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In honor of our People Issue, which will hit newsstands and computer screens November 25, Cultist proudly presents “100 Creatives,” where we feature Miami’s cultural superheroes in random order. Have suggestions for future profiles? Email cultist@miaminewtimes.com with the whos and whys.
70. Jim Drain
Artist Jim Drain‘s unique work has showed in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul, Beijing and Basel — locales that are quite a ways from his beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio and Providence, Rhode Island. The crux of his work is his unique sculptures, melding knitted textiles
and reworked, found furniture. Drain has found his contemporary art
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world-niche by putting these sculptures into larger societal contexts
via his self-admitted nerdy fascinations (example: Atari-inspired
‘pixellations’ translated onto a knitted sweater). Drain was born in Cleveland and received his BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1998. He was a member of the Forcefield Collective (associated with the Fort Thunder Warehouse in Providence) who exhibited at the Whitney Biennial in 2002, but went solo after the group disbanded. His work has broken through the thin wall dividing underground artists and those lifted high onto the Art Basel platform. He exhibited with New York-based Greene Naftali in 2005 for Art Basel: Statements with I Wish I Had A Break. And the ultimate honor has already been bestowed, with three works now in The Collection at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). This year, Drain has (almost simultaneously) completed a handful of Miami projects, including “Saturday’s Ransom” at Locust Projects and a vinyl wrap surrounding the 41 Street lot adjacent to the De La Cruz Collection will debut next week alongside a special installation inside the world-renowned collection, itself. 1. List five things that inspire you. -Fluorescent crayons quilts or blankets (also called Germantown Navajo Rugs, they were first seen in the 1880’s when the Navajo nation used U.S. Navy-grade dyed wool yarn to manufacture brightly colored rugs.) 2. What was your last big project? “Saturday’s Ransom.” I’ve been working on it since February. It’s been the main focus this entire year. 3. What’s your next big project? The vinyl wrap around the 41 Street lot next to De La Cruz will go up on the 28 and the 29. The sculpture inside the De La Cruz Collection will be completed by Thanksgiving. 4. Why do you do what you do? Because otherwise I’d be in jail. 5. What’s something you want Miami to know about you? Mark Handforth and Dara Freedman talked about being in Miami before the art fair started, and they wanted to get away from people. The nature and the beaches [here] are amazing, and whether they, themselves, participated in all of it didn’t really matter. For me, being in a place to think, being in a very existential place. I would want people to know, essentially, nothing about me. Being in Miami, I guess I would want people to know I have a deeper engagement with art here. I want people to know that I really like to wear Speedos to the beach. What’s something you don’t want Miami to know about you? I don’t want people to know about my secret man crush: P. Scott Cunningham. The Creatives so far: 71. Claudia Calle 73. Andrew Hevia Ana Mendez Michael McKeever
-Grainger leveling mounds (a specific grinding tool to level out tables, chairs, etc.)
-Eye-dazzler
-Ground flax seeds
-New Balance shoes (any wide shoe)
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Ricardo Pau-Llosa
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Agustina Woodgate
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Tarell Alvin McCraney
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Farley Aguilar
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Karelle Levy Matt Gajewski Antonia Wright Allen Charles Klein Christy Gast Gustavo Matamoros Shareen Rubiera-Sarwar Kyle Trowbridge Clifton Childree Jessica Gross Brito Nektar de Stagni Anthony Spinello Vanessa Garcia Justin Long Rosie Herrera Rick Falcon Ingrid B
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