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For my museum visitation report I decided to go to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). PAMM is a modern and contemporary art museum located in Miami, FL. It collects and exhibits international art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In my opinion the most beautiful object in the museum was a wall installation called “ Eclipse” created in 2002. An artist named Teresita Fernandez created this piece. She was born in 1968 and is from Miami, Florida from Cuban parents. This work is comprised of a collection of tiny, hand-cast acrylic cubes attached to the wall in a pattern that resembles a cloud or a sky full of stars. At the back of each of the tiny acrylic cube there are tint silk screens of many different shades of pales gray and blues. The surface of each cube catches the light, which creates a shimmer and reflection as you move in front of the piece. The piece made me feel calm and reminded me of the sky. Many questions came to mind as I was admiring the piece, like what influenced the artist to make this? Where did she get the idea to use acrylic cubes with tint silk screens? …show more content…

This piece is part of PAMM’s outside Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer Sculpture Garden. This sculpture is made of stainless steel and was created by Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry. There were two questions that I thought about while watching it. Why Pablo named the sculpture “Endless Evolution”? What is the meaning behind it? To me it was a gorgeous piece and definitely a compliment to the museum’s outside collection. I really enjoyed this piece and it is definitely one of my favorite pieces in the

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