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Martín Ramírez
Untitled (Horse and Rider with Large Bugle)
c. 1960-63
Mixed media on pieced paper
14 1/2 x 17"
Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
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CHICAGO — The Chicago-based The Art Fair Company announced it will produce two art fairs under one roof at Chicago’s historic Navy Pier Friday, Nov. 5 – Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. For the first time, The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art will share center stage in Festival Hall with Chicago’s much-anticipated art fair mainstay, the 17th Annual International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair: SOFA CHICAGO 2010. One general admission ticket of $15.00 admits visitors to both fairs and their related lecture series, special exhibits and events. Both fairs kick-off with a joint Opening Night Preview in Festival Hall on Thursday, Nov. 4. The public is cordially invited to attend from 7 - 9 pm for the affordable ticket price of $50.00.
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Dale Chihuly
Silvered Venetian with Cobalt and
Violet Flowers
24 x 18 x 20"
Litvak Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Mark Lyman, President of The Art Fair Company, producer of numerous art fairs in the U.S., says, “We are delighted to partner with Intuit, Chicago’s respected Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art to produce The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art alongside SOFA CHICAGO. The Intuit Fair will bring together leading dealers and galleries presenting self-taught art, outsider art, art brut, ethnographic art, non-traditional folk art and visionary art. The Art Fair Company has always been about bridging different segments of the art market, and the Intuit Fair will complement and further broaden the range of artwork on offer.” Intuit
Show exhibitors of note confirmed to date include: American Primitive
Gallery (New York), Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago), Hill Gallery
(Birmingham, Mich.), Judy A Saslow Gallery (Chicago), Just Folk
(Summerland, Calif.), Ricco/Maresca (New York) and Russell Bowman
Fine Art (Chicago). Lyman adds, "We expect twenty galleries to participate this year and look forward to growing the fair in future years."
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Minnie Evans
"Untitled" c. Late 1950's
Crayon and graphite on paper
11 3/4 x 9 inches
Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago IL
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On track with last year, SOFA CHICAGO
2010, the City’s
longest continually running art fair, will feature 80 art galleries
and dealers from 10 countries. New and noteworthy galleries include:
David Richard Contemporary (Santa Fe, N.M.), Floating World
Gallery (Chicago), Ippodo Gallery (New York), New Glass Art and
Photography (Berlin, Germany), Medellin 174 (Mexico City, Mexico)
and Suppan Contemporary (Vienna, Austria). Premier returning
galleries include: Blue Rain Gallery (Santa Fe, N.M.), Bullseye
Gallery (Portland, Ore.), browngrotta arts (Wilton, Conn.), Charon
Kransen Arts (New York), del Mano
Gallery (Los Angeles), Dai Ichi Arts (New York), Habatat Galleries
(Royal Oak, MI), Heller Gallery (New York), Jane Sauer Gallery
(Santa Fe, N.M.), Litvak Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel), Maurine
Littleton Gallery (Washington, D.C.), Ornamentum (Hudson, N.Y.),
Schantz Galleries (Stockbridge, M.A.), TAI Gallery (Santa Fe,
N.M) and Wexler Gallery (Philadelphia).
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Vladimira Klumpar
Rhythm in Crystal, 2010
kiln cast cut crystal; cut and polished
29 x 32 x 8"
Heller Gallery, New York NY
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Lyman concludes, “Collectors and visitors alike will be intrigued by the side-by-side fairs, each with their own lecture series, special on-site happenings, and VIP programming for informed gallery clients. It promises to be an exciting weekend of discovery and collecting for Chicago’s impassioned art audience and for the crowd of national and international attendees.”
SOFA CHICAGO and Intuit Show hours
are as follows: Opening Night Preview is Thursday, Nov. 4 from
7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $50. General admission fair hours are
Friday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and
Sunday, Nov. 7 from noon to 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for single
day general admission (admits to both fairs) and $25 for a three-day
pass. Discounted student, senior and group tickets are available.
Preview and fair tickets will be available online soon and at
the door. For more information, visit www.sofaexpo.com and www.outsiderfolkartfair.com. Media Contacts: Matt Miller / Ann Fink, Carol Fox & Associates, 773.327.3830 x 104 / 112, mattm@carolfoxassociates.com / annf@carolfoxassociates.com.
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