November 30, 2016–December 4, 2016
VIP Opening Event: November 29, 2016 7:30PM By Invitation Only

Free To The Public:
December 1, 2016–December 3, 2016
12PM–8PM December 4, 2016
12PM–7PM
Mana Wynwood Convention Center 2217 NW 5th Avenue, Miami

Mana Common is pleased to announce its third edition of programming during Miami Art Week, taking place from November 29 to December 4, 2016, held at Mana’s 30-acre campus in the Wynwood arts district. This year, our focus is the major role that art plays in innovation: not only in the humanities, but equally as importantly in the realms of science, technology, engineering, and medicine. This approach rises directly from Mana’s foundational values of community and process.

Opening our presentation is Viola Meets Mozart, an exclusive live event with Bill Viola’s Inverted Birth, accompanied by the PhilarMIA Orchestra performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5, with lead violinist Julian Rachlin, dancer Jesus Pastor, and conducted by Pablo Mielgo. This is invitation only.

This event sets the tone for our following exhibitions:

MANA SEVEN
Curated by Mana Common Artistic Director and President Eugene Lemay, with Mana Common Curatorial Director Ysabel Pinyol, Mana Seven focuses on the crossover of art and science. The show takes the Pythagorean structure of the Seven Liberal Arts, disci- plines identified in classical times which form the basis of modern education and intellectual development. These seven arts are divided into two sections: The Trivium (language: Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric), which takes form as a booklet essays by Filippo Brunamonti and science historian and composer/artist/architect Christopher Janney; and The Quadrivium (Astronomy, Arithmetic, Geometry, and Harmony) which will include work by Loris Cecchini, GT Pellizzi, Lauretta Vinciarelli, among others. This exhibit will be presented every year at Miami with new artists.

THE GLOBAL SOUTH: VISIONS AND REVISIONS FROM THE BRILLEMBOURG CAPRILES COLLECTION
Led by art collector Tanya Capriles Brillembourg, the Brillembourg Capriles Collection is dedicated to the preservation, inclusion, and critical analysis of the context and appreciation of Latin American art. This year, she presents The Global South: Visions and Revisions, an exhibition grounded in the theme of geometric abstraction as a modernist theme during the 20th and 21st centuries. Curated by Adriana Herrera and Adolfo Wilson, it is divided into three sections: “South Versions / Subversion of the Grid”; “Utometries”; and “Cosmic Playfulness in the Global South”. Both renowned and previously undiscovered artists are represented, including Victor Vassarely, María Freire, and Vik Muniz.

PINTA: MIAMI
This year, Mana Common is collaborating with Pinta: Latin American Art Fair for their tenth anniversary, Pinta: Miami. Pinta is an exclusive and intimate international art fair of select exhibitors invited to present the best Modern and Contemporary art from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal. Founded in 2006, Pinta is
an annual, must-see event for collectors, museums, and curators. The unprecedented success and growth of the fair has been a major influence in the visibility and appreciation of Latin American Art.

MANA URBAN ARTS PROJECT
Our Mana Urban Arts Project will host a range of events and art, including a partnership with Juxtapoz, presenting installations by Cey Adams, David Ellis, Franco Fasoli, Velia De Iuliis, Waeone Interesni Kazki, Chris Lux, Fintan Magee, Dennis McNett, OLEK, Ever Seipre, Swoon, Laurence Vallieres, and Zio Ziegler;
the INFINITY PLAZA from Andrew Schoultz, a 15,000 square foot skate park/art piece; a group show, A Conversation Between Friends, from gallerist Jonathan LeVine; and live mural painting. Programming includes talks, live music, intimate dinners, and dance parties from Bushwick Collective, among others. Hosted by MILK, tattoo artist Scott Campbell will present his project WHOLE GLORY on Thursday and Friday.

MILK PRESENTS: SCOTT CAMPBELL: WHOLE GLORY
MILK is proud to present WHOLE GLORY by prolific tattoo artist Scott Campbell during Miami Art Week, on Thursday, December 1, and Friday, December 2, 2016. A raffle will be announced at the beginning of each day for ten lucky contestants who will win a free tattoo from Campbell. Names will be drawn at: 10AM, 11:30AM, 1:30PM, 2:30PM, and 3:30PM; Campbell will create 5 tattoos each day (10 total). WHOLE GLORY was first held at Milk Gallery in New York in November 2015. Selected at random, visitors win a free tattoo by Campbell, with a caveat: they cannot choose or see what he is doing; in turn, he cannot not see them. Each winner puts their arm through a hole in the wall for Campbell to tattoo their prize. A huge and widely reported success, the project quickly moved to Los Angeles at the Shinola DTLA for its second iteration. It has been presented in Moscow (Garage Museum) and London (Lazarides Gallery).

DOCUMENTOS EXTRAVIADOS: NIÑOS DE CHERNÓBIL EN CUBA (MISSING DOCUMENTS: THE CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL IN CUBA)
An exhibition presented by Peruvian artist Sonia Cunliffe, dedicated to the 26,000 children affected by the Chernobyl disaster, and the enormous solidarity shown by Cuba, who provided shelter and medical assistance to these children for over two decades (1990-2011), even while that country suffered economically. Cunliffe assembles photographs, video, diaries, newspapers clippings, and testimonials, based on the research led by Cuban journalist Maribel Acosta on this seldom talked-about humanitarian efforts. This exhibition was first shown in a church in Lima, Peru. Cunliffe examines Cuba’s gesture, the role of journalism in history, the children, and the nature of the archive.

MANA PORTRAITS
A look into modern portraiture, drawn entirely from artists who are part of the Mana Common community. This collection—which includes painting, photogra- phy, and sculpture—observes the multifaceted ways in which a sitter can be represented. The gaze of the artist, and their individual approach, is as much on
display: beyond the objective of creating a likeness of the subject, the personal and political intentions of the portrait are also the focus of this exhibition. Curated by Ysabel Pinyol, Curatorial Director at Mana Common. Artists include: John Dubrow, How and Nosm, James English Leary, and Shelter Serra.

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