One Hell of a Hamptons Weekend Part 3!

Isn't the Hampton's Pretty?...Expensive

Photos by Ruben Natal-San Miguel

SCOPE Hamptons parties were a blast. Everybody left their money worries, bad attitude, got their bathing suits ready and went on into a party extravaganza all weekend...yes folks even into Sunday night.

Artmostfierce came into right into work Monday morning with flip flops, a rather salty look and a big smirk on the face.

All the Art dealers, artists , collectors, party crashers and ah...lets not forget the SCOPE party gang. Shayna McClelland in charge of public relations for SCOPE was a real doll and fun to party with.

It was also a pleasure meeting , partying , and discussing photography with the talented photographer Brian Ulrich

Thursday Night Opening Preview

Tasty drinks and food. Nice goodie bag from SCOPE.

Friday Night SCOPE Opening Party...At Salomon Contemporary...was a blast! .The Michael Bilsborough show at Salomon (great work) with its unique drawings was the perfect backdrop for the Opening party and a good party it was. The energy of the party goers and the art fused together for that night.

Photos on order from top to bottom:
Photo #1 & #2
Hamptons Scenery
Photo # 3 Magician and photographer Brian Ulrich

Photo # 4 -A Magician that can make your dreams come true
Photo # 5-The SCOPE Opening Party

Photo # 6-Shayna McClelland from SCOPE on party patrol mode

Photo # 7-Architect Jifat Windemer and SCOPE PR diva Shayna McClelland strike a pose!
Photo # 8The Magician showing tricks of the trade to photographer Brian Ulrich
Photo #9 & #10-Sunday Afternoon after having brunch and gallery hoping in Sag Harbor with MAO in his posse, we decided that we wanted to party some more so...we got invited to go to Betsy Johnson's unveiling of her new eye wear line sponsored by Gruen Optical. Tasty pink and black vodka drinks , candy canes, chocolate covered strawberries and the juiciest herself Betsy Johnson. Looking fabulous and fit...the girl knows how to weather time. Great personality and the eye wear is quite dashing and affordable.

Go Betsy!

Photo # 11-Loved the Pink and Black balloons by the chandelier!
Photo # 12-I loved this gas station in East Hampton at night. Desolated and bright...It looked like out of a movie shoot. I just had to get out Janet's car at 3:AM, a bit drunk and give it a try.
Photo #13-My party patrol and East Hampton's Hospitality Committee for the weekend Neil Wolfson and Janet Finkel.

Thanks for such a great time. Janet you sure know your way in the party circuit.
Thanks for your hospitality...love you!!!

Photo #14-# 19- SCOPE Closing Party at The Surf Lodge Inn
It is not over folks ...another party!
After a serious downpour, Neil, Janet and I decided to defy the weather and head out to Montauk!

We toured the town...I loved it and decided to have dinner at this fabulous townie restaurant called Shagwong Tavern and Seafood Restaurant. Great food ...3 course meal for only $21.95...so tasty we need to go back.

Since we were already in Montauk...we decided to party some more and hit the closing party for SCOPE at the Surf Lodge Inn. Very cool ...cool place. The very first thing you find at the lobby is a tree trunk table with Richard Misrach's The Beach book open for you to look at. I wonder if it survived that night. That will give you an idea of its coolness. A collectors book just laying there for you to browse.

Beautiful crowd ... meow! I would got in trouble if I did not have to get back to the city the next morning. Everybody was in serious party mode and most of the gallery crowd was still partying some more(they partied all weekend).

Great weekend folks. I highly recommend that next year do what you have to do and check out SCOPE Hamptons weekend extravaganza. So worth it...!

One Hell of a Hamptons Weekend Part 2 !

Ah..the Hamptons and all its Sustained Fabulousness...

SCOPE Hampton's was a very nice boutique style type of fair.The selection of works that the dealers put together for the booths were quite strong, well displayed and affordable. Great setting, nice atmosphere, very friendly and knowledgeable art dealers made you buy even if you had no intentions like me!

Please see below some highlights of my favorite ones.

David Kassman- ''Joy'' 2005
40'' x 60'' each edition of 3

Great photo!

Jeff Muhs
'Things that Steve Gave Me: The Book and the Bottle'
2008
Concrete 19" x 11" x 9 "

this piece was actioned at the Watermill benefit.

Great!

Jeff Muhs

'Return of Chaos' Oil On Canvas 48 "x 57 "
Jeff paintings on canvas are an abstraction dream.

Darlene Charneco-Islands and Other Experiments 2008

$750.00 each

www.darlenecharneco.com
Islands and Other Experiments: a selection of new works by Darlene Charneco which explore concepts of privacy and community, isolation, interaction and simulation in our increasingly connected era.Resin-layered mappings inspired by virtual worlds, online communities , historic and contemporary gardens, suburbia, exurbia and the rapidly developing resort communities of Dubai are juxtaposed in a puzzle-like array of controversial paradises and growth patterns.

For info regarding any of the artist mentioned bove feel free to contact Beth :

Beth McNeill Muhs
McNeill Art Group
PO Box 461
Southampton, NY 11969
631-838-4843

www.mcneillartgroup.com
mcneillartgroup@mac.com

And my recommendation for the fair’s biggest bargain goes to Rusty Scruby’s deconstructed and woven photographs that warp in and out of two and three dimensions; they are available at Chris Worley’s Pan American Art Projects. Dots (2008), for example, is on offer for $1,800.
http://www.panamericanart.com/artists/RustyScruby.php

ARTmostfierce loved the work of Gerald Forster a bit too much!

For the voyeur in you, the Nocturnal series from Gerald Forster might do the trick. There is a rumor that somebody after seeing (salivating them) these series went into Newtown Lane in East Hampton later on and tried to replicate the photo scene nonetheless with a bi or confused married man...lol.

There is something about that street corner in East Hampton Village...

Talk about being inspired (or turned on!) by Art.

The Nocturnal series comes on three different sizes and you can get the small print 8 1/2 x 11 ...yeah inches with the book both signed and edition for a mere $300.00 edition of 300 .

Hurry and get yours. You have a choice of three different city nocturnal (sex scenes) . One is Miami , Los Angeles and of course New York. Artmostfierce preferred New York for obvious reasons...lol. Besides the Nocturnal series , Gerald's body of work and other photo series are worth looking at.

For more info please check out these web sites:

http://www.geraldforster.com/

http://www.housprojects.com/artists/forster/forster.htm

SCOPE-Hamptons 2008

Artmostfierce will be looking at Art and frying in the sun during SCOPE Hamptons Art Fair, July 24-27, 2008.

With the current weather temperatures, it is a perfect opportunity to escape to SCOPE and look at what's new, leave money worries and a crowded city behind for a few days.

Looking forward the VIP preview and other festivities planned for the weekend. If don't have a place to stay, just take the Hamptons Jitney, rent a car or like in my case get invited to spend the weekend.

Who knows...they might be some bargains.

Photo above:

Carlos Betancourt
Re-Collections VI, 2008
print on canvas 45 x 45 in
giclee print, edition of 25 16 x 16 in

I am looking forward among many things seeing Carlos Betancourt's work that will be on display at Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery Booth.


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