As movies and books and Mayan lore have warned us: the End of the World may be nigh, 2012 to be exact. Over at the expansive Miami Art Space, large-scale works with a tie to that apocalyptic year are on display in a one-off local show called, appropriately enough, “20(12): Twenty Twelve” (which opened on […]
Article · June 30, 2010 by Anne Tschida
It’s officially summer, the very sloooow season for art. So what is this great show doing opening up at the Bass today, “Human Rites”? Combining 14th-, 15th- and 16th-century pieces from its collection along with contemporary works donated for the exhibition from local collectors, this is a smart, clean show that has both intellectual heft […]
Article · June 25, 2010 by Anne Tschida
There is always something special about seeing site-specific artwork in intimate settings, outside of the white-cube gallery space. There is something really special about the amazing sculpture and installation in the rooms and halls of the abandoned old homes on Governors Island off the bottom tip of Manhattan. The show “The Sixth Borough” is produced […]
Article · June 22, 2010 by Anne Tschida
What was shaping up to be a gaping hole in the art scene of Wynwood with the departure of the Kevin Bruk Gallery has turned out to be the opposite. During last Second Saturday’s art walk, many a night stroller was surprised to find the gallery doors open — but filled with works from neighboring […]
Article · June 18, 2010 by Anne Tschida
“Subcultures, by choice or by force, make for engaging, startling imagery.” In the case of the imagery at the newcomer Gallery I/D, that is an understatement from the current show. The photography here is not just startling, it grabs you at the throat and forces you to ingest. This is some powerful photo-journalistic work not […]
Article · June 15, 2010 by Anne Tschida
There will surely be something for everyone to like tomorrow evening, with the last of the big Second Saturday openings of the season. Really, there will be so much art on display it could make your head spin, so give yourself enough time to take it all in. For instance, at just David Castillo‘s gallery […]
Article · June 11, 2010 by Anne Tschida
First thing to watch out for when walking around the new exhibit at MOCA, “Claire Fontaine: Economies,” is the floor. There’s a snaking pressure cable that can trip you up, as can a ton of tennis balls in another room. If you do step on that cable, an alarm goes off, echoing around the chambers, […]
Article · June 4, 2010 by Anne Tschida
Artist, teacher, and printmaker Kathleen Hudspeth was awarded a Knight grant last year to develop Turn-Based Press, a communal print shop where artists will be able to learn (or refresh their memories) about the age-old culture of printmaking, and will get access to equipment and expertise in the field. Long a dream of Hudspeth, she […]
Article · June 1, 2010 by Anne Tschida
Today’s ipod generation has lost out on at least this: Growing up with album covers that sometimes were as awesome as the tunes packaged within. In a crazy cool idea, CCEMiami (The Spanish Cultural Centre) is celebrating Latin album art, with an exhibit of 500 historic and contemporary covers and a month-long series of concerts […]
Article · May 28, 2010 by Anne Tschida
Contemporary art — whether expressed in painting, sculpture, installation, video — could be summed up this way: what you see is not always what you think you do. Through the skillful manipulation of materials and perception, art works these days can change in meaning and even form the more time is spent with them. Local […]
Article · May 25, 2010 by Anne Tschida
Dust off your portable radio and head over to Miami Beach’s Botanical Garden on Sunday to experience some serious sound art, and get your radio prepped for hurricane season, all in one. Subtropics.org, Miami’s long-lasting experimental music and sound art organization, is presenting “Emergency Radio Battery-Check,” in collaboration with Frozen Music and Talking Head Transmitters, […]
Article · May 21, 2010 by Anne Tschida