Natural One

In a city like Miami, it can seem like nothing is truly natural. There’s processed food in our restaurants, fluorescent colors in our clothing; hell, half the boobs in this town are made of silicone. Even Miami Beach, home to the Bass Museum (2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach), isn’t a...

By Ciara LaVelle

September 6, 2012

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In a city like Miami, it can seem like nothing is truly natural. There’s processed food in our restaurants, fluorescent colors in our clothing; hell, half the boobs in this town are made of silicone. Even Miami Beach, home to the Bass Museum (2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach), isn’t a “natural” destination; it’s built on a coral reef, made in part by imported sand. So there’s no better place for an art exhibit like “Unnatural,” a group show at the Bass focused on the tension between the natural and unnatural in society, science, and other aspects of modern life. Twenty-four artists and artist teams have contributed work, including Meirav Heiman and Yossi Ben Shoshan’s freaky, three-screen video installation titled Sperm Whale, in which the title beast floats disconnectedly across the blue background, and Rose-Lynn Fisher’s closeups of bee parts, titled Bee Series, that look more like visions of a sci-fi future than the present-day state of nature. It’s enough to make you feel affected, abnormal — artificial, even. But don’t worry. That’s a perfectly natural reaction.
Wednesdays-Sundays. Starts: Sept. 9. Continues through Nov. 4, 2012

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Ciara LaVelle is New Times' former arts and culture editor. She earned her BS in journalism at Boston University and moved to Florida in 2004. She joined New Times' staff in 2011.

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