Tomás Esson’s Erotic Politics
At David Lewis, New York, a presentation of the artist’s recent paintings and drawings reveals his continued obsession with sexual imagery and socialist Cuba
The Cuban artist Tomás Esson hasn’t shown in New York in over a decade; his last solo outing in this city was in 2011 at the now-defunct Ramis Barquet – a gallery that specialized in contemporary Latin-American art. This spring, however, at David Lewis, Esson returns to Manhattan with the solo exhibition ‘KRAKEN’ – an extensive overview of his more recent painting and drawing. The show also coincides with the artist’s 30-year career retrospective, ‘The GOAT’, at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami. Both exhibitions were organized by Gean Moreno – ICA Miami’s curator of programmes – who neatly positions ‘KRAKEN’ as a bookend to ‘The GOAT’, presenting works that culminate in the artist’s most iconic and explosive visual play of whirling sh
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami opens retrospective of artist Michael Richard
Michael Richard, A Loss of Faith Brings Vertigo, 1994. Installed at Château Shatto Gallery, overlooking Downtown Los Angeles. Courtesy of the Michael Richards Estate and Château Shatto.
MIAMI, FLA
.-The Museum of Contemporary, Art North Miami is presenting the exhibition Michael Richards: Are You Down? ― the first museum retrospective of the work of Michael Richards, exhibiting both his extensive sculpture and drawing practice.
Of Jamaican and Costa Rican lineage, Michael Richards was born in Brooklyn in 1963, raised in Kingston, and came of age between post-independence Jamaica and post-civil rights era America. Richards used the language of metaphor to investigate racial inequity and the tension between assimilation and exclusion in his art. Flight and aviation were central themes for Richards as an exploration of freedom and escape, ascendance and descent. His artwork gestures towar
Join award-winning writers
Patricia Engel and Edwidge Danticat on Thursday for a virtual discussion about Engle s new novel,
Infinite Country, hosted by Books & Books. The story follows Talia as she desperately searches for a way back to her family after being incarcerated following an impulsive act of violence. Her father is waiting for her in Bogotá with a ticket to the U.S., where the rest of her family resides.
Infinite Country is a tale of family, love, and sacrifice and explores what it means to straddle two worlds and what challenges are faced by those living undocumented in the U.S.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami celebrates the Ground Floor Reader Series latest publication,
Agustín Fernández: Armaduras, on Thursday with a livestreamed panel discussion focusing on the Cuban artist. The publication, which acts as a monograph on a specific artist exhibiting on the museum s ground floor, is available for purchase via the ICA s website. The panel will feature three experts: historian Jonathan D. Katz, curator Susanna Temkin, and Gean Moreno, director of the Knight Foundation Art and Research Center at ICA. The panel will discuss the life, work, and impact of the postwar modernist s practice and take questions from the audience.
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