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Tianjin Arts in Miami: Sharing the Essence of Chinese Culture
February 10, 2012 – February 16, 2012
At the invitation of Florida International University, the School of the Arts at Tianjin University of Commerce, China has organized an exhibition of selected works by 30 artists. The exhibition includes works created within the past year that demonstrate the essence of Chinese culture and promote creativity in artistic perception and style. This exhibition provides an opportunity for artists from both counties to exchange ideas, raise their artistic perception and understanding and strengthen their friendship to promote cultural exchange between the U.S. and China.
The War We Have Not Seen by Juan Manuel Echavarría
March 7, 2012 – July 1, 2012
The 24 paintings included in this exhibition were created by men and women who participated in Colombia’s war. All 35 participants were rank and file soldiers demobilized either under the Ley de Justicia y Paz (Justice and Peace Law), or because they deserted or were wounded in combat. They spent two years painting their personal experiences, illustrating the rural tragedy; witnessing the involvement of drug traffickers, capturing the painful repertoire of violence in Colombia, which for years has played out alongside daily life, blending in with normality. Curator: Ana Tiscornia
Aesthetics & Values 2012
March 28, 2012 – April 20, 2012
The A&V seminar of the Honors College at FIU examines the vital role visual art plays in the social and cultural dialogue surrounding controversial issues. It investigates how artists have challenged or enforced authority by creating new aesthetics. It further explores how art is used to initiate, accelerate, or combat social change. The heart of the course is the A&V exhibition. This annual project provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate their resourcefulness and creativity through the research, curation, and organization of an exhibition of contemporary Miami artists. This year's artists include Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquadt, Robert Chambers, Luis García-Nerey,
Jiae Hwang, Kuhl And Leyton, Ed Levine, Jillian Mayer, Gean Moreno, Gavin Perry and David Rohn.
Master of Fine Art Students’ Exhibition
March 28, 2012 – April 18, 2012
The Master of Fine Arts class of 2012 at FIU’s School of Art & Art History, present a series of works produced during their tenure at FIU.
Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture
April 21, 2012 – August 5, 2012
Von Rydingsvard is renowned for creating large-scale, often monumental sculpture from cedar beams which she painstakingly cuts, assembles, glues, clamps, and laminates, finally rubbing powered graphite into the work’s textured, faced surfaces. Her signature shapes are abstract, with references to things from the real world. Drawing on a range of sources, from the humble to the majestic, von Rydingsvard’s work is recognized for its great psychological force and powerful physical presence.
Spring 2012 Bachelor of Fine Art Students’ Exhibition
April 25, 2012 – May 6, 2012
The Bachelor of Fine Arts students at FIU’s School of Art & Art History present a series of works produced during their tenure at FIU.
Museum Studies Spring 2012 Exhibition: Jamaican Art
April 25, 2012 – August 26, 2012
Students enrolled in Museum Studies Graduate program will use selections from the Frost Art Museum Permanent Collection in this annual exhibition that gives them an opportunity to curate an exhibition from beginning to installation, applying their skills.
Miami's Vices
April 25, 2012 – August 26, 2012
Miami's Vices, curated by Annie Wharton, is a thought-provoking exhibition of videos by female artists working internationally in the medium. Carefully compiled from private collections in South Florida, Wharton chose the videos for their diversity of form and strength of execution. The videos encompass a wide range of subject matter ranging from corporeal, action-based performances, to computer-generated iconography, to humorous and poignant slices of life, and run the gamut for video works being made today.
Annie Wharton is a Los Angeles painter/video artist. She’s shown her work in museum and gallery exhibitions internationally, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, DC, the Kirishima Open Air Museum in Kirishima, Japan and The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum. Her work is included in important public and private collections throughout the world.
Michael Genovese: PS Project
April 25, 2012- May 9, 2012
The Frost Art Museum presents its first Artist-in-Residency/Open Studio program featuring Michael Genovese with P.S. USA (Public Scribing,2008-2012). The exhibition addresses the process of art making in today’s information filled landscape, emphasizing on cognitive human experience and its merger with industry and technology. Students are invited to carve their thoughts, views and ideas on blank surfaces placed in social spaces throughout the university’s campuses. These reflections and ruminations capture the essence of the individual, community, and university as a whole.
Lynne Gelfman: Recent Work
May 16, 2012 – September 2, 2012
In this new body of work, Miami artist Lynne Gelfman continues experimenting with non-traditional materials and techniques. She intricately constructs the multiple layers of her paintings. Her work is often about illusion. From a distance, the surfaces appear to show thick paint, but up close, they are sanded fine and smooth.
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