![]() ∻ill Violas work has long displayed a concern with the artistic possibilities of emotion, connecting viscerally with the viewer, comments Bonnie Clearwater, MOCA North Miamis Executive Director and Chief Curator. Many of the works in the exhibition were produced after Violas last retrospective in 1997 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. ![]() The works featured in Liber Insularum (The Book of Islands) use this historic text as a reference point to engage with distinctly modern themes of spiritual isolation in a 21st-century global landscape. His exhibition at MOCA North Miami is inspired by The Book of the Islands of the Archipelago, authored by the Florentine ecclesiastic Cristoforo Buondelmonti in the 15th century. ![]() The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Bill Viola Studio and is curated by Roc Laseca.Īn iconic contemporary artist who draws from Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, Bill Viola is known for creating immersive video installations that explore such universally human subjects as birth, death, and the nature of consciousness. It was first shown last year at Sala de Arte Contemporaneo del Gobierno de Canarias (Spain). The exhibition Bill Viola: Liber Insularum is presented as part of MOCAs Knight Exhibition Series. The exhibition at MOCA marks the first public presentation of Violas new piece Ancestors, a recently completed video work that explores the layers of reality and illusion in the physical world, as well as the dimensions between and beyond it. Bill Viola: Liber Insularum begins its sole presentation in the United States at MOCA, North Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, and will be on view at the museum from Decemthrough March 3, 2013. NORTH MIAMI, FL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami presents a major exhibition of work by Bill Viola, recognized as one of the leading practitioners of video art.
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