Anna Gaskell
dal 14/3/2007 al 31/5/2007
Segnalato da
14/3/2007
Anna Gaskell
Vizcaya Museum, Miami
Still Life
Still Life
A site-specific installation filmed at Vizcaya by New York-based visual artist Anna Gaskell
Anna Gaskell is Vizcaya's second Contemporary Arts Project artist. This initiative engages leading Miami-based and national artists in the creation and exhibition of original artworks inspired by Vizcaya. The Contemporary Arts Project installations enable Vizcaya to showcase significant artistic talent while also offering visitors new, stimulating, and challenging ways of understanding this historic site.
Miami, Florida...Vizcaya Museum and Gardens has launched a series of art exhibitions
designed to reach local and national audiences and to position Vizcaya as a venue
for creative exchange. The Contemporary Arts Project engages artists in developing
and presenting site-specific installations that reflect their reactions to and
interactions with South Florida’s beloved National Historic Landmark on Biscayne
Bay.
Vizcaya’s second contemporary artist, New York-based visual artist Anna Gaskell, has
created an original short film entitled Still Life set in Vizcaya's stunning formal
gardens. It will be installed in the main house for visitors to view March 15 –
June 1, 2007.
Gaskell's early photographs were self-portraits, but she soon began photographing
girls as they collectively acted out stories, often embodying characters reminiscent
of Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Over the last decade Gaskell has exhibited
around the world to strong critical recognition. Her photographs are in such
prominent public collections as the Guggenheim Museum, the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, and the Tate Gallery, London.
Built by agricultural industrialist James Deering during the years leading up to
World War I, Vizcaya Museum & Gardens has tremendous potential for artistic
exploration and educational programming. In addition to a roster of international
craftsmen and artisans, Deering commissioned well known artists including Charles
Rumsey, Gaston Lachaise, and Robert Chanler – all of whom exhibited in the landmark
1913 Armory Show of modern art in New York – to create works of art especially for
his winter home. The Contemporary Arts Project is intended to reinvigorate Vizcaya
with the creative dialogue that characterized its foundation.
The program’s other primary goal is to engage the local community by developing
appreciation of Vizcaya’s contemporary relevance. The Vizcaya complex includes a
resplendent main house, ten acres of formal gardens, a hardwood hammock, and a
soon-to-be-restored historic village that will ultimately provide additional venues
for programs and community outreach.
Installations of future artists include Miami-based sculptor and installation artist
Cristina Lei Rodriguez and Chicago-based theater and film artist Catherine Sullivan.
They will exhibit simultaneously from early November 2007 through February or March
2008. The pilot phase of this unique contemporary artist series was made possible
through the generous support of The Danielson Foundation.
Vizcaya Museum
3251 South Miami Avenue - Miami
Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Free admission