Thursday, December 16, 2021

Art for Joy at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021

Just let me stroll among creative people and I feel joy. How can you not smile when you see somebody walking around looking like this?
Or, when you step outside into the botanical garden for a sip of chilled Whispering Angel and you see these women at the bar? The guide who led me and my friends through selected pieces pointed out a bit of playfulness. What appeared to be a pile of Amazon boxes delivered to the gallery's booth was not as they appeared. The boxes were sculpted of brass.
Yes! It smacked of Art Basel Miami in 2019, when Maurizio Cattelan taped a banana to a wall. Provacative. Conversation Seeder. Silly? Joyful.