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Contacts:
Gabriel Riera: 305.375.1706
griera@miamidade.gov
Maile Rodriguez: 305.375.1705
maile@miamidade.gov
Miami Art Museum Presents
Miami Currents: Linking Collection And Community
On
view October 30, 2002 through March 2, 2003
MIAMI,
September 16, 2002 -- Miami Currents: Linking Collection
and Community presents works from MAM’s six-year-old
collection with its unique Miami perspective, revealing
unexpected connections among artists from diverse cultures,
geographical locations, and generations. Including more
than 150 works drawn from MAM’s permanent holdings
and loans from area collections and beyond, the exhibition
reflects MAM’s dedication to international art
with a focus on art of the Western Hemisphere from 1940
to the present.
“Miami
Currents is a benchmark for MAM,” said Suzanne
Delehanty, director of Miami Art Museum. “Creating
a permanent collection for our metropolitan area was
one of the key goals the public set for the Miami Art
Museum, when MAM was established in 1996 through a unique
community-wide planning process. Miami Currents gives
us a chance to look at the collection’s progress,
which has grown faster than we even imagined thanks
to the generosity of our trustees and special donors.
It also gives us a chance to dream about what the collection
will look like 100 years from now.”
Organized
by Miami Art Museum’s curators – Peter Boswell,
assistant director for programs/senior curator; Lorie
Mertes, curator; and Cheryl Hartup, associate curator
– the exhibition occupies two floors of MAM’s
gallery space. Works in painting, sculpture, photography,
video, and installation are organized into five thematic
sections:
•
Shifting Tides, New Worlds
• The Natural World
• The Material World
• The Immaterial World
• Undercurrents, Looking at the Art
of our Time
Miami
Currents opens in MAM’s Upper Level Gallery with
Shifting Tides, New Worlds. The starting point of this
section begins with the dramatic rupture that occurred
with the outbreak of World War II, when many influential
artists, dealers, and collectors fled Europe and relocated
in the Americas. Since that time, developments in communications
and travel as well as continuing political upheavals
have increasingly led to a worldwide ebb and flow of
art, artists, and influences across borders and between
cultures that is unprecedented in the history of art.
Shifting Tides, New Worlds examines the exchange between
global and regional impulses in art, between commonality
and diversity, and between abstraction and representation.
Artists represented in this section include José
Bedia, Leonora Carrington, Francesco Clemente, Edouard
Duval Carrié, Adolph Gottlieb, Alfredo Jaar,
Anselm Kiefer, Wifredo Lam, María Martínez-Cañas,
André Masson, Roberto Matta, Man Ray, and George
Segal.
In
the following three sections, viewers embark on an artistic
journey of discovery through The Natural World, The
Material World, and The Immaterial World. Using these
universal themes, these sections explore connections
among artworks that speak to each other across cultures,
geographical boundaries, and generations. In The Natural
World, works by such artists as Rineke Dijkstra, Naomi
Fisher, Nancy Graves, Jim Hodges, Ana Mendieta, Joan
Mitchell, James Rosenquist and Lorna Simpson explore
images of growth, beauty, and fertility as well as mankind’s
relationship and interactions with the natural world.
The Material World features artists who draw inspiration
from everyday objects and man-made environments, including
Marcel Duchamp, Walker Evans, Ann Hamilton, Jasper Johns,
Claes Oldenburg, Gabriel Orozco, and Ed Ruscha. The
Immaterial World includes works that convey notions
of transience, absence, and transcendence. Featured
are works by Carlos Alfonzo, Miroslav Balka, María
Fernanda Cardoso, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Irwin,
Nam June Paik, Susan Rothenberg, and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Accompanying the Upper Level Gallery installation of
Miami Currents is a section in the Plaza Level Gallery
titled Undercurrents, Looking at the Art of our Time.
This section examines the visual language of art since
1940, focusing on the interplay between abstraction
and representation, and the artists’ use of suggestion
and ambiguity to include the viewer as a partner in
the art process. Included will be works by Christo,
Lynne Golob Gelfman, Guillermo Kuitca, Morris Louis,
Hans Hofmann, Robert Rauschenberg, and Gerhard Richter.
Undercurrents remains on view for one month following
the closing of Miami Currents, until
April 6, 2003.
Miami
Currents: Linking Collection and Community is organized
by Miami Art Museum and supported by special grants
from the National Endowment for the Arts, Miami-Dade
County, and MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund.
Members
Preview
A special members preview takes place on Tuesday, October
29, 2002, 6-9 p.m. MAM members free; non-members $10
(may be applied toward membership). To RSVP, call 305.375.1722.
6-7
p.m. Private preview for upper-level members, donors,
and special guests
6:30 p.m. Remarks by Suzanne Delehanty, director, and
Peter Boswell, assistant director for programs/senior
curator
7-9 p.m. Members reception
Related
Programs
Audio Tour
A one-hour audio tour produced by Antenna Audio featuring
interviews with artists, curators, and community members
will accompany Miami Currents. This is the first audio
tour devoted to MAM’s collection and is made possible
by a grant from the Frances L. Wolfson Foundation. MAM
members $2; non-members $3.
Visitors
Gallery
Designed for visitors of all ages, this interactive
area features reading materials, videos, writing stations,
and hands-on activities intended to enhance understanding
and enjoyment of Miami Currents.
