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17th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach , the largest fair of the week, brings together more than 200 galleries of contemporary and modern art from around the world, including major institutions such as Hauser & Wirth, Lisson Gallery and Galerie Perrotin. But a number of solo shows by smaller galleries are also attracting visitors' curiosity.
Survey Sector of Art Basel Miami
Eat Fat, obra de Regina Vater da Série LuxoLixo de 1974 na Galeria Jaqueline Martins. (Reprodução/CASACOR)
In the space of American artist Thierry Goldberg, the works of 28-year-old artist Tschabalala Self reveal questions about the appropriation of the black female body in contemporary culture. There is also the Galeria Jaqueline Martins, from Brazil, which presents a survey of the work of Regina Vater. The Brazilian artist is known for her feminist installations inspired by Afro-Brazilian mythologies during the 1970s and 1980s. Art Basel Miami Beach | December 6–December 9 | 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach
Pop Minimalism | Minimalist Pop
Exposição Pop Minimalism | Minimalist Pop (Reprodução/CASACOR)
Larry Gagosian and Jeffrey Deitch present a retrospective of minimalist pop art. The exhibition curated by the duo returns to the iconic Moore Building in the Design District. For the 4th edition, the proposal was innovative: to reconcile the radically contrasting artistic movements of Pop Art and Minimalism. Both movements emerged in the early 1960s as alternatives to the abstract expressionism that dominated the US and Europe during the post-war period.
And while Pop Art used media images to blur the lines between high culture and advertising, Minimalism used simple geometric shapes with symmetrical repetitions to create unobvious, unmanipulated sensations. Works by Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Adam McEwen, Sarah Morris and Richard Prince are displayed simultaneously in a perspective that is rare in contemporary art.
The independent art fair NADA returns to Ice Palace Studios and this year brings together 125 galleries and a remarkable variety of queer and feminist-themed works. One of the highlights of the fair is the Mrs. gallery, based in Queens, New York, which presents the large-scale sculptures and vibrant watercolors of artist Chris Bogia, one of the founders of the Fire Island Artist Residency. Also not to be missed are the Fierman and Situations galleries, which showcase works by Jimmy Wright – an artist renowned for his figurative paintings that portray sexuality in the 1970s. Also worth a visit is the British gallery Hannah Barry, which presents the work of French artist Marie Jacotey, whose textile installation “Morning Defeats & Gloria Victis” evokes the rooms of Paris nightclubs and boudoirs. NOTHING | December 6th to December 9th | Ice Palace Studios | 1400 North Miami Avenue, Miami
Exhibition "I don't want to wait for our lives to end" by Manuel Solano
Manuel Solano, “In the Metro, or She’s Not Pretty,” 2018. (Cortesia do artista e do Peres Projects de Berlin/CASACOR)
This year, Manuel Solano presents his first solo exhibition at the newly renovated Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami. The exhibition includes painting, photography, video and installation that use several themes dear to the artist, such as memory, identity and perception of the universe, with references to elements of 1990s pop culture. Solano lost his sight in 2014, after complications related to the HIV virus. Highlights include the diptych made in collaboration with his mother, Claudia Solano – a former photographer who left her artistic career to take care of her family. The work shows the mother's style in portraying her son, and Solano's painting represents the mother. "I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to End" | Through April 14, 2019 | ICA Miami – 61 NE 41st Street, Miami
Installation and Performance by Abraham Cruzvillegas and Bárbara Foulkes
A coreógrafa Bárbara Foulkes e a instalação de Abraham Cruzvillegas’s “Autoreconstrucción”. (Paula Court, courtesy of the Kitchen/CASACOR)
The Grand Ballroom at the Miami Beach Convention Center will open with the work of Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas and Argentine choreographer Bárbara Foulkes. The acrobatic performance titled “Autoreconstrucción,” performed on an outdoor stage constructed from scrap metal, is inspired by pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico, specifically the traditional music and dance of the Huasteca people. The free event, held twice daily, is in collaboration with Swiss curator Philipp Kaiser. December 6 – December 9 | 3pm & 5pm performances | Grand Ballroom at the Miami Beach Convention Center – 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach
Source: Benoît Loiseau for the New York Times
