Miami Dade College Presents CINTAS Exhibition, Minimum/Maximum

Freedom Tower. From Jan 25 through May 4, 2012.

The Miami Dade College (MDC) Art Gallery System is presenting Minimum/Maximum, the inaugural exhibition of the CINTAS Fellows Collection at the Freedom Tower after MDC assumed the stewardship of the Collection and Fellowship awards last year.

Featuring 22 artworks by 18 artists, including Baruj Salinas, José Mijares and Nelida Otero, the exhibition reflects on a dichotomy prevalent in modern painting in general. One represents the minimalist view and use of the canvas to create a geometric and abstract world of muted colors. The other, rendered in the vivid colorful palette of the Caribbean, is populated with the full blown, voluptuous figures of the Caribbean moving sensuously under the brilliant light of Cuba, painted from memory and transplanted to a similar shore.

“Miami Dade College’s Art Gallery System is thrilled to present the first exhibition rotation of the prestigious CINTAS Foundation Fellows Collection. We are honored to exhibit and care for this important collection of Cuban artists and the many historically influential works within its holdings. Minimum/Maximum represents the strength and verisimilitude of painters among the CINTAS Fellows, and visually expresses the continued movement and ever-changing dialogue within post-modern and contemporary painting conversation,” said Jeremy Mikolajczak, AGS executive director.

Artists in the exhibition represent what will soon be fifty years of the CINTAS Fellows Collection and three generations of Cuban artists, from Zilia Sanchez (Tierra, The Earth, painted in 1938) to Jose Bedia (Una Guia en la Subida from 2006).

The exhibition will remain on display through May 4, free and open to the public, Tuesday – Friday from 12 noon – 5 p.m.

The Freedom Tower at MDC
600 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33130
305.237.7700
www.mdc.edu

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