New Exhibitions at MAM
Be sure to check out MAM’s latest Space as Medium exhibition, on view today through February 28.
Featuring artists like William Anastasi, Lynda Benglis, Tom Burr, Ryan Gander, Katharina Grosse, Wade Guyton, Nicolas Lobo, and Rachel Whiteread, the show highlights the development of artistic works and methods that critique, subvert, manipulate, or distort, conventions of physical space and how work is presented. The show builds upon the traditions of the 60’s and 70’s that spawned this sort of space-related art and exhibits work by current artists taking these ideas to their next logical conclusion.
Also on view today is the first ever solo exhibition in the United States for Portugese artist Carlos Bunga. Using, perishable materials, cardboard, and packing tape, Bunga builds two large-scale structures that bring to mind improvised and shanty, slums, squats, or favelas.
This Sunday, too, will be performance at the museum by Bunga where he will ritualistically and physically cut through and dissect the wall of these structures to reveal the layers of their construction.
This work will also be on view until February 28.
Miami Art Museum: 101 W Flagler St., Miami; 305-375-3000; miamiartmuseum.org