And we're off to an artistic start . . .
What I love about the Coconut Grove Arts Festival this year is that there seems to be more art around the Grove, not just at the Festival area, but everywhere. Merchants are getting involved.
This allows artists who were not accepted into the big show, to share their art in other areas. CocoWalk and Mayfair have lots of things to see, of course, including the Antique Market and even as you walk up Main Highway and around to Commodore Plaza, you can see the whole Grove is into the festivities.
One thing to watch out for is the fakes on the street. This is one reason the artists on the streets idea needs to be regulated. They want "real" art, not factory knock-offs. Do you want these fake Romero Britto's (shown below?) or the real thing that is a block away? I hear the real Britto people are upset over the knock-offs, much like Gucci and Fendi don't like their fake items sold on New York street corners.
But to be honest, Britto saturates the market so much, who is to know what is real and what isn't? If he wasn't so commerical, he could actually regulate his own art. He's more of a factory than Andy Warhol ever was.
posted by Tom Falco at 3:17 PM
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Grape, sorry, but the Britto stuff in the store is mass produced in China. The web site designer who did the Britto site had 20 large, 36" x 36" Britto works stacked upright, all in a row and when no one was looking I placed my hands on both sides and was able to pick up the entire 20 units, almost without noticing any weight and when I studied one piece, looking at all sides, back and front, I realized it was just one single piece of plastic, including the entire frame. Britto started out pure, was promoted by a woman in West Palm Beach, presto, both the store in the Grove and these street vendors are all selling the same plastic art pieces. Britto is still pure, but has deferred to mass marketing and he hates it, but made a mistake by signing on the dotted line.
Buyer beware!
Only Gift Items by "Giftcraft" is made in China.
Obviously, I have opened my mouth to change my foot. I did pick up 20 Britto pictures as stated and they were virtually weightless to a point of amazement. When I saw this article in the Grape I incorrectly attached the euphemism, made in China. In fact I import and sell art tiles manufactured in China and they have also been labled in the Grape as cheap knockouts from Tiwan, when in fact they are not cheaply made or mass produced. The Grape accepted a comment to correct this mis-information, please accept my apology.
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