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My Life Equals Life Music

Music Review

By SaQueena Fields

In Mary J. Blige’s My Life album, she has the best R&B and soul music to get you through your problems. When feeling down and in need of a release, My Life will make you feel great to be a woman. She takes you through the trials and tribulations of being a woman.

Mary J. Blige is a great, multi-talented singer/songwriter, producer and actress from the Bronx. Blige started her career in 1992. Growing up in Yonkers, New York, Blige is the first artist with Grammy wins in pop, rap, and R&B genres. She’s Also a recipient of nine Grammy awards and four American Music Awards. Blige is similar to Aretha Franklin because they both have soulful and powerful voices.

The My Life album has many great songs to choose from. One song many women can relate to is “I’m Going Down”. The song represents what love can do to a person. She sang the song with emotional brilliance to express just how much a man can take a great toll on your heart.

“Be Happy” is another great song on the album because it explains how one can still enjoy themselves while being drama-free. All of the 18 songs on the album are great successes to her music career. The My Life album is enjoyable to listen to, and Blige's loyal fans agree. It is comforting to listen to.

Overall, the album My Life is an emotional rollercoaster. Blige reminds her listeners that there’s always more in life to learn, and she makes you feel great as a woman. Blige’s My Life album is a great album to listen to when you need to clear your head. Arguably the greatest part about about the album is that she talks about different types of topics and still keeps the listener engaged.

New Balance Craze

Informative Essay

Denise Burks

New Balance describes its shoes as being stylish, popular and affordable. Many sneaker lovers around the world prefer to wear the New Balance brand.

The most popular New Balance shoes are 990 and 993. The revenue of New Balance is $3 billion, and the employees 1,001 to 5,000 (www.indeed.com?cmp?new-balance). People like to wear New Balance because they're the most variable shoes that you can wear.

New Balance is an American footwear manufacturer based in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. It was founded 1906. In 1906, William J, Riley, a 33-year-old British emigrant founded The New Balance Arch Support Company. (en.wikipedia.org).

New Balance does not give names to the shoes it sells instead referring to them by a 2,3 or 4 digit model number. New Balance cost $50-200. It just depends on what size the person wears. The headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts.

Finally, if you should go out and buy a pair of New Balance shoes, it will save you money, and they're considered stylish by most. You probably will like them. New Balance are not that expensive.

Organic Foods vs. Regular Foods

Persuasive Essay

Ronald Simms

Whether it's the chemicals in the foods or the seasons for planting, organic foods are foods that are grown differently than regular foods. Consumers say that organic foods are healthier than regular foods because they are grown naturally without all of the chemicals. People also say that pricing is consistent, but it varies by the season. In some ways, organic foods appear to be one big scam because you cannot tell if it is healthier. Where's the evidence? Also, if you eat as much organic food as you eat regular food, you could gain almost the same amount of weight.

Regular food is cheaper and grown with chemicals and pesticides to keep the bugs away. Some say that regular food is fattening, and you will have a greater chance of having a heart attack or dying in comparison with eating organic. Regular foods just taste better than organic foods, but some people might argue otherwise. Regular food from fast food places cost less than organic foods.

In conclusion, this argument is likely a tie. Organic food and regular food are both full of their own pros and cons. A lot of people like organic food, and a lot people like regular food. People can eat fast food but, not all the time. You can eat organic any time.

Better Is Better: Charter Or Public?

Persuasive Essay

Chamia Thomas

Charter schools are better than public schools in many ways. From graduation rates to the overall learning system, parents can rest assured their children are on their way to greater things at a charter school.

Charter schools are more efficient in graduating students. They have more teachers and a better system of learning. Charter school teachers are more prepared for what they are supposed to teach the kids than public schools. Both public and charter schools want their students to be able to have good careers and good mindsets. It just seems charter schools are better because they have better teachers, smaller class sizes and they have a better learning system.

