Email Author Carlos Suarez De Jesus

2008 Stories by Carlos Suarez De Jesus

• Glass Spilleth Over

  published June 12, 2008

  You might feel like a bull in a china shop while visiting the stunning new exhibit of glass sculptures at the Lowe Art Museum. Local collectors... More >>

• Color Him Pissed

  published June 12, 2008

  “I can’t solve the world’s problems. I paint the world’s problems,” Purvis Young has observed in the past. His... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published June 12, 2008

  Interrogating Systems Amilcar Packer sits naked on a wooden chair in a dimly lit space. At first glance, it appears the artist is... More >>

• Heads Down

  published June 12, 2008

  With ruthless efficiency, Lee Materazzi calls to mind a gangland slaying in a Jersey gravel pit. Her c-print Head in Rocks... More >>

• The New Bohemians

  published June 5, 2008

  Welcome to Coconut Grove — artist community turned hotbed of chichi consumerism bordering balmy Biscayne Bay. At this picturesque crossroads,... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published June 5, 2008

  Stay-at-Home Dad For his current project at Hardcore, Juan-Si Gonzales literally put his balls on the line. The 47-year-old Cuban... More >>

• His Satanic Majesty's Bequest

  published June 5, 2008

  Not unlike blues legend Robert Johnson, considered by many to be the granddaddy of rock and roll, Dominic Molon must have found himself tempted... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published May 29, 2008

  Botero, Chihuly, and Lichtenstein With the sculptural works of Fernando Botero, Dale Chihuly, and especially Roy Lichtenstein at... More >>

• Moving Pictures

  published May 29, 2008

  Observing viewers engaging Robert Wilson's sensational series of high-definition video portraits at the Bass Museum of Art was akin to watching... More >>

• The Art of Noise

  published May 29, 2008

  Rock and roll swagger might be a great draw onstage, but Windy City curator Dominic Molon knows an exhibit mixing music and art is a cocksure hook... More >>

• Celluloid Chill

  published May 29, 2008

  There’s a cool breeze of discontent cutting through the sweltering Orange, and Daleena Segui is fanning the blast. Seven months ago, the... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published May 22, 2008

  Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Paul Morrison Steering clear of her usual gooey weeping willows, the homegrown artist has... More >>

• Island Tease

  published May 22, 2008

  When Quisqueya Henríquez mulls an idea, there's no telling what medium she might use to shape it. The first major survey of the... More >>

• Va-Va-VOOM

  published May 22, 2008

  Avant theater icon Roger Wilson has raised the curtain on the future of portraiture in his skull-staving series of works at the Bass Museum of... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published May 15, 2008

  Wifredo Lam in North America More than a quarter-century after his death, Cuba's greatest artist is getting his due in the first... More >>

• Urban Pall

  published May 15, 2008

  In his two-channel video installation at CiFo, Amilcar Packer sits naked on a wooden chair in a dimly lit space. At first glance, it... More >>

• Mothership Connection

  published May 15, 2008

  During Cuba’s golden age, the island’s Carnival season drew multitudes into the streets for a raucous celebration that delivered... More >>

• Madness and Art

  published May 8, 2008

  In a charming old two-story pink house on the corner of a quiet Little Havana street, several middle-age folks are gathered at a dining table... More >>

• Writers on the Storm

  published May 8, 2008

  Since 1996, budding literati at local grade schools have collaborated on a yearly exhibit of 10 art tomes. The Wolfsonian’s One Page at a... More >>

• Things That Go Bump in Wynwood

  published May 8, 2008

  Rickety skeletons, decapitated models, and a spacey radio science project dial up the heat Saturday at 7 p.m. during the Wynwood gallery... More >>

• A Bash for the Boulevard

  published May 1, 2008

  ¡Ay Chihuahua! Biscayne Boulevard is kicking it up for a tequila sunrise binge and a Frida Kahlo look-alike contest during the Cinco de... More >>

• Hop a Trolley

  published May 1, 2008

  Colombian artist Pedro Ruiz combines lush crimson poppy fields with military might in his provocative show opening at 7 p.m. Friday at The... More >>

• Art Capsules

  published May 1, 2008

  Wifredo Lam in North America More than a quarter-century after his death, Cuba's greatest artist is getting his due in the first... More >>

• Art with Laughs

  published May 1, 2008

  If you've ever found yourself cackling at contemporary art, you will likely bust a gut at the latest ArtCenter/South Florida show. But... More >>

• On the Lam

  published April 24, 2008

  Miami Art Museum’s ballyhooed Wifredo Lam retrospective has been one of the stellar cultural offerings this season. Local galleries... More >>