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Jeannette Ehlers – Whip it Good

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Whip it Good
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 | 7pm
Performance by Jeannette Ehlers | Curated by Alanna Lockward

ArtCenter’s Richard Shack Gallery | 800 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach

Whip It Good is a live performance by Jeannette Ehlers, a Caribbean diaspora artist born and based in Denmark. It was first presented in Berlin at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse in 2013 and later recreated at Vestindisk Pakhus (“The West India Warehouse”) in Copenhagen, where, in earlier times, rum, sugar, and coffee from the Antilles were lugged in. This performance will be re-enacted on April 16, 2014 at 7pm at ArtCenter/South Florida’s Richard Shack Gallery where she will challenge the audience with a deceivingly simple action: whipping—one of the most brutal means of punishment during slavery. Whip It Good is a modest but tense rebellion against the past.

Ehlers currently has a major solo exhibition Say It Loud at Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center and her work is part of Caribbean: Crossroads of the World at the Perez Art Museum Miami.

via ArtCenter South Florida

The Three of Us – Aramis O’Reilly and Pierina Guido O’Reilly

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THE THREE OF US
A collaboration by NWSA visual arts faculty Aramis O’Reilly and his wife Pierina Guido O’Reilly,The Three of Us, is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs that expresses the tangible attributes of both mediums as well as the intangible and complex qualities of the visible and living word. Each artist brings to their work a unique perspective on the theme along with a common vision that has been forged by their 26 years of marriage.

March 7 – 8
Opening Reception: March 8; 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
NWSA@Artseen Gallery
2215 NW 2 Avenue, Wynwood
Free and open to the public

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Fair Nick Stars- Arrete Mal Parlé

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Fair Nick Stars were active in the late ‘70s in Guadeloupe and across the French Caribbean, recording several albums for Gilles Sala’s consistently tough Capriccio label. The band evolved from the famous Orchestre Fairness Jazz led by the legendary Roger Fanfant and included various members of the Fanfant family as well as renowned guitarist Max Labor. ‘Arrete Mal Parlé’ is taken from their first album and adds a Latin touch to a heavy cadence beat – a huge track at Sofrito parties.


Fa’Waka by Dany Play of French Guiana