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Coming off its acclaimed David LaChapelle exhibition, VISU Contemporary, 2160 Park Ave., Miami Beach, continues to make waves with “Roots to Fly” by visual poet and conceptual artist Rubem Robierb, whose design was recently selected as Miami’s Official Host City Poster for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
On view through Mar. 15, “Roots to Fly” is an immersive and deeply personal journey through memory, identity and imagination. In the exhibition, Brazilian-born, Miami-based Robierb reflects on his childhood in Maranhão, Brazil, transforming autobiography into a universal meditation on where we come from, and where we are capable of going.
The exhibition’s title speaks to Robierb’s central metaphor: the balance between roots, which ground us in origin and history, and wings, the inner force that allows reinvention, resilience and flight.
“‘Roots to Fly’ is a journey inward as much as it is forward — a reminder that the deeper we understand our beginnings, the farther our imagination can soar,” Robierb said.
Featuring nearly 30 works across sculpture, painting and mixed media, the exhibition includes a smaller-scale version of The Winged Canoe, a monumental five-meter-long canoe that carries a young boy (modeled after the artist himself at 5 years old) through a dreamlike landscape. The child is holding a lamp symbolizing the inner light within us we must protect and never allow to dim. This deeply personal piece was included in Robierb’s first exhibition in Brazil in 2025.
With “Roots to Fly,” VISU continues to solidify its position as a leading platform for ambitious, emotionally resonant contemporary art.
Beyond VISU, Robierb’s work extends into the public realm with two large-scale sculptures on Lincoln Road.
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