When we recently reviewed the new show at the Miami Art Museum, Fabian Pena’s sprawling mural, created from crushed cockroach and fly bits, reminded us of the weirder artworks and performances Cultist has encountered over the years. We’ve seen human shit in jars, werewolves, skulls, and masturbation. We’ve seen rodent…
If you’ve ever found yourself stuck on I-95 in bumper-to-bumper traffic, dripping sweat, and choking back road rage, don’t despair. There’s finally a solution for the workaday commuter just raring to let the throttle loose on those Formula 1 reveries. Hooked on Driving is a high-performance driving experience that will…
“New Work Miami 2010” Through October 17. Miami Art Museum, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami; 305-375-3000; miamiartmuseum.org. Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. From shrimp sizzling in a skillet, to a walk-in kaleidoscope, to a bridge created from crushed cockroaches, this…
When Miami marionette master, Pablo Cano, got a pistol stuck in his ribs a few years back he reconsidered his approach to unearthing the found objects he employs to create his unusual puppets.”After I got held up while dumpster diving I stopped combing through trash heaps as often as I…
Miami Art Museum’s “New Work Miami 2010” showcases breadth and scope of local talent
When marionette master Pablo Cano got a pistol stuck in his ribs a few years ago, he had to reconsider his approach to unearthing the found objects he employs to create his unusual puppets. “After I got held up while dumpster diving, I stopped combing through trash heaps as often…
This week in art: Macho men and urban cocks
Around the corner at Gallery Diet, the space’s director, Nina Johnson, has eschewed the ubiquitous summer group show and is inaugurating the first Miami solo exhibit by New York-based artist Fabienne Lasserre. “What Is Found There” is inspired by a collection of essays by poet Adrienne Rich and her writings…
Upwind, on 29th Street, the Calix Gustav Gallery opts for a modest group show featuring a trio of artists tackling the inexorable tides of time and the catastrophic effects of man on nature and personal tragedy. “The Passing” features work by Jovan Karlo Villalba, Catalina Jaramillo, and Richard Herzog. The…
Three art shows in Wynwood explore manliness, devastation, and the passage of time
Not all the fighting cocks peppering Little Havana’s folksy gallery scene are wretch-inducing boils on the landscape. Beyond the lurid fiberglass monstrosities masquerading as public art in front of restaurants and cigar shops on Calle Ocho — some of the fowls garishly clad in chef toques and rainbow-bright aprons, others…
Perhaps the most intriguing exhibit in the artsy nabe can be found off Eighth Street at Estudio Potrony Fine Art. “Yo Soy Consciencia” (“I Am Conscience”), titled after a line from one of José Martí’s poems, is a collaborative group show teaming professional artists with artists who have Down syndrome,…
Current art shows
If you’ve been praying for a celluloid remedy to your box office flu, seek solace in Lourdes, a haunting new film by Cannes-wining director Jessica Hausner. In it, Christine, a physically disabled and emotionally awkward young woman, sets out on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary allegedly…
Calle Ocho art walk features work not found in Cuban nostalgia shops
Check out Katie Murray’s exuberant depiction of a Queens, New York high school all-girl drill squad executing a complex series of precision movements at World Class Boxing, where the Big Apple photographer’s first video is on view. As the young women display their graceful and flowing moves on the hardwood…
Taking center stage at Diaspora Vibe Gallery in the Design District is a group video exhibit featuring artists from throughout the United States, England, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Peru. “Exodus” seeks to examine the use of video to generate dialogue and investigate the media’s influence on world events, popular culture,…
In this week’s art column, we previewed everything from aboriginal reveries to a high-stomping high school girl’s drill squad to an orgy of experimental video, which are all part of this weekend’s Second Saturday gallery crawl capped by a free concert by the iconic Spanish duo Fangoria.But the hits just…
Miami’s Wynwood art walk offers everything from cheerleaders to Aborigines
Frost Art Museum displays shamanic objects that conjure potent magic
This week in art: Guillotines and mummies
History Miami Museum commits to crime
