From March 6, 2014 through May 2, 2014. Group exhibition
Haussmannization: (derived from Baron Haussman, who created the urban plan for Paris during the Napoleonic Era) relocating the royalty to display their new wealth and possessions, stimulating a new economy, widening streets, demolishing old apartments and replacing them with boulevards and large gardens. Paris is known, during this period, for as much physical demolition as social destruction. Regarding Miami, prospective intuition and organizational expertise for the current moment must be enlightened. How may we redefine the stage on which life is played? From a plan, a dream, or from patrons?
Eduardo Capilla works in painting and high relief format: he reviews geometric archetypes of gestural expression associated with a contemporary treatment redefining the ideal landscape. Exposing random laws governing the integration of cities via cars, Leopoldo Maler assimilates the city of San Juan. He shows and documents the progression of the “arteries”, capturing how a predetermined number of cars mix and merge with others in a regular traffic flow. Jorge Miño invites us to look for an unseen, everyday gesture through photography: Modernist architecture acts as a trigger, with its rational elegance shifting from and to every direction. The operations they describe leaves precise traces and adds textures to achieve a rationale, the passage, an antidote to the maze of mega-cities and the tyranny of formal public space. With the hyperrealist’s patience in combining painting and photography, Patricio Gonzalez Bezanilla reveals intrinsic features attributed to the myth of urbanization. Paint and fabric are communicative devices, reflecting on the social contradictions of natural and cultural behavior.
Dot Fiftyone is a Miami based gallery focusing on contemporary emerging art. Founded in 2003 by Alfredo Guzman and Isaac Perelman, the gallery aims to be a production laboratory for conceptual and contemporary art and an exhibition space. Dot Fiftyone’s objective is to create a conduit between artists and the larger community, generating a flexible and mobile structure accessible to all. The directors select emerging international artists whose work retains lasting impact and staying power. Workshops, educational television, lectures, events, as well as philanthropy, have all been part of the Dot program. The gallery currently produces not just artistic content for general consumption, but also other projects such as conferences, seminars, workshops, video samples and non-commercial films. Dot Fifthyone seeks to engage actively in the life of the community, pushing the boundaries that define the relationship between urban structures and its surrounding geography.
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 6 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 11:00am to 7:00pm and Saturdays by appointment
Dot FiftyOne Gallery
187 NW 27th Street
Miami, Fl 33127
305.573.9994
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www.dotfiftyone.com
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