Clio Art Fair is a unique form of fair because it gives artists the freedom to use different types of material to create their work and they can deviate from the accepted art practice and definitions, unlike in the usual concerns in the art business where there are too many rules on how art should and should not be; after all art is about freedom to express yourself and your thoughts right?

To celebrate or to make famous are the terms that define the Greek word “Clio” and for the second time in 2018, the 7th edition of Clio Art Fair is going to do as per its meaning and norm; to celebrate and make famous works of already affirmed creative minds. The world of art will converge in New York City and this weekend will undoubtedly be an amazing one for artists and art lovers. The four spectacular days from 11th October- 14th October 2018 will be defined by dialogue between artists and collectors, artists and curators, positive energy, colors, and free public viewing. Art lovers will get to see different artworks not forgetting the faces behind them and there will be a chance to buy any piece of art that you will love from paintings, sculptures, digital art and more. Talent from all over the world will all be under one roof.

From October11-14, a group of 69 worldwide artists will be exhibiting their works, they will showcase their prowess and prove their creativity and originality as far as art is concerned. These creative minds will convince the world that art is beautiful, art is capable of bringing people together and that it is a career just like any other. The 7th edition of Clio Art Fair has the privilege to showcase thrilling works of artists such as Francesca Schwartz, Paulina Cerda, Amanda Armstrong, and Emiko Aida among many others.

Art is always up for grabs with every edition of Clio Art Fair and with its unique approach to art, it continues to highlight the achievements of artists. From upcoming artists to the well-known ones, all stand a chance to exhibit in New York. Clio Art Fair is home to creative artists sharing their expression of art to the world.

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New York – Friday, March 7, 2014

I am really loving SCOPE’s venue at Moynihan Station, they must have knocked down some walls and gutted the place a bit more than last year because the size of the floor plan seemed massive.  Makeshift unvarnished wood steps leading to higher ground, and long benches here and there for sitting (a luxury not easily found at most art fairs).

Exposed ancient metal ceiling girders with peeling paint were everywhere you looked, if you looked up that is.   What a  great contrast with the polished and illuminated gallery booths, and let’s face it,  it sure beats a tent.

I arrived and cut the line to the press check in.  I always bring my SCOPE press lanyard which has the logo printed all over it.  They bothered to do that one year and have ever since opted for just the plain black, having the official one makes me feel like not just press, but SUPER PRESS.

Art Now NY scored the first Banksy I’ve seen in a NY art fair.  Fell off the back of a truck maybe?

Spotted street artist Buff Monster enjoying the show.

Pashmin Art Gallery, Hamburg, this artist Davood Roostaei was dressed as a cross between Michael Jackson and his actual paintings.

Art by Cazes Uriel.

I noticed at Villa del Arte Galleries, Barcelona they were carrying a piece by Castle Fitzjohns, New York artist David Datuna.

Fabien Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles was back again at SCOPE. Fabien posed for me in front of a few 44.75″ x 32.5″ pieces by Speedy Graphito.

Some really amazing larger than life hyperrealistic sculptures of Andy Warhol at different points in his life titled “ANDY” by Kazuhira Tsuji Copro Gallery, Santa Monica.  He should have been the one to do the Memorial in Union Square.

Really detailed drawings by Artem Mirolevich at Barbarian Art Gallery, Zurich.

Saw a piece by Matt Neuman at Asterisk Projects, Brooklyn, which reminded me a lot of his piece I saw the night before at Clio Art Fair but with 12 more targets.

Beautiful paintings by Malcolm T. Liepke at Arcadia Contemporary.

Really moody street scenes from New York City, by Kim Cogan, also at Arcadia Contemporary.

A bunch of pieces by David Kramer at Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis.

Whimsically disturbing line art paintings by Brian McDonald at Reaves Gallery, New York.

I ran into sculptor Cheedah Shikaage Itchi Suuwah (Thunder Wolf), and we had a long talk about the 3d Printing sculpture he’s getting into.  He showed me his new digital work on his phone, amazing stuff.

