MOCA Miami Art Week: An Evening of Art, Reflection, & Celebration
Here is an exciting cultural event which happens once a year —MOCA’s Miami Art Week Reception, celebrating their Fall exhibitions which includes Andrea Chung: Between Too Late and Too Early, and Smita Sen: Embodied. Guests will have a chance to mingle with artists, explore artwork, and celebrate with refreshments and LIVE DJ sets.
Artist: Andrea Chung - Title: Sisters of Two Waters II, 2019 - collage, glitter and beads on handmade birthing cloth paper - 17.5 x 11.75 in.Collection of Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Museum purchase, Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection Acquisitions Fund
Artist: Andrea Chung - Title: However The Image Enters Its Force Remains Within My Eyes, VIII, 2023 - Paper made from “Anna Atkins: Cyanotypes” book published by Taschen, methyl cellulose, and cyanotypes on Kozo paper - 24.5 x 18.75 x 2.25 in - Framed 28 x 22.75 x 3 in. Courtesy of the artist and Tyler Park Presents Gallery
Andrea Chung: Between Too Late and Too Early is a solo exhibition highlighting artist Andrea Chung’s unique multidisciplinary oeuvre with more than 80 mixed media works, including collages, a new installation, sculptures, and works on paper. The show marks the largest institutional presentation of Chung’s work to date. Chung’s practice mobilizes a diverse range of materials, from sugar to cyanotypes, all serving to explore the complex legacies of colonialism and its impact on island nations. Her use of materials is rooted in both creativity and necessity. She particularly employs sugar, a central symbol of the transatlantic slave trade, to tell stories of resilience and resistance.
Artist: Smita Sen - Geology of Longing , 2019-Present - Digital collage & text works, satellite images from NASA Image and Video Library (Public Domain) 8.5” x 11” each - Courtesy of the artist
Artist: Smita Sen - The Body Drawings: Day 8. Flour. Think: Scratch., 2015 - Body, flour, dance. - Digital Print, 36” x 24” - Courtesy of the artist
Alongside Chung’s works, Smita Sen will debut her first major solo exhibition, Embodied, featuring a diverse array of mediums such as body prints, 3D printed sculptures, and films. This exhibition provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of Sen’s practice over the last five years, examining the complexities of the human condition and the role of art in grief and understanding. Embodied delves into the early origins of her dance-based practice, exploring themes of the body, both internal and external wounds, grief, and healing.
The museum will celebrate these works during Miami Art Week. Details below:
Miami Art Week Reception Details
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Location: The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Joan Lehman Building
770 NE 125 Street
North Miami, FL 33161
305-893-6211
VIP Reception (Invitation Only): 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Public Reception to follow: 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
RSVP here.