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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The Rubell + Margulies Collections, Miami


Jean Michel Basquiat, Rubell Family Collection

It’s easy to get exhausted walking the aisles of numerous Miami art fairs, where an artist’s output primarily functions as commodity.  More often than not, Art Basel and its offshoot fairs have more in common with a trade-show than art exhibition. With this in mind, the few prominent private collections open to the public during Basel week offer a rare escape from the massive commercial enterprise that consumes Miami each year. 

This year, the Rubell Family Collection unveiled 30 Americans, a massive exhibition joining several new African American voices with their influences from the past. The show’s title intentionally disregards racial connotations, in an effort to comment on personal issues of racial identity each artist explores in their work. 30 Americans depicts a hugely influential group including Jean Michel Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Rashid Johnson, and Lorna Simpson, jusxtapozed alongside the newer voices they have influence, such as Kehinde Wiley, Noah Davis, and Jeff Sonhouse.

The Margulies Collection continues to display one of the most significant single collections of installation, sculpture, photography, and video art in the world, including seminal works by Richard Serra, Dan Flavin, George Segal, Donald Judd, and Andy Warhol. Recent additions include a new visual and auditory installation by Brazilian twins Os Gemeos (acquired from their show with Deitch Projects this past summer) and a video piece by Isaac Julien.

Read on for more images – click pics for larger views.

All Images: Jeff Newman / The Art Collectors

RUBELL COLLECTION:

Kehinde Wiley


Kehinde Wiley


Nick Cave


Wangechi Mutu


Noah Davis


Jeff Sonhouse


Glen Ligon

MARGULIES COLLECTION:

Dan Flavin


George Segal


Richard Serra


Andy Warhol


Barry McGee


Barry McGee (Detail)


Michael Heizer


Peter Belyi


Os Gemeos


Donald Judd


I
ssac Julien with spectators.

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