Pictured: Multiplication of Erzule, Edouard Duval-Carrié, 2010, video
April 15th – May 10th, 2015
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 6-9 p.m.
The Honors College at Florida International University’s (FIU) annual art exhibition titled ‘Aesthetics & Values’ (A&V) will proudly hold this year’s exhibition at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. This year’s show will feature the works of nine local Miami artists: Julie Davidow, Christian Duran, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Aramis Gutierrez, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Ruben Torres Llorca, Pepe Mar, Yolanda Sanchez, and Robert Thiele. The A&V Opening Reception will take place on April 15, 2015 from 6-9 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
A&V 2015, on view from April 15, 2015 through May 10, 2015, will be the 10th annual exhibition curated entirely by FIU Honors College students. This year’s exhibition will feature works created specifically for the show along with never-before-seen pieces premiering exclusively on April 15 from both new artists as well as artists who have shown at A&V in the past.
The exhibition is put on as part of a year-long course seminar led by artist and Honors College Fellow John Bailly. The course focuses on the vital role visual art plays in the social and cultural dialogue surrounding controversial issues. Artists are chosen based on whether their art enforces or challenges social norms enough to start a conversation or evoke an emotion in the viewer. The student-curators, none of which are art majors, in fact, come from all different disciplines. Throughout two semesters, students are immersed in the art world, compelled to look at art as a tool that can be used to introduce, hasten, or combat social change. Students are given the opportunity to prove their ingenuity through the research, organization, and curation of this local contemporary exhibit.
“I’m pleased to have been selected to be part of this project. I was a part of the exhibition many years ago and it’s always a pleasure to find that students from all kinds of fields are interested in the arts. I am delighted that this program is still alive at FIU,” says Edouard Duval-Carrié, A&V veteran whose work will be showcased at this year’s exhibit. “With the help of Professor Bailly and a newfound appreciation for art, this year’s A&V class has cultivated an exhibition that will challenge the minds of its audience,” says digital media major Romina Angelelli, one of this year’s student-curators.
Learn more at avexhibition.fiu.edu.