From Roots to Routes
Works from the Permanent Collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library System
West Dade Regional
September 11 - December 29, 2008
This exhibition explores the historical importance of, and contributions to, art from Latin America by such artists as kinetic-op artist Jesus Rafael Soto and abstract artist Fernando de Szyszlo.
From Roots to Routes will recognize the individual artistic productions of Delia Cugat (Argentina), Carlos Davila (Peru), Marisol Escobar (Venezuela), Margarita Galetar (Argentina), Pablo Obelar (Uruguay), Arthur Luiz Piza (Brazil) and other works from the Library’s Permanent Collection, created from the 1960s onward by contemporary and modern artists from South America.
On the Street Where I Live:
Photographs of Celia Cruz
by Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte
From the Permanent Collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library System
North Dade Regional
September 18 - December 21, 2008
Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte is mostly renowned for his fashion and commercial photography. He took these photographs of legendary salsa singer Celia Cruz during the last 15 years of the diva’s life. The series of black-and-white images captures her both on and off stage and narrates the more intimate stories of the photographer and singer’s unique friendship and collaboration.
The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Art Services and Exhibitions Department curates a year-round program of exhibitions, performances, lectures, panel discussions, and community art projects. All of these are free and open to the public.
We also maintain a special collection of over 2,200 works of art. The collection includes works on paper, photographs, artists’ books, and small sculptures, with a focus on African American, Latino, and Miami artists. Additionally, the Vasari Project is an archive that documents the development of the visual arts in Miami-Dade County since 1945. It contains correspondence, press clippings, photographs, oral histories and other materials. The public may access both of these collections for research and reference.
For more information, contact Art Services at 305-375-5048 or art@mdpls.org, and contact the Vasari Project at 305-375-1550 or vasari@mdpls.org
