Miami, FL – June 3, 2021 – On Wednesday June 2nd, Mitte Projects in collaboration with Maia House hosted a dinner and art exhibition featuring Yul Vazquez and Jordi Mollá‘s collaboration of 11 works on canvas. Guests enjoyed a welcome drink by Miguel Torres – Estelado Rosé, a Tequila tasting experience by Cincoro Tequila and an eclectic 6 course dinner by Maia House’s Chef Hilary Fernandez. Yul’s and Jordi’s work will be on display at Maia House Restaurant until the end of August.
VoyageMIA Interview
Meet Frances Sinkowitsch, Estee Mandel-Steigman and Maritza De Quesada
Maritza De Quesada, Estee Mandel-Steigman & Frances Sinkowitsch
Today we’d like to introduce you to Frances Sinkowitsch, Estee Mandel-Steigman and Maritza De Quesada.
Our team has been involved in the Miami art world for many years working with different instrumental personalities that helped shape the cultural movement in South Florida. Our founder, Frances Sinkowitsch got the itch to fly solo and decided to launch Mitte Projects. The concept of Mitte Projects was born out of a strive to create exhibitions that stir away from the “white box” by exploring and experimenting in unexpected locations. Soon thereafter, Maritza De Quesada and Estee Mandel-Steigman joined the team. Our diverse expertise in the field has made a strong and dynamic trio.
Has it been a smooth road?
Our projects are nomadic, so they involve a lot of legwork, permits, etc. for exhibitions lasting up to one week. We have to make things happen quickly from set-up to sales. It is a bit of an Art Boot Camp! Which also makes our team stronger and ready for any obstacles down the road. We analyze and make changes where needed to elevate the next experience. Last year we had the opportunity to do a show at the former Rubell Collection space in collaboration with the stellar team of Wynwood Art + Events. It was a super exciting and dynamic collaboration as the exhibition intertwined with their high-end events exposing the artists to all kinds of audiences. We can’t wait to reveal our next project!
We’d love to hear more about your business.
We are a team of three women, we are full-time moms and full-time professionals. Frances Sinkowitsch is our curator and creative director, Estee Mandel-Steigman is in charge of client liaison and all philanthropic aspects, and Maritza De Quesada is our art director, project manager and CFO. We run a nomadic art project space dedicated to promoting the works of local and international artists with a focus on emerging talent while also dealing with secondary market. We offer personalized art advisory catering to each collector’s individual needs. A passion for art and the art business makes us excel and provide clients with the best acquisition experience. We are proud to be a window to the world for emerging artists who sometimes find many obstacles in finding representation.
Our last exhibition titled “Play Me” included 36 local and international artists and it was based on the feeling music gives you and the relationship between music and art. Our current exhibition “Welcome To Paradise” encompasses a blissful selection of works that activate your senses; bursts of bright colors, optical illusions, paradisal imagery, surfaces that mimic nature and the cosmos, and ethereal creatures. We are thrilled to be showing for the first time ever the collaborative works of artists/actors Yul Vázquez and Jordi Mollá; with a series of mixed media works they have created since they met on the set of Bad Boys II. Due to the pandemic the show is to be seen online or by appointment. The show also includes 32 international artists; the catalog can be found on our website.
Is our city a good place to do what you do?
We are thrilled to be part of the Miami Art Scene. Since Art Basel launched its first edition in 2002, it has been a catalyst for the cultural aspect of the city. Miami has become a destination point for art collectors looking for new talent and escaping to a tropical paradise. Also, Miami is a key spot for individuals looking to invest in a second home-many come from Europe and South America looking for the eternal summer. This is an asset for us, as art enriches and adds personality to these homes. So yes! We definitely think Miami is a hot location for opening an art-related business.
source: http://voyagemia.com/interview/meet-frances-sinkowitsch-estee-mandel-steigman-maritza-de-quesada-mitte-projects-wynwood/?fbclid=IwAR07Snyi4jAeprKQViz-Y0oUCO7bEVIm5Jsf-78VViaEgPEFDkuOYrCnN8I
Mitte Projects Showcases New Multidisciplinary Exhibition, PLAY ME, at Wynwood Arts 29
Miami, FL – December 6, 2019- Mitte Projects hosted an intimate breakfast in celebration of Miami Art Week, showcasing their new multidisciplinary exhibition, PLAY ME. Housed in the former Rubell Family Collection building, now Wynwood Arts 29, the art exhibition explores the sensory relationship between music and art, featuring works from over forty local and international artists. Collectors and art aficionados alike got a closer look with a curator-led tour of artwork on display, while savoring jamón ibérico and cava rosé, courtesy of Miguel Torres. Thoughtfully curated by Mitte Projects, PLAY ME provides a unique platform to expose up-and-coming artists in a prime Wynwood location with a noteworthy legacy. The exhibition will remain on view through early 2020, and is just one of a series of evolving shows that Mitte Projects will run at Wynwood Arts 29 in the months to follow.
