Our first stop in Miami was the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
I’ve come to see their art collection as well as the building that houses the museum. It was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron. Referred to the Nobel Prize of architecture, the Pritzker Prize is annually awarded to architects “whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.” Their most high-profile design may be Tate Modern.
With the environment in mind, the museum includes features that are both beautiful and functional. There’s an interesting video on the museum website explaining the hanging gardens, the trellis, the verandas, etc.
Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County opened in 2013 though it goes back to 1984 as Center for Fine Arts. In the 1990s, as the Miami Museum, it began focusing on contemporary and modern art of the 20th and 21st centuries. Exhibitions include both permanent collections and temporary showings.
The full text for the 2001 Pritzker Prize laureates Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron
Fly’s Eye Dome
Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) designed the Fly’s Eye Dome in 1965. As “autonomous dwelling machine,” these prototypes were built by hand in the following decade. 12-foot, 24-foot, and 50-foot spheres were made from fibreglass by the early 1980s as possible affordable self-sufficient homes of the future. In 2011, collector Craig Robbins purchased the 24-foot prototype. Architect Norman Foster, who’s worked with Buckminster Fuller and who designed the HSBC building in Hong Kong, owns the 12-foot dome and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the third one.
The original 24-foot Fly’s Eye Dome is installed at the Perez Art Museum, another reason for dropping by for a visit.
I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing – a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process – an integral function of the universe.
R Buckminster Fuller
From 1960 to 1971, Buckminster Fuller lived in a geodesic dome home. Located at 407 South Forest Avenue, it’s been on the National Registry of Historic Places since 2006. This was his residence during his time at Southern Illinois University.
Human-made sunlight, it relates to visions of a world in which all things natural have been replaced by manufactured products.
PAMM about Mark Handforth’s installation Western Sun (photo, far left)
Untitled 2012 is a chromogenic print pon plexiglass. This piece is part of a series by Marlo Pascual. This is a headshot of award-winning actress Hayley Mills, who was in well-known productions such as Pollyanna, Parent Trap, and Peter Pan. The top of the portrait is torn off, an inquiry into the male gaze by the artist and the denial of male power dominance by the removal of the female’s return gaze.
Cumulus 8, 2011 is an installation by Tomás Saraceno who created these geodesic spheres with acrylic and anchored them together with elastic cords. Similar to how some theorize the birth of galaxies, “globular masses connected by a complex of threadlike strands of energy and matter, along which galaxies congealed and took place.” (from PAMM)
Pérez Art Museum Miami is located at 1103 Biscayne Blvd in Miami, Florida. It sits by the water and is an incredibly beautiful place to spend time at, whether it’s strolling through the different galleries and spaces or sitting outside by the water. Museum shops are fun, and this one is no exception. My mom and I also grabbed a bite to eat while we enjoyed the balmy weather of Miami.