State of the Art: Miami

Ana Tiscornia’s sculptures and collages look like a still frame of a bomb going off in a room, shards of shrapnel suspended in flight. Following the Cubist tradition, Tiscornia breaks up familiar objects and reassembles them into an abstract form. Her work touches on displacement, dislocation, and recovering scattered fragments of utopia.

 

Did you know that nearly 300 dogs and cats are euthanized daily at Miami-Dade Animal Services? No Kill is a group exhibition of photography to benefit Project Fashion Tails, an initiative to educate the public about the plight of abandoned animals. No Kill features the work of 40 fashion photographers who capture elaborate images of models with fur balls rescued from the shelter. Ultimately, No Kill isn’t about art or fashion—it’s about helping animals in need.

This may not be an art exhibit, per se, but the photography of adolescents and their flamboyant fashion statements across the decades is definitely worth checking out. See how World War II and the Vietnam War impacted the lives of teens, as well as the integration of Miami’s high schools. Listen to R&B stars of the 1960s and garage bands from the 1980s. Look closely—is that Cuca? You might see your tía rocking bell-bottoms and feathered bangs in one of the grainy pictures.