(Photo credit: David Almeida)
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens presents “Overload,” a new Contemporary Arts Program (CAP) exhibition on view Dec. 6 through Apr. 2, 2018.
Four artists have been commissioned to explore the activation of the senses in this immersive exhibition created for the estate. Artists include David Brooks (New York City), Orlando Jacinto Garcia (Miami), Arnout Meijer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Tanja Smeets (Utrecht, Netherlands). The artists’ works emphasize engagement and considers how the activation of the senses can alter the experience of a space.
The exhibition marks the first occasion where CAP commissions works by international artists. Alongside Miami-based composer Orlando Jacinto Garcia and New York-based artist David Brooks, Overload presents the work of Dutch artists Arnout Meijer and Tanja Smeets. Global perspective is a cornerstone of Vizcaya’s history, and an international group of artists have responded to Vizcaya for “Overload.”
An opening night event will take place on Dec. 5, from 7 to 10 p.m., where guests can meet the artists and have a first-look at the exhibition. Tickets for opening night are $10 for the general public.
CAP is generously supported by the Chauncey and Marion D. McCormick Family Foundation; Deering Foundation; Mondriaan Fund; Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a National Historic Landmark that preserves the Miami estate of agricultural industrialist James Deering to engage the community and its visitors in learning through the arts, history and the environment.
Built between 1914 and 1922, Vizcaya is one of the most intact remaining examples from this era in United States history, when the nation’s most successful entrepreneurs built estates inspired by the stately homes of Europe.
Vizcaya features a Main House filled with a decorative art collection, 10 acres of formal gardens, a rockland hammock (native forest), mangrove shore, and a historic village that is being restored to tell Vizcaya’s full story and provide additional spaces for programs and community outreach, including those on urban farming. Vizcaya has been a community hub since it opened to the public in 1953. It currently welcomes about 275,000 visitors annually.
Located on Biscayne Bay at 3251 S. Miami Ave., Vizcaya is open Wednesday through Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed Tuesdays, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For more information, visit www.vizcaya.org or call 305-250-9133.
