Visiting a museum is an exciting and educative cultural event. My cultural event took place at the Perez Art Museum Miami. It is popularly known as the PAMM Museum. It is located on 1103 Biscayne Blvd in the beautiful city of Miami. The museum exhibits art from the 20th and 21st century. Exhibits include pieces from artists all over the world. I visited the museum on a Thursday because I learnt that the museum was offering free entry. This way, I saved 16 dollars and still got to enjoy the contemporary and modern art on display. The PAMM museum is located in a beautiful and serene location within the Museum Park. One begins to appreciate the beauty right from the entrance because it overlooks the Biscayne Bay.
The PAMM museum was originally known as the Miami Art Museum. It's origin can be traced back to 1984 when it was born out of the Center for Fine Arts (CFA) (Knudsen, 2014. The CFA would organise for art exhibitions in conjuction with the Metropolitan Dade County Government. The museum was gradually established when art enthusiasts decided to have a dedicated space to show case and indulge their art appreciation (Knudsen, 2014). The Miami Dade county funded the construction of the historic museum, with help from generous donations of citizens. This is how it was renamed into the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County to honor a generous donation. It was later abbreviated to the Perez Art Museum Miami.
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The art pieces at PAMM were all very striking. The first piece that caught my eye was "Dead Tree in a Forest ". This piece was created by Ebony G. Patterson. In 2013. It is not a conventional painting with pastel or oil colors. Instead, the artist combines various mixed media on paper (Chambers, 2012). The piece covers 87×83 inches. This piece is from Patterson's collection named 'while the dew is still on the roses'. This piece was made possible by the after it was availed by the Collection of Monique Meloche and Evan Boris in Chicago (Chambers, 2012). The collaboration also included courtesies from the Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago.
This piece is full of color and it draws attention to itself. It depicts a night garden that comes to life because of the light and living beings within it (Chambers, 2012). A first glance at the piece shows a combination of many forms that exist in nature. They include roses and other flowers, live creatures like chicken and other fowl as well as sea creatures and other crustaceans. The artist who was born in Kingston portrays her life and times through such pieces. The piece represents both life and death (Knudsen, 2014). From the name alone, it is possible to derive meaning of the circle of life represented. This piece caught my eye because of the symbolic presentation of the cycle of life. The dark hues were a suitable representation of death (Chambers, 2012). The bright colors were another representation of life and hope. When put together, the piece showed both the joy of life and the sorrow of death. The garden outlasted this cycle and it stood as witnesses to both.
The second piece that was inspiring was the "Terrafish". This piece from 2017 is a part of a collection from Felice Grodin named "The invasive Species". This collection is found in the Augmented Reality(AR) Exhibition. The piece depicts an out of life form that potrays something that is not of this world (Brillson, n.d). The first thought that came to mind was an alien. However, on taking a closer look, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the piece combined a digital species like creation with the hanging gardens from the museum. The effect was a piece that seemed surreal although it was very ordinary. It was impressive because it birthed a new image out of ordinary things.
The most impressive thing about this painting was its initial resemblance to ordinary jellyfish. This makes it the perfect piece that can be appreciated by all. Those who are oblivious to art can simply enjoy the serene colors. Art enthusiasts can also indulge their senses into your piece as they seek to explore its deeper meaning. This piece is typical of works from Grodin who is a passionate advocate for the preservation of the ecosystem (Brillson, n.d). Her combination of natural and unnatural resources is aimed at drawing attention to her cause.
The third piece is from William Cordova's Exhibition titled 'nows the time: narratives of southern alchemy '. This collection is all unique and quite abstract as it requires a deeper understanding of the artist (Brillson, n.d). My favorite piece from this collection is titled the "metaphysics we knew about". It combines four Polaroids which seem to depict different angles of the same image. This is characteristic of pieces from Cordova, who is famous for combining pieces from the past and the future (Camposeco et al., 2016). In this piece, the first Polaroid shows one wheel of a bicycle with a splash of brown above it. The second Polaroid shows two wheels, seemingly connected by the earlier seen brown splash. The splash is bigger and placed in a different position. In the third, the brown splash appears to be riding the two wheels in a setup similar to a bicycle ride. The fourth Polaroid shows an empty landscape. All the Polaroids are held together by pieces of masking tape (Camposeco et al., 2016). This piece tells a story of an unseen force that puts things together and then propels them into motion.
References
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