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There are more than three million visitors a year at the Wynwood Walls and Jessica Goldman Srebnick communicates directly with the people with the unrestricted language of Street Art, engaging the audience in a message of hope, peace, light and love.
Opposite Page Top: Vhils, Portugal Ethereal Exhibition at GGA Gallery Bottom: Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Peter Tunney
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This page: Vhils, entrance to the Goldman Global Gallery
About the author: Susana Baker,CEO & Founder of The Art Experiences, Inc an award-winning Art and Culinary Tour Company of the Art Districts of Miami. Radio Anchor on Bloomberg Radio 880thebiz.com on ARTtalk with Susana Baker every Friday at 10:40 am, “Bringing the Cultural Happenings of Miami” for more information on private curated tours or groups go to www.theartexperiences. com to book a reservation call 305-767-5000. Contact: Colls Fine Art Photography, Armando Colls 305-903-7786, www.CollsFineArtPhotography.com
Goldman Srebnick has taken the Wynwood Walls arts project to the next level by adding every year a new theme past themes includes “fearless” “Human Kind” and now “Beyond Words” all a conversation of universal unity, respect and integrity to protect our voices and those who don’t have a voice. Srebnick chose the following artist for Beyond words which the exhibition runs until November of 2019, they are: AShop Crew (Canada) DEIH (Spain) KOBRA (Brazil) Martin Whatson (Norway) Queen Andrea (USA) Ron English (USA) Tomokazu (Japan) VHILS (Portugal) and JonOne (USA) Art Basel and Miami Week may be short lived with the show closing after four days, but for the next twelvemonths Art Basel and Miami Art Week are very much alive and happening every day, daily from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm for the public to see and enjoy! Wynwood Walls is a private property but it is opened to all to visit for free. The vision and legacy continue with the Goldman Properties, Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Peter Tunney creating and curating daily the most impressive
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• Ron English – he was very familiar with the area of Wynwood. Tony Goldman saw Ron’s works and was very much enticed with his work. While Ron was working he used the shadows of the trees to trace around his work, throughout the day, and filled them in with different colors. He played with the perspective a lot with his mural. • Inti – was born in Valparaiso, Chile. His name was a combination between the word Inca, the sun god, and Quechua, which means The Sun. He began experimenting with street art since the age of 13. He created his own iconic style of art with traditions, folklore, and culture of his country into his art. The mural he has up is a departure with a more realistic human depiction. With the title “Codo a Codo” it’s a strong piece representing child labor in his country.
• Vhils – born in Portugal, in the outskirts of Lisbon, he had experiences with the contrast of utopian, socialist dreams and the reality of a capitalist society. Vhils art is very different from others in the sense that he does not use any paint. Rather just using a chisel and whatever was on the wall before, he works around what was there to create his amazing art. • Alexis Diaz – a Puerto Rican artist, began an interest in Street art in 2009, and quickly became popular with his unique style of painting. Using thousands of different tiny black brush strokes he was able to create these extraordinary murals, of these animals that are in a state of metamorphosis.
• Jessica Goldman continues the family legacy and opens Wynwood Gardens • Jessica Goldman Srebnick and Peter Tunney form a partnership and open Goldman Global Arts Gallery (GGA Gallery) • Kenny Sharf – has a love for spontaneity and fun for his art. Alluding to graffiti art, the piece he has reflected the impulse and speed a street artist goes through when they begin to tag. • Logan Hicks – from Brooklyn, had been putting up murals in the Wynwood district since 2006, he began contributing for the Wynwood walls since 2009. In 2016, Logan worked on a nightscape, a 40’ by 70’. Taking about a week to finish, an amazing mural consisting of stencil, paint, and photography a homage oath to the city of New York.
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