Where Midas Washes his hands
Miami Art Museum
Video Installation
Golden sink, mirror, water pump,
video system with video "Death by Water".
New Acquisitions and Old Favorites Featured
in Miami Art Museum’s Re-installation of its Permanent Collection August 6, 2008 --
A reinstallation showcasing both “old favorites” and new acquisitions from the permanent collection of Miami Art Museum opens to the public Friday. The reinstallation will be on view in MAM’s Plaza-level gallery through November 2, 2008.
Included among the works on view for the first time at MAM are Nancy Graves’ Evergrowing Mobility, Fernand Léger’s Femme au Fauteuil (Woman and Armchair), Francesca DiMattio’s Untitled (Bed I), Nela Ochoa’s Donde Midas se Lava las Manos (Where Midas Washes His Hands) and Tom Wesselmann’s Brown Eyes Under Glass. Also included will be several works by Miamia-area artists, including Daniel Arsham’s Miami Does Paris and Pepe Mar’s Blue (Da-Ba-Dee).
“These new acquisitions, which are a combination of gifts and purchases by MAM’s Collector’s Council, strengthen MAM’s holdings of 20th and 21st century art in anticipation of its move to a new 120,000 square foot home in downtown Miami,” MAM’s Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator Peter Boswell said. “The collection increasingly reflects the diversity of Miami’s audience, as well as our vision for the future of MAM.”
These recent acquisitions share gallery space with several of the “old favorites” from MAM’s collection, including works by such influential 20th century artists as Adolph Gottlieb, Morris Louis, Vik Muniz, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Susan Rothenberg, Sean Scully, Frank Stella, Kehinde Wiley and Pervis Young. Also on view is Guillermo Kuitca’s Mozart-Da Ponte VI, one of the paintings that will be featured in Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1982-2008, a nationally touring retrospective of the artist’s works premiering at MAM in October of 2009.
Miami Art Museum
Miami Art Museum serves one of the most diverse and fast-growing regions of the country, where a confluence of North and Latin American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape. MAM embraces its role as a cultural anchor and touchstone in a city that welcomes countless ethnic and age groups, lifestyles and ideas.
MAM’s far-ranging vision is expressed in the breadth and depth of its exhibition program, to its ambitious education and public programs. The Museum continues to build its collection of holdings from the twentieth century through the present, as it embarks on a major new building and expansion project. The new MAM designed by Herzog & de Meuron will open in downtown Miami’s Museum Park in 2011.