Some pop work at Krause Gallery.  Including these really cool dimensional pieces that look like they might be made from thousands of straws cut to precise lengths.

Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris | New York has some work with multiple layers of glass creating a full image by Ardan Ozmenoglu.

Large drawings by Maya Mukumizu, at Gallery G-77, Kyoto.

A bunch of pieces by Karim Hamid at AUREUS Contemporary, Providence, RI.

More work at AUREUS Contemporary.

Samurai – 1982, by Paula Rego, at Cordeiros Galeria, Porto / Portugal.

Ran into Jeremiah Johnson who’s piece “House of Worship” house made out of pill bottles is debuting at Fountain Art Fair today.

The cafe / bar / lounge area.

Work by Tiptoe at Vertical Gallery, Chicago.

Artwork by Stormie Mills, also at Vertical Gallery.

Safaeddin Emami, “The Battle of Pashan Begins” Silkscreen on canvas at Shirin Gallery, Tehran | New York.

A giant assemblage of Mixed Media on paper by Amanda Marie.  They are sold individually as 16″ x 20″ pieces, and 20″ x 24″ pieces, at Andenken Gallery, Amsterdam.

Drawings by Clayton Chandler, at C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL.

Drawings by Justin Nelson, also at C. Emerson Fine Arts.

A picture of me at Fuchs Projects booth by Rafael Fuchs.

Artwork by Petros Chrisostomou, Miguel Libarnes, Rafael Fuchs, Skewville, Aakash Nihalani, & Trey Speegle at Bushwick’s own Fuchs Projects.

Artist Naomi Campbell.  Her pieces combine X-rays, aluminum, copper, plexiglass and drawings.  They are abstractions about gaming, and the blurred lines between reality and video games.

Artist Victor-John Villanueva  poses in front of a piece in Fuchs Project’s booth, he didn’t make the work, he just has a similar color scheme.

Art by Valerio Adami at Barbara Paci Gallery, Pietrasanta.

Disturbingly haunting art by Michele Mikesell at La Lanta Fine Art, Wattana.

A requisite Swoon piece.

Some really interesting works by Peter Grich at VIMM Gallery, Prague.

This one reminded me of works by H.R. Geiger.

An entire booth of works by Shen Jingdon, at Coral Contemporary, Nanjing.

The Jayson Atienza shoe at the bucketfeet shoe exhibit.

Lots of glitter at the Natalie Kates Projects, New York

One half of the Gentleman’s Game art team Jason Douglas Griffin.

Gentleman’s Game artists Jason Douglas Griffin and Brandon Friend.

They have collaborative works in the Magpi Projects booth, and they have their own booth at Fountain – where they had just come after having just finished setting it up.

Artist Sebastian Wahl, also represented by Magpi Projects.

Artist Joseph Grazi, who has two pieces in the Art Now NY booth, including this shark.

Muffinhead, a living sculpture at Galleria Ghetta, Ortisei, England.

Some really angelic drawings by artist Amy Sol at Thinkspace, Culver City.

Hubert Kretzschmar, Techno Pop (front cover) at Licht Feld Gallery

Also by Hubert Kretzschmra.  I first met Hubert at the Art of The Rolling Stones Show.

Photographer Mia Tyler in front of a portrait of her father, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.

Photographer and curator at Fuchs Projects, Rafael Fuchs, in front of a few of the pieces from his most recent series about his horrible landlords.

Artist Bradley Theodore, aka Brad Digital.

Brad introduced me to artist Jaclyn Santos.

It was a great show as per usual, and AS I HAD PREDICTED earlier in the week. After taking it all in, I headed out into the night to shoot down to SoHo for Mark DeMaio’s opening at Sacred Gallery.  This week really is the Superbowl of art going.

