The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl

March 18 - June 10, 2012

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The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl is the first museum exhibition to explore the culture of vinyl records within the history of contemporary art. Bringing together artists from around the world who have worked with records as their subject or medium, this groundbreaking exhibition examines the record's transformative power, from the 1960s to the present. Through sound work, sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, video and performance, The Record combines fine art with popular culture, audio with visual, and established artists with those who will be exhibiting in a U.S. museum for the first time. In addition to the gallery show, Miami Art Museum will present a series of related events, activities and programs both on site and throughout the South Florida community. 

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl was organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and is curated by Trevor Schoonmaker, Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art.

The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl is made possible by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Major support is provided by Marilyn M. Arthur, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Duke University's Council for the Arts, the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, Charles Weinraub and Emily Kass, E. Blake Byrne, Barbra and Andrew Rothschild, Christen and Derek Wilson, and the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Duke University. This program is supported in part, by public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services. Additional support is provided by Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. Allen, Catherine Karmel, Peggy and John Murray, Francine and Benson Pilloff, Caroline and Arthur Rogers, Olympia Stone and Sims Preston, Angela O. Terry, Richard Tigner, Nancy Palmer Wardropper, Peter Lange and Lori Leachman, Lauren and Neill Goslin, and Merge Records.

The Miami presentation is supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. Additional support is provided by DJ Le Spam, Gibson Pro Audio, Miami New Times, Ocean Drive Magazine, Scratch Academy and WVUM-FM. The official cultural partners for The Record are: Grand Central, Lester’s, Rhythm Foundation, Sweat Records and Winter Music Conference.

Official cultural partners:

• Grand Central
• Lester’s
• Winter Music Conference
• Rhythm Foundation
• Scratch Academy
• Sweat Records
• WVUM 90.5 FM

 

Special thanks to The Record advisory committee members:

• Jourdan Binder | Owner of The Workshop Collective, LLC
• Mario Cader-Frech | VP, Public Affairs, The Americas; Viacom
• P. Scott Cunningham | Founder of O, Miami
• Michael Genovese | Artist
• Bruno del Granado | President of RM Entertainment Group
• Nicolas Lobo | Artist
• Aramis Lorie | Promoter and Founder of Poplife; Owner of Grand Central
• Daniel Milewski | Artist and Owner of Lester's
• Laura Quinlan | President of Rhythm Foundation
• Lauren Reskin | Owner of Sweat Records
• Leighton Walsh | DJ and member of Jamaica’s Black Chiney Sound System
• Andrew Yeomanson | DJ Le Spam of Spam Allstars

 

Image:
Jeroen Diepenmaat
Pour des dents d'un blanc éclatant et saines, 2005.
Record players, vinyl records, stuffed birds, sound. Dimensions variable.
Courtesy of the artist.

Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by José Bedia

May 25 - September 2, 2012

Miami Art Museum presents a major career retrospective of the work of José Bedia. The exhibition, consisting of 32 works including works on paper and canvas and two large-scale installations, explores Bedia’s ancestral genealogy (Cuba) and his constructed genealogy in the “other” Americas—the indigenous communities where this transcultural pilgrim has found so much deeply personal material for his spiritual and artistic practices. His trips to indigenous North, Middle and South American communities and to Africa can be called “pilgrimages,” for they are religious as well as artistic forays. Bedia’s personal border crossings (social, racial, and religious) reflect his exploration of historical and contemporary encounters between cultures and countries, which he personalizes in his artistic production.

Transcultural Pilgrim: Three Decades of Work by Jose Bédia is organized and produced by the Fowler Museum at UCLA and guest curated by Judith Bettelheim and co-curator Janet Catherine Berlo. Major support for the exhibition is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Donald B. Cordry Memorial Fund. Additional support was provided by the Fay-Bettye Green Fund, the Pasadena Art Alliance, and Manus, the support group of the Fowler Museum.

The Miami presentation is supported by Macy’s Foundation.

Image:
José Bedia
Abre Nkuto muchacho nuevo (Listen Up, Kid) 1989/2007
Medium Mixed media installation
Dimensions 156 x 240 inches
Collection Miami Art Museum, gift of José Bedia, Peter Menéndez, and Fredric Snitzer
Photo Credit: Peter Harholdt