Art Basel Miami Storms Iconic City
For three days the iconic shores of Miami Beach will receive a renowned artistic facelift as curators, artistic purveyors and artists from around the world take part in the 13th edition of Art Basel.
In those three days, the shoreline located along Florida’s southern east coast lying at the nexus of North America and Latin America, will showcase work across nine sectors. The sectors will provide viewers with an experience unlike any other seen in the United States, that will allow them to explore the many dimensions of Modern and contemporary art.
The sectors involved in the exhibition are the Nova, Galleries, Positions, Edition, Kabinett, Public, Film, Survey and Magazine sectors. Each sector has been specifically designed to include museum-calibre paintings, sculptures, classical photography, works of an outsized scale, precisely curated projects and site-specific artworks taking advantage of Miami Beach’s unique landscape,
The main focus however is without a doubt the gallery sector, which will house over 250 leading international galleries drawn from 31 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. In this edition of Art Basel, it is also seeing the birth of the new Survey sector. It will focus specifically on art-historical projects and their impact on Modern and contemporary art.
A selection of our picks from Art Basel Miami include:
i feel ya: SCAD + André 3000 exhibition, Beatriz Milhazes at the Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and the de la Cruz collection: Beneath the Surface.
i feel ya: SCAD + André 3000, will see the jumpsuits designed by Outkast member André 3000 for a tour celebrating 20 years of the groups work in the hip-hop world featured alongside an experimental film from Greg Bunkalla and paintings from Jim O’Neal. André 3000 said this collaboration was a long time in the making and the exhibition looks to spark socially dynamic conversation about language and context.
Beatriz Milhazes will be offering a unique book signing opportunity for her over 200-page catalogue titled Jardin Botanico at the PAMM. The book from the Brazilian artist is the first U.S. retrospective of her work and features an interview with Milhazes and essays from PAMM curator Tobias Ostrander and Paulo Herkenhoff.
Finally, the de la Cruz collection: Beneath the Surface will feature the work of various artists who are seeking to redefine Post-War movements through a number of artistic practices ranging from: abstraction, figurative realism, appropriation and process based art. It is said, these artists and their work seeks to unearth the unequal consequences set into motion by globalisation, as well exploring the consequences of a new American perspective in a world that expands and accelerates with the exchange of ideas.
Art Basel Miami has become the favourite place for the international art world and promises to deliver a dynamic cultural event.
Opening today, it will run until Sunday 7 December 2014.
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