Hampton Art Lovers at the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery opens The Eye of Afropunk, an exhibition of the work of photographer Dennis Manuel, who has documented Black performance art for more than 20 years. An official photographer for the Afropunk Music Festival, Manuel has documented iconic performances, the crowds that witnessed them, and the groundbreaking work that has played out on the stages. The exhibit runs through March 13, in celebration of Black History Month. Thursday s opening event will feature an outdoor mingling and seating area with drinks and bites for sale.
Noon to 6 p.m. Thursday, at Historic Ward Rooming House, 249 NW 9th St., Miami; 786-439-9718; hamptonartlovers.com. Admission is free with RSVP via eventbrite.com.
Oversize limited-edition book is the first to feature Julian Schnabel s work in all media
Julian Schnabel. Edition of 1,000. Hans Werner Holzwarth, Louise Kugelberg. Hardcover in clamshell box, 33 x 44 cm, 7.83 kg (17.23 lb), 570 pages, numbered and signed by Julian Schnabel ISBN 978-3-8365-8161-5 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German.
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.- I want my life to be in my work, crushed into my painting like a pressed car. If its not, my work is just some stuff. Julian Schnabel said this on the eve of his first solo exhibition in New York in 1979 that made him an overnight success. Since then, he has been synonymous with paintings return to new relevance. Schnabel finds his materials in the fabric of the everyday. His plate paintings use broken crockery to form an improbable picture, ground in everyday materials, while he also paints on velvet, market stall covers, army tarps, kabuki theater backdrops, and boxing ring floorsmaterials that lend their histo
New South Florida-based Art Provokes, Impresses at NSU Art Museum
Michel Delgado s These Complexes We Carry Every Day
The artists of the tri-county area have much to celebrate, as evidenced by “New Art South Florida,” the NSU Art Museum’s first new exhibition since the museum reopened in September. Featuring 13 recipients of 2020 South Florida Cultural Consortium awards, and curated by the museum’s own director, Bonnie Clearwater, “New Art” is a rich repository of diverse talent and a showcase of big, ambitious ideas. Though mostly completed prior to the U.S. arrival of the coronavirus and the racial-justice reckoning that followed, it is an exhibition that brims with front-of-mind issues for today’s youthful artists, from Earth changes and gender fluidity to income inequality and weapons of war.