Artists Torch Miami Art Show

A pile of kindling
A pile of kindling
A Skewville piece gets grilled
A Skewville piece gets grilled
Cake's portrait gets torched
Cake’s portrait gets torched
Art Burn ends in flames
Art Burn ends in flames


Dozens of artworks went up in flames last night at Art Burn 2009, an incendiary exhibition outside Miami’s jumble of fairs. Carrying on the tradition of anti-Renaissance priests and desert ravers, burn master and artist El Celso systematically torched creative pieces of kindling that included workwork by Michael De Feo, Darkcloud and fire tagger Ellis G. As promised, the inflammatory performance was well documented by co-host of combustion C-Monster.

By on December 4, 2009 at 3:00 pm
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Playing With Fire at Art Basel Miami

Artists having trouble getting seen at Art Basel Miami should consider surrendering their work to an inflammatory new installation. Street artist CELSO is staging Art Burn 2009, a brief exhibition of “combustible works on wood and paper” that will be torched in a blaze of glory. There’s no fee to submit, but only the “best works will be burned,” a painful critique for those deemed unworthy of destruction. |C-Monster|

Photo via El Celso

By on September 23, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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