Date & Time
FREE
Event Description
On view through September 26, 2021
Featuring a series of twenty-two 20-by-24-inch Polaroids shot in the 80s by renowned photographer William Wegman, Instant Miami explores the city through the eyes of an artist. In 1984, Wegman was invited by the Lowe Art Museum to visit Miami and photograph the city with an agreement to show the resulting work at the Lowe later that year. He spent a week primarily in three locations: South Beach, Grove Isle, and Les Violins, the Cuban cabaret-style lounge on Miami Beach. Wegman arranged to bring the 20 x 24 Polaroid camera to Miami for this shoot.
This exhibition was co-curated at Lafayette by Michiko Okaya, Director of Lafayette Art Galleries, and Nestor Armando Gil, Assistant Professor of Art at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
