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Anchor art fair to the city
of Miami, Art Miami
www.art-miami.com the
premiere international modern and contemporary art fair, and
its sister fair the inaugural CONTEXT Art Miami,
Miami’s newest international emerging and cutting-edge art
fair, have entered into a philanthropic partnership
with The Buoniconti Fund, the fundraising arm of
The Miami
Project to Cure Paralysis.
At the CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilion, there will be a VIP
Reception on December 6 from 5 pm to 7 pm . CONTEXT ART
Miami & Art Miami are located in the
Wynwood Arts District, 3101 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33137.
In addition to
providing The Buoniconti Fund a highly visible booth at the
inaugural CONTEXT Art Miami allowing them to bring their
message to a powerful international community that can help
in the development of further awareness and fundraising, Art
Miami & CONTEXT Art Miami and The Buoniconti Fund will
present internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ma
Desheng at the VIP Reception. Already afflicted by
polio, Ma tragically lost his wife and both his legs in a
car
accident in Miami in 1992. After a long and arduous process
of rehabilitation, he began painting again, depicting stones
in his paintings as part of his recovery and renewed
artistic awakening. Art Miami LLC partners will make a
generous donation to the Fund in Ma Desheng’s name.
A
generous portion of the proceeds from the sale of Desheng's
artwork will be donated to the fund.
Born in Beijing in 1952, Ma worked as a
draughtsman during the Cultural Revolution. He was a leading
proponent of the Stars (Xingxing) group of artists who first
exhibited in Beijing in 1979, the year China started its
open-door policy. This art group pioneered individualistic
and expressionist art forms leading to China's modernist art
movement.
As the leader of The
Stars, Ma organized two exhibitions that
broke
the stranglehold of Communist Party orthodoxy and set the
stage for future freedom of artistic expression in China.
The Buoniconti Fund was
begun in 1985 by Barth A. Green, M.D. and NFL Hall of
Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti to support The Miami
Project to Cure Paralysis after Nick’s son, Marc,
sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football
game.
Today, The Miami Project is
the world’s most comprehensive spinal cord injury research
center and a designated Center of Excellence at the
University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. The
organization was recently green lighted by the FDA to
conduct important human clinical trials, a revolutionary
Phase 1
clinical
trial to evaluate the safety of transplanting human Schwann
cells to treat patients with recent spinal cord injuries.
Sponsors
& Partners
Art Miami’s generous
2012 Sponsors and Partners - Sponsored by: Christie's
International Real Estate, Official Luxury Real Estate
Partner of Art Miami, Epic Miami, A Kimpton Hotel,
Official Luxury Hotel of Art Miami, Haute Living, I PXL U,
Rums of Puerto Rico, Official Partners:
Greater Miami
Convention and Visitors Bureau, Art From
Berlin, LaRete Art Projects, Heineken, Bootlegger 21 NY
Vodka, Société Perrier, Flavorpill, The Miami Herald,
Kushner Moving Group, ARTLOG,
Puerto Rico Does It,
Midtown Miami
+1.305.515.8573 or
info@art-miami.com
The Art Miami + CONTEXT Art Miami Pavilions
Midtown | Wynwood Arts District
3101 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
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To learn more visit
www.art-miami.com
or
www.contextartmiami.com
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