Exhibitions

Creative Visions

scapes: lynne golob gelfman

Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture

Michael Genovese: P.S. / P.P.S.

Museum Studies Spring 2012 Exhibition: Jamaican Art

The War We Have Not Seen by Juan Manuel Echavarría

Events

Creative Visions
May 9, 2012 – May 16, 2012

This unique partnership between the Miami-Dade County District 11 Schools and the Frost Art Museum culminates in an annual exhibition of student art created throughout the year. The project is a collaboration to meet M-DCPS Curriculum Based Competency Goals, the Sunshine State Standards for Arts Education, and state and national School-to-Work Initiatives.

scapes: lynne golob gelfman
May 16, 2012 – September 2, 2012

The works in the exhibition, scapes, reference water, clouds and sand as well as aerial views of Greco-Roman ruins. The focus of the show is the dune paintings, a series of images whose surfaces change with the slightest shift in viewing position or the angle of light. These paintings, which are never the same nor fixed in time, are experiences in perception, about what happens when the viewer traverses the image.

The dune series was inspired by hiking through the undulating dunes of Lençóis Maranhenses, Brazil and seeing sand always moving in the wind and sun.

Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture
April 21, 2012 – August 5, 2012

Von Rydingsvard is renowned for creating large-scale, often monumental sculpture from cedar beams which she painstakingly cuts, assembles, glues, clamps and laminates, finally rubbing powered graphite into the work’s textured surfaces. Her signature shapes are abstract, with references to things from the real world. Drawing on a range of sources, from the humble to the majestic, von Rydingsvard’s work is recognized for its great psychological force and powerful physical presence.The exhibition was recently honored with the U.S. section of the International Association of Art Critics' annual award for Best Show in a Non-Profit Gallery or Space for its premiere at the SculptureCenter, NY.

Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture is organized by SculptureCenter. The exhibition and its tour are made possible with the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Agnes Gund.

Michael Genovese: P.S. / P.P.S.
April 17, 2012- May 27, 2012
The Frost Art Museum presents its first Artist-in-Residency/Open Studio program featuring Michael Genovese with P.S. / P.P.S. The exhibition addresses the process of art making in today’s information filled landscape, emphasizing on cognitive human experience and its merger with industry and technology. Students are invited to carve their thoughts, views and ideas on blank surfaces placed in social spaces throughout the university’s campuses. These reflections and ruminations capture the essence of the individual, community, and university as a whole.

Museum Studies Spring 2012 Exhibition: Jamaican Art
April 25, 2012 – August 26, 2012
Second Annual Museum Studies Exhibit: Jamaican Intuitive Art is drawn from a comprehensive group of paintings and sculptures of Jamaican Art in The Frost Art Museum's Permanent Collection, and is curated, designed and installed by students in the Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies Program. Jamaican Intuitive Art is artwork created by self-trained and non-academically trained artists. These are individuals who through their paintings, drawings, and sculptures express thoughts about life and their surroundings. This annual exhibition is part of the Introduction to Museum Ethics, Policies and Procedures course, intended to teach students about the inner workings of museums. By having firsthand experience creating an exhibition, students are introduced to a portion of the collection, for which they research the artists and art movements, and work in a team to develop the curatorial threads of the exhibition.

The Second Annual Museum Studies Exhibit: Jamaican Intuitive Art exhibition partnered with the Consulate General of Jamaica as part of the schedule of activities commemorating the nation's 50th Anniversary of Independence across the South Florida community.

The War We Have Not Seen by Juan Manuel Echavarría
March 7, 2012 – July 1, 2012

The 17 paintings included in this exhibition were created by men and women who participated in Colombia’s war. All 35 participants were rank and file soldiers demobilized either under the Ley de Justicia y Paz (Justice and Peace Law), or because they deserted or were wounded in combat. They spent two years painting their personal experiences, illustrating the rural tragedy; witnessing the involvement of drug traffickers, capturing the painful repertoire of violence in Colombia, which for years has played out alongside daily life, blending in with normality. Curator: Ana Tiscornia

The War We Have Not Seen received support from Fundación Puntos de Encuentro.

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