Start off Miami Art Week with the opening reception for WEAM's four new shows, including two special guest exhibitions from the Kinsey Institute
Jamie McCartney's The Great Wall of Vagina Vulva!
McCartney's The Great Wall of Vagina Vulva! is made from casts of 400 women's vulvas. Spectacle and education combined. The sculpture spans 26 feet in length and features volunteer participants aged 18 to 76, including mothers and daughters, identical twins, and many others. The Great Wall of Vagina Vulva! is a celebration of vulva's diversity
Kevin Berlin's Quarantine Nudes
Berlin’s “Quarantine Nudes” revisits the classical nude with spontaneity and directness, following the Renaissance tradition of drawing from life as the basis for expression and the development of ideas. Created shortly after the end of quarantine in Italy in 2020, "Quarantine Nudes" explores themes such as vulnerability, desire, and hidden thoughts portrayed in a palette of mostly black and white with touches of vibrant color.
In honor of the Kinsey Institute's 75th anniversary, WEAM is honored to present two of the Institute's most popular exhibitions:
Austin Osman Spare: Psychopathia Sexualis
curated by Rebecca Fasman, Ryan M. Pfeiffer, and Rebecca Walz
Psychopathia Sexualis premiered at Iceberg Projects in Chicago as the artist’s first solo show in North America. This landmark exhibition celebrates the centennial anniversary of a rare folio of erotic drawings from the Kinsey Institute’s Library and Special Collections. The works on display depict numerous tableaus of a grotesque bacchanalia featuring monstrous figures, satyroi, animals, and portraits of Spare himself. The unveiling of this folio contributes forty-four new works to the oeuvre of Austin Osman Spare (1886–1956).
Emilio Sanchez: Intimate Forms
curated by Rebecca Fasman
Intimate Forms features the work of Emilio Sanchez, a Cuban-born artist who moved to the United States in the late 1930s. Sanchez is best known for his drawings and paintings of architecture and built spaces, especially of Cuba before the revolution. His spare, colorful style filters out every extraneous detail to focus on shape, color, and form, creating bold geometric works that are instantly recognizable as his. This exhibition is generously supported by the Emilio Sanchez Foundation.
Monday, November 28th
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