“Untitled (slit golden triangle)”
On September 25, that exhibit, “Third Space: Inventing the Possible” [Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA)] was unveiled, and the community seemed to take a big sigh of relief. The tightly curated show by William Cordova and Gean Moreno is a real pleasure to see and revel in. Spotlighting artists both well-known and less so, with works from very diverse hands – old and young (and a few even now passed away), male and female, early career and mid-career – the curators hand-picked pieces that would nonetheless relate to each other.
Cordova says that, not really in response to the current situation of the museum, he thought of the overarching themes of healing, recovery, transmigration and new grounding when picking out artists and pieces to show – something that also feels very Miami. The result is a quiet journey around the uncluttered two main rooms and the video in the side space, one that you keep repeating, where all the art works have ample room to breathe but still seem connected. The color schemes are muted, and include sculpture, painting, drawing and video.
