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Gabriel Delponte and BridgemeJapan

By: Rob Goyanes on .

bio-gabriel2Gabriel DelponteGabriel Delponte is an Argentian-born, Miami-based artist who works in a wide range of media both contemporary and traditional. Matsuo Bashō is a 17th century Japanese poet still renowned for haikus that drew from his contemplative experiences in the countryside and the intellectual scenes of Japanese, feudalistic urban centers. Delponte and Bashō, in various ways, will be coming together in a project of Delponte’s titled BridgeMe Japan.

This traveling project will consist of Delponte riding his bike throughout the entire stretch of Japan over a one-year period – creating art, communicating with the people he meets, sharing it all on the site for BridgeMe Japan [link to http://bridgemejapan.com], and having it all filmed for a documentary film. He’s fit to ride the approximately 1800 miles stretch, given that he’s been riding since he was four and gets time in as a long-distance rider for the Sabrina Cohen Foundation, who supports regenerative medicine research.

Delponte has a multifaceted artistic practice; it’s composed of painting, mixed-media installation, furniture construction, and industrial/ecological design. He’s self-taught and has shown at international exhibitions including Art Basel and has had work in group shows globally. Several of his skills will be utilized for the Bridge Me Japan project, slated to start in January 2014, but perhaps the most essential skill he must use is his passion for long and enduring bike rides. Other than riding, Delponte will have a letter-writing project – he will solicit handwritten letters from those he meets and then pass them on to people of a different generation, creating lines of communication that didn’t previously exist in a format of a nearly bygone era.

A Gatsby Wedding

Designer Tanya Marie Gets Real

By: Irene Sperber on .

Gatsby2xxxvvvvvTammy Craftsow, with designer Tanya Marie, and Trisha Unaclarke model Gatsby inspired de Moura wedding party gownsTechnically this is not your classic art review, but I had such a pleasant time visiting Miami clothing designer Tanya Maria in the northern, and to me more interesting, section of the Design District, that we need to discuss this architect of thread and fabric. Not only is Tanya a lovely person inside and out (quite noticeably on the outside) but is a natural artist in the art-to-wear field. Tanya Marie has amassed a crew around her that is upbeat, excited and exciting. You want to hang out with them and let the creative juices spew forth. Being around people that are in the zone resonates outward like ripples from a stone tossed into a pond.

Quite by accident I popped into their studio/shop in the midst of a photo shoot documenting Tanya’s Gatsby-inspired dresses slated for the May 17th wedding of Real Miami Housewives star Adriana de Moura, I was treated to the full visuals. Tanya Marie is a tall and straw-thin drink of cool, draped in a gorgeous wafty color field of what I can only describe as bell bottoms. Tanya and her models were so spectacular, that in my simple iPhone photos, one would swear they were manikins had I not heard them speak and move in person. Gotta give credit to the make-up artist Karrie Ann London for that. She was on hand dabbing and patting their skin into translucence. I wondered, briefly, if anyone would notice if I stuck my visage under her poofy artist’s brush.

Enough of gushing over the visuals, my point is to delve into the mind of a successful Miami artist. Tanya is the real deal. As a child, without formal knowledge of even how a sewing machine worked or how to sketch out what her minds eye conjured up, Tanya could cut directly into the fabric and let thoughts flow freely. Is anyone else visualizing Edward Scissorhands as he zips through a suburban hedge? Well, it’s the same concept of putting your mind and soul into a germ of an idea suggested by the material and letting it rip, so to speak. She still uses this fearless method of designing.

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