In May 1983, manmade islands along Biscayne Bay were draped with over 6 million square feet of pink polypropylene fabric. The project was named Surrounded Islands and as a child I remember remarking how it looked like giant wads of pink bubble gum had exploded throughout Biscayne Bay. The only reminder today are the occasional [...]
Based on the caliber of performance at the New World Symphony one might think they were in the presence of a professional orchestra. In fact, the NWS is an orchestral academy consisting of students from the top music schools in the country. Unlike other notable classical conservatories like Juilliard which are comprised of undergraduates, the [...]
On recent afternoon in November, I sat down with Matthew Abess, assistant curator at The Wolfsonian museum, hoping to better understand their new exhibit, Describing Labor. Like the opening of a Russian doll set, the show was revealed to me slowly and successively, with meaning resting inside of meaning. Through the help of an unfolding [...]
Not all great artists are humble people- I suspect most are consumed with legacy or vanity or their own self importance. Dina Knapp on the other hand rarely talks about herself or her accomplishments. Her bright red hair, tinted glasses and eclectic jewelry are in stark contrast to her quiet, unassuming nature. On the day [...]
When Oscar Wilde wrote that "All art is quite useless", a remark that perplexes, intrigues and beckons us even today, what he sought to express was much like Gautier's "l'art pour l'art": art exists for its own sake.For Wilde and his contemporaries, the feeling was that in the same way a flower “blossoms for [...]
