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 appears he is waiting to be interrogated by someone off-screen. Video # 15 features two simultaneous, symmetrically opposed video recordings that collar viewers from both ends…
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 Time program presents the children’s views on hot-button topics in creative, thought-provoking form. This year the intrepid scribblers — from the fourth through sixth grades —…
Rickety skeletons, decapitated models, and a spacey radio science project dial up the heat Saturday at 7 p.m. during the Wynwood gallery crawl. At Albertini Arts (190 NW 36th St., Miami), “Decadence and Decay: A Group Exhibition for the Marrow Minded” turns the eye inward with a bony mixed-media ode…
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 for lunch. Some appear medicated and sit with their arms folded, staring into space with glazed eyes. Others lean together, communicating in whispers. The pungent…
¡Ay Chihuahua! Biscayne Boulevard is kicking it up for a tequila sunrise binge and a Frida Kahlo look-alike contest during the Cinco de MiMo Festival, which stretches from NE 66th to 77th streets on the historic strip. Beginning Friday at 6 and running through Sunday, the trendy MiMo hood will…
Colombian artist Pedro Ruiz combines lush crimson poppy fields with military might in his provocative show opening at 7 p.m. Friday at The Americas Collection (2440 Ponce de Leon Blvd.) in Coral Gables. “Love Is in the Air” captures the Colombian landscape in its buzzing glory while conveying the devastating…
If you’ve ever found yourself cackling at contemporary art, you will likely bust a gut at the latest ArtCenter/South Florida show. But this time, rather than a response to artistic opportunism or obscurity, hilarity is the point. “What Are You Laughing At?” features nearly 30 outrageous mixed-media works by David…
Wifredo Lam in North America More than a quarter-century after his death, Cuba’s greatest artist is getting his due in the first large-scale solo exhibition. The beautifully encyclopedic show features more than 60 paintings and drawings spanning the breadth of Lam’s prolific career. The exhibit is beefed up with nearly…
Miami Art Museum’s ballyhooed Wifredo Lam retrospective has been one of the stellar cultural offerings this season. Local galleries have organized tributes to the Cuban master, underscoring his iconic shadow on contemporary art during the mid-20th Century. Arguably, the most impressive has been the sprawling Lam exhibition at Gary Nader…
Mosaic Arts International 2008Daring designs and the magic of clay and fire combine for a head-turning ornamental vision in this juried event, which features 64 stunning pieces selected from 372 entries by artists from six countries. “Our members continue to push the envelope with textures, colors, and forms,” says Karen…
Steering clear of her usual gooey weeping willows, Cristina Lei Rodriguez has tapped into the central nervous system of Sixties minimalist and junk art in her new show at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin. The radical shift strips gears at a pace that seems turbo-charged. For years, Rodriguez has been known for…
They don’t call the GOP presidential candidate “McNasty” for nothing. His wife is a ringer for Stormy Daniels, the buxom porn babe. We’re sure the Wicked Pictures contract star could elicit a stiff patriotic salute from J. Mac with her X-rated hit Operation Desert Stormy, in which the camouflage-clad bombshell…
Mosaic Arts International 2008 Daring designs and the magic of clay and fire combine for a head-turning ornamental vision in this juried event, which features 64 stunning pieces selected from 372 entries by artists from six countries. “Our members continue to push the envelope with textures, colors, and forms,” says…
With a market that’s giving off more heat than Beijing’s Tibetan crackdown, Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction of contemporary Chinese art shattered expectations last Wednesday. A wild bidding spree sent sales soaring above $18 million. Zhan Xiagang, whose canvases commanded under $50,000 just a few years ago, set a record at…
You might have guessed that Al Pacino is Sicilian. But Cindy Lauper? Only the good half, organizers of the Sicilian Film Festival boast. At the Miami Beach Cinematheque, the fest this year features a score of the Mediterranean jewel’s ripping celluloid and honors Franco Nero with a Lifetime Achievement Award…
For his current project at Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Juan-Si Gonzales literally put his balls on the line. A gallery catalogue essay informs that the 47-year-old Cuban artist underwent a vasectomy-reversal operation that allowed him to create his “Stay-at-Home Dad” series of works on display. Gonzales, who lives in Ohio…
Daring designs and the magic of clay and fire combine in a head-turning ornamental vision during the “Mosaic Arts International 2008” exhibit at the Bakehouse Art Complex. Sponsored by the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA), the juried event features 64 stunning pieces selected from 372 entries by artists from…
Hipótesis de la Locura Jardin Hermético Ted Larsen New Works At Pan American Art Projects, Gustavo Acosta’s large atmospheric acrylic-on-canvas paintings convey a vision of sprawling urban settings as if observed through the window of an airplane. A Walk in Your City captures the light and buzz of a teeming…
To cash in on the Arteaméricas fair last week, some local galleries dusted off their stock and cobbled together ersatz shows hoping to snare collectors’ eyes. Chelsea Galleria bolted from the pack with “Lente Latino,” an intriguing exhibition showcasing contemporary Latin American photography, anchored by the work of Leo Matiz…
At ArteAmericas 2008, the cultural compass turns south, whisking us to the contemporary landscape of art production in Latin America. It features dazzling examples of painting, sculpture, and multimedia works straddling names from Rufino Tamayo to José Bedia. For its sixth edition, the fair brings together 80 top-flight galleries from…
Female Nudes: Blake Fisher’s fetching silver gelatin prints are reminiscent of the photography of Bill Brandt and Lucien Clergue, and exude a timeless quality. Some of his models are bathed in soft natural light; others are cloaked in a dramatic chiaroscuro. Fisher’s images are often rhythmic and fluid, his models…
With the exoskeletal grid of buildings belching over the Big Mango, it can often be difficult to decipher the history behind our growing city. Not to worry, clueless ones. The Dade Heritage Trust is exposing South Florida’s overshadowed roots during March and April with Dade Heritage Days’ Green Spaces &…
