Miami Art Museum
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5 Reviews for Miami Art Museum
This part of the city was pretty dead on Saturday. The museum was also empty we had the museum to ourselves. There were more security guards than visitors.The museum is small the first floor and a second floor with 4-5 sections and seems to cater to more modern art than anything. There was an exhibition by Sean Duffy - a jeep and some gas cans turned into speakers playing beach boys type of music. I see the point but it wasn't very inspiring. and the other called Shadows, Disappearance and Illusions. I especially like the sun rise - the very first exhibition when you walk in. The entire room was illuminated by bright neon lights emulating the sun and the rays. It made me feel like I was sitting at the hill top of Rio de Janeiro listening to Jobim's Felicade while the sun rises. A little far fetched? Imagination goes a long way when you are inspired by a film like the Black Orpheus. The part where the children believed that Orpheus' guitar and song brought the sun out! Ok ok let me get back to the review. There was also a particularly deep one - with a film playing seemingly a film of a guy with president lincoln's head mask he was climbing through a tunnel and walking with shoes made out of tissue boxes. Right next to it are the props of the outfit, mask, the tunnel and tissue box. The exhibition was quite haunting with an oldies playing in the background. It was trying to represent the absence or the gap between the prop and the film that kept repeating. This reminds me of David's Lynch's films like Mulholland or Inland Empire haha!
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The Killing Machine exhibit is described as phantasmagorical or hallucinatory. I thought it reminded me of themes from Silence of the Lambs to The Last Picture Show. If you liked either of those movies, then you might want to check out this exchibit at the Miami Art Musuem across from the Miami Library in downtown Miami.
The Miami Art Museum plans to eventually relocate to a newly constructed building on the water between the American Airlines Arena and the Carnival Performing Arts Center. This will be great for the downtown Miami area!
I took the metro rail to get down here. It was a very fun experience. I'm by no means an art expert, but I know what I like. I had fun here and enjoyed the classy art. The architecture of the building was unique and postmodern. I saw the Killing Machine exhibit and it made me feel extremely surreal. I would like to go back for sure.
When I attended the University of Miami as a fledgling pre-architecture student with no wheels, hopping on the MetroRail at school (which then, unfortunately NOBODY used), which let me off right at the museum (travel time 18 minutes and cost then, $1), I found solace from being young and dumb and a hick so far from home.
Philip Johnson designed the space, and it's not so much his stance on Post Modern architecture but his choice to create the most soothing long linear fountain that made me forget my woes and focus on the testament to creativity. I'd lay back on the wall of the fountain, stare at the shadows created by the building and go to another place.
A wonderful reprieve in the middle of the city.
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This place is located in a huge plaza that has outdoor al fresco tables, a cafe, Miami's large downtown library, and the historical museum of South Florida. The MetroRail station was also just a block away. Just being in the place made me feel good (but probably the nice weather helped).
As for their exhibits, I wasn't very impressed. The work of art here were the unconventional kinds, but it didn't impress me. Hopefully when they move to a bigger location, the exhibitions would also be better.
The thing that really holds it up at four stars were the student exhibitions I saw showcasing the talents of the high school students in Miami's Architecture and Design school. Their talent blew me out of my mind, it was great!
Oh, and on Sundays it's free.
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