My experience as a student at a public school proves there's a huge difference. Public schools are not that efficient because a larger percentage of teachers don’t give the kids the most effort and education. They let them do whatever they want, and they don’t really show the greatest level of care for the students. I personally believe public schools follow the strings of the government even if it's not benefitting the kids. If they were able to make their own rules like charter schools, there would be more educating going on. Public schools are swarming with kids with severe behavior problems. Charter schools are a place for kids to learn. I feel as though charter schools have a way of helping the children come in and be quiet and learn something to help in the future.

My times in public schools have been bad. I didn’t get work done or really know what was going on. Public schools are not a safe environment. I think charter schools are the best for anyone who is really trying to pursue their goal in life. Charter school has really helped me a lot in my life. They are really strict and they give you a good sense of direction. Even though I hate rules, I still follow them. The school I go to is Cesar Chavez. They have really given me life lessons. They push us so they give us a lot of work, and they give us tutoring and help when we need it.

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Lowering The Drinking Age

Persuasive Essay

Aaraa Brown

When you turn 18, you gain the right to vote, smoke tobacco, go to most clubs and play the lottery. You're considered a responsible adult who's old enough to make your own decisions. At 18, the average person moves out of their parent's house and starts makign a life for themselves. The question is, why don't 18-year-olds have the right to drink along with all the other adult responsibilities?

In other countries, like Thailand and Switzerland, the drinking age is lower than 21. In fact, it's lower than 18, but you don't see young adults and adults getting DUI's or getting into car accidents over there. The reason the DUI rates are lower there is because of the communication the parents have with their teens. The reason for all the accidents in the US isn't the age. It's the fact that parents fail to talk to their kids about drinkign responsibly (www.wiki.com).

Studies show that 72 percent of teens admit to drinking before the age of 21. Most teens only drink because the law says they can't. They do it because they like the rush they get from doing something they know they aren't supposed to do. Yes, I'm saying if drinking was legal at 18, chances are your teen wouldn't want to drink anyway. Twenty-six percent of fatal accidents caused by drunk drivers aren't even caused by teens; they're caused by people 21 and older (www.wiki.com).

Some people might think the drinking age should be 21 or even older. A reason for that could be because they don't want teens in high school to have access to liquor earlier than they already do. That would be a good reason to keep the legal drinking age 21, but the thing is, kids are drinking in high school anyway.

Hopefully this helps readers understand that age is nothing but a number. Having the age of legal drinking at 21 doesn't make a drinker more or less mature. What makes a drinker mature enough to drink is them having been taught how to drink responsibly.

Fisher Finds His Way

Movie Review

Milan Ramson

Coming up from under a rock can be lonely, scary, and frustrating. Antwone Fisher is a narrative true story about an African American man named Antwone Fisher played by Derek Luke who joins the Navy to escape his problems from childhood that still seem to haunt him.

In the story, there are two main characters, Fisher and the Navy’s psychiatrist Dr. Lee played by Denzel Washington. Fisher is a troubled boy who is unsure about his identity. Dr.Lee played a very valuable role because he helps Fisher throughout the story. He helps him to heal by trying guide him through self-discovery.

This story takes place inner part of Cleveland. While growing up in that area, Fisher finds out that being outside is the safest place for him to be. In his neighborhood, there isn’t much of anything for kids his age to do, one can say it's like a child being trapped in the house on a rainy day. Fisher lived with an abusive foster mom who refers to him as a dumb nigger. While still growing up, Fisher realizes that he wasn’t being treated right and that it was time for him to leave. At the age of 17, he left the men’s shelter and joined the Navy. While in the Navy, the journey to figure out the meaning to his life story unfolded.

This is a timeless story of a man transforming his life by understanding that without understanding he would never have closure, and he would never move on to the bigger picture in his future.

