Scope Miami: Mr. Brainwash and other Special Projects

Most fairs are strictly business and only a few details may be memorable, if one is lucky. Along with several special projects, one such detail at Scope Miami was the invasion of the L.A. graffiti artist known as Mr. Brainwash.

In Photo Reports by Aneta Glinkowska 2008-12-07 print

The more art fairs one sees, the more they become a blur, due to the massive amount of works each offers. Some of the exceptionally curated ones might leave a very strong impression, but most fairs are strictly business and only a few details may be memorable, if one is lucky. Along with several special projects, one such detail at Scope Miami was the invasion of the L.A. graffiti artist known as Mr. Brainwash. By the invitation of Scope, Mr. Brainwash produced works on nearly all unused walls of the fair and could be found in the tent at almost all times. The graffiti bombings and a number of special projects scattered around the Scope tent made this year’s Scope Miami just a little more memorable than your average art fair.

Scope Art Fair tent by Photo Miami on one side and Art Asia on the other. Nearly a dozen fairs have their tents in Midtown Miami and surrounding neighborhoods, making it easy for the Miami art shoppers to visit several events without walking. Miami Basel is about a 20 minute drive away in Miami Beach.

By the Scope tent.

Floors are made of unpainted, in places uneven, plywood, matching the street feeling of some of the special projects.

ARATANIURANO gallery from Tokyo, showing in the US for the first time.

Paul Laster of ArtKrush stops by the NY Art Beat media booth.

Absinthe being promoted daily. NYAB team still needs to taste some.

Media Booths. From the left, NY Art Beat, Artlog, Wynwood, Aspect.

Noisy but fun installation by FriendsWithYou, ''Fun House.''

Special Project: ''GLAMiami.'' Local Miami artists transform the visitors with clothes and makeup.

Derick Melander's ''Flesh of My Flesh'' installation made of second-hand clothes.

Special Project: ''Without You Baby, There Ain't No Us,'' drawings of YouTube video captures.

Costa Rica artist Lucia Madriz, making her work from dry corn.

Special Project: ''The Girl Project''

Works in Tokyo/NY based gallery, hpgrp.

Y Gallery from Queens, NY.

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Sasahara Gallery from Tokyo.

{CTS} creative thriftshop

Silk screens produced on the spot.

Mr. Brainwash in front of his work.

Mr. Brainwash.

Dripping information board display by Mr. Brainwash.

Mr. Brainwash

Mr. Brainwash at the entrance.

Aneta Glinkowska. Aneta, aka perke, was born and raised in the part of Poland where bagels and bialys allegedly come from. She did not taste either until she first arrived in NYC in her late teens. She fancies herself a photographer, moving image-maker, swimmer, writer and reader. She is hoping to be immortalized as perke in a Ryu Murakami novel, and then perhaps make a movie loosely based on it. In addition to helping run NYAB, Aneta shoots video interviews for TAB and NYAB. She is also on the lookout for gigs with NYC-based filmmakers. » See other writings

Comments

Judy Rey Wasserman
2008-12-07

Good photo coverage. Appreciate it.

Mr. Brainwash’s work reminds me of Bansky’s work. What do you think about that?

Judy Rey Wasserman
Jason
2008-12-13

Well, the rumor going around is that Mr. Brainwash (pictured) is an actor and Mr. Brainwash is a collaboration of different artist, including Banksy and Shepard Fairey.
Jessie
2010-09-09

Well the rumour was wrong. MBW is just a rip off of Banksy and Fairy and most other so call artists that use stencils. Boring and repetitive. So no original, would never buy anything from mbw.
Christian
2010-10-06

You guys need to see Exit Through the Gift Shop! It’s a film by Banksy!!! and it will explain to you all about mr brainwash
Mikkel
2011-01-08

That’s right, it give you a good picture of mr brainwash ! I think it’s funny, we deserved it!
Maria
2011-01-16

In Barcelona don’t like the concept of Mr Brainwash… likes work of Banksy, because have message, and the concept is open the eyes and brain… I’m confuse of film exit throught the gift shop…
sorry for my English…
Agustin
2011-01-25

Just saw the Exit through the gift shop movie…I wanted to see more about Banksy but got a good story instead.

mr brainwash deserves a piece of recognition for the persistence and will to follow his passion. He proven himself (and the public) as an outstanding showman, business guy synthesizing ideas but ends up stealing from others…without any creativity/innovation. Still a great story about exponential times and tipping phenomenon.

I want to own a Banksy!

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