'Housewarming' Exhibition at ArtCenter/South Florida

Friday, 28 July 2006 13:38

Miami Beach, FL – The ArtCenter/South Florida (“ACSF”) puts out the welcome mat for Housewarming - One Bedroom, One Bathroom, A Kitchen, A Pantry, A Closet and A Patio.  The exhibition runs through September 10, 2006 and is on view at the ACSF gallery, 800 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.  The event is free and open to the public.

Housewarming celebrates the newly juried in artists-in-residence and showcases the work of Susan Lee-Chun, Marina del Rosario Huang, Kerry Phillips and Elsa Carolina Munoz.  “We are thrilled to welcome artists of this caliber to our program at ACSF and to introduce them with such an intriguing and fun exhibition,” says Jeremy Chestler, Executive Director, ACSF. 

Each of the four artists has selected a room type, be it a bathroom, a kitchen, a bedroom or a closet for their work.  The result is a piece that recreates, incorporates or alludes to the artist’s personal experiences of what this room would look like and feel like. 

“With this exhibition, the artists examine their own idea of what constitutes a "home" environment and how it has influenced their experience as artists now and in the past,” says Claire Breukel, Director of Exhibitions, ACSF. 

An intimate dialogue of experience is created by exhibiting the rooms together within the gallery.  Contrasting styles join together realizing a new environment where every-day household objects relate each artist’s experience of what it means to make a house into a home.  The viewer is invited into this home to snoop and uncover traces of each artist.