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Fountain Miami Music Line-Up: G.LOVE Headlines Friday Night, CHAIRLIFT Headlines Saturday

New York, NY- November 9, 2009: Fountain Miami, the independent alternative to art fairs held concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach, announces the live music program for the art fair that will run throughout the weekend.  The program of live music and DJ’s will be curated and sponsored by FILTER Magazine, with live music performances to be held on the outdoor stage.

Headling for Friday December 4  during the artists reception will be  G.LOVE. On Saturday December 5, headlining act CHAIRLIFT (others TBA) and WVUM, the local radio station, will also be providing music and radio promotions throughout the weekend. Notable DJ’s, including David Katz, will be performing throughout the weekend. Following the music on Saturday, an after party will be hosted by Poplife at The Electric Pickle (2826 North Miami Ave.).

A curated selection of art performances will be hosted over the span of the fair by Brooklyn’s own Grace Exhibition Space  by an array of artists and collectives throughout the interior exhibition space and on an outdoor stage in the the fairs sprawling main entrance lawn.

In addition, this year we are pleased to announce a new partnership with the cultural tastemaker and international media site FLAVORPILL.  We are excited to bring them on board as our official media sponsor. Fountain and Flavorpill will also be collaborating in the production of an ongoing, web-based stream of media updates via Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.  These media updates will be hosted by Flavorpill affiliated sites including: Artkrush, Daily Dose, and Flavorwire.

Fountain Miami will open to VIP’s and Press on Thursday December 3 and then to the public on Friday December 4th at 11am running until Sunday December 6 at 7pm. There will be a reception for the public on Friday December 4 from 7pm until midnight and a WhiteHot Magazine Launch/ Filter Magazine Curated Music Program on Saturday December 5 from 7pm until midnight. The address is 2505 North Miami Ave (at 25th Street) Miami FL 33137 requests for media and vip affairs can be directed to fountain@fountainexhibit.com or call 917-650-3760.

Russell Young -(detail) Pig Portraits – Sid Vicious, 62 x 48 inches, 2001 – Image Courtesy of Milk Gallery

List of Participating Galleries:

Boltax Gallery – Shelter Island
Brooklynite Gallery – Brooklyn
Glowlab – New York
Grace Exhibition Space – Brooklyn
Greg Haberny – Brooklyn
Jon Frum Foundation – Brooklyn
Jonathan Shorr – New York
Krasa Fine Art – Miami
Leo Kesting Gallery – New York
Milk Gallery – New York
Sara Nightingale – Shelter Island
Super/Prime – Brooklyn
We-Are-Familia – Brooklyn

About Fountain:

Fountain was launched in March 2006 in New York in an effort to leverage support for independent galleries overlooked by the larger, corporate-sponsored art fairs. The name “Fountain” is a nod to Marcel Duchamp’s controversial sculpture which shook up the art world when it was rejected by the Society of Artists’ exhibition in 1917. Similarly, in defiant contrast with The Armory Show, Art Basel Miami Beach, Pulse, Scope and the numerous other international art fairs, Fountain has received wide public support and critical acclaim for its experimental slant favoring large, open and ambitious installation spaces. In form and spirit, the artwork exhibited at Fountain reflects the avant-garde attitude of the Dada art movement, while attracting the attention of the international clientele and top collectors who attend the more traditional fairs.

Artnet – the most widely read art site on the web – describes Fountain: “Likeability and chutzpah used to be what art was about. That, and a little guerrilla mentality, which you had at Fountain in spades. This is the place where you reminisce about the good old days, when you did it yourself, when inspiration and magic struck like a bolt from the blue.”

Plum – “Extreme, grassroots, and black sheep are names that perhaps best describe Fountain. While other art exhibits are puppets to corporate culture, this show keeps it as real as they come.”

Fountain Miami 2009
2505 North Miami Ave Miami FL 33137
Telephone: 917.650.3760
Email: info@fountainexhibit.com
Website: http://fountainexhibit.com
Dates: December 3-6, 2009; 11am-7pm
VIP/Press Preview: Thursday Dec 3, from 11am until 7pm
Reception for the artists: Friday, December 4; 7pm-midnight
WhiteHot Magazine Release / Filter Magazine Music Lineup: Sat, Dec 5; 7pm-midnight
Cost: Donation of $5 at the door for all weekend access

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