In general, symbolic consistency is a function of tacit buy-in, collective identification, and repetitive social practices. We learn to speak and write, and we observe institutions coordinating and responding to language as though it is held in common. To say that the symbolic is in decline or disarray is thus to mark the loss of this effective common, to find that the authority backing the use of signifiers and grounding their felicitous signification across differences in context and groups has dissipated. Words drift freely and, as a result, fail to secure an order of stable interpretation; to the extent that interpretations held in common can provide defenses against traumatic antagonisms, the loss of functional meaning harbingers intensified encounters with the unassimilable.
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This wholly irrational dynamic points to the dimension of enjoyment and desire: symbolic systems have changed, and the medium of language has undergone transformation, leaving individuals jammed in their own sovereign mini-reality, identification and projection, imaginary unbound.
193 Gallery is delighted to be taking part for the first time in the ARCOmadrid fair, with a booth featuring works by April Bey, Jean-Marc Hunt and Adler Guerrier. In addition, the works of artist Adler Guerrier will be featured in the programme “The shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic Caribbean”, curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates and Sara Hermann Morera, with the architectural design of Ignacio Galán, Álvaro Fidalgo and Arantza Ozaeta. Discover our booth 7C28, from March 6th to 10th.
Outside wall of the booth of 193 Gallery at Arco, featuring Untitled (Field Guide–an ordering of imaginaries into new geographies perceived in the present) i-v and Untitled (whispered intelligence, calling away despair).
Beautiful Night curated by Jude Broughan, featuring artists Karen Azoulay, Adler Guerrier, John Lehr, Reiner Leist, Daminico Lynch, Jasmine Murrell, Beuford Smith, Jenna Westra, and Jess Willa Wheaton. The show is live on studioarchiveproject.com and runs May 25 – June 25, 2023.
Photography is about light (originally sunlight), and sometimes nighttime photography feels unexpected. Neon lights, camera flash, street lights, spot lights, tungsten lamps, high contrast, misty silhouettes. Nighttime is a restful time, when we unwind, hug each other, and look after ourselves, loved ones. Maybe go out and meet up, have some fun. Night is when we sleep and when we grow, our bodies relax and a time for healing. That inky blue twilight, then the star-filled dark night sky, souls gone before, and an as yet unmanifested void of exciting potential.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is pleased to announce Sparkling Islands, Another Postcard of the Caribbean, a group exhibition of contemporary Caribbean artists presented on the occasion of the fair’s 9th New York edition. Curated by Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar & [creative renegades society], this exhibition will feature work by April Bey, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Roland Dorcély, Adler Guerrier, Deborah Jack, Leasho Johnson, Remy Jungerman, Anina Major, Johanna Mirabel, Zak Ové, Nyugen E. Smith, Yoan Sorin and Alberta Whittle.
New Work Miami 2010 presents recent & never-before-seen works by Miami-based artists.
Featuring a new performance by the TM Sisters: “With Out You, Babe”, spoken word poetry & music by Oscar Fuentes and the Gipsy Catz, plus a live AM radio broadcast in the gallery by Talking Head Transmitters.
MAM members free, non-members $20
To join call MAM’s membership department at 305.375.1709 or join online.
Date/Time:
07/17/10 06:00PM – 09:00PM
Location: Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
The participating artists:
Maria José Arjona, Kevin Arrow, Beings, Jenny Brillhart, Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Jim Drain, Flash orchestra, Frozen Music, Oscar Fuentes & the Gipsy Catz, Lynne Golob Gelfman, Michael Genovese, Jacin Giordano, Guerra de la Paz, Adler Guerrier, Jacuzzi Boys, Don Lambert, Gustavo Matamoros, Ana Mendez (with Aja Albertson & Richard Vergez), Beatriz Monteavaro, Gean Moreno/Ernesto Oroza, Peggy Nolan, Fabian Peña, Christina Pettersson, Poem Depot, Vickie Pierre, Manny Prieres, Bert Rodriguez, Christopher Stetser, Talking Head Transmitters, Robert Thiele, Mette Tommerup, Humberto Torres, Frances Trombly, Tatiana Vahan, Marcos Valella, Michael Vasquez, Viking Funeral and Michelle Weinberg.
JULY 10 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 RECEPTION SATURDAY, JULY 10, 7 – 11 PM
PERFORMANCE BY JASON HEDGES STARTS 8 PM
WEIRD MIAMI Artist-led Bus Tours
JULY 18, AUGUST 15, & SEPTEMBER 19
WEIRD MIAMI is the chance to ditch our jaded views of Miami and become “tourists in the ‘weird’ pockets in our own city.” – Adler Guerrier
There is a much more interesting — sometimes dark — and never boring side to Miami, one only known to the people who inhabit this town. For any Miamian a typical day’s experiences could range from strange to the swampy sublime. Is there any such thing as “Flori-duh?” It is only when one accepts the city in all its glorious weirdness that one can unearth the cracked and quirky gems that lie hidden within.
The artists, both Miamians and non-natives, consider their experiences with people they have come across, through mysterious topographies they have discovered, and objects they have excavated or exhumed, as a way to make sense of or share their unique findings.
Nicolas Lobo & Kenneth Andrew Mroczek | Justin Long | Isabel Moros | Peggy Nolan
WEIRD MIAMI ARTIST-LED BUS TOURS: Reserve your seat now!
During the 3rd Sundays of July, August and September the BFI will kick-off a series of monthly school-bus tours each led by 2 artists from Miami, taking tour-goers to unexpected locations around the city. Each location is selected by the artist-leaders, and will not be revealed ahead of time in order to keep riders in suspense. “We’ll load into the big yellow school bus and be completely at the artists’ mercy!” – Agatha Wara, BFI . The artists leading the tours are:
Kevin Arrow | Clifton Childree | Christy Gast | Adler Guerrier | PLUS secret special guests!
FIRST TOUR – SUNDAY July 18
“Untitled (How the other half lives)”with Adler Guerrier
Be among the first to join the first ever BFI Weird Miami bus tour!
TOUR DURATION: Day trip WEAR: Comfortable shoes
BRING: Plenty of water, bring some money for lunch and drinks
About the artist: Adler Guerrier lives and works in Miami, Florida. He received his BFA from the University of Florida/New World School of the Arts. Guerrier has been included in many groups exhibitions including the Whitney Biennial 2008, Conditions of Display at the Moore Space and at Locust Projects; 10 Floridians at Miami Art Central. He has had solo exhibitions at Miami Art Museum, Newman Popiashvili Gallery and at David Castillo Gallery. His works can be found in public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC. His work has appeared in Art In America and the New York Times.
The BFI is an artist-run non-profit generously supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
WEIRD MIAMI is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
