{"id":624,"date":"2017-09-03T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackartinamerica.ndorsglobal.com\/?p=624"},"modified":"2017-09-06T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:12:32","slug":"platform-art-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"Platform Art Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Platform 2017<\/strong> Inaugural 3-day fair\/show will break new ground hosting 44 visual artist, 22 book fair exhibitors, a film festival, 60 Americans 2 group exhibition, 101 Contemporary Artists group exhibition, 3 Curated Sections by Noah Becker (NYC), Joe Heaps Nelson (Greenpoint & Williamsburg)\u00a0and \u00a0Melanie Prapopoulos (Miami)\u00a0on-site installations,\u00a0performances, poetry readings and slam,\u00a0various book signings, food trucks (focus on farm to table), along with morning artists talks and round table panel discussions that relate to the sustainability (survival) of emerging,\u00a0mid-career and mature artists in the current contemporary art market. The artists exhibiting at Platform are creating work that is essential to their lives as the air we breathe. The artists presented at Platform are necessary, important, relevant and as a collective and will resonate a new movement of passion, integrity and authenticity missing from the current contemporary art landscape.<\/p>\n

“Platform Contemporary Art Show, Art Book Fair & Film Festival is a game changer in bridging the gap between artist, critic and collector.” – Terrence Sanders<\/p>\n

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Platform Art<\/strong>\u00a0is a vehicle for emerging and mid-career artists to engage in the important conversations of our times with their contemporaries,\u00a0adventurous collectors and art enthusiasts alike. In the current art fair\/show paradigm too many artists are often left out of the conversation or their work is promoted solely as valuable and expendable commodities. We lose the brilliance of their ideas and the wisdom of their work. We become caught up in trends and an art world that celebrates image and branding over vision and individuality.\u00a0With the large numbers of talented national and international artists working today, and so few available opportunities for them, a tone of limited access has been set by the auction houses, major galleries, private dealers, a handful of influential curators, critics, and A list artists who represent a fraction of our national treasure of creative artists.<\/p>\n

Platform Art\u00a0<\/strong>is a new art show that will offer under-represented artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional setting. It is a place of discovery for the beginning or established, socially conscious yet adventurous collector. Artists and arts professionals who participate in\u00a0Platform Art\u00a0<\/strong>will conduct creative dialogues and have a voice in numerous and authentic issues that impact both the broader art community and the public-at-large.<\/p>\n

Platform Art Book Fair\u00a0<\/strong>will feature curated artists’ books, catalogs, monographs, periodicals, and magazines. Platform’s focus is the independent, the underground subculture of the mainstream.<\/p>\n

Platform Film Festival<\/strong>\u00a0 will screen films with substance and narrative that enrich everyone\u2019s lives who view them on a multitude of levels providing another platform for discourse. A vibrant program rooted in cultural diversity, innovation, independence and creativity, these are our principles and goals.<\/p>\n

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PLATFORM<\/strong>\u00a0– “FOR ARTISTS BY ARTISTS” – Terrence Sanders<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PLATFORM’s staff is a relevant group of artists, collectors, curators, directors and gallerists whose commitment and contributions to the landscape of contemporary speak for itself. \u00a0Platform’s focus,\u00a0direction and programming will be original, unique, and unparalleled thanks in part to these cultural warriors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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