The Inside Of The Outsiders

Book Review

Kofi Henderson

The importance of friendship and brotherhood are the main themes of the book The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton is the book's author who wrote it while still in high school. The book was somewhate based on her own life. The book takes place in a small, rural town in the 1960s. There are two main groups in the story's plot, the Greasers and the Socs. The main characters, Ponyboy and Johnny, are Greasers. Compared to the Socs, they are the good guys who have to defend themselves from the Socs. Socs are wealthy high schoolers who do bad things for fun and get away with it. They usually pick on Greasers and do ignorant stuff for no good reason.

One night, Johnny and Ponyboy go out and sit at night. That's when Socs came and started to fight with them. The toughest Soc started to drown Ponyboy in a water fountain. Johnny stabs and kills the Soc while trying to save Ponyboy. They then run away to a far away abandoned church. This climax in the book had me very excited and the way events turned surprised me.

You will have to read the book yourself ot find out what happens next to Ponyboy and Johnny. A lot of drama happens like when Ponyboy's father figure gets in trouble with the law. I would recommend this book to any teen who likes realistic fiction, both male and female. This book contains no ordinary story plot and has many unexpected turns.

Kiki Valdes - 9 Muses

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Another cool picture by David Cabrea.

I love this guy. He pretty much captures

really important phases of my artistic development. Check out his work.

This was taken at our show THE OUTSIDERS.

KIKI VALDES 9 MUSES

Some Face-Time (Kiki Valdes + Valissa Yoe)

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VALISSA YOE and KIKI VALDES

in front of the painting "Face-Time" 2012. The painting was featured during THE OUTSIDERS group show from Jan. Photo by David Cabrera

Sending Love To Our Supporters

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THE OUTSIDERS

thank you's for love and support

Now is the time for us to send out so much love to the fine people that helped us get this show off the ground. It means so much to all of us. Thank you

REMEMBER WE ARE OPEN FOR ART WALK:

SATURDAY. JAN. 14TH 2012

ERIC TORRIENTE - KIKI VALDES - GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON - KRISTY LEIBOWITZ - DAVID MARSH - NICOLE SODEN - EDWARD CROWELL II - JOHNNY LADERER - DAVID “UPNUP” CABRERA - DIANNE RADLER - ROLLIN STIRMAN- JOHNNY ROBLES

6pm - 10pm

Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

Visit our site: TheOutsiders

Image: Heike Wollenweber

Facebook Invite Page

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THE OUTSIDE OF ARTWALK

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THE OUTSIDERS

GROUP SHOW WILL BE OPEN FOR ARTWALK

Ironside Warehouse

7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

6-10PM

CURATOR: KIKI VALDES

FACEBOOK INVITE PAGE

SATURDAY, JAN. 14TH 2012

THE OUTSIDERS (Open for Artwalk Jan. 14th)

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OUTSIDERS

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IS OPEN FOR ARTWALK: SAT. JAN. 14TH

ERIC TORRIENTE - JOHNNY ROBLES - KIKI VALDES - GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON - KRISTY LEIBOWITZ - DAVID MARSH - NICOLE SODEN - EDWARD CROWELL II - JOHNNY LADERER - DAVID “UPNUP” CABRERA - DIANNE RADLER - ROLLIN STIRMAN

Ironside Warehouse

7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

6-10PM

Facebook Invite Page

One Week Only - THE OUTSIDERS

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THE OUTSIDERS

ERIC TORRIENTE - KIKI VALDES - GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON - KRISTY LEIBOWITZ - DAVID MARSH - NICOLE SODEN - EDWARD CROWELL II - JOHNNY LADERER - DAVID “UPNUP” CABRERA - DIANNE RADLER - ROLLIN STIRMAN

Ironside Warehouse - 7630 NE 4th Court Miami, FL 33138-5032 - book appointment: 786.315.8369 - Show runs till Jan. 14th.

