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Art Miami 2012 Preview: JustMad MIA

November 20, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

JustMadMIA will make it’s debut at Art Basel Miami Beach Art Week this year. The fair, which is based in Madrid, will be hosting 40 galleries and includes sections outside of the traditional visual arts realm including architecture and culinary research. Here’s why I am excited about this show — it’s all about making connections. They have collaborated with Art Center/South Florida to highlight their residency program (Just Produced), and they have given exhibition space to juried works by emerging […]

Categories: art • Tags: Ananke Asseff, Art Basel Miami Beach, Daniel Martin Corona, Galeria Angeles Banos, Joel Andrianomearisoa, JustMadMIA, La Caja Blanca, Miami Art Week, Revue Noire, Rolf Art, Yara El-Sherbini

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From Kate Spade to rice paddies: The Contemporary Pavilion

November 14, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

When I hear the word pavilion, I automatically think of Disney World where there were these huge canopied structures that did not contain anything until Mickey Mouse, et al arrived on the scene to do a song and dance routine. For some of you, you might think of The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion where concerts, dance performances and other activities are held. For architects, pavilions are just (usually) small structures that are flexible in use and (usually) temporary in longevity. They […]

Categories: architecture, art • Tags: Aesop at Merci, architcture, art forum, barcelona pavilion, Flower Glasshouse, Jorge Pardo, Kate Spade igloo, Mies van der Rohe, MusclePower, olafur eliasson, pavilion, Philippe Parreno, sylvia lavin, urbanpeek.com

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DiverseWorks new digs!

November 11, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

I am so excited that DiverseWorks has moved into its new space in Midtown Houston. Although I will miss the bright blue bench outside the warehouse district location, I am looking forward to newer and greater things to happen. First show is houstontohouston by Franklin Evans.  A native of Reno, Nevada, Evans uses materials and various indexing processes in order to create new environments. For more about the exhibit, click here.  Opening reception is on November 16th from 6 – 8 […]

Categories: art • Tags: DiverseWorks, Franklin Evans, incontextours.com

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You TOTALLY want to contribute to my next art piece, don’t you?

August 13, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

I am working on my next art piece which focuses on the value of manual labor. For example — isn’t it interesting that when doing something mundane, you can feel calm? Don’t you sometimes think and/or figure things out when you are doing something basic (taking a shower, walking the dog)? Part of the process for all of my pieces is to solicit uncensored contributions to questions or puzzles. For those of you who want to participate: Please tell me […]

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The Carrie Bradshaw of Art: Joana Vasconcelos

August 11, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

Am about to embark on several posts about contemporary female sculpture/installation artists. First stop, Paris-born but Lisbon resident, Joana Vasconcelos.  Here are a few of her works that are being show at Versailles until the end of September. Here’s more information about the show.

Categories: art • Tags: Female sculptors, Joana Vasconclelos, Versailles

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Hair Fashion: Richard Avedon

July 30, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

Just got done watching the HBO Documentary “About Face: Supermodels Then and Now.” Though the content wasn’t the greatest – the photography was amazing.  Once of my favorite fashion photographers is the great Richard Avedon and since I am in dire need of a haircut, here are some “hair” shots. (My fave of Sofia Loren is above).    

Categories: art, fashion • Tags: Richard Avedon

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I always fall for the bad boys: James Franco’s REBEL

May 29, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

It has been some time since I have gushed over James Franco, so here I go. Today I am sharing information about his new art installation REBEL at LA MOCA which focuses on James Dean and the making of Rebel Without a Cause. Basically, Franco created a replica of 1950′s Hollywood as it relates to Rebel Without a Cause – both it’s movie sets and places associated with its filming and rehearsal. With structures consisting of bungalows, pools, and the […]

Categories: art • Tags: James Franco, Rebel

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Paulo Nazareth: More than a banana man

May 22, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

Paulo Nazareth is a performance artist from Brazil and although I normally associate men from Brazil either playing a mean game of soccer or trying to out dance me in a samba, Nazareth is a Latin American artist who has gotten quite a bit of exposure in the past year or so and I am really intrigued by what he is trying to do. His latest work “News from the Americas” opened at the Mendes Wood Gallery in Sao Paulo […]

Categories: art • Tags: Mendes Wood Gallery, Paulo Nazareth

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Clothes + Buildings! Yeah: Lee Friedlander at Fraenkel Gallery

May 21, 2012 by Jeanette Joy Harris

The new Lee Friedlander show “Mannequin” was created just for me, I think. The iconic Friedlander (who has been photographing for over 50 years), has compiled works that incorporate mannequins (fashion) and architecture. I am in heaven. On view at Fraenkel Gallery until June 23. 

Categories: art • Tags: Fraenkel Gallery, Lee Friedlander, Mannequin, photography

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Jeanette Joy Harris is an artist and writer located in Houston, Texas who is primarily interested in the intersection between the conceptual and the constructable. Her art works have been shown in galleries and juried shows in Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago Heights, and her academic interests include 19th and 20th century Continental philosophy with a particular interest in Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. 

She currently serves as Art Director and Editor of Owlcat Press, an independent, Memphis-based literary magazine and publishing house. She also writes her own arts and culture blog, jeanettejoyharris.com, which focuses on the interplay between high art and pop culture.

Like all good art writers, she has a day gig. For the past 15 years, Joy has been assisting professional services organizations with marketing and business development strategies. Most recently she has begun to develop presentations that focus on how businesses can benefit from the methods and processes of the creative industry.  

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