The event drew a stellar crowd of arts leaders, plus visiting artists from throughout the U.S., Asia, Europe and Latin America that included
Wang Qingsong,
Sanford Wurmfeld,
Charles Hinman and
Cristina Ghetti. Other attendees included the Frost Art Museum’s new Director
Jordana Pomeroy,
Donna Shalala, and the executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires,
Aldo Rubino.
Charles Hinman, Wang Qingsong, Kenneth Furton, Christina Ghetti, Constanza Cerullo, Aldo Rubino & Sanford Wurmfeld
This strong pairing of exhibitions set into motion the season of Art Basel with a blaze of elaborate color and spectacle.
Wang Qingsong’s daring photos encompass the entire third floor of the Frost museum.
Wang Qingsong
The exhibition of 30 multinational geometric abstraction artists from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires (MACBA) has been transported to the galleries on the Frost’s second level.
Rella Stuart-Hunt and Sanford Wurmfeld
In attendance were: FIU Provost Kenneth Furton, Jordana Pomeroy (the Frost’s new incoming director), the visiting artists that were part of the exhibitions – Wang Qingsong, Sanford Wurmfeld, Charles Hinman and Cristina Ghetti, the President of the University of Miami Donna Shalala, FIU’s Carol Damian (former director of the Frost), MACBA’s Executive Director Aldo Rubino, and FIU’s Professor Lidu Yi (curator of Wang’s show).
Recognized worldwide as one of China’s most innovative artists, Wang Qingsongis based in Beijing and was born in 1966 at the start of the Cultural Revolution.
Wang Qingsong
ADinfinitum features giant photographic masterpieces the artist stages in huge spaces such as movie studios and warehouses. These works depict the drastic changes occurring in China, and the challenges brought about by this accelerated transition.
The artist’s wife Valorie Wang leads a lecture at the opening
The exhibition is site-specific, featuring 12 of Wang’s large-scale works. Spanning all three galleries of the Frost’s third floor (a rarity for the museum), the show encompasses 2,500 square feet. One of the artworks in this exhibition,
Crazy Readers, has never been shown in the United States.
A Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950 is part of the Frost’s longstanding collaborative partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires (MACBA).
Constanza Cerullo, Aldo Rubino (MACBA’s executive director), Carol Damian & Kenneth Furton (FIU’s Provost)
This exhibition features 30 works spanning 1950-2014. The commanding roster of artists showcases MACBA’s emphasis on crosscurrents of influence in geometric abstraction between artists worldwide. The scope sets it apart as presenting the interchange among geometric artists on such a global scale and comprehensive timeline of six decades.
Kenneth Furton, Jordana Pomeroy, Donna Shalala & Sanford Wurmfeld
A Global Exchange: Geometric Abstraction Since 1950 invites visitors to ask how geometric abstraction developed over time and distance, how this form has conveyed larger philosophical and political ideals, and how geometric artists changed the traditional relationship between artist and viewer.
Artist Cristina Ghetti and Jordana Pomeroy
The 50th anniversary of the Op movement is in 2015, marking its debut with MOMA’s seminal 1965 show “The Responsive Eye” (making this exhibition at the Frost a well-timed kick-off to this anniversary).
Jordana Pomery, the new incoming director of the Frost Art Museum, with FIU’s Provost Kenneth Furton and the Frost’s former director, Carol Damian.
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