Every year during the first week in December, the contemporary art world descends on Miami for Miami Art Week. Over the past twenty years, Miami Art Week has grown to become the largest gathering of artists, dealers, and collectors of contemporary art in the world. As you can imagine, the week is full of offerings: art fairs, special exhibitions at museums, talks, parties, and dinners to name a few. Everyone has their own itinerary for the week, focused on their areas of interest.
Here are a few of my highlights:
Art Basel Fair
Bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Desir.
Inspired by the intersection of Bible narratives and popular culture, this captivating piece conjures references to struggle, mortality, and power.
Surreal interior scenes by Luke Agada.
Hues of tans, browns and greenish blues forming sinuous shapes outlining a dining table, chair, flowers, a cat and other details stir memory and imagination.
Selenite and glass by color master Alteronce Gumby.
Pastel greens, blues, pinks and oranges emerge through translucent crystal to create a peaceful respite.
Mixed media on newspaper mounted canvas by Derek Fordjour.
Layered with material and meaning, five ballerinas perform (or audition?) for an audience that seems to critique their every move.
Perez Art Museum
Solo exhibition honoring the Overtown neighborhood by Calida Rawles.
Her first major museum show draws inspiration from a local community displaced by highways, through breathtaking hyper-realistic portraits featuring water.
Scope Art Fair
Bonded marble sculptures by Ejiro Fenegal.
Confident, regal, large-scale sculptures of young African women made using a special casting technique with resin, marble dust and a vibrant patina.
Untitled Art Fair
Energetic abstract paintings by Lydia Makin.
Pulsing with energy, created via a process defined by spontaneity, assertiveness and raw emotion, these works feel like a glimpse into the artist’s emotional landscape.
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