Walking and Talking

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• Franklin Einspruch
• Nelson A. Rockefeller
• Lawrence (New York)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media
• Visual Arts

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Text-based contemporary art exhibitions are not a new phenomenon. Hans Haacke famously queried guests at New York’s MoMA with a poll subversively critiquing the activities of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller (a museum board member). Lawrence Weiner’s typographic texts have been sprawled over locations ranging from the Whitney Museum to our humble Aventura Mall. This Monday, Boston-based artist Franklin Einspruch walks the talk (and vice versa) with “The Talk That Walked,” an exploration of text and image at the Miami-Dade Main Library’s first-floor exhibition space (101 W. Flagler St., Miami). Pairing bits of widely known poetry with images of modern culture, Einspruch overlays a sequence of events illuminating a new take on aged verses. Not to exclude his decade-long experience in web development, the artist has created a website that allows visitors a virtual exhibition complete with source texts and background info. Educated at the highly regarded Rhode Island School of Design and University of Miami’s painting program, Einspruch has been a longtime fixture on the Miami contemporary arts scene and has been associated with big-time acts such as the Dorsch Gallery and the former Margulies/Taplin Gallery in Coral Gables. The library is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m. Starts: Nov. 8. Continues through Dec. 19, 2010