Works by Patricia Schnall Gutierrez and Suzanne Unrein
Ernesto Kunde
Annick Durango, Maritza De Quesada & Estefania Toth
Raquel Glottman
Bridgett Rok-Potamkin, Estee Mandel-Steigman & Arlene Chaplin
Works by Jose Margulis & Hallie Hart
Jordan Mandel & Juan Ignacio Reffreger
Valeria Yamamoto
Juliette & Benny Klepach, Vic Garcia
Works by Maritza De Quesada & Tony Vazquez Figueroa
source: https://worldredeye.com/2019/12/mitte-projects-showcases-new-multidisciplinary-exhibition-play-me-at-wynwood-arts-29/
Una Nueva Tendencia en exhibición de arte
MITTE Art Exhibition Open House
Un concepto tomado de Park Avenue, The Hamptons y Vail. Donde el arte es el protagonista del evento.
En los últimos años el negocio inmobiliario a evolucionado de una manera radical, donde los Brokers hoy son mas que negociadores profesionales, hoy los expertos en comercializar propiedades de lujo son conocedores de automóviles deportivos, jets privados, yates y por supuesto arte.
Eventos de todo tipo son organizados para promocionar con una meta que ya no es solamente cerrar la operación, hoy es una relación personal que marca la diferencia, que trae como resultado el cierre y posibles futuras operaciones creando circulos exclusivos.
"Deep Time" Rosalind Tallmadge's solo exhibition at Marquee Projects
Rosalind Tallmadge is presenting a selection of works at Marquee Projects in the Hamptons.
With this current selection of paintings, Tallmadge has chosen a title of "Deep Time" as it refers to the concept of geological time and processes of erosion and sedimentation. This relates to the artist’s multiple applications and removal of both natural and manufactured materials, revealing layered painted surfaces that become meditative artifacts of real and implied history. In this sense, the paintings are essentially compressed renderings of a time that exists beyond the maker or viewer.
In addition to the conceptual aspects of the construction, the visceral and physical vitality of the paintings, themselves, evokes an unfolding and hypnotic experience. The accumulated layers of mica, leafing, and pigment create surfaces reminiscent of abalone shells, minerals, and gemstones, and the use of glitter and sequins reference textures and colors found in cosmetics, fabrics, and costumes. The aggregate materials make one think of some sort of wild geological experiment — or what Tallmadge, herself, calls “disco alchemy.”
When viewed from different angles, her artwork playfully shifts and offers the viewer an optically elusive target. We invite you to take aim and witness the collision of the seduction with the abjection, the sobriety with the humor, and the mundane with the sublime.
Moon, 2018. Silver leaf, mica and pigment on silk, 36 x 36 in.
Mitte Artists Summer Residencies
We are thrilled to announce three of our artists will be working at summer residencies in NY and abroad.
Suzanne Unrein will be traveling to Spain to do a residency at Can Serrat in El Bruc. She will be spending her summer abroad and experimenting with new mediums and techniques. Can Serrat at the foot of Montserrat and close to Barcelona by bus. The center was founded by a group of Norwegian artists and is known for its beautiful natural environment.
Iliana Scheggia is joining us in New York for her summer residency at School of Visual Arts ( SVA). She will be focusing on sculpture, installation, new media art and techno-ceramics. She will have the opportunity to experiment with the latest in digital technology in an environment that is conducive to inter-media exploration and critical dialogue.
Ramon Aular's Golden Thread
Ramon Aular's idea of an art form is not based on a specific technique, instead on a function from symbolic properties of any given material, object or image can offer. In this case the colors and the golden shine represents the influence of Latin-American culture, the use of wood in an organic and natural state and the use of threads represent the connections between the real and ficticious world, between the open and closed; between the known factors and the unknown...
The artist assume the artistic practice from day-to-day experience and from the objects that relate to the body, with nature, within space and architecture. In his line of work he reveal the feeling that was once an idea and transforms into a palpable and very personal art form.
The Vastness of space in Carolina Sardi's Landscapes
Landscapes use organic shapes and lines that are engaged in an exploration of the two dimensional space. Using the whole wall, the background is painted and the directional lines, that I use when I work in the compositions, become visible. Landscapes represent for me moments in time, contemplation of nature as form of visualizing the vastness of the space.
"My art is my way of expressing my world vision. I try to convey maximum of information in the most minimal but essential forms. Although I work mainly with steel, my sculptures and installations have an organic sensibility that reflects my interest in the basic interactions of life. The reference to geometry, natural shapes and the use of positive and negative spaces are a response to the search of a balance between opposites.
Wall compositions are separated from the surface of the walls with a distance of one or two inches, creating a floating effect in the space that is enhanced by lights and shadows. The blank walls become the medium and support for each one of these installations. The free standing and hanging pieces use the void as the main visual element. Space it’s a medium and transparency it’s always an important factor in these pieces.
Color, or the absence of it, is used to emphasize the strength of each shape and the placement of the shape in the space.
The concept behind each artwork is as important as the image and the space is as important as the shapes that create the whole composition.
Subjects and messages are open to personal interpretations.
The interaction with the spectator brings forth multiple ways of reading each composition."
- Carolina Sardi
Fields by Alexandra Posen
Alexandra Posen's FIELDS series proposes a cathedral of individuality and the ineffable singularity of human presences. Working on 20' x 15" cold pressed watercolor paper, Posen uses pigmented beeswax and other mixed media to conjure relief paintings that each possess a unique spirit or wholeness. After meditating on the finished painting, Posen associates the wax mark with a creative icon, and meticulously incises the icon's last name into the paper - resulting in a word window. In this way, FIELDS takes on qualities of a portrait series - while the connection between the word/ identity and the abstract mark continues to carry a playful and open ended rapport.
