Aboudia
Doug Argue
Jose' Bedia
Orit Ben
Shitrit
Ofri Cnaani
Stanley Casselman
Francesco Clemente
Sante D'Orazio
Simon Edmondson
Quin Feng
Carole A. Feuerman
Urs Fischer
Kate Gilmore
Ron Gorchov
KAORUKO
KAWS
Benjamin Keating
Eugene Lemay
Alfred Leslie
Yigal Ozeri
Maria Pavlovska
Richard Prince
Milton Resnick
Shuli Sade David Salle
Julian Schnabel
Ray Smith
Max Snow
Edvins Strautmanis
Michael Zansky
Emilia Azcarate
Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck
Cecilia Biagini
Willys de Castro
Sigfredo Chacon
Emilio Chapela
Eduardo Costa
Marcolina Dipierro
Eugenio Espinoza
Jaime Gili
Mathias Goeritz
Juan Iribarren
Bárbara Kaplan
Ramses Larzabal
Raul Lozza
Beatriz Olano
Cesar Paternosto
Alejandro Puente
Luis Roldan
Osvaldo Romberg
Diana de Solares
Joaquin Torres Garcia
Horacio Zabala
Mana Contemporary announced its inaugural Miami Art Fair, Mana Miami: an ambitious agenda of exhibitions, roundtable discussions, and events that will take place daily during the city's art week.
For its Miami art fair debut, Mana Contemporary presents a compilation of special projects all reflecting an organizational mission of collaboration and community. Held on Mana’s Wynwood campus in a 140,000-square-foot facility spread over 22 acres, the shows will take place from December 2 – 7, 2014 in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach.
Mana Contemporary is a leading arts organization with locations in Jersey City, Chicago, and Miami that serve as hubs for influential artists, collectors, gallerists, designers, curators, and critics. Its campuses feature studios, exhibition and performance spaces, art services, and educational programming, all providing an unparalleled environment for creating and experiencing art. By exposing and exploring the artistic process, Mana Contemporary offers an exciting way to discover and learn about art while artists are enabled to experiment and collaborate across all disciplines, forms, and media.
Mana Contemporary is home to the Richard Meier Model Museum, Gary Lichtenstein Editions, the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, the Walter De Maria Foundation, the Middle East Center for the Arts, Shen Wei Dance Arts, the Keating Foundry, and more. For more information, please visit our website.
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EXHIBITIONS
Mana Monumental
Curated by Eugene Lemay,
Mana Monumental features
twenty-one artists whose work finds meaning in immen-
sity. Each of the show’s participants has a studio in, has
exhibited at, or is otherwise connected with Mana.
Artists include: Aboudia, Doug Argue, José Bedia, Orit
Ben-Shitrit, Ofri Cnaani, Stanley Casselman, Francesco
Clemente, Sante D’Orazio, Simon Edmondson, Quin
Feng, Carole A. Feuerman, Urs Fischer, Kate Gilmore,
Ron Gorchov, KAORUKO, KAWS, Benjamin Keating,
Eugene Lemay, Alfred Leslie, Yigal Ozeri, Maria
Pavlovska, Richard Prince, Milton Resnick, Shuli Sade
David Salle, Julian Schnabel, Ray Smith, Max Snow,
Edvins Strautmanis, and Michael Zansky
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Dirty Geometry
Classic shapes are contorted and reinvented in this
gritty exhibition of twenty-three Latin American artists,
all working in geometric abstraction. Curated by Osvaldo
Romberg, Dirty Geometry declares war on orthodox
geometric style in favor of a playful, erotic ethos.
Artists include: Emilia Azcárate, Alessandro Balteo
Yazbeck, Cecilia Biagini, Willys de Castro, Sigfredo
Chacón, Emilio Chapela, Eduardo Costa, Marcolina
Dipierro, Eugenio Espinoza, Jaime Gili, Mathias Goeritz,
Juan Iribarren, Bárbara Kaplan, Ramsés Larzábal, Raúl
Lozza, Beatriz Olano, César Paternosto, Alejandro
Puente, Luis Roldán, Osvaldo Romberg, Diana de
Solares, Joaquín Torres-García, and Horacio Zabala
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Gary Lichtenstein
Gary Lichtenstein Editions At Mana
Gary Lichtenstein’s screen-printing studio, Gary
Lichtenstein Editions, produces high-quality, limited-edi-
tion images from its headquarters at Mana. Its most
recent projects, featured in GLE at Mana, include collab-
orations with a range of artistic luminaries.
Artists include: Marina Abramović, Bob Gruen,
Charles Hinman, Robert Indiana, Richard Meier, and
Jessica Stockholder
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Events
MANA SESSIONS
Mana Sessions is a series of daily roundtable discussions led by prominent art world insiders and cultural tastemakers. Exploring themes such as alternative museum pedagogy, the evolution of independant art publications, social media-driven shifts in aesthetic perception, and the significance of non-conformity, each conversation provides an in-depth analysis of relevant, critical issues facing artists and creative practitioners today.
Wednesday, December 3, 3PM
A Dialogue About the Creation of the "I feel ya" Exhibition
Moderator: Andrew Bevan, style features director, Teen Vogue
Featuring: Paula Wallace, president and co-founder, SCAD; Greg Brunkalla, new media director; André 3000 Benjamin, musician
Thursday, December 4, 10AM
Perpetual Syncretism: Rail(s) in Dialogue
Featuring: Phong Bui, artist and publisher, The Brooklyn Rail; Nina Johnson-Milewski, publisher and founder, The Miami Rail; Cameron Gainer, artist, The Third Rail
Thursday, December 4, 2PM
This Is What I’d Tell You If We Were Alone: A View of Alternative Pedagogy
Moderator: Jarrett Earnest, co-director at 1:1
Featuring: Sean J Patrick Carney, comedian, artist and writer; Joe Kay, co-founder, Soulection; Andrea Arrubla, artist; Josh Lawson, artist
Friday, December 5, 12PM
Dirty Geometry Roundtable
Moderator: Osvaldo Romberg, artist and curator, Dirty Geometry
Featuring: Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, art historian and curator; Pablo León de la Barra, curator, Latin America, Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative
Friday, December 5, 5PM
24/7: Formal Strategies for Addressing Perception in a Digital Age
Featuring: Alex Bacon, curator; Harrison Tenzer, curator; Torey Thornton, artist; Anna-Sophie Berger, artist
Saturday, December 6, 2PM
Identifications: A Discussion About Non-Conformity, Labeling, and Forms of Identity
Presented by: Witches of Bushwick
Moderator: C. Finley, artist
Featuring: Alli Coates, artist; Hayden Dunham, artist; Abel Macias, artist; Signe Pierce, artist; Ilana Savdie, artist; James Moore, artist
Press Contact: Selena Ricks, sricks@manacontemporary.com
Opening: Tuesday, December 2, 5:30PM–10PM
Mana Miami
318 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
Public Hours
Wednesday, December 3, 10AM–9PM
Thursday, December 4, 10AM–9PM
Friday, December 5, 10AM–9PM
Saturday, December 6, 10AM–9PM
Sunday, December 7, 10AM–5PM
Admission
General Admission: $20
Seniors/Students: $15 (Must present valid ID)
Group Admission (10 or more): $10 each
Multi-Pass (4-day entry): $25 each;
re-entry for all public hours of the fair
Free for children under age 10
Free shuttle buses provided to and from
Mana Miami, Art Miami, and Art Basel Miami Beach