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Rafael Salazar
Large Photo Collage Miami Beach Art Deco Neon Architectural Photograph Cuban Art

1989

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Large original, vintage, Ektacolor print collage Depicts art deco architectural facade of Publix building at Dade Boulevard and Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida. Multiple prints formed into a collage mounted on a stretched canvas. Printed November 1989. Mounted December 1989. dated lower left. Includes protective canvas slip covering. Size: 81"H x 72"W (205.74 cm x 182.88 cm). Provenance: Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida This was exhibited at the Norton Museum in Palm Beach and Bears their exhibition label verso. Rafael Salazar (Cuban- American photographer) was born in Cuba in 1945 and has been a South Florida resident since 1965. He has photographed the development of the City of Miami as well as Miami’s budding art scene over the years. He is primarily known for his panoramic photographs and photo assemblage montages which have both a documentary quality to them but are full of enchantment and depth. Of great importance to him is the preservation on film of art works, especially those of a transitory nature, this has led him to photograph two of Christo and Jeanne-Claude projects; Miami’s Surrounded Islands and the Pont Neuf in Paris. He has also documented the works of Fernando García, Ed Ruscha, and Philip Johnson. His work draws inspiration from his love of the cosmos, spirituality, architecture, Eastern philosophy, and nature. He has been exhibiting his fine art both nationally and internationally for many years. Salazar’s images have earned him a reputation as an innovative and sensitive artist. He has close ties with the Miami-Dade Public Library System and photographed much of the development of Main Library as well as the early exhibitions and events held there. He photographed the library’s Artmobile, painted by New York Realist artist Lowell Nesbitt, an art gallery on wheels decorated with zebra patterns and native flowers that was in service from 1976 until 1992. He also documented the Grand Opening Celebration of the Metro-Dade Cultural Center held in 1986. Since its 1970 start, the Permanent Art Collection has been recognized nationally as a fearless reflection of Miami’s diversity, and an invaluable chronicle of its artistic and social history. Their collection includes Elizabeth Catlett, Purvis Young and Emilio Sanchez. "Fact and Fiction: The State of Florida Photography," Organized by the neighboring Norton Gallery of Art in West Palm Beach, this salute to Florida fine-arts shutterbugs will feature more than 112 exposures by 51 photographers statewide. Images will range from landscapes and portraits to studio creations: experimental, documentary and the revolutionary. Artists will include Rafael Salazar, Jerry Uelsmann, William Maguire, Robert Fichter, Eric Breitenbach, Susan Camp Crosby, Maria Martinez-Canas, Rick Wagner, Eduardo del Valle and many others. He was also included in the show Crossings and Departures: Making Art in Miami at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio. It included Jose Bedia; Carol K. Brown; Cunsuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez; Maria Martinez-Canas; Tag Purvis; Karen A. Rifas; Rafael Salazar; Cesar Trasobares and Sandy Winters. Work in the collection of the Lowe Art Museum
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