Today we can announce two exciting exhibitions coming from the O.H.W.O.W. camp. The “It Ain’t Fair 2009″ exhibition brings together the O.H.W.O.W. artist community, featuring over 40 artists, as a group exhibition. Opening night will be highlighted by the screening of Cyprien Gaillard’s Cities of Gold and Mirrors accompanied by a performance by French symphonic composer Koudlam.

IT AIN’t FAIR 2009
Art Basel 2009
December 2 – 6, 2009
3100 NW 7 Avenue / Miami / Florida / 33127

Stages, a collaborative exhibition organized by Nike Sportswear and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong organisation, will hit its third stop in Miami, after starting in Paris and recently opening in New York City. Artists included in the exhibition are Cai Guo-Qiang, Rosson Crow, Jules de Balincourt, Dzine, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Andreas Gursky, KAWS, Geoff McFetridge, Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie, Os Gemeos, Erik Parker, José Parlá, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Kenny Scharf, Eric White, Christopher Wool, Dustin Yellin and Aaron Young.

STAGES
Art Basel 2009
December 3 – 6, 2009
888 Biscayne Blvd. / Miami / Florida / 33132

Last but not least the legendary Max Fish bar from Downtown New York will be opening up in Miami during Art Basel. Taking over a functioning bar space in downtown Miami, the team will be recreating an art installation out of the core elements of the Lower East Side location and importing it’s colorful cast of characters for the week. With a prime location downtown Miami, it will most definitley be the common meeting point for Art Basel attendees and act as the main clubhouse for all of the creative community during the fair week. A full lineup of live bands and dj’s will be performing nightly during ther week as well as movie screenings in an outdoor space.

MAX FISH
20 Year Anniversary
December 2 – 6, 2009
28 NE 14 Street / Miami / Florida / 33132

Both exhibitions and Max Fish Miami are a must see during Art Basel Miami 2009.

The full exhibition fliers follow after the jump.

Upper Playground brings you another interview from The Run Up. This time they chatted with Swoon, somebody you do not catch too often in front of the camera. Enjoy!

Art Magazine has caught up with Pharrell Williams to talk about his newly created sculpture with Takashi Murakami, that we presented to you here yesterday. It is definitely interesting getting some more insight on this collaboration, that also involves Jacob & Co. Check it out!

For detailed images of the artwork, please go here.

Here it finally is. We have heard about this for a while and now we can finally show you pictures of the Takashi Murakami x Pharrell Williams x Jacob sculpture, which was made for the Art Basel fair this year. Murakami created a sculpture and Jacob the jeweler re-created some of Pharrell’s products of choice in premium metals and diamonds. The blinged out objects, including a Pepsi can, Ice Cream Sneakers, Cupcake, Doritos and a condom, have been placed in the mouth of the Takashi Murakami sculpture.

The sculpture is being exhibited from today at the booth of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at Art Basel.

Many more images of the Takashi Murakami x Pharrell Williams x Jacob & Co artwork follow after the jump.

Teaming with fashion label Moncler, British artist Stuart Semple has taken a few of the companies logo Ducks (in 160cm fiberglass form) and decorated them. They’ll be unveiled during Art Basel Miami Beach, and then will tour Moncler flagship stores before being auction in February. Proceeds of the auction will benefit The Child Priority Foundation.

Looking purely at the base model for the project, it is worth noting a similarity to the public art/statue campaigns led by New York and Chicago with the Art Cows. Same general idea, same general intent. Just a specter of exclusivity thrown on top. (Via This.Hearts.On.Fire).

More of Stuart Semple’s Moncler Ducks after the jump.

Opening December 2, 2008 – 8pm-midnight, O.H.W.O.W. presents IT AIN’T FAIR featuring Deitch Projects, Peres Projects, Nueva Galeria De La Barra, A.S.S. Gallery, A.M.P., Picturebox and TV Books with curators Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh.

Aaron Bondaroff, New York City’s “Downtown Don”, brings his expansive community of artists, musicians, and weirdos to IT AIN’T FAIR. The second exhibition in Bondaroff and Al Moran’s groundbreaking O.H.W.O.W. space in the “West of Wynwood” district, this watershed project gets celebrated curators Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh to activate their various teams of artists in a huge multimedia exhibition featuring painting, sculpture, video and performance from artists all over the world with a focus on downtown Manhattan.

Over thirty artists will contribute to this exhibition, including a curated outdoor film series and a nightclub in the adjoining space that will include performances by The Gossip, TV Baby, and JD Samson, just to name a few. A hub of art activity, O.H.W.O.W. will be the first and last place you go each night of this year’s Art Basel Miami.

Head to the jump to learn more about IT AIN”T FAIR.

Thanks to SuperTouch, we are able to offer a look into the Art Basel 2008 show.Art Basel is essentially the largest contemporary art fair out. While the show also hits Miami, these items are from the original Swiss outpost.  We’ve picked a few of our favorites, including some examples from Nike’s Art of Football. All a bit of artistic fun for this years European Cup. 
More selections after the jump.

A couple of weeks ago we reported about the Nike 1/1 initiative, which invited artists from around the world to send in their work with a soccer theme. The best ones were chosen to exhibit this year during Art Basel, which is taking place this week.
Thanks to Urbancamou we can show you some images of the Nike exhibition. Many more after the jump.

+41 has created an art installation inspired by the almost religious fanaticism surrounding the beautiful game. Titled “Holygame,” the piece ties together a series of football boots to form a monument to football. As part of the NIKE 1/1 project it was exhibited last week in Milan, and will be mounted again in June for the Art Basel Fair.
A great reminder to prepare for EURO ‘08!

With the soccer championships just around the corner, Nike launched a very interesting new project – Nike 1/1.
Nick Knight was chosen as the curator of the project. He chose 11 established talents in 11 countries in Europe to work with him. These associates invite artists in their countries to submit works on the topic “Art Of Football”. Then Nick Knight and the 1/1 associates select a short list of artists to present works on the topic. The 11 best pieces out of this section are chosen to exhibit in Basel during Art Basel this summer. One final winner will also see his artwork appear on a limited edition series of Nike Dunks and furthermore the best works overall will be published in the 1/1 Art Book.
A great project. We are already curious what the results will be. We will be reporting more in the near future on the project.
Anybody can participate and send in work. All you have to do is go to the dedicated website of the project.