From Nov 15th, 2008 through Apr 25th, 2009. This November 15th, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse will open to the public with a new exhibition featuring renowned contemporary artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Isaac Julien and George Osodi.
The exhibition will present Magdalena Abakanowicz’s "Hurma" (Crowd), a haunting installation of 250 headless figures, one of the largest works ever created by the renowned Polish sculptor. Acclaimed by critics, collectors and artists as one of the most extraordinary creative artists in the world, Abakanowicz is known for her dramatically wrenching fiber figures; a form that expresses her constant struggle against the horrific adversity of a childhood in an occupied and war-torn land and the strictures of artistic convention in an authoritarian, struggling, poor country.
Isaac Julien’s film installation "Western Union: Small Boats" is a meditation on migration and the hope for a better life. To escape deplorable economic and human rights conditions, thousands of African and Asian "clandestines" depart each year from North Africa on the hundred-mile journey across the Mediterranean Sea to the southern coast of Sicily. The film tells the story of the diaspora in a suggestive, non-representational cinematic style subverting a strict narrative to create a collage of sound and image. Known for his extravagantly beautiful filmmaking, the British artist Isaac Julien uses three screens to create a contemplative experience about journeying across continents and cultures.
"Oil Rich Niger Delta" by Nigerian artist George Osodi is an installation of two-hundred digital photographs that examine the every day lives of people who populate the oil producing region of the world’s sixth largest oil supplier. Projected onto a nineteen-foot high wall, the stunning color photographs rotate on a continuous loop at intervals of five seconds.
Photography and Sculpture: a correlated Exhibition combines works of photography and sculpture linked by subject, format, conceptual and historical movements and artistic association.
"This year our exhibition presents powerful artistic examinations of the human condition, bringing together hundreds of works of video, photography, sculpture and installation art by artists from Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America,” says curator Katherine Hinds. “It is fitting to celebrate a decade of exhibitions and educational programming at the Warehouse by collaborating with The Lotus House, a shelter for homeless women and children, in raising funds and awareness of the human condition of the most distressed people in our immediate neighborhood.
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse 591 NW 27th Street Miami, FL 33127 305.576.1051 www.margulieswarehouse.com
This November 15th, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse will open to the public with a new exhibition featuring renowned contemporary artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Isaac Julien and George Osodi.
