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The Foosaner Art Museum is located along the Indian River in the Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD). We are a gathering place, a catalyst for change, and a center of creativity. The Foosaner collects, displays, and interprets all aspects of the visual arts in ways that relate to the past, the present, and to the future.
56 WORKS FROM MIAMI-BASED PRIVATE COLLECTION FEATURED IN ‘CROSSCURRENTS’
MELBOURNE, FLA. — An exhibition featuring dozens of contemporary works from Cuban artists opens Nov. 2 at Florida Tech’s Foosaner Art Museum.
Crosscurrents: Contemporary Selections from the Rodríguez Collection of Cuban Artists will showcase 56 works by 19 different artists. All objects are from the private Rodríguez Collection, based in Miami. Leonardo Rodríguez amassed his collection over 20 years, and it represents a diversity of styles and media.
The art to be displayed at the Foosaner was curated by Executive Director and Chief Curator of University Museums Carla Funk, who chose works that highlight the New Cuban Art movement that arose in the 1980s in the country’s capital, Havana.
“These artists make up the first generation to grow up after the Revolution of 1959,” Funk said. “Ironically, the New Cuban Art movement flourished in spite of the increasingly oppressive control of cultural expression on the island.”
Artists featured in the Foosaner show include José Bedia, Ruben Torres Llorca and Rogelio “Gory” López Marín, Ana Albertina Delgado, Ciro Quintana, Tomás Esson and Angel Delgado.
After graduating from leading art schools including Havana’s San Alejandro Academy and the Higher Institute of Art, these artists banded together in the 1980s to explore new art forms that challenged the state-controlled narrative. Now living in the United States, they continue to push the boundaries of their unique Cuban and exile experiences, question the role of art, and influence their fellow artists at home and abroad.
There will be several events and opportunities to meet featured artists in conjunction with Crosscurrents. Opening day Saturday, Nov. 2, kicks off with a gallery talk by featured artist Henry Ballate, who is also the Miami-based curator in charge of the Rodríguez Collection. This free event begins at 10:30 a.m. in the main Foosaner galleries.
Crosscurrents: Contemporary Selections from the Rodríguez Collection of Cuban Artists will remain on display through March 14, 2020.
Foosaner Displays Photos from Baracoa, Cuba
MELBOURNE, FLA. — To coincide with our Crosscurrents exhibition, the Foosaner Art Museum will also display photos taken in Baracoa, Cuba from our permanent collection. The photographs are selected from a group project titled Shared Vision.
Shared Vision was developed to explore the simple, remote culture of Baracoa through the eyes of the participating photographers. James Quine and Theresa Segal, both St. Augustine photographers, traveled to Baracoa in early summer 2003.Two Cuban photographers, Lissette Solórzano and José Martí, joined them from Havana to photograph this eclectic Cuban city. In two weeks, the photographers took 3,000 photographs; they culled their selection to 100. The final 52 were selected by George Kinghorn, former deputy director and chief curator of the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art. On view will be 11 of these.
Through a generous donation, in 2004, Shared Vision became part of the permanent collection of the Foosaner Art Museum, Florida Institute of Technology. The donation was from the St. Augustine-Baracoa Friendship Association and James Quine, Theresa Segal, José Martí and Lissette Solórzano.
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