The Frost Art Museum’s Target Wednesday After Hours celebrates four new exhibitions!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St
Miami FL, 33199
free and open to the public.
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU presents the first Target Wednesday After Hours of the 2012 spring season with the opening reception for four new exhibitions. These captivating exhibitions have the interconnected theme of nature, and will showcase artists who encompass wildlife and the environment into their work.
MarÃa Thereza Negreiros: Offerings- The Amazon River has inspired the work of MarÃa Thereza Negreiros since her childhood in Brazil’s tropical rainforest. Negreiros uses rich colors, deep foliage and mysterious habitat full of birds, animals and strange vegetation as well as her personal experiences to bring nature to life in monumental canvases handled with extraordinary virtuosity. Her personal visual vocabulary speaks of the dangers of deforestation and the loss of beauty through colorful abstractions and shadowy imagery replete with references to the sensuous forms of mossy riverbanks and steaming jungle heat, and threatened by death from man and nature herself. Maria Thereza Negreiros was born in Brazil and lives in Cali, Colombia. Curators: Francine Birbragher and Adriana Herrera.
Metropole/Colony: Africa and Italy in The Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery- Metropole/Colony: Africa and Italy uses selections from the Wolfsonian’s collections, some of which have never before been exhibited publicly, to explore and illustrate the central role African colonization played in shaping Italian national identity during the Fascist era (1922-1943). Colonization was integral, rather than peripheral, to efforts by the regime and other actors to forge a social and cultural consensus nationwide. The exhibition focuses on a set of themes (including broadcast media, tourism, urban planning, land reclamation, infrastructure, agriculture, industry, children’s games, and architecture) and uses materials in the Wolfsonian collections to show how these concerns were manifested within both the metropole (the Italian mainland) and the colonies. Curator: David Rifkind and Jon Mogul.
Qin Feng: West Wind East Water- Qin Feng was born in Xinjiang in the far reaches of China’s northwest territory where the intersection of the Silk Roads brought many cultures together and would influence his art for years to come. It is the subject of cultural differences that weaves its way through his work as he constantly explores how symbols and language can be used by artists to communicate universal ideas. He is continually researching and experimenting with new approaches to contemporary ink painting that result in works that speak the language of diverse cultures within a personal symbolic lexicon. Even with oil painting, acrylic painting and Western mixed media techniques, he still uses Eastern elements to show off the expression of ink painting.
Annette Turrillo: A Thought for the Planet / Un Pensamiento por el Planeta
A Thought for the Planet seeks to unite us through one of the simplest and most personal means: thought. Turrillo’s goal is to create an interactive, conceptual work, in which the spectator is a participant as well as part of the work itself. The interaction between the viewer and the artwork becomes a forum for reflection about the world we live in. This exhibition, composed of several installations, is based on the artist’s study of the power of consciousness through reflection (introspection) and how this power influences lives. Annette Turrillo was born in Caracas and lives in Paris.
In addition to the four new exhibitions, Jack Haime, president of BioPlanet will be giving a lecture to students. Jack Haime, president of BioPlanetUSA.org, a non profit environmental organization is currently working with Miami-Dade County’s Community Image Advisory Board and the FIU Office of Sustainability to encourage the planting of trees in benefit of the “Million Trees Miami Initiative.”Following BioPlanet USA’s presentation, student organizations will present info about their organizations via table displays and speak about their group’s philanthropic efforts/ commitment to the environment and community. They will also speak about their involvement in arts
