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March 23, 2019
Performing the self and other selves by artist Odalis Valdivieso
What: Performing the self and other selves by artist Odalis Valdivieso
When: December 1, 2018 - April 7, 2019
Where:The Bass Museum of Art
How much: General Admission $10
Performing the self and other selves by artist Odalis Valdivieso presents a new series of works on paper within The Bass’ Walgreens Windows project space. For this installation, the artist merges the storefront display and the realm of public space with her presentation of flat and folded paper artworks.
Valdivieso’s practice often utilizes paper folding and printmaking as a trompe-l’œil strategy to subvert our understanding of painting, photography, and drawing. This process reflects her current interest in vectorization and abstraction, which are employed in the making of flat, 2-D forms associated with portraits, natural and urban landscapes.
March 23, 2019
ETERNITY NOW, 2015 by Sylvie Fleury
What:ETERNITY NOW, 2015 by Sylvie Fleury
When: Long-Term View
Where:The Bass Museum of Art
How much:General Admission $10
Sylvie Fleury is known for her seductive works that re-contextualize status symbols, luxury goods and brand slogans. Eternity Now, 2015 is her latest site-specific neon, and is installed on the historic, Art Deco façade of The Bass, facing Collins Park.
“Sylvie Fleury uses contemporary iconography to suggest a deeper irony,” says curator Jose Carlos Diaz. “While the museum undergoes its transformation, her glowing text ‘Eternity Now’, amplifies the museum’s present and infinite future all at once, while also speaking to the visitors of Miami Beach.”
March 23, 2019
Ugo Rondinone’s Miami Mountain
What: Ugo Rondinone’s Miami Mountain
When:Permanent Collection
Where: The Bass Museum of Art
How much: Free, item located at Collins Park
Ugo Rondinone’s Miami Mountain follows his iconic mountain series, recognizable for their brightly colored, fluorescent contrasting palates.
Miami Mountain is the latest in the series and has been acquired by The Bass. The work, towering 42 feet tall, is permanently installed in Collins Park, on the corner of 21st Street and Collins Avenue. It is the first of its kind to be acquired by a museum and signifies the launch of The Bass’ new acquisitions initiative, a ten year program to acquire contemporary works into the permanent collection.
March 23, 2019
Jim Drain Chess Tables
What: Jim Drain Chess Tables
When: Ongoing exhibit
Where: The Bass Museum of Art
How much: Free
CHESS TABLES
ON LONG-TERM VIEW
Jim Drain is best known for his work using textiles, specifically yarn, as part of the highly-influential Fort Thunder community in Rhode Island. He was also a member of Forcefield, a collective whose practice combined music, performance, film and installation, and exhibited in the 2002 Whitney Biennial.
For The Bass Projects, Drain produced two chess tables and four chairs, designed to provide a social gathering point for chess enthusiasts in Collins Park. The project is inspired by public chess tables in other urban parks, such as Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass.; Tompkins Square Park in New York City; and the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.
Drain’s chess tables and chairs explore the use of pattern through a complex geometric design that uses steel tubing and terrazzo tiles. Visitors are encouraged to activate the public artwork by borrowing chess (or checker) pieces from the museum’s front desk during museum opening hours (temporarily located at the Miami Beach Regional Library space).
Jim Drain (b. 1975, Cleveland) lives and works in Miami, Fla. He has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad, with solo exhibitions at the University of Florida; Locust Projects, Miami; and the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin. His work is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Drain was one of two recipients of the 2005 Baloise Prize, and was recently recognized alongside Bhakti Baxter for creating some of the “best public art projects in the nation” by Americans for the Arts. Drain and the artist Naomi Fisher run The Bas Fisher Invitational space in Miami.
March 23, 2019
I ? ME WORKSHOP with Shelly Tygielski @ Innergy Meditation Studio, Sat 3/23 1:00pm
Location: Innergy Meditation Studio
Price/Tickets: $35
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March 23, 2019
Sunset Yerba Mate Ceremony @ Coterie Pop-Up at the Faena, Sat 3/23 5:30pm
Location: Coterie Pop-Up at the Faena
Price/Tickets: $30
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March 23, 2019
Frank Brangwyn: Bringing the Empire Home
What: Frank Brangwyn: Bringing the Empire Home
When:May 25, 2018–May 27, 2019
Where:The Wolfsonian
How much: $12
Find out about the life the versatile artist and designer Frank Brangwyn in the exhibit Frank Brangwyn: Bringing the Empire Home.
March 23, 2019
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