Aug 7
August 8, 2014 –Â January 11, 2015
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue,
Miami Beach, Â FL 33139Â
In 1961 the conceptual artist Piero Manzoni rattled the art world by canning his own feces and making them available for sale, pricing the cans by their weight in exchange for the current value of gold. The following year, in which the Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe dies, Andy Warhol screened the image of the starlet over painted canvases, including golden ones, immortalizing Monroe and establishing her image as one of the most recognized artworks in the world. In 1964, the cult classic film Goldfinger was released and became one of the most iconic James Bond films ever made. The movie unambiguously associated gold with power, glamour but also danger. In parallel, archeological gold was also finding its way into the culture of the masses: from 1961 to 1981 Tutankhamen Treasures and The Treasures of Tutankhamun toured North America and the western hemisphere for the first time, becoming some of the most attended museum exhibits to this day.
Presented in conjunction with the Bass Museum of Art’s 50th anniversary GOLD includes painting, sculpture, video, photography, and installation.
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Nov 23
published in Exhibits, Exhibits - Miami
tags : Bass Museum of Art, Cuba, cuban american art, Cuban American artist, Cuban Art, cuban artist, Florida, Hernan Bas, Miami Beach, TIME
November 2, 2013 – February 23, 2014
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Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue,Â
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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TIME presents a selection of historical and contemporary artworks, objects and artists’ projects that engage with ideas of time. Throughout history, philosophers and scientists have advanced new – sometimes conflicting – ideas regarding the nature and perception of time. Current thought on the subject based upon quantum physics is extremely complex. Nevertheless, our finite lifespan seems to have endowed us with an intuition of time, even if we have not considered its precise character. The concept of time enables us to live with a sense of order and regularity; to conceive of duration; past, present and future; and to maintain a sense of our place within this apparent continuum.
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Mar 1
published in Exhibits - Past
tags : Bass Museum of Art, Cuba, cuban american art, Cuban Art, Cuban Avante Garde, Cuban Culture, Instituto Superior De Arte, ISA, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, New York City, San Alejandro Art Academy
Miami Beach, FL
March 23 – June 19, 2011
Bass Museum of Art, Miami
2100 Collins Avenue (between 21st & 22nd)
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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