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“When I was young I wanted to be a policeman,” reads the inscription under a bust of a man’s head and neck. Look closer at the face of the bust, and the images of police officers in full riot gear, weapons raised, come into view. Now, take in the third bust in this row of five. Like a bullet wound between the eyes or a sight seared into one’s memory, the image of Rodney King’s swollen, beaten face is photo-transferred onto the figure's forehead. The entire head and neck rotate endlessly — never pausing, never resting — on a motorized metal arm affixed to a pedestal that reads, �...

Toggle Sidebar April 11, 2021 Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) to Present Retrospective of Late Afro-Caribbean Artist Michael Richards The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is pleased to present the exhibition “Michael Richards: Are You Down?” ― the first museum retrospective of the work of Michael Richards, an Afro-Caribbean artist whose sculptural and drawing practice reflects on issues of racial inequity, anti-blackness, and diasporic identity. Richards passed away in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks while working in his Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Wor...

On any given day, you can find Morel Doucet in his studio at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood. In fact, the artist spends so much time in his studio that he has a stationary exercise bike in the back of the room. Adorning the available wall space are framed pieces from fellow artists that Doucet admires, along with his own paintings and prints. A multidisciplinary artist himself, Doucet says his first love is ceramics. Pieces in various stages of progress line one table, and placed in the adjacent rack are works awaiting shipment to their new homes. A bust of Nefertiti painted in black ...

Kaya Williams/The Aspen Times For artists-in-residence at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, five weeks goes by fast — too fast, almost. “There’s not enough time at the end to do everything I wanted to do,” said filmmaker and photographer Jayme Gershen. Gershen is one of 14 Miami-based artists participating in the 2021 Oolite Arts Home and Away residency at Anderson Ranch, which began Feb. 3 and runs through March 9. Anderson Ranch provides housing, meals, studio space and access to its wide range of facilities and resources in Snowmass Village; Oolite Arts, an organization that supports...

Miami artist Jayme Gershen is having her moment. After five years of hard work, she completed her first feature documentary, Birthright, just in time for its premiere as the closing film at Miami Dade College’s 38th-annual Miami Film Festival (MFF) next month. The film follows local electro-pop act Afrobeta as the duo embarks on a journey to perform in Cuba, the homeland of members Cuci Amador's and Tony Smurphio's parents. Gershen met the pair while hosting a concert series. When the musicians mentioned their plans to play in Cuba, Gershen asked to film the process. The result is a thoug...