10 beautiful art pieces at Lowe Art Museum in Miami

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10 beautiful art pieces at Lowe Art Museum in Miami

Situated on campus of the University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum is a neat find. The art collection has a little-bit-of-everything and spans across centuries, cultures and art styles. It’s worth your visit, if you swing by the neighborhood of Coral Gables and have a little bit of free time on your hands. Here are top 10 contemporary art pieces on display at the art museum.

Hands & Earth is a group exhibition of Japanese ceramics running between June 20-September 23, 2018. A private collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz is set as a traveling show to many art museums across the country. This exhibition has some most unusual and beautiful pieces of contemporary Japanese artists as well as the 20th century ones. Glazes and surface treatments are the most peculiar in this art show.

1. Kondo Takahiro, Seismic wave

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Lowe art museum, Copyright Kondo Takahiro, Japanese, b. 1958 “Seismic wave” 2016, porcelain and glass

2. Pascale Monnin, Resurrection Angel

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Copyright Pascale Monnin, Haiti, b.1974 “Resurrection Angel” 2011, pottery with raku glaze, wire, pearls and jewels. Soulful and fragile, this sparkling sculpture rotates around itself, suspended in a corner of a glass gallery in the art museum.

3. Tobacco Box, Japan

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Tobacco Box, Japan, Edo Period, 1615-1868, 19th century wood, lacquer, mother of pearl, pewter. This elegant, stylized tobacco box captures the very essence of Japanese art and culture, evoking thoughts on simplicity, nature and beauty.

4. Masoumi Garashi, Untitled

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Copyright Masoumi Garashi, Japanese, b.1972, Untitled, glass. Evocative of Karen Lamonte’ glass sculptures of hollow gowns, this glass sculpture makes us contemplate feelings of presence and absence.

5. Circle of Pieter de Grebber, Unequal Lovers (The trapped thief)

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5. Circle of Pieter de Grebber (1600-53), Unequal Lovers (The trapped thief), 1650, oil on canvas. Humorous and theatrical, this painting depicts a satirical relationship between the lovers of different age and background that hints on exchange between youth and wealth.

6. Workshop of Andrea Del Sarto, Madonna and Child and the infant St. John

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6. Workshop of Andrea Del Sarto (1486-1530), Italian, “Madonna and Child and the infant St. John”, 1529, oil on canvas. This is a beautiful oil painting of the Renaissance era, depicting the most popular subject – Madonna and Child.

7. El Greco, Christ carrying the cross

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El Greco (1541-1614), b. in Greece, Spanish, “Christ carrying the cross,” 1595, oil on canvas. Most El Greco art is in Spain, but you can find some of his works scattered throughout the American museums. His amateurish style of painting led to a very honest, emotional depiction of his subjects.

8. Laura Donefer, Royal Amulet Basket

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Laura Donefer, American, b.1955, “Royal Amulet Basket” 2011, glass

Laura Donefer is known for her vivid, organic, blown and flameworked glass – the “Amulet Baskets.” These baskets are bursts of color, joy and energy.

9. William Carlson, Pragnanz Series

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William Carlson, American, b.1950, “Pragnanz Series” 1980s, cast glass and granite

You need to experience William Carlson’s sculptures in person because you can barely see the intricate play of textures between glass and granite in pictures. The artist stacks and balances abstract shapes with amazing precision.

10. Dale Chihuly, Mosaic Persian

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10. Dale Chihuly, American, “Mosaic Persian” 1998, detail, glass

Dale Chihuly is famous for his glass sculptures. Organic and colorful, the flowing shapes are reminiscent of the ocean’s floor.

Crappy Art Corner

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Artists: Martin Disler (1949-96), “Untitled”, 1989 (right); Chryssa (1933-2013) “Americanoom”, steel and neon (top left); Jean-Paul Propelle and others.

Lowe Art museum is located on the grounds of the University of Miami.

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