The Lowe Art Museum is kicking into high gear for the fall 2017 arts season with an exciting array of exhibitions designed to delight art devotees and casual browsers alike. These shows, building on the momentum established by the Lowe’s engaging summer shows, are as follows:
Pop Art Prints, through Dec. 17 — Comprising 37 rarely exhibited works on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this exhibition features prints by iconic Pop artists of the 1950s and 1960s, including Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. This show is sponsored by Beaux Arts.
Michele Oka Doner: Into the Mysterium, through Jan. 14, 2018 — Best known for her compelling public art commissions, including A Walk on the Beach (the iconic paved concourse in the Miami International Airport), Michele Oka Doner’s newest project features 55 large-format photographs of specimens from the Marine Invertebrate Museum at University of Miami’s Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science together with an immersive four-channel video installation, Mysterium Alive. Oka Doner also will be the featured speaker at the Lowe’s annual Art Basel Miami Beach Bubbles & Brunch program on Dec. 10 (doors open at 10 a.m.). Presenting sponsor for this exhibition is Fiduciary Trust International.
Herbert Ferber: Space In Tension, Oct. 26-Jan. 14, 2018 — This exhibition highlights direct-metal constructions and Minimalist paintings by Abstract Expressionist sculptor Herbert Ferber, one of the New York School’s most original artists. The exhibition is made possible by the Herbert Ferber Foundation.
Stone Levity: Small Sculptures by Del Geist, Nov. 16-Apr. 29, 2018 — This mirco-exhibition features intimately scaled works by NYC-based environmental artist and sculptor Del Geist, who is known for his use of the natural world’s materials to develop site-specific installations around the world.
The Lowe Art Museum (www.miami.edu/lowe) is located on the campus of the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Dr. in Coral Gables.
With a permanent collection of 19,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of world culture, the Lowe is committed to serving as a vital resource for education and enrichment through art. Its dynamic permanent and temporary exhibitions establish the Lowe as a keeper of memories, a showcase for masterworks, an igniter of awe and wonder, and a bridge between yesterday and today.
Museum gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and university holidays. General Admission (not including programs) is $12.50, $8 for senior citizens and non-UM students, and free for Lowe members, UM students, faculty and staff, and children under 12. Admission is free on Donation Day, the first Tuesday of every month.
For more information, call 305-284-3535 or visit lowemuseum.org.