Written and Photographed by Cojo “Art Juggernaut”
(*editors note – I will set up all the galleries and artists names as hyperlinks next week when I have time)

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SCOPE ART FAIR:  March 6th – 9th 

General Admission: $25  – Student $15

Thursday – March 6, 3pm – 6pm (Platinum VIP Preview Gala)  –  6pm – 9pm (First View Benefit & Press)  $100
Friday – March 7, 11am – 8pm
Saturday – March 8, 11am – 8pm
Sunday – March 9, 11am – 7pm

Website: https://scope-art.com/

About Scope (In Their Words)
With over 50 art shows spanning more than a decade, SCOPE has solidified its position as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. SCOPE’s extensive reach enables an unrivaled opportunity for networking with art patrons, creative professionals and a culturally relevant public audience. Renowned for presenting the most innovative galleries, artists and curators, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over $450 million and attendance of over 700,000 visitors.

Featuring: Drawing, Collage, Sculpture, Painting, Performance Art, New Media, Neon, Photography.

Celebrities / Celebrity Artists I’ve Personally Spotted Here: Ron English
Unofficial Art Patriarch: Ron English

Augusto Esquivel

Notable Artists Associated With This Show: Augusto Esquivel, Jordan Eagles, Karim Hamid, Ron English, Banksy, Luke Chueh,  Russell West, gilf! Hiroko Tsuchida, Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, Andrea Stanislav, HuskMitNavn, Kikyz 1313, Camille Rose Garcia.

Coolest thing I’ve seen here Performance art piece where a female artist walked around the fair nude from the waste down.
Possible Live Nudity: It’s Possible.

Live painting Justin Orvis Steimer

Ever Seen Live Performance or Live Art at Scope? Occasional Live Painting, Occasional Live Performing Installation, Occasional Live Music.

The Scoop on Scope From An Artiholic:
I’ve personally attended the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 incarnations of the fair.  It’s one of the satellite fairs that didn’t have a permanent home until 2013 and was constantly competing with Pulse as they have very similar vibes, that is until Pulse decided to slide into May and be a part of Frieze Week, thus freeing Scope up to take control of the more serious emerging contemporary art galleries.  I watched this fair bounce from Lincoln Center, to a tent on the West Side Highway, and finally to it’s current NY location in the giant post office building Skylight at Moynihan Station next to Madison Square Garden.

Scope is a good dowsing rod for what trends are most likely to be prevalent thought-out all of the art fairs during Armory Arts Week.  Mostly pretty good art, there are some major international galleries represented, as well as a lot of NYC talent.  Scope is what galleries at Fountain aspire to graduate up to.

Positives: A ton of good work, lots of roaming artists, friendly gallerists.  The show has really come into its own since Pulse left.  A good mix of low and high brow to appeal to a wide audience.  Gets a lot of solid press, and a lot of sales.

Negatives: Some galleries are obviously not yet ready for prime time and stick out like a sore thumb.  When you start to notice trends, you will see them repeated and repeated in multiple booths. Location is far from Armory. 

Location: Skylight at Moynihan Station 360 West 33rd Street, W 33rd St, New York, NY 10001

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With just five days into the Kickstarter campaign, founders Maxwell Bogue, Daniel Cowen and Peter Dilworth got over $1.9 million in pledges and undoubtedly surpassed their goal of only $30,000… (you can see our initial report here).

So, what is the 3Doodler you might ask?

The 3Doodler is a pen which heats up plastic sticks and releases them.  Once the plastic comes out of the pen, it cools really quickly and solidifies into wherever you lead the pen!  This allows you to “draw in 3D”.

Brilliant!

To develop such creative technology, it undeniably takes minds that are programmed to think outside of a box.

So, I got to ask the founders Maxwell, Daniel and Peter exactly how they did it:

What inspired you with the idea to create the 3Doodler pen?  How was it birthed?

The idea came about as we frequently use our own 3D printers for rapid prototyping.  We wanted to see if the process could be sped up and made “freer” by placing the parts of the 3D printer in a pen form.  The first iteration was called the teacup, basically an extruder with a handle.  It worked horribly, but it did work.  The team then added to this, creating a unique cooling mechanism and evolving to the 3Doodler you see today.

Are you developing any new products?  If so, how do you find time to develop them?