CURATOR: KIKI VALDES

Opening Night of THE OUTSIDERS

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Artists: Edward Crowell II, Kiki Valdes and Johnny Laderer in beside Crowell's painting "When I Get Home" 2012

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OUTSIDERS

- Opening Night

Artist Johnny Laderer with his installation "Skinner Camp" 2012

Eric Torriente's "Aphrodisian" 2011 - 2012

Group shot with some of THE OUTSIDERS: (From Left) Kiki Valdes, Eric Torriente, David Marsh, Nicole Soden, Johnny Laderer, Edward Crowell II, George Sanchez-Calderon and Rollin Stirman

Diane Radler's iconic photo "Back of the Limo" 1986.

Johnny Roble's "Gushing Light" 2008

Kristy Leibowitz "Kembra and Viva" 2008

Artist and curator of THE OUTSIDERS - Kiki Valdes stands next to his painting "Face-Time" 2012

Ironside Warehouse - 7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032 - book appointment: 786.315.8369

Show runs till Jan. 14th.

Installation view: (Left to R) Photograph, David Cabrera "Untitled" 2011, Nicole Soden "Swallow" 2010, David Marsh "Again Sorry" 2010 and Johnny Robles "Gushing Light" 2008

THE OUTSIDERS: Installation

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THE OUTSIDERS: Till Jan. 14

ERIC TORRIENTE - KIKI VALDES - GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON - KRISTY LEIBOWITZ - DAVID MARSH - NICOLE SODEN - EDWARD CROWELL II - JOHNNY LADERER - DAVID “UPNUP” CABRERA - DIANNE RADLER
ROLLIN STIRMAN - JOHNNY ROBLES

Ironside Warehouse - 7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

KIKI VALDES + IRONSIDE PRESENT

Book appointment: 786.315.8369 - [email protected]

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THE OUTSIDERS Opens Tomorrow!

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as well as a rank

outsider."

"YOU CAN BE A RANK INSIDER

- ROBERT FROST

“THE OUTSIDERS” at IRONSIDE WAREHOUSE Curated by: KIKI VALDES from Chris Sullivan on Vimeo.

Works by: JOHNNY ROBLES - ERIC TORRIENTE - KIKI VALDES - GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON - KRISTY LEIBOWITZ - DAVID MARSH - NICOLE SODEN - EDWARD CROWELL II - JOHNNY LADERER - DAVID “UPNUP” CABRERA - DIANNE RADLER
ROLLIN STIRMAN

Opens this Saturday, Jan. 7th 2012

6pm - 10:30pm

Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

786.315.8369

CURATOR: KIKI VALDES

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INSIDE THE OUTSIDE

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Heike Wollenweber catches up with New York/Miami artist KIKI VALDES, who is organizing the group show "THE OUTSIDERS"(opens Jan. 7th). They discuss the show, the artists involved and creative friendships.

You recently relocated from Miami to New York. How is the New York experience so far?

It is hard. It is different but I like it. I noticed there is something going on between New York and Miami. Everyone that is doing stuff in New York is somehow connected to Miami. So I am over there and I am constantly seeing Miami people.

You are the curator for the upcoming group show “The Outsiders”. Why did you choose that name?

I picked “The Outsiders” because all the artists in the show do not necessarily show all the time. They do their thing. A lot of times artists tend to feel like outsiders because they might not follow a particular trend so automatically they are like outsiders. They might not care about what’s in. I do not think that’s how art should be measured. It should be measured by its merit, its devotion and its time and sincerity. Everybody is pretty sincere on the show. When you are sincere you tend to be an outsider, too. When you are true to yourself and not following what’s hot. That’s what it is really about. We are not following any type of status quo. We are outsiders. We are not doing this during Art Basel. A lot of the artists in this show did not show during Art Basel. That was intentional. It is about art for us and not about Art Basel and in Miami you tend to be an outsider for that, too. The work is about the individual artists and how they feel in general.

What work did you choose for the exhibit?

