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Courtesy of EDP Foundation.
Reassembling Spilt Light: An Immersive Installation by Carlos Bunga
July 23 – October 29, 2023
For this solo exhibition, Carlos Bunga will create a temporary structure with common materials such as cardboard and masking tape that deploys light as his primary conceptual basis. Bunga’s transformative installation and poetic images will invite visitors to consider how we shape and are shaped by our surroundings, to contemplate their ephemerality, and to attend to light in a time of darkness.
Rubber tires, wood, and steel, 34 ½ x 98 x 11 in. Courtesy of the artist © Chakaia Booker and Courtesy of the David Nolan Gallery; The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.
Chakaia Booker: Surface Pressure
July 16 – October 29, 2023
Chakaia Booker: Surface Pressure celebrates the diverse work of multimedia artist Chakaia Booker. Booker is renowned for her expert manipulation of unconventional materials, transforming perceived visual tensions into compellingly unified compositions. Her complex body of work challenges viewers to consider the nature of their relationships with one another and the world at large.
Photo: Sarasota Art Museum
Latex and acrylic paint
Photo: Coke Wisdom O'Neal
Painted steel
Photo: Coke Wisdom O'Neal
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Juana Valdés: Embodied Memories, Ancestral Histories
October 22, 2023 – February 11, 2024
The exhibition Embodied Memories, Ancestral Histories is Juana Valdes’ first solo museum show. It begins with early works that address Valdes’ “Caribbeanness,” her Cuban roots, and her African ancestry. These pieces serve as a prologue to the story that unravels as the visitor moves through three aspects of her work that are not necessarily exclusive: “The History of Migration,” “Representation and Subjectivity” (Gender and the Feminine Body), and “Materiality” (Working with non-traditional materials and challenging the canon of art).
4K video, loop (13:35 min). Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Zachary Balber. Director and Producer: Juana Valdés; Cinematographer: Lee Burghard (Camera Operator & DP); Editor: Setty McIntosh; Assistant Editor, Sound Editor, Mix Engineer, Sound Design & Composer: Onel Mulet.
Contemporary/Traditional: Selections from the Basch Glass Collection
October 22, 2023 – February 11, 2024
Contemporary/Traditional gives a glimpse into the dynamic world of international contemporary glass art of the late 20th and 21st centuries. This exhibition showcases a stunning range of glasswork styles, ranging from delicate figural sculptures to powerful abstract shapes. There are dynamic assemblages of organic forms that resemble living creatures frozen in time; pure geometric abstractions that dazzle with their perfection; and classically inspired vessels that recapture a vanished form of artistry.
Blown and slumped glass,13 4/10 x 25 x 7 in., 20 x 21 x 6 in., 24 x 19 x 6 in., 27 x 18 x 6 in. Collection of Richard and Barbara Basch. Image courtesy of Ringling College of Art and Design.
Judy Pfaff: Picking up the Pieces
November 19, 2023 – March 24, 2024
Judy Pfaff has been a renowned multimedia artist and pioneer of installation art for over five decades. Bursting with electrifying energy, the vast immersive environment she is creating for Sarasota Art Museum will captivate audiences as they navigate this hypnotic, otherworldly space. Pfaff’s largest installation since 2017, Picking up the Pieces will defy boundaries, mixing painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Mixed media. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Peter Aaron/OTTO.
Impact: Contemporary Artists at the Hermitage Artist Retreat
March 10-July 7, 2024
Does art play an active role in identifying and revealing the realities of contemporary life? Conversely, how do present-day challenges in the world affect the choices that artists make in their studios? While these questions have no clear or easy answers, the exhibition Impact: Contemporary Artists at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, presented at Sarasota Art Museum, hopes to expand upon conventional ideas of art’s impact on our daily lives through the presentation of recent works made by 10 U.S.-based artists: Diana Al-Hadid, Sanford Biggers, Chitra Ganesh, Todd Gray, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Michelle Lopez, Ted Riederer, John Sims, Kukuli Velarde, and William Villalongo.
Mixed media, 111 x 169 x 151 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin Gallery. Photo: Christopher Stach.
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