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Jaguar Brings Together Emerging Artists and Automotive Style for a Unique Project

Car enthusiasts and art lovers alike have something to celebrate this July. Jaguar has teamed up with W magazine and more than a dozen of today’s most noteworthy emerging artists for a unique collaboration. At the -scopeHamptons Art Fair, July 15-17 in Southampton, NY, Jaguar will showcase each artist’s creative vision on an unusual blank canvas - a 1/18th scale model of a Jaguar X-TYPE automobile.

Festivities will include a silent auction, cinema which promises to blur classic expectations of video and film, various performances, a children’s day and an art fair. Jaguar will donate the one-of-a-kind scale models to the fair’s silent auction, which runs concurrently from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17.  All proceeds will benefit The Retreat (www.theretreatinc.org), the only domestic violence agency on Long Island’s East End.

Don’t be intimidated if you are one of the many people who are somewhat bewildered when it comes to contemporary art. You are not alone and the mission of -scope, they say, is to demystify the buying process of contemporary art. -Scope accomplishes this by producing international art fairs of cutting-edge art and emerging culture. The fairs bring together up-and-coming dealers, curators and artists in a relaxed atmosphere. The exhibitions cultivate a unique forum for contemporary art and emerging culture.

This year’s contributing artists are Jin Meyerson, Kenzo Minami, Tad Lauritzen Wright, Danny Hobart, Pierre Abando, Thomas Wrede, Simon Aldridge, Johnson Foster, Guerra De La Paz, As Four, Jose E. Guinto, Shinique Smith, Jeff Sonhouse, Jim Wright and James McLeod & Josh Weintraub. 

In case you’re not an art buff, I’ll give you one little hint. As Four is a New York fashion collective comprised of four young designers known only by their first names--Adi, Ange, Kai and Gabi.  The team, which made its runway debut in 2001, is best known for its “circle bags” of “Sex and the City” fame. 

Essential Information:

A complete schedule and map is available at www.scope-art.com

-scopeHamptons runs Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17, 2005.
Located at Hampton Hall, 230 Elm Street, just steps away from the Southampton LIRR train station and will be serviced daily from NYC by Hampton Luxury Liner.
Fair hours are daily from 12pm to 8pm.
Admission is $10 and catalogs are $5 each.

Future fairs:     
-scopeParis – October 6-9, 2005
-scopeLondon – October 21-24, 2005
-scopeMiami – December 1-4
-scopeNew York – March 10-13, 2006

Edited by Erika Wright

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