I chose the work that I like. I connect with people whose work I like and who are not necessarily getting the attention they deserve. Even for myself, none of these galleries respond to me so that’s why, a few years ago, I started putting together shows. I cannot wait for anybody. We are going to do our own thing and let the people decide if it’s something that is honest and good and touches something that is connected to everybody.

Did you choose the artists who are in the show?

Yes.

Based on what criteria?

Galleries a lot of times show people they are friends with first and all the artists in the show are my friends. But it is not just because they are my friends. I like their work. When you are friends with somebody you can kind of see how they have developed and understand their work more. That’s more important than just throwing darts in the wind by showing someone you might not really understand what they are doing. In this show, I understand their work and it is easier for us to pick the work together . They feel comfortable with me and I feel comfortable with them. It is also about the aesthetics of the work, about the strength of the work , too.

For a group show does it make a difference if the artists are on the same wavelength?

I don’t care about that. I don’t pick the work because it works together. I put the work in a room and then we try to make it work. I think that is the best way to do it. We try to make it work together and if it doesn’t work it’s on me. I just want to grab work I feel strongly about and make it work within the space to see what happens, what’s the end result. It’s gambling with different artists that we admire, that my friends admire. That’s kind of my philosophy for all the shows.

Why did you choose the warehouse as the space for the exhibit?

I always had my eyes on this warehouse, for a long time, and I always wanted to do a warehouse show. I wanted a much smaller space but it wasn’t available to me and then I saw this one, filled with storage and I asked them if they would let me execute a show and they said yes then they cleared it out. The pieces started falling together. I was on the prowl to find a space and I found this warehouse space and then I just connected it with the whole outsiders theme.

How many artists are in the show?

10 now. There is two more now . George Sanchez- Calderon. He showed during Art Basel at Primary Projects. Also Johnny Laderer. His installations pull you in. They have something about them that scream Florida.

Why did you choose artists from New York and Miami?

I did not have an idea like ‘oh it’s all gonna be New York or oh it’s all gonna be Miami‘. It’s kind of just how it happened. That’s kind of my experience right now - Miami and New York.

Can you tell us something about each artist and their art for the exhibit?

Johnny Robles does a lot of murals and he also does conceptual work. He builds sculptures. He is kind of a refined artist that kind of taps into a lot of different mediums. He is going to have a drawing, a 5 ft drawing of a child with his eyes closed. The kid looks like he is dreaming.

Eric Torriente’s work is very expressionistic. He is a very intense individual. I have known him since I was like 13. He has always painted but he actually stopped painting now . He is only doing sculptures. He feels very limited to the canvas so he is only working in sculpture. This sculpture he is showing is I think is like only the second or third sculpture he has ever made. It’s great. It’s like 9 ft tall.

Kristy Leibowitz is New York based. She is one of the first people I met in New York. She is also one of the main in house photographers for the Hole Gallery in New York, which are doing a lot of avant garde and really cool stuff. Some of her photographs that she has taken have actually been sold at the armory show and Art Basel through Deitch Projects. The photograph she is showing with us, it isn’t a very big photograph, no one has ever seen it. It has never been published. She did a photo shoot with Kembra, who is a performance artist also doing fetish films, and never did anything with them so that has never been shown. I am very excited about it.

David Marsh is a painter, from Miami. He is rather abstract. He uses a lot of materials within his canvases. He uses like stretched out old jerseys and he will make them into these paintings. It’s a lot of fun.

Nicole Soden is a socialite. Everyone has seen her before. She is always at the Vagabond and very interactive in the community . Her sculpture that she is showing was voted “Best Female Sculpture” at Nada Art Fair last year so I am really happy that she is involved. Everybody knows who she is.

Then we have Edward Crowell II. Ed is an interesting person. I met him a little over a year ago. He is awesome. He lives on the Beach. He is not from Miami so he does not know a lot of people in the Miami community, the art community so in some funny ways he is definitely the quintessential outsider. He is working on a lot of poetry on black canvas and they are really thick and chunky so they are like these text, cursive paintings and they have like a Cy Twombly feel.

