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As the original American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette has come to represent power, freedom and sexuality for more than half a century. Yet it also hints at personal identity and style, suggesting how effectively values and meaning are communicated through an object. Using various critical perspectives, this close analysis of this highly recognizable automobile finds diverse aspects of American culture revealed. Topics covered include the Corvette in literature; its ties to masculine identity, including homosexuality, as well as female sexuality; and the Corvette as artistic object, among others.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibitionRobert Thiele: Untitled (3 for 8) at The MDC Museum of Art + Design,Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College, 600 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida September 3 - November 8, 2015
While art history has made room for the flurry of movements that emerged in the period following World War II, the myriad artistic developments of the last thirty years have yet to be assigned firm historical categories. Drawing from the Modern, 1975–2005, the final installment in a series of inaugural-year exhibitions produced by the Department of Drawings, attempts to tell a provisional story of the years from 1975 to the present, as reflected through MoMA's singular drawings collection. While making no claims to comprehensiveness, the installation details both the blossoming of different art positions on a broad, international scale in this era, and the coming of age of drawing as an independent—and for many artists, primary—mode of expression.Organized chronologically and in loose clusters of artists working in the same milieu or vein of interest, the exhibition features works by more than fifty artists, including Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, Martin Kippenberger, Marlene Dumas, Gabriel Orozco, Kara Walker, and Luc Tuymans.
Description: Le Figarocalls it "l'antichambre du paradis," and indeed Art Basel Miami Beach, the sister-event of Art Basel (in Basel, natch), is one of the hottest fairs around. With an exclusive selection of 160 leading international galleries exhibiting 20th and 21st century work by over 1,000 artists, the fair--and the accompanying catalogue--provides an essential reference for professionals and collectors with a special focus on the Americas.