. The sloppy exterior does not convey the value of the treasures inside and you could say the styles of work offered were all over the map. These galleries and artists were showing some very successful experiments. The casualness of their presentation does make you feel like you can linger and really absorb every artistic endeavor. Here's a chance to buy exciting artwork you can afford and let the heavy-hitting art patrons buy the tried and true excellent artwork elsewhere.

Fountain Art Fair was founded in 2006 as an attempt to leverage support for smaller independent galleries to gain access to larger collectors and critics. Since its inception, Fountain has held six exhibitions in New York, one in Los Angeles, one in Chicago, and is now celebrating its sixth exhibition in Miami. From its roots deep within the independent Brooklyn art scene, Fountain has grown to represent over 25 international avant-garde galleries and projects, showcasing progressive primary-market works.

Entrance to Fountain Miami
Opening Night Party


First view inside the warehouse


A wonderful display by Evo Love
Stash Gallery from Miami


Fountain Miami


Fountain Miami


Lindsay Carron's creative use of display space
Artist Website


White Cocoa and her artwork Artist Website
Showing with The Marketplace Gallery in Albany, NY


The most relaxed and casual art fair in Miami
and not many chairs around


Lambert Fine Art from New York


Artists silk screening art on whatever you want
the Fountain logo and T-Shirts were popular


Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art from New York


Display at Fountain Miami


Artwork by SERVO


Display at Fountain Miami


Kesting/Ray from New York
Gallery Website


Solo(s) Project House from Newark, NJ


Semi-automatic Gun Vending Machine
(originally planned for exhibit at the PooL Art Fair)

Mighty Tanzka from Brooklyn, exhibited artwork by Miguel Ovalle and it was very impressive. Really loved the drawings of White Cocoa from The Marketplace Gallery, Albany, NY. Artists Ryan E. Cronin, Saul Aguiree, Evo Love and Karen Ann Jones were present and had artwork worth mentioning.

For additional information about Fountain Miami, visit their website. If you're an artist or interested in collecting artwork by young artists, this is a very enjoyable fair in the Wynwood Art District of Miami.

Fountain Miami - website

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2011 Miami Beach & Miami Art Fairs

The big art week in Miami and Miami Beach will soon be upon us. Art Basel Miami Beach and eighteen other satellite art fairs will be opening around November 29th and continuing through December 4, 2011.

Time to start planning your trip if you haven’t already, for the best prices book your airline and hotels early. If you've never been to Miami for the contemporary art fairs this will be a good year. Warm Florida weather and more than 750 art galleries will be presenting artwork to stimulate and entice you into purchasing. The economy is down, but interest in artwork is still very high or events like this would not be happening and you might even find a good deal.

There will be contemporary artworks for all levels of interest and art collecting. The art fairs will be large and prestigious like Art Basel Miami Beach and there will be smaller art fairs like PooL and Fountain Miami, which primarily work directly with visual artists and offer an alternative art experience.

Art Miami, Pulse Miami, Scope Miami, Art Asia, Red Dot Miami, and NADA Art Fair, are traditional art fairs with art display in temporary art booths. Aqua11, Art Now, INK, PooL and Verge are Hotel art fairs and artwork is display in hotel rooms. SEVEN, is renting a space in the Wynwood art district for the seven featured galleries. Zones Miami and Fountain will also be showing in Wynwood and offer an alternative art fair experience. Zones is Miami based and shows emerging artists primarily from Miami.

The art museums of Miami, will also be featuring special events and exhibitions. And, don't forget the monthly artwalk in the Wynwood Art District, the galleries of Miami are worth a visit.

Additional information, locations, admission prices, hours, and special events are listed in the following guide.

Miami Beach and Miami Art Fair Guide 2011

The guide was put together by Art-Collecting.com to make it easier for you to experience the art events and fairs surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach.
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