Yes, we recently announced some new products at CES.  The first is a holder for the pen, which makes storing the 3Doodler in between doodling easier, while also doubling as a moveable platform to allow you to create larger structures with far less hassle.  3Doodler will also be launching the first in a series of changeable nozzles, allowing users to extrude plastic in different shapes and sizes; as well as DoodleBlocks™; silicon molds that can be easily “filled in” with the ABS or PLA plastic from the pen.  The molds come in various shapes including stars, numbers, and letters, making it effortless to create perfectly shaped objects.

What were your biggest challenges leading up to the launch of the 3Doodler?  And any advice to our readers with product ideas of their own?

Prepare, prepare, prepare.  If you think you have something that could get very big, I’d recommend reaching out to media before the launch.  The idea that you can just throw it up there and see how it does might work for smaller projects, but for something really big, you need to reach out.  Logistics are important as well – you need an idea or a basic plan for how you’re going to deal with the craziness.  If you’re thinking of launching on Kickstarter, talking to a Kickstarter veteran is helpful as well.  I spoke to Joe Schlesinger (of Arcbotics) a lot about the pitfalls he hit with Kickstarter. You’re going to get a ton of emails.  My girlfriend took a few weeks off from work, just to help us answer them.  We had some amazing help to strategize and execute the whole campaign.  In short: it’s really important to prepare completely – have exactly the right hands and brains on deck.  There aren’t really any negative points about our Kickstarter experience – but if we were to give advice for those considering it, we’d say be prepared for the amount of emails and publicity, and try and get back to all enquiries if you can!

Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and process with us!  If you would like to purchase your own 3Doodler, check it out here:  www.the3doodler.com

Written by Laura West

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Big brother is watching you, in the mirror.  Just a day before these pictures were taken I was writing about how the future tech is going to be a lot more clear, and now here I am, at 566 Johnson Ave., in Bushwick, Brooklyn during the Bushwick Open Studios trying on a pair of Google Glass myself, and taking the technology for a test drive.

The first thing people say is “they look like shit!” I agree, they do, but this is the short sighted view of them.  The stylish designer sunglasses you currently wear, picture them as Google glasses, now you get the idea.  This is a scary near-future we are about to be embracing friends.  A future where the time is in the upper right corner of your screen VISION at all times.  Where the things you are seeing can be recorded on command, and tweeted to the web on command.

When I first tried them on and they took a minute to get used to.

Like firing a gun I felt compelled to close one eye to focus on what I was seeing in the other, obviously a Google Glass n00b..  A tiny translucent screen hovers above and to the right of your right eye.  You can swipe down on the plastic on the side of your face to scroll through the images (like swiping your finger on an iPhone screen) to see what pictures you have taken thus far.  It was displaying 4 images at a time stacked in two rows of two.

Artist Ashley Zelenski (One of only about 500 of these prototypes) takes these pictures of me with my camera as I command the glasses to take a picture of her.

It’s as simple as saying “OK Glass, take a picture.”

Here is the first picture I have ever shot by voice command and without holding a camera.  A little blurry I know, I had no idea what I was doing.  Here’s how it LOOKS ON TWITTER.

My camera back in my own hand, of course Ashley wears it better, I took pictures of her while she took pictures of me with the glasses.  Very surreal, and scary.

As you can see in this close-up there is no actual glass to the Google Glass, except for the rectangular chunk that obscures most of your right eye.  The rest of it is just frame, camera, and computer.  In this shot you can see that she has taken a picture and it’s holding still framed in the screen until she tweets it or scrolls out.

This is the standby screen.  If you think girls are distracted when they are talking to you now, imagine when they have the internet buzzing in front of their eye at all times.  Good luck with that.

Ashley Zelenski is an amazing 3D sculptor who is one of the pioneers of 3D sculptural printing.

Here is some of her work on display in her open studio.

She’s also the gallery/ studio director of Active Space. You can follow Ashley on Twitter to see all the photos she uploads from her Google Glass each day  They will most definitely not be all blurry like my shitty attempt.

