Gallery Talk: The Body and Other Miracles
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 6:30pm
Dina Mitrani Gallery
2620 Nw 2nd Avenue
Miami Florida 33127

lecture fee: $10
please rsvp by email: dinamitrani@gmail.com

The body in photography is a topic of many shared interests, traditions and cross-interpretations. We will examine some of the different paths artists and photographers have taken in the discovery of the body. by Amalia Caputo

Amalia Caputo is a photo based artist and art historian. She has a BA in art history from Universidad Central de Venezuela, and an MA from New York University and the International Center of Photography, in the fields of art theory and photography. As an artist, she has a 20+ years career of exhibitions worldwide and is currently preparing a new upcoming solo show to be held in Caracas, Venezuela, her hometown.

Her work is represented in various public and private collections including those of the Galeria de Arte Nacional in Caracas Venezuela, Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, the Fundación Banco Mercantil Collection in Venezuela, and the Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection in Miami. Her range of professional experience within the art world includes working at museums, art institutions, the coordination of exhibitions and art publications, co-curating exhibitions, writing, and lecturing mainly about photography. She has written amongst other publications for Revista Estilo, Revista Imagen, Páginas Culturales de El Universal, Revista Extra Cámara and more recently for Arte al Día and Art Nexus, in Miami. Lives and works in Miami, Florida, since August 2003. For more information on her artwork, please visit www.amaliacaputo.com.

Currently on view through June 1st:
Luis Lazo: When You’re A Boy
image: Untitled (boys backs) 2010-11, 20 x 40 inches, Archival pigment print
www.dinamitranigallery.com
www.luislazophotography.com