XAVIER CORTADA:
ANTARCTICA
Xavier Cortada planted a bunch of mangrove
seedlings around Miami for Art Basel Miami
Beach back in December; then he went
to the opposite ends of the earth to plant
flags (and a seedling replica) on a moving
glacier in Antarctica. As part of the National
Science Foundation artists’ program, he
created other installations as well, such as
The Markers (below), which marks the passage
of time by exploring important events of the
past 50 years, and worked on collaborative
projects with scientists living on the South
Pole. The documentation of all of this makes
up this show, which will then travel to Oslo,
Norway. March 10 through May 5.
Kunsthaus Miami
3312 N. Miami Ave.
Miami
305-438-1333
Xavier
Cortada's work has been shown across the Americas, Europe, Africa and
Antarctica and locally in the Miami Art Museum, the Miami Museum of
Science & Planetarium and the Bass Museum of Art. The Miami artist has
been commissioned to create art for the White House, the Florida Supreme
Court, Miami City Hall, the Museum of Florida History and the Amundsen-Scott
South Pole Station.
Cortada's work is also in the permanent collection of The World Bank.