Photos of Cojo by Ashley Zelinskie
Written by Cojo “Art Juggernaut”

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New York,  NY – Tuesday, May 21, 2013

One of the amazing things about the internet, and about YouTube in particular, is that there are a lot of artists and craftsmen out there willing to film “how-to” art tutorials and put them online FOR FREE.  Skills that have taken a person decades of trial and error, education, interning, and apprenticing to acquire.  The knowledge which you formerly would have to have taken the same long path to achieve is now just a YouTube search away.

If you aren’t looking to spend 100 grand getting your Masters Degree in Fine art, but you do want to have the same (or better) skills as a master craftsman, YouTube Art School is for you.  Today’s lesson, how to FABRICATE IRON MAN’S ARMOR:

There is a whole community of people on YouTube building IRON MAN armor right now, sharing tips and tricks, as well as their progress along the way.  Anthony Le is by far the cosplay god of IRON MAN building. Are you a skinny nerd who wants to get this kind of attention at a comic convention? Time for you to build an IRON MAN SUIT.

You can see “Master Le” has made a few versions since his original.

Including War Machine.

As well as Iron Patriot.

Jay May makes his helmets out of fiberglass.
Now there are a few approaches you can take to making your Iron Man suit.  A lot of people on YouTube go the “Hollywood Prop” route, making it out of light materials made to simulate metal such as fiberglass, plastic, or cardboard.

Jay May also teaches you how to build a rudimentary vacuform table in your garage, to mold your various IRON MAN parts out of plastic instead of fiberglass (which is how the helmets are made because it’s easier to hinge).

YouTube User Jay May has not only designed IRON MAN and War Machine IRON PATRIOT helmets, he has also added the electronics to make the faceplate open automatically while wearing them.

How to use a Pololu chip to make the IRON MAN faceplate open.

Jay May created a tutorial on the mini Maestro 6 channel by Pololu. The computers behind the IRON MAN electronics within the hardware like servos, switches, LED lights and some programming features. Most of Jay May’s videos were uploaded in the past week, you can watch him build the suit in real time by FOLLOWING HIM ON YOUTUBE.

Building a suit shouldn’t cost you a fortune if you are good at improvising. James Bruton built this IRON MAN flux capacitor ARCH REACTOR out of dollar store parts.

IRON MAN’s palm with a hole for the repulsor ray. James has uploaded a series of 5 videos just devoted to sculpting and fabricating IRON MAN’s hand armor

James shows step by step how to 3D print your IRON MAN fingers. This was uploaded a week ago, he probably has a few more videos yet to shoot as he finishes fabricating the fingers.

IRON MAN boots.

So how do these stack up to the real props used in filming? I would say, they need a little battle damage. Show us he’s been in a fight or two, not right out of the box shiny new. Other than that, amazing craftsmanship. If you’ve seen IRON MAN 3 (spoiler alert) these guys have A LOT of new source material to build upon, 43 different suits if I remember correctly? That’s a lot of trips to the dollar store.

Being that it’s a full body suit of future armor it seems like a herculean task, but if this 16-year-old kid can make one in 20 weeks, why can’t you?

Don’t have a computer to 3D render for you?  You can always start it with clay.

Written by Cojo “Art Juggernaut”

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Boston, Massachusetts – Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Max and Pete put up a kickstarter for their new product from WobbleWorks LLC. yesterday.  Just two toy inventors from Boston who created an art meets tech 3D drawing tool, and wanted to open it up to the masses for possible funding- little did they know it was about to go viral.  A pen unlike the world has ever seen,  which works much like a glue gun, but instead of glue, it feeds through quick drying plastic.  It writes like a pen pushing out puff paint, but isn’t limited to painting on a flat surface, it can also draw UP.

When they launched the Kickstarter Campaign on February 19th, they were only looking for $30,000 in funding.  One day later and they have already recorded over $806,050 in backer money, coming from over 9,092 backers (at the time this article was published).  This project still has 32 days to go on Kickstarter, if it keeps growing at this pace, they could be Kickstarter millionaires, literally overnight.

If you want your own 3Doodler, for $75 you can fund their Kickstarter HERE

Written by Cojo “Art Juggernaut”

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