Evidently, overall it was not a bloodbath. (More from Seattle dealers soon.)
And here are more photographs by The Stranger's Andy Pixel, with his captions. Pixel's top pick happens to be the same as Ken Johnson's. He says this about it, and attaches images:
After resting on the lawn at SCOPE, we headed out to a somewhat renegade installation across the way called the Station. It was set up in an unfinished retail/residential space in midtown. This building is not yet occupied. The interior spaces are wired and mostly finished, but there was still a lot of exposed concrete and insulation. It was very much the anti-Free Sheep — up-and-coming rather than condemned. The first two floors were filled with paintings, sculptures, installations, and video art that were somewhat compelling, but the installation on the third floor was the best piece we've seen in Miami thus far. The installation took over a mostly finished condo in the building in its entirety. Some rooms were viewable through plexiglass or peepholes in false walls installed in the home, while others were intended to be walked through. The first floor had a meth lab set up in the kitchen, and the upper floor offered surveillance of the lower floor, along with a refrigerator that had a false back, through which was a room that was completely charred on the interior, another room had holes in the wall with tape recorders exposed, another room contained dozens of mason jars with various detritus, and it ended with a view of Miami from the condo's balcony. On the way out we bumped into an Olsen twin. We think it was Mary-Kate because she was wearing so many clothes.
The art, called Hello Meth Lab With A View (2008), is by Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe, courtesy of the artists and Ballroom Marfa.
And here's that Miami view...
More art.
Derick Melander's Flesh of My Flesh (2008), secondhand clothing, wood and steel; 10 feet tall, 700 pounds (courtesy ada Gallery, Richmond, VA, at Scope)
Another Evan Penny (Back of Shelley [2008]; silicone, hair, pigment, aluminum; at Scope):
Installation by Greg Haberny, with burlesque clown, at Fountain.
FriendsWithYou Fun House at SCOPE.
Martin C. Herbst's Untitled (2008), oil and lacquer on steel, courtesy of Mike Weiss Gallery (NY). This was a polished steel sphere with a painting on one side. Visible in the background is a painting from Pixel's favorite set at Scope: Yigal Ozeri's Untitled; Jana and Jessica in the field (2008) (also Mike Weiss).
Nina Braun's heliumcowboy (courtesy of Artspace, Hamburg, at Scope).
Pieces from Noah's Ark by Tokyo Kamen, courtesy of Art-U room (Tokyo) at Aqua Art Wynwood.
We ran out of time to see Art Miami, Bridge, Red Dot... there's just too much art in town this weekend. After getting back to Miami Beach we attempted to get into a few VIP parties. Word on the street is that the promoters have been scaling back the guest lists somewhat and keeping the velvet ropes pretty well-policed on these parties which usually provide free drinks and bags of swag for guests. We got in to the Obey party at the Cloud Bar at the Shore Club, which was a tiny little club and featured Shepard Fairey with an opening DJ set before Z-Trip, who was AMAZING.
An Obey wall in Wynwood (outside the "the Shepard Fairey red dot extravaganza put on by Jonathan Levine Gallery" happening inside Scope).
Z-Trip and Fairey.