MIAMI SAYS “ART”
̶ Martin Kreloff Retrospective at the JW Marriott Hotel
Miami
Reveals Surprising Time-Capsule that Predicted Miami’s
Art Evolution ̶
Miami’s art community in 1976 was
very different than today’s Art Basel-fueled frenzy. But when the city’s
cultural leaders were brought together back then by pied-piper artist Martin
Kreloff for the original “Miami Says ART,” little did they know as they looked
into his camera and shouted “ART” that they were foreshadowing an art
destination no one could have dreamed would happen. Thirty five years later,
some of these same influencers that shaped Miami’s arts community are being
reunited for a retrospective by the visionary artist – and the launch of “Miami
Says ART-2.”
Presented by the JW Marriott Hotel
Miami (1109 Brickell Avenue), the retrospective runs December 3rd ̶
9th, ushering in Miami’s Art Basel week. The exhibition will feature
portraits from the exhibit and a multimedia documentary with photos and video
from 1976, and is open to the public between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00
p.m.
The artist Martin Kreloff says: “It
was clear to me back in 1976 that I could capture Miami’s cultural leaders each
saying “ART” and turn it into the ultimate group show. Today I am thrilled to
present this tribute to Miami’s cultural spirit that has blossomed into a
world-class art destination. I am so proud of you, Miami.” The exhibition also
features the launch of “Miami Says Art-2,” featuring an online, modern-day
cultural time capsule that will honor Miami’s New World School of the Arts
(NWSA) throughout its 25th anniversary year of 2013. "This
is a terrific opportunity for our students," says Dennis Edwards, Foundation Board Chair
for the NWSA. "We are honored to be representing the future in this
time-capsule honoring Miami's arts leaders." Students from the NWSA will
collaborate on the creation of the new web time-capsule.
“The JW Marriott Hotel Miami is
proud to present this one-of-a-kind exhibition during Art Basel Week,” said
Florencia Rotemberg, General Manager of the hotel. “We wanted to showcase our
commitment to Miami by presenting this truly local retrospective that
demonstrates our community’s rich arts history, honoring our cultural leaders,
and paying tribute to the New World School of the Arts’ 25th
anniversary.”
The exhibition features portraits
and photographs of the original ‘cast,’ many of whom have become some of Miami’s
(and the nation’s) most renown arts leaders, including: American
figurative artist Alex Katz; Arnold L. Lehman,
director of the Brooklyn Museum (who presented the original “Miami Says Art”
while director of Miami‘s Metropolitan Museum and Art Center);
collectors/philanthropists Ruth Shack and Martin Z. Marguiles; Judy Drucker,
cultural impresaria; socialite/designer Gloria Vanderbilt; arts publicist
Charlie Cinnamon; Miami arts advocate Margarita Cano; legendary gallerists
Dorothy Blau, Gloria Luria and Virginia Miller (co-presenter of the 1976
exhibition); abstractionist Lynne Golob Gelfman; and the Founding Director of
the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Lou Anne Colodny.