Fruit Still Life (2006), by Mette Tommerup (b. 1969).(Photo by Peter Harholdt) By Emma Trelles There are glittering and faux botanies at the center of Recent Acquisitions, a gathering of approximately 20 artworks that feature some of the Miami Art Museum’s latest additions to its growing permanent collection.Stamped with beads and sequins, the plastic and russet-hued confection … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
New acquisitions add vigorous life to MAM collections
There are glittering and faux botanies at the center of Recent Acquisitions, a gathering of approximately 20 artworks that feature some of the Miami Art Museum’s latest additions to its growing permanent collection. Stamped with beads and sequins, the plastic and russet-hued confection of shrubs known as Endless Autumn, by Cristina Lei Rodriguez, contains South … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Books: Bringing an ancient American city back to life
By Chauncey Mabe Throughout American history, Indians have been viewed as either bloodthirsty savages, to be exterminated in the name of Manifest Destiny, or, more recently, noble savages who lived in reverence of Mother Earth.Though one of these conceptions is more benign than the other, they are equally products of white condescension and bigotry. Neither leaves room for the … [Read more...]
Bringing an ancient American city back to life
Throughout American history, Indians have been viewed as either bloodthirsty savages, to be exterminated in the name of Manifest Destiny, or, more recently, noble savages who lived in reverence of Mother Earth. Though one of these conceptions is more benign than the other, they are equally products of white condescension and bigotry. Neither leaves room for the possibility … [Read more...]
Film feature: West Coast swing hits Lake Park in ‘Love N’ Dancing’
Amy Smart and Tom Malloy in Love N' Dancing.By Hap ErsteinThe still-fledgling Mos’Art Theatre, Lake Park’s independent art cinema playhouse, has a double coup this weekend. Not only is it presenting the South Florida premiere of Love N’ Dancing, a romance set amid the West Coast swing dance craze, but tonight and Saturday afternoon, producer Sylvia Caminer puts in a personal … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 28-30
My Life as a Dog, by Robert Arneson.(Photo by Katie Deits)Art: If you haven’t seen the sculpture exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, you have a few more days to see it before it closes Sept. 6. Viewers of Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture can follow the evolution of the human form in American and European sculpture from the mid-19th century to … [Read more...]
West Coast swing hits Lake Park in ‘Love N’ Dancing’
The still-fledgling Mos’Art Theatre, Lake Park’s independent art cinema playhouse, has a double coup this weekend. Not only is it presenting the South Florida premiere of Love N’ Dancing, a romance set amid the West Coast swing dance craze, but tonight and Saturday afternoon, producer Sylvia Caminer puts in a personal appearance to field moviegoer questions about the film. … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 28-30
Art: If you haven’t seen the sculpture exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, you have a few more days to see it before it closes Sept. 6. Viewers of Off the Wall: The Human Form in Sculpture can follow the evolution of the human form in American and European sculpture from the mid-19th century to current work. From wood to marble, metal to … [Read more...]
Opera review: At Bard SummerScape, a stunning ‘Les Huguenots’
Erin Morley as Marguerite de Valoisin Bard SummerScape's production of Les Huguenots.(Photo by Stephanie Berger)By Rex Hearn Every summer for the past 20 years, the private liberal arts school of Bard College, two hours north of New York City near Annandale-on-Hudson, has taken it upon itself to perform operas, choral works, dance and drama, many of them offbeat or seldom … [Read more...]
At Bard SummerScape, a stunning ‘Les Huguenots’
Every summer for the past 20 years, the private liberal arts school of Bard College, two hours north of New York City near Annandale-on-Hudson, has taken it upon itself to perform operas, choral works, dance and drama, many of them offbeat or seldom performed. This year's SummerScape festival saw a complete, 4 ½-hour production of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Les … [Read more...]