The Deering Estate is proud to exhibit FACING GAIA, a 10-foot interactive sculptural intervention that invites the community to participate in the creation of an artwork. FACING GAIA, a Deering Spring Contemporary Project, will be on display at Deering Estate from October 29, 2020 – December 21, 2020, courtesy of the artist and Spinello Projects. Creating fabrications from steel, wood, and gold-polished aluminum, Sinisa Kukec has provided an environment within the Deering Estate grounds for both personal introspections and a reflection of ourselves within nature. FACING GAIA is emblematic of Kukec’s exploratory practice, where the artist highlights the indeterminable facets of community and self. Kukec has cultivated this thread within his work, which is a result of his own observations. He invites viewers to do the same through FACING GAIA. Gaia, meaning “earth,” ties the reflective process of this project to the physical space it and its participants occupy. The monolithic component of FACING GAIA is accompanied by a pile of crushed granite stones, which visitors are encouraged to responsibly collaborate through Kukec’s vision and throw at the monolith to metamorphosize the surface. Participants are asked to leave the rock where it falls after being thrown. Director of Photography & […] Read More
Director of Photography & Camera Op: Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera (Jorge Graupera Films) Produced & Edited by Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera (Jorge Graupera Films) Aerial Cinematography by Javier Sanchez (Light Is Beauty) Post Production Audio by Daniel Abrusci (Loyal Sound) Special Thanks to Melissa Diaz Extended Connections is part of Deering Spring Contemporary Projects organized by Melissa Diaz – Cultural Arts Curator, Deering Estate. With assistance by Dianley Cabrera – Curatorial & Programs Associate, Deering Estate and Sofia Guerra – Curatorial & Historic Preservation Intern, Deering Estate. Special thanks to Robert Scharnagl, Jacqueline Gopie, Gerbi Tsesarskaia, Kerry Phillips, Dan Walker, Jenna Efrein, O’Neal Bardin III. Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. Read More
Natalia Garcia-Lee’s new suite of paintings are the culmination of her study of human behavior from the perspective of neuroscience and is located at the intersection of art and science. Through a series intricately applied layers of paint and interlacing patterns, Garcia-Lee’s paintings trace the chemical processes of the brain that cause human beings to react, feel and exist in response to a world of stimuli. She refers to these works as the “Monkey Mind” series in reference to the Buddhist concept of the restless and reactive state of the mind of the contemporary world. Each painting in the series illustrates a reaction or chemical process and can be understood as an interconnected framework of neurons and neurotransmitters that form the mind and behavior. Through her use of atmospheric colors and layering, Garcia-Lee’s paintings recall the depth of color field painting and demonstrate her command of the language of abstraction. Director of Photography & Camera Op: Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera Produced & Edited by Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera Drone Photography by Javier Sanchez Post Production Audio by Daniel Abrusci (Loyal Sound) Special Thanks to Melissa Diaz Monkey Mind is part of Deering Spring Contemporary Projects organized by Melissa Diaz – Cultural Arts Curator, Deering […] Read More
For his new work, current artist-in-residence Richard Moreno took inspiration from the architectural structures produced for world’s fairs as well as the 1922 Stone House. The Mysteries of the First Stone is a large temporary structure built to house a resin-casted limestone found at the Deering Estate. It draws a poetic connection between humanity and the bedrock of South Florida. Oolitic limestone is a composite of fossilized organisms that form together over time and serve as a document of the life that has passed through a site. Moreno was fascinated by the evidence of over 10,000 years of human occupancy on this site and envisions a mysticism about the land at the Deering Estate that drew Charles Deering to protect it over 100 years ago. This work highlights the history of artists seeking to capture the divine in nature dating back to the earliest known works of art. Director of Photography & Camera Op: Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera (Jorge Graupera Films) Produced & Edited by Jorge Gonzalez-Graupera (Jorge Graupera Films) Aerial Cinematography by Javier Sanchez (Light Is Beauty) Post Production Audio by Daniel Abrusci (Loyal Sound) Special Thanks to Melissa Diaz The Mysteries of the First Stone is part of Deering Spring […] Read More