Gallery
Notes
This illustrated take-home brochure provides background
information on Miami Currents and its five themes. Available
in the galleries. Free.
Family
Activity Guide
This publication invites children and adults to take
a trip into the colorful world of modern art. Filled
with writing and drawing activities, questions, and
fun facts. The Family Activity Guide is supported by
MetLife Foundation. Available in the galleries. Free.
K-12
School Tours
Tuesdays – Fridays, October 30, 2002 – February
28, 2003, 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon
Discover how art can influence students’ visual
understanding, language skills, and critical thinking
through fun, interactive tours led by trained gallery
teachers. Free buses for public school students are
available to those who sign up early. To schedule a
tour, call 305.375.4073. Tours are $1 per student. Free
for Title I schools.
Institute
for Educators
Saturday, November 2, 2002, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Elementary and secondary school teachers may register
to participate in a day of art workshops and guest speakers
focusing on Miami Currents. Teachers are eligible for
10 Teacher Education Credit points toward re-certification.
Participants receive a Curriculum Resource Unit, slides,
and a free bus to bring their students on a class trip
to MAM. Advance registration required. To register,
call 305.375.4073. MAM members $20; non-members $40.
Second
Saturdays are Free for Families
Second Saturdays, November and December 2002, 1-4 p.m.
Families of all ages explore MAM together, find inspiration
to create works of art, and participate in hands-on
activities. Free admission.
Saturday, November 9, 2002 Looking with Your Ears
Mix and match different materials to create a personal
rhythmic narrative. Learn about Latin and African instruments
with Jim Siedel’s Community Drumming: Roots of
Rhythm.
Saturday,
December 14, 2002 Ornamental Objects
Find inspiration in an array of ordinary materials to
create your own objet d’art for the holidays.
Special holiday performance by the Gold Coast Theatre
Company.
Curators’
Choice Tours
Third Thursdays, November 2002 – January 2003,
7:30 p.m.
During monthly JAM at MAM programs, the exhibition’s
curators will discuss selected works included in Miami
Currents. MAM members free; non-members free with $5
museum admission.
November 21, 2002 Peter Boswell, assistant director
for programs/senior curator
December 19, 2002 Cheryl Hartup, associate curator
January 16, 2003 Lorie Mertes, curator
Artist
Talks
Sundays, January 5 – March 2, 2003, 3 p.m.
Every Sunday for nine weeks, Miami-area artists featured
in Miami Currents will conduct gallery talks to discuss
their work and selected other works in the exhibition.
Artists include Carol K. Brown, Edouard Duval Carrié,
Naomi Fisher, Lynne Golob Gelfman, María Martínez-Cañas,
Barbara Neijna, and Rubén Torres-Llorca, among
others. Free Sundays at MAM is sponsored by The Miami
Herald/El Nuevo Herald. Free admission.
Sunday
Tours
Sundays, 2 p.m.
Each Sunday, MAM’s volunteer docents lead gallery
tours of Miami Currents for drop-in visitors. Free Sundays
at MAM is sponsored by The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald.
Free admission.
Private
Group Tours
Tuesdays – Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Tours of Miami Currents, given by MAM’s volunteer
docents, may be arranged through MAM’s education
office. Reservations required. To make reservations,
call 305.375.4073. Guided tours are free for groups
of 10 or more with museum admission.
Publication
MAM Note Cards
In conjunction with Miami Currents, MAM has produced
a boxed set of full-color note cards featuring 20 works
from MAM’s permanent collection. The note cards
are available at the MAM Store, 305.375.1729. MAM members
$20; non-members $24.95.
Funding
Miami Currents: Linking Collection and Community is
organized by Miami Art Museum and supported by special
grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Miami-Dade
County, and MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund –
Benefactor: Joan Reynolds Linclau. Donors: Lang Baumgarten;
The Cowles CharitableTrust; Espirito Santo Bank; Mellon;
Northern Trust; and United Airlines. Sponsors: Ferrell
Schultz Carter Zumpano & Fertel; Tina Hills; Deborah
& Larry Hoffman; and Patricia & Emanuel Papper.
Patrons: BankUnited; BellSouth; Christie’s; Rosemary
F. and Richard I. Furman; Rose Ellen Meyerhoff Greene;
George Lindemann; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Ned S. Offit;
Nedra & Mark Oren; Mica Parks; Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg
Eaton Meadow Olin & Perwin, P.A.; Toni & Carl
Randolph; Rolladen, Inc.; Roz & Charles Stuzin;
Judy & Sherwood Weiser; and Sally & Earl Wiener.
The
audio tour is produced by Antenna Audio and is funded
by the Frances L. Wolfson Foundation.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Third Thursdays
until 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed
Mondays.
Admission
MAM members and children under 12 free, adults $5, seniors
and students $2.50. Second Saturdays are Free for Families
and every Sunday is free. Free Sundays at MAM is sponsored
by The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald.
Location
101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Telephone
305.375.3000
Parking
The Cultural Center Garage, located at 50 NW 2nd Avenue,
has six floors of secure, enclosed parking. $3 when
ticket is stamped at MAM.
Miami
Art Museum receives both private and public funding.
More than 50 percent of its annual support comes from
corporations, individuals, foundations and MAM members.
MAM is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department
of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida
Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts;
with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department
of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the
Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
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