Pérez Art Museum Miami

Last Saturday on a typically hot and humid August Saturday,I returned to the Perez Art Museum and I saw the Jean Michel Basquait temporary art exhibit which ends in early June,2027.This exhibit features 10 iconic paintings typical of Jean Michel Basquait's innovative style of painting from the Kenneth Griffin Collection of Art..I studied Basquait's "Skulls" and "In Italian"sedulously trying to learn about the Symbolism in his paintings and how Haitian Voodoo and Italian Renaissance Anatomical Studies influenced his works of Art.I found Basquait's paintings to be somewhat depressing,but I admire his creativity. From the Perez Art Museum's permanent collection,I saw marvelous paintings by the following Contemporary Artists;Frank Stella("Protractor Variations"),Adolph Gottlieb("Altar"),Jose Bedia("Since You Left,I Can't Imagine"),Cosme Whyte("Enigma of Arrival",mixed media creation),Eddie Arroyo("June 5 2020",political theme),Luis Cruz Azaceta("Little Boat"),Jeffrey Kent("Black Dollars Matter",mixed media creation using shredded US Dollars),Danielle De Jesus("2 Men and Blue Gate",acrylic on vinyl tablecloth),and Deborah Kass ("Everybody"),among others.

The Perez Art Museum is the place to be for those who enjoy Contemporary Art.Painters with fine paintings in the permanent collection include Jana Euler("Whitney")Joaquin Torres Garcia("Construction With 2 Masks"),Lynette Viadom Boakye("King For An Hour"),Zeh Palito("Black Monalisa"),Jordan Casteel("Lourdes and Carina"),Bony Ramirez("Fiera,View From Outside"),Viktor El Saieh("Chaluska Festival"),Morris Louis("Beth Shin"),Helen Frankenthaler("Blue Jump"),and Frank Stella("Protractor Variations"),among others. Artists with fine works from the permanent collection include Luis Jiminez("Tank Spirit of Chicago"),Cecilia Vicuna("Quipu Gut"),Robert Rauschenberg("Love Hotel"),Alfredo Jaar,Ernesto Neto("Cai Cai Maroom"),and Miguel Rios("Plumed Crest") I appreciated the temporary Xican -a.o.x.-Body Temporary Exhibit.It depicted the life experiences of Mexican Americans in California and Feminist Theme Subject Matter.I appreciated fine works by Mel Casas("Humanscapes"),Julia Landois("Don't Explain It",video,menstruating woman on pedestal),John Valadez,and Gabriela Munoz("Lorena",employed breast milk to paint portrait) I hope you enjoy this innovative art museum as much as L do.