(BPRW) Oolite Arts’ “Feels Like 97°” Exhibition Explores Diversity and Socio-Economic Landscape of South Florida
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI – Behind South Florida’s cloudless sky and golden mild exists a fragile neighborhood that’s going through points of class, race, local weather change and gentrification. Starting on November 20, Oolite Arts kicks off Feels Like 97°, a lens-based exhibition the place artists look past the town’s dreamlike imagery and into the world’s range and socio-economic divide.
Curated by famend visible artist Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Feels Like 97° options the work of 10 artists who present their perspective on South Florida’s method of life and ecosystems by analyzing diverse areas of South Florida together with the murky swamps of the Everglades. The collaborating artists embrace Jerry Carnation, Angel Lauren Garcia, Phillip Karp, Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, Terence Price II, Monica Sorelle, Esdras Thelusma, Monica Uszerowicz and Sofia Valiente.
Several highlights from the exhibition embrace Garcia’s video work, Self-Titled, the place she discusses her relationship to her given identify as a Cuban-American lady. Sorelle’s work, Miami Hues, options an Instagram venture from 2016 that centered on the aesthetics of Miami coupled with sight particular assemblage. Similarly, Valiente’s long-term pictures sequence referred to as Foreverglades, paperwork how the beltway area has been affected by socio-economic points.
“While working as a studio assistant, someone told me that people in South Florida are spoiled because of our access to natural golden light,” Polissaint stated. “This made me think about how aesthetics like light contribute to conversations about the area’s socioeconomic status. This conversation is also what helped plant the seed for Feels Like 97°.”
To go to Feels Like 97°, the general public could make an appointment between the hours of midday and 5 p.m., November 20, 2021 – January 23, 2022 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout Miami Art Week. It shall be introduced at 928 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. For updates, go to oolitearts.org.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Florida born, Haitian-American visible artist and arts organizer, Michelle Lisa Polissaint’s observe explores the character of human interplay via textiles and images whereas specializing in the overlap amongst artwork, neighborhood, and activism. Prior to her present position as Education and Community Engagement Manager at Oolite Arts, she produced public applications and engagement initiatives at cultural organizations like Locust Projects and the now-defunct Miami Rail. Polissaint, who’s represented by Spinello Projects, can be a present resident artist at Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami.
ABOUT OOLITE ARTS
Oolite Arts helps Miami-based artists advance their careers and conjures up the cultural neighborhood to interact with their work. Established in 1984, Oolite Arts is each a neighborhood and a useful resource, offering visible artists with the studio area, exhibition alternatives and monetary help they should experiment, develop and enrich the town. Through its instructional programming, Oolite Arts helps Miamians study modern artwork and develop their very own inventive expertise.
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