Public: An expanded sector brings the work of 24
artists to Collins Park.Curated under the theme
'Social Animals' by Nicholas Baume, Director and
Chief
Curator of Public Art Fund, the artworks selected
for this year’s Public sector will transform Collins
Park into an outdoor exhibition space. Public, a
sector of Art Basel's Miami Beach show, features
over 30 large-scale sculptures and installations
by leading and emerging international artists, including Olaf Breuning,
Sam Falls, Jeppe Hein, Thomas Houseago, Alicja
Kwade, Richard Long, Santiago Roose, Oscar Tuazon, and Ursula von Rydingsvard. For the third
straight year the sector is produced in partnership
with the Bass Museum of Art. A selection of artworks will continue to be installed in Collins Park
through March 2014. The Public sector’s opening
night on Wednesday, December 4 will include a
special program of performances, free of charge
and open to the public.
The theme 'Social Animals' has its origins in Aristotle's observations about the nature of human
beings. Set within the cityscape of Miami Beach,
this year’s edition of Public seeks to turn a grouping of separate works by multiple artists into a
temporary community of its own, with works in
conversation and in dialog with each other – such
as Sam Falls’ powder-coated aluminum installation with a master work by Charlotte Posenenske
– as well as with the location – evident in Michelle
Lopez’s towering site-specific structure.
of cut, stacked and sculptured cedar beams transforms solid material into gestural form. Mungo
Thomson’s audio recording of professional musicians imitating the sound of crickets is played on
outdoor speakers.
Symbols of popular culture are reused and repositioned to engage with the audience, as in Scott
Reeder’s three-dimensional installation of the
words 'Real Fake' and Matias Faldbakken’s adaptation of the original Peterbilt 281 big rig truck
which appeared in
Steven Spielberg’s first feature film 'Duel' (1971).
Maarten Vanden Eynde’s composition of oil peak
sculptures in bronze is based on the production
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