Anselm Kiefer Sprache der Vögel, 1989
115 x 195 x 67 in.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE MARGULIES COLLECTION AT THE WAREHOUSE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS
FEATURE EXHBITIONS FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON
Sculpture: Anselm Kiefer, Richard Long, William Tucker, Simryn Gill
Installation: Doug Aitken, David Ellis & Roberto Lange
Video: Kader Attia, Nathalie Djurberg, Leandro Erlich
Photography: Sabelo Mlangeni, Barbara Probst, Wael Shawky
The exhibition opens October 17, 2012 through April 28, 2013
We look forward to seeing you at the Collection in the coming weeks.
Feature Exhibitions:
ANSELM KIEFER Sprache der Vögel, 1989
Germany
Sprache der Vögel is a stunning 3 ton sculpture by renowned
German artist Anselm Kiefer. The sculpture is indicative of
Kiefer’s reoccurring themes of material and ideological decay.
The work is comprised of giant-sized books made from sheets of
lead on top of which the artist has placed a pair of 17 foot long
lead wings demonstrating the artist’s ongoing struggle with
history, collective memory loss and defective backwards vision.
RICHARD LONG Norfolk Ellipse, 2003
UK
Since the late 1960’s, Richard Long has brought organic elements
such as sticks and stones into gallery and museum spaces. The
Norfolk Ellipse is a 23 foot long oval, comprised of a single layer of
flint and chalk.
WILLIAM TUCKER The Contract, 1978
UK
This season the Margulies Collection has collaborated with the
sculptor William Tucker to bring together a series of six steel and
wood sculptures constructed in the 1970’s. William Tucker, born
in Cairo in 1935, read history at Oxford before turning to
sculpture in the late 50’s. He, and other British sculptors of the
“post-Caro” generation, investigate, in their work, the formal and
physical elements of sculpture and also the experience of
perceiving it.
SIMRYN GILL Mine, 2007- 2008
Singapore
Simryn Gill is a Sydney-based Malaysian artist, who is
adept at reconfiguring found objects. Mine is a
collection of small spherical materials and objects
either found or constructed around Gills’ studios in
Australia, Malaysia and New York.
DOUG AITKEN Fountain (earth fountain), 2012
USA
Well known American mixed-media artist Doug Aitken
conceived 'fountain (earth fountain)', as a tabletop sculpture.
Letters spelling the word 'art' are the base of a cascading thick
liquid, resembling either chocolate or a kind of earthly sludge.
DAVID ELLIS AND ROBERTO LANGE True Value
(Paint Fukette), 2011
USA
The kinetic sound installation, True Value, is a collaborative
work between sculptor David Ellis and sound artist Roberto
Lange. In this work, a seemingly discarded pile of paint cans
comes alive with movement and sound.
KADER ATTIA De Repair, 2012
Algeria
Kader Attia is a multimedia artist, who first gained
international recognition at the 50th Venice Biennale in
2003. The Repair from Occident to Extra-Occidental
Cultures is a large installation in which the artist
explores the concept of the repair of objects in their
original context investigating the mixing of European
and non-European cultures. De Repair was presented
at this year’s dOCUMENTA (13).
NATHALIE DJURBERG Madeline the Brave,
2006
Sweden
Nathalie Djurberg’s Madeline the Brave is a stopaction clay animated film. The darkly comical video
dramatizes humans’ primal urges, specifically the
female experience.
LEANDRO ERLICH Elevator Pitch, 2011
Argentina
Argentine artist Leandro Erlich applies architectural
techniques combined with video projection to his
sculptural installations. For Elevator Pitch, Erlich
built a set of elevator doors into a wall, which seem
unremarkable until the doors open to reveal
passengers in an elevator.
SABELO MLANGENI Photography Series
South Africa
Sabelo Mlangeni is a South African documentary
photographer. The areas in which he photographs are
rough and poor, yet Sabelo shows that beauty is also
present. His work has been shown at several venues
around the world, such as South-Africa, the UK,
Germany, the U.S. and Italy. A series of twenty
photographs are on display at the Collection.
BARBARA PROBST Exposure #77: N.Y.C.,
Collister & Hubert Street, 06.22.10, 6:41 p.m.,
2010
Germany
Barbara Probst is a German born photographer and
contemporary artist based in New York. She has been
the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and her work
is included in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent
collection. Probst’s images use multiple points of view,
which challenge photography’s standard concept of
decisive moment.
WAEL SHAWKY Cabaret Crusades, The Horror
Show File, 2012
Egypt
On display at the Collection are eight photographs from
artist Wael Shawky’s film installation, Cabaret Crusades.
In the installation, Shawky explores the ways in which
social and political systems have been restructured in
Arab countries. The meticulously produced settings,
costumes, historical references and music create
multifaceted films that invite the audience to think about
past and present societies in new ways.
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS : Olafur Eliasson, Donald Judd, Willem De Kooning, George
Segal, Michael Heizer, Richard Serra, Sol LeWitt, Isamu Noguchi, Tony Smith, Michelangelo
Pistoletto, Franz West and John Chamberlain.
George Segal
Tony Smith
John Chamberlain
INTERNATIONAL LOAN PROGRAM:
The Dwelling Life of Man from the
Martin Z. Margulies Collection: KADE Museum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sept 22, 2012 - Jan 6, 2013
160 photographs and 3 mixed media film works
are on display.
Cindy Sherman Retrospective:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
July 2012 - October 2013
Museum of Modern Art, New York;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art;
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Dallas Museum
of Art and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo,
Brazil.
Africa: Photographs and Video from the
Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Bob
Rauschenberg Gallery, Edison State
College
Fort Myers, Florida
Oct 26 - Dec 8, 2012
Describing Labor: The Wolfsonian,
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Nov 3, 2012- May 30, 2013
Lewis Hine photographs.
About the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse
The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse is a non-profit institution in Miami dedicated to the
presentation of exhibitions and educational initiatives that explore contemporary art and culture.
Since its inaugural exhibition in 1999, the Warehouse has presented fourteen seasonal exhibitions
of sculpture, photography, video and painting from the renowned collection of Martin Z. Margulies.
The Warehouse is operated and funded by the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, a thirty year
resource for the study and enjoyment of the visual arts.
Katherine Hinds is the curator of the Collection.
The collection visiting hours are every Wednesday - Saturday from 11:00a.m. - 4:00p.m.
Extended hours during Art Basel and Art Miami: Tuesday, December 4th through Saturday
December 8th 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sunday December 9th 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Admission is $10 with all proceeds going directly to the Lotus House Shelter for Homeless Women
and Children. All Miami Dade students are free of charge.
For further information please call 305-576-1051 or visit our website at
www.margulieswarehouse.com
Contact: Katherine Hinds, curator
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