The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours

The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours
November 9, 2011. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Christian Boltanski, Lycee Chases (8) [Chases High School (8)], 1986-1987, Photograph, desk lamp, and 54 tin boxes, 109 x 26 x 9 1/2 inches, Courtesy of Rubell Family Collection, Miami

Location:
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU. 10975 SW 17th Street. Miami, FL 33199

Opening Reception:
November 9, 2011. 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Admission:
Free

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will host the opening reception of two new exhibitions, Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collection and color on color. These new exhibitions focus on contemporary artists from France, some of which have never been seen by the public before. Visitors will have the opportunity to view paintings by prominent and well-known contemporary French artists from the private collections in Florida and celebrated Geometric Abstraction artists from the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). Join us for the opening reception during Target Wednesday After Hours on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. which is free and open to the public.
This exhibition of Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections, presented by The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU and in collaboration with the Consulate General of France and the France-Florida Foundation for the Arts, is born from a desire to measure the presence of French art, diffused yet significant, in private collections of the region. The elaboration phase of the exhibition demonstrated the abundance of collections in Florida and the generosity of the collectors. Together these artists demonstrate a number of interesting perspectives as it showcases artists of international renown, like Christian Boltanski and Sophie Calle; artists not well recognized in Florida, outside of the circle of well-versed collectors, like Jean-Pierre Khazem and Denise A. Aubertin, and young artists like Gyan Panchal. Also lending to the exhibitions perspective are works from The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, which relies on the articulation between visual arts and writing.
color on color marks the inaugural exhibition of the collaboration of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami and Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). This exhibition includes works by Ilya Bolotwosky, Alexander Liberman, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Joel Stein among many others. Curated by Constanza Cerullo, this will be the first of an on-going series of programs and exhibitions between the two institutions.
This event is free and open to the public.

Also on view:

Florida Artist Series: Humberto Calzada: The Fire Next Time through January 8, 2011
Magdalena Fernandez: 2iPM009 through January 8, 2011
Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen through January 8, 2011
Tirzo Martha: Afro-Victimize through December 4

About Target Wednesday After Hours

Target has teamed up with the Frost Art Museum to sponsor the museum’s popular educational series Target Wednesday After Hours. Designed to complement Frost exhibitions, the events give visitors the chance to engage with art, live music, talks, films, dance performances, poetry slams and performance art. Target Wednesday After Hours provide an excellent opportunity to meet and socialize with other people interested in the arts while learning more about The Museum, exhibitions and artists. Target Wednesday After Hours are free and open to the public and take place from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. one Wednesday each month.

About The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University

Approaching its 35th anniversary in 2012, The Frost Art Museum opened its current 46,000-square-foot state of the art building in November, 2008. Over 85,000 people have visited The Museum in its new building since its opening in November, 2008. Admission to The Museum is always free. The Frost is an AAM accredited museum and Smithsonian affiliate and is located at 10975 SW 17thSt across from the Blue garage and adjacent to the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus. Hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday noon-5 p.m. Closed on Mondays and most legal holidays.

For more information, please visit thefrost.fiu.edu or call 305.348.2890.

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