When Art Worlds Collide
Friday, 10/06/2023-, 06:30 pm-09:00 pm
Edouard Duval-Carrié studio
225 NE 57th St,
Miami, Florida, 33137
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EXHIBITION WELCOMES ARTISTS TO MIAMI
QR-accessible audio clips from artists provide unique opportunities and insights

Miami, FL (October 3rd, 2023) – Embellish Me, an exhibition featuring 50 extraordinary works from world- renowned Pattern & Decoration artists, opens this Saturday, October 7th, at the Frost Art Museum in Miami, Florida.
Artists attending the opening are Brad Davis, Pat Lasch, Kim MacConnel, Tony Robbin, and Ned Smyth.
This exhibition, shepherded by Bill Roth, was a dream of collector and curator Norma Canelas Roth, who passed away in April 2022. According to Norma, the P&D movement defied the acceptable trend that was “deeply entrenched in minimalism and conceptualism.” Oil, acrylic, gesso, and watercolors welcomed sequins, glitter, and feathers. Ceramics and cement, tassels and tin foil, bamboo, and beads were combined on canvas and curtains, sheets, and screens. These courageous artists were met with tremendous opposition. Their métier was being disruptors before disruptors became trendy. Nothing was forbidden. Everything was embraced.
Bill Roth insisted that the P&D artists be an integral part of the exhibition in a unique and groundbreaking way. Meredith Lucio, Tony Award-winning producer, conducted oral interviews to ensure museum visitors would have a new and ear-opening experience. Colorful QR codes will be displayed next to paintings linking museumgoers to audio clips of these intimate conversations via any smartphone. Admirers can hear about the technical aspects of the works along with humorous anecdotes about men sewing or how Roy Lichtenstein’s embracing failure ultimately brought him huge success.
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OPEN PRESS RECEPTION/ARTIST & PRODUCER AVAILS – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 6:30 PM When Art Worlds Collide, a reception welcoming the P&D artists, will be held at the studio of Edouard Duval- Carrié, 225 NE 57th St, Miami, at 6:30 PM.