Target Wednesday After Hours
October 17, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm
Join
us for the opening reception of four new exhibitions. Evening will include
guided museum tours, light refreshments and music by FIU’s Radiate FM. The event
is free and open to the public.
to beauty: A Tribute to Mike
Kelley
This exhibition highlights a sampling of the works by the late artist, who is often acknowledged as one of the most influential and significant artists of our time. Kelley created highly symbolic, representational and ritualistic works that vastly transcended the mediums of film, music, drawings, sculpture, collage and performance. His works frequently dealt with class, youthful rebellion and popular culture, and attacked the sanctity of cultural attitudes toward religion, history, education and family.
This exhibition highlights a sampling of the works by the late artist, who is often acknowledged as one of the most influential and significant artists of our time. Kelley created highly symbolic, representational and ritualistic works that vastly transcended the mediums of film, music, drawings, sculpture, collage and performance. His works frequently dealt with class, youthful rebellion and popular culture, and attacked the sanctity of cultural attitudes toward religion, history, education and family.
Mark Messersmith: Fragile
Nature: is the latest exhibition in the Frost Art Museum's Florida
Artist Series. Messersmith continues his exploration of the tension in the
southern United States between this wild, living place and ever-increasing human
expansion. The paintings are dense, radiant, and sculptural depictions of the
flora and fauna of northern Florida, struggling to survive.
Materials and Meaning:
Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain from the Wolfsonian-FIU Collection
presents modern ceramics to reveal the expressive and functional potential of
the three major types of clay. The exhibition shows how designers and artists
have adapted the fixed material qualities of each to achieve diverse
outcomes.
American Sculpture in the
Tropics
The Frost Art Museum and FIU’S Sculpture Park will welcome the addition of 10 monumental sculptures for an unprecedented outdoor exhibition for the fall-winter season. Made of a variety of materials including steel, aluminum, cast fiberglass, copper, concrete, wood and rubber tires, each work represents the best of contemporary sculpture through its most recognized artists and the diversity of styles, themes and technical approaches that characterize our times. Artists include John Henry, Albert Paley, Chakaia Booker, John Clement, Isaac Duncan, Terry Karpowicz, Peter Lundberg, Bret Price, Douglas Schatz and Verina Baxter.
The Frost Art Museum and FIU’S Sculpture Park will welcome the addition of 10 monumental sculptures for an unprecedented outdoor exhibition for the fall-winter season. Made of a variety of materials including steel, aluminum, cast fiberglass, copper, concrete, wood and rubber tires, each work represents the best of contemporary sculpture through its most recognized artists and the diversity of styles, themes and technical approaches that characterize our times. Artists include John Henry, Albert Paley, Chakaia Booker, John Clement, Isaac Duncan, Terry Karpowicz, Peter Lundberg, Bret Price, Douglas Schatz and Verina Baxter.