David Cabrera is a photographer and he kind of even reminds me of Kristy Leibowitz in a way . He mostly takes photographs and does video and they do stuff with Cash Money and Lil Wayne. They worked on Rick Ross music videos and a video shoot for Playboy. He is really involved in the music videos for rappers but he has crossed over and he is now doing documentations of art events. He has done a few art videos for me. He is showing this inception, skyline type of thing. It’s like a skyline that doesn’t end. He has definitely always been interested in art and doing different kind of work and I feel like he is an outsider for that.

George Sanchez-Calderon is a very established Miami artist. Everybody knows who he is. He is really smart and he had his work a few months ago at the De La Cruz Collection. He does architectural work, kind of talking about the growth of Miami and the corruption. He does a lot of interactive works in the community. He made this throne out of wood and all the homeless people would sit on it and they had it in the community. That was in upstate New York. His stuff is very very conceptual compared to a lot of other works in the show. I am glad he is involved.

Dianne Radler committed suicide. I don’t know the year. It was a while ago. She is actually really good friends with Nicole Soden and Nicole has most of her works. Dianne lived between Miami and New York City. In 1980 she took a lot of pictures of iconic people. She took pictures of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Madonna when they were first dating . The one we are showing is Madonna and Basquiat and the picture is taken kind of upside down. We are pretty excited about it. I think that is the first time she is going to be part of a group thing like that. With this show I think people will have a lot more awareness of her work and hopefully it will end up in some good collections. She is actually the only artist in the show I have never met but Nicole Soden was really good friends with her. They were really connected and I am really good friends with Nicole so I would imagine I would have gotten along with her, too.

You are the curator for “The Outsiders” but also one of the artists so tell us about your art.

I am definitely a painter first. My new stuff definitely taps into expressionism mixed with cartoon and elements of pop culture. For this show I am actually showing 9 portraits based on the 9 Greek muses so I did 9 paintings based on 9 women from Miami that affected my life in some form or fashion and based them off of each Greek muse. The 9 Greek muses were always applied to different operas and stuff. I did the portraits off my memory. I did not do them off of photographs or anything so they are really really abstract . The muses and the mythologies were carried on verbally and through memory. They never had it written down so I kind of feel like that’s how I went about it when I did the work. I will show 9 paintings of the muses and then I will finish one other painting.

THE OUTSIDE

"In this show, I understand their work and it is easier for us to pick the work together . They feel comfortable with me and I feel comfortable with them."

- Kiki Valdes Jan. 2012

"It’s gambling with different artists that we admire, that my friends admire. That’s kind of my philosophy for all the shows."

THE OUTSIDERS” at IRONSIDE WAREHOUSE
Opening: Saturday, January 7th 2012

6- 10:30pm
Show runs for one week only

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Ironside Warehouse

7630 NE 4th Court

Miami, FL 33138-5032

THE OUTSIDERS (MIAMI) - JAN. 7th

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THE OUTSIDERS

JOHNNY ROBLES
ERIC TORRIENTE
KIKI VALDES
GEORGE SANCHEZ-

CALDERON
KRISTY LEIBOWITZ
DAVID MARSH
NICOLE SODEN
EDWARD CROWELL II
DAVID CABRERA
DIANNE RADLER
ROLLIN STIRMAN

Works by:

Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012

Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

6pm - 10:30pm

KIKI VALDES + IRONSIDE PRESENT:

Photos: Eric Torriente 'Aphrodisian' development stages.

