Opening reception: January 12, 2013. 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
From January 12 through February 17, 2013.
Cuban-American artist Agustín Fernández (1928-2006) ranks as one of Surrealism’s most discerning interpreters, and is considered to be one of the masters of modern Cuban art. This exhibition, done in collaboration with the Snite Museum of the University of Notre Dame, presents drawings from the late 1960s to the 1990s that provide a comprehensive overview of his most recognizable imagery, a visual language instilled with the erotics of desire and vulnerability.
“This exhibition marks our attempt to introduce his works on paper as key elements of his impressive career that have not previously been explored in depth, and help establish his role not only in the arts of Latin America, but within the mainstream of international Modernism of the twentieth century,” says Dr. Carol Damian, Director of the Frost Art Museum. “Although the works on paper have often been included in exhibitions as complements to the paintings and to reveal the extraordinary artistic technique that is basic to every media he mastered, this is the first exhibit dedicated solely to works on paper. These works are done with graphite, some with minimal color. The space at the Frost allows for a beautiful installation that will give visitors a new perspective on his mastery of the drawing media on a grand scale.”
Form’s Transgressions: The Drawings of Agustín Fernández is being curated by Ricardo Pau-Llosa. This exhibition is part of the Frost Art Museum’s 2013 year-long program, Commemorating 500 Years 1513-2013 Spain-Florida-Caribbean, a series of exhibitions celebrating the evolution of our regional culture and development since Ponce de León’s arrival in what is now Florida.
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
305.348.2890
thefrost.fiu.edu
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