OMNIART 1
The MIART Foundation and the City of Miami’s CRA Celebrate “The Neighborhood as a Work of Art” featuring:
SHEILA ELIAS :: “SONIC SILENCE”
Event Date:
Friday, December 3rd, 2004
Event Hours:
From 10 PM to 2 AM
Address:
1232 NE 13th Street,
Downtown, Miami, FL. 33139
NE 13th Street adjacent to the Performing Arts Center
Tel: 305 576.2950
During Art Basel Miami Beach 2004
OMNIART 2 :: “SONIC SILENCE”
An installation of enhanced digital photography.
Curator: Tina Spiro
Jan 7-9, 2005
1232 NE 2nd Avenue Miami
Telephone: 305 576.2950
Brought to you by the new MIART Foundation
Sheila Elias’ new photography is a bold departure from the paintings for which she has been recognized as on of Miami’s most important artist. Reflecting a perpetually curious and adventuresome mind, the combination of photographic and digitally applied imagery of Sheila’s latest work fairly erupts of the surface with powerful undertones of a society in turmoil with the promise of redemption just over the horizon. The glowing colors, sometimes feminist (or feminine) imagery, and sheer beauty of the work signal an important breakthrough for this artist at a significant moment in her career.
Tina Spiro
OTHER ARTICLES ABOUT THE SHOW:
Arte Al Dia, page 3
April 2005
The Omniart Project
by Tina Spiro
... "Sheila Elias: Her work "Sonic Silence" is an installation of large-scale photo murals which record the implosion of a building on Biscayne Bay. The images are both beautiful andapocalyptic, and constitute a major break-through for this artistwho has previously been known for her paintings. She plans to continue photographing implosions all over the world, and has a goal of publishing a book of series when is completed" ...
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