“A key component of this show is that abstraction can provide the space to evoke the same deeply-held emotions as more naturalistic works of art,” Bradley said. Co-curated by Oolite’s Programming Senior Manager Amanda Bradley and President and CEO Dennis Scholl, the exhibit surveys abstraction as a space that lies at the edge. “At The Edge” is an exhibition of female artists using abstraction to investigate and challenge the boundaries of material, process, and environment. Collado will transform part of an installation she created at Emerson Dorsch Gallery, reformatting sections of wall into a freestanding sculpture that reflects on history and memory held in materials and architecture. Ema Ri will stage a multi-sensory installation of dried flowers that guests can walk through. O’Neal will present a powerful piece with multiple elements reflecting on his father’s incarceration, including a space to represent a prison cell, a painting complemented by a real, but inaccessible garden that will die during the exhibition, symbolizing his father’s disconnection from the outside world. Several of the artists have created new or site-specific works for the exhibition. Courtesy of the artist and Spinello Projects Cypress and Jean Sarmiento, Mark Fleuridor, Friday, Felice Grodin, T Eliott Mansa, Reginald O’Neal, Edison Peñafiel, Ema Ri, Greko Sklavounos, and Roscoè B. The visual and cinematic art residents participating in the “Lean-To” exhibit are: Jen Clay, Yanira Collado, Rose Marie Cromwell, Carolina Cueva, Co-residents Rev. Many of the artists are also thinking about care in some way-whether it’s the rituals they perform for self-care or their care for the community and the environment.” She says, “It’s a temporary structure, or improvised shelter, and it’s also symbolically leaning toward something in the future. Lynch got the idea for the showcase while visiting the artists in their studios. “’Lean-To’ has a double meaning,” said Leilani Lynch, The Bass Museum of Art. Edison Peñafiel, Still from The Farewell #1, 2022. Throughout the exhibit, artists reflect on current events and tangible themes, such as migration and justice. Using varying media and personal entry points, these works examine how these structures manifest across time and space. Inspired by the architectural form of a lean-to-a temporary, often improvised shelter–“Lean-To” reimagines systems of support, ranging from the spiritual to environmental and economical, as well as preservation and care. Both exhibitions open Wednesday, June 8, at 924 and 928 Lincoln Road with a public reception starting at 7 p.m. This summer, Oolite Arts in Miami Beach will present two new exhibitions: “Lean-To,” Oolite’s annual artist-in-residence exhibition featuring works by 15 Miami-based artists, and “At The Edge,” highlighting six female artists who are working in hard-edge abstraction. Rose Marie Cromwell, In the Landscape, 2022.
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