Art After Hours at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Open to the public and refreshments provided

Lecture with Alberto Baraya

September 18, 2013 at 2pm

For more than a decade, Colombian artist Alberto Baraya has been working on deconstructing the figure of the traveler and, by extension, the discourse of science, by questioning the empirical objectivity of the botanical naturalist. The exhibition Naturalism/Artificiality: Expeditions, and Research of the Herbarium of Artificial Plants includes works from three ongoing series, the Herbarium of Artificial Plants, The Fable of the Birds, and Anthropometries, which document and display the observations of artificial plants, bird collections, and individuals, he has made on his travels. Curated by Francine Birbragher.

Pip Brant, Waiting in the Woods (detail), 2012, Acrylic, 32 x 61 inches, Courtesy of the Artist The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum 10975 SW 17th St. Miami, FL 33199 305.348.2890 Art After Hours September 18, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm This is the opening reception for Naturalism/Artificiality: Expeditions, and Research of the Herbarium of Artificial Plants by Alberto Baraya; Crisis and Commerce: World's Fairs of the 1930s; and the Faculty Show: Re-Enactments by Pip Brant and Baby Pictures and the People's Lullaby Collective by Michael Namkung. Open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments provided. Museum members' preview at 5pm.