OUTSIDE of Wynwood. Jan. 7th 2012

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THE OUTSIDERS

JOHNNY ROBLES

Eric Torriente

EDWARD CROWELL II

KIKI VALDES

GEORGE SANCEHZ -

CALDERON

NICOLE SODEN

DAVID MARSH

David Cabrera

ROLLIN STIRMAN

DIANNE RADLER

Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012

( show runs one week only)

Curator:

KIKI VALDES

Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

KRISTY LEIBOWITZ

WHO'S AN OUTSIDER? JAN. 7TH

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THE OUTSIDERS

JOHNNY ROBLES

ERIC TORRIENTE

KIKI VALDES

GEORGE SANCHEZ -

CALDERON

NICOLE SODEN

KRISTY LEIBOWITZ

DAVID MARSH

EDWARD CROWELL II

DAVID CABRERA

ROLLIN STIRMAN DIANNE RADLER

CURATOR: KIKI VALDES

Opens: Saturday, January 7th 2012

/ Ironside Warehouse: 7630 NE 4th Court. Miami. 6 - 10:30pm

"A group show in a warehouse by some train tracks"

THE OUTSIDERS: Q + A

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Q + A with organizer Kiki Valdes
Conducted by: M.A. Macias

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE THE TITLE FOR THE SHOW "THE OUTSIDERS"?

KV: I think most artists in general at some point or another in their careers can feel like outsiders. If you achieve a certain amount of success you can feel alienated at times from your peers. You can also feel like an outsider from the art world in general if you don't like to be social all of the time. The warehouse where we are doing this show is called Ironside. It's a property close to some train tracks. The street kids always throw rocks from the train tracks at us. I just felt it connected so much of how people feel lately.

HOW DID YOU PICK THE ARTISTS INVOLVED?

KV: Everyone in the show is my friend. I've been following everyones work for years. Dianne Radler is no longer with us but I am so happy to show her work for this. She took photos of so many iconic people in Miami and New York during the 1980's. People that were considered outsiders at one point, but now are really legends of our time. I respect everyone involved. Everyone brings something different. It sounds cliche but it's true and I think that's the only way I find this fun to do.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ART WORLD IN GENERAL, IS THIS SHOW A REBELLION AGAINST IT?

KV: I don't know. I just want to do a show and open doors for my friends. We all want to show what we are doing and I think sometimes we have to do it ourselves. Everyone is really great and I think this show will help people notice that more. This show is about doing it ourselves. None of us are represented. We can make work and do shows and have fun. It was really important for me to do this show in Miami a month after Art Basel. This is how we live. We don't live for Dec.

YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK STILL? ARE YOU ARE LIVING IN MIAMI NOW?

KV: I don't live in Miami year round anymore. I am doing New York and Miami. I think it's something I needed to do. I want to keep doing shows like this one in Miami and New York. We will see how that goes. It's a lot of fun to do. I call it cultural diplomacy. I like to interact with artists. It makes you learn more about art and about what you look for. It helps me grow as an artist too. I like learning the whole process of how to pick art and when everyone is happy with the outcome. It makes me happy too.

THE

OUTSIDERS

JOHNNY ROBLES
ERIC TORRIENTE
KIKI VALDES

GEORGE SANCHEZ-CALDERON
KRISTY LEIBOWITZ
DAVID MARSH
NICOLE SODEN
EDWARD CROWELL
DAVID CABRERA
DIANNE RADLER
ROLLIN STIRMAN

Ironside Warehouse: 7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032/ Learn more: TheOutsidersExhibition.com

The Outsiders (Group Show) opens Saturday, Jan. 7th 2012

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THE OUTSIDERS - Jan. 7th 2012

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'THE OUTSIDERS'

Group Show at Ironside Warehouse

Opening: Saturday, January 7th 2012
Show runs for one week only

“A group show in a warehouse by some train tracks.”

Celebrating the bravery of the creative outsider. The individual artist can face an aspect of social and economical barriers of the art world that is obscurely outside of the art making process.

This show is about exhibiting the work of artists from the outside, figuratively or by dialogue and context. This grouping brings together a variety of artists from Miami and New York.

Ironside Warehouse
7630 NE 4th Court
Miami, FL 33138-5032

Appointment: 786.315.8369