“He started talking about this a few years ago.
Exhibit co-founder Patrick O’Connell says the idea was brought to light by the city’s mayor, Raúl Valdés-Fauli. Planning for “Illuminate Coral Gables” began in January 2019. Other works that use video mapping and projections will be found in Gables International Plaza (aka the Davidson Building) on Le Jeune Road Actors’ Playhouse on Miracle Mile and Coral Gables Museum’s facade on Aragon Avenue. His first technology-based artwork, the video-mapped projection will be cast over the entire surface of the historic Coral Gables City Hall building.Īnother technologically and artistically intricate work: Kiki Smith’s “Blue Night,” commissioned by the city specifically for “Illuminate Coral Gables.” The 40-by-190-foot installation will create a wonderland of constellations in Giralda Plaza. Pedestrians through the downtown area will spot the work of Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Carlos Estévez, who is developing video content on people’s movements, interactions and sense of community. “Unlike all other blockbuster museum shows right now that had to be postponed because they could not be presented because of indoor restrictions, ‘ICG’ is meant to be a free, outdoor, high-quality contemporary art exhibit,” says its chief curator, Lance Fung.
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12, this incandescent-and-interactive project is transforming downtown Coral Gables into a free outdoor museum – with newly commissioned and existing works by local, national and international artists curated to engage with some of the city’s most preeminent landmarks. “Illuminate Coral Gables” is a public art exhibit that’s perfect for these times. Solomon ( Artburst Miami) reviews “Illuminate Coral Gables,” featuring installations on view from February 12 to March 14, 2021, in downtown Coral Gables, Florida.Ĭaribbean-rooted representation includes co-curator Rosie Gordon Wallace (Jamaica) and artists Carlos Estévez (Cuban born, Miami based), David Gumbs (from Saint Martin, based in Martinique), Sandra Ramos (Cuban born, Miami based), and Antonia Wright (Cuban-American, born and based in Miami).
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