2011

Review “Four minutes, thirty-three seconds”

Performance Beyond Miami’s Parties by Paul David Young 12/06/11 Art in America. The tenth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach was supposed to “reflect a shift toward expanded conceptual, performative and temporal gestures,” according to a curatorial statement. But there was little performance at the main fair, nor at the satellite fairs…

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“Four minutes, thirty-three seconds” at LegalArt

“Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds” LegalArt, Miami. Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Press release “Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds” revisits the liberated attitude towards the creative process that defines the Fluxus movement. This project coincides with significant exhibitions happening at MOMA, NY; the Grey Art Gallery; NYU and at the Storefront for Art and Architecture,…

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Pawnshop at Thessaloniki Biennial

ARE YOU AN ARTIST IN NEED OF FAST CASH? Forget gallery hassles GET CASH NOW! High! Fast! Immediate cash payments! Come on down today! Pawnshop at Thessaloniki Biennial 18 September–18 November 2011 Typou 5 54625 Thessaloniki Greece Opening hours: Wed/Thu/Sat/Sun 17:00–21:00, Fri/19:00–23:00, Mon–Tue: closed T 30 2310522672 pawnshop@e-flux.com www.thessalonikibiennale.gr Originally…

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Archetype Vizcaya’s reviews

Contemporary artist Ernesto Oroza re-presents “Archetype Vizcaya” By Janna Lafferty, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Examiner April 21st, 2011. http://www.examiner.com There is irony in Ernesto Oroza’s title, “Archetype Vizcaya.” He is less asking his audience to uncover something original and immutable then to point to the many folds of appropriation, redefinition,…

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Notas sobre Arquetipo Vizcaya

Notas sobre Espacio Provisional * Espacio provisional en Vizcaya asume como su estructura física y espacial las láminas de plexiglás que fueron colocadas en 1953 cuando la casa devino museo para proteger el lugar y los objetos de los visitantes.  En mi proyecto considero estos plexiglases una superficie expositiva paralela al museo. El …

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Plant Species Prohibited in Miami-Dade County (Selection)

Prohibited Plant Species List The following is a list of plant species prohibited in Miami-Dade County. Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) Australian Pine (Casurina equisetifolia) Banyan Fig (Ficus benghalensis) Bishopwood (Bischofia javanica) Brazilian Jasmine (Jasminum fluminense) Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) Burma Reed (Cane Grass) – Neyaudia reynaudiana Carrotwood (Cupaniopsis anacardioides) Castor…

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Archetype Vizcaya: Curatorial Statement – Interview

Archetype: the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based. As Ernesto Oroza began his work on Archetype Vizcaya, we invited him to look closely at the estate. For several months, he examined the patterns of materials and the…

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Ernesto Oroza – Architecture of Necessity – INOVA

Curated by Nicholas Frank University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts Curator’s Statement Download Tabloid printed for the exhibition Ernesto Oroza’s “Architecture of Necessity” chronicles the inventive solutions that arise under conditions of severe economic limitations, such as those in his native Havana. The island nation of…

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ENTER THE DRAGON Pop-up Shop at Improvising Architectures

Improvising Architectures Christy Gast, Adler Guerrier, Nicolas Lobo, Ernesto Oroza, Viking Funeral, Graham Hudson, Felipe Arturo, Heather Rowe and Carlos Sandoval de León Curated by Gean Moreno Project opening January 13th 2011 Press release: Improvising Architectures Over the last decade there have a been a number of exhibitions dedicated to Miami…

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