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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE the margulies collection at the WAREhOUSE opens November 15, 2008-April 25, 2009 with a new exhibition

Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL--This November 15, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse will open to the public with a new exhibition:

Magdalena Abakanowicz Hurma 1994-1995 An epic figurative environment by the renowned Polish sculptor

Isaac Julien Western Union : Small Boats, 2007 A film installation on migration and the hope for a better life

Oil Rich Niger Delta by George Osodi A photographic essay on the people of Nigeria

Photography and Sculpture: A correlated Exhibition New and vintage photography linked to contemporary sculpture

The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse is a not-for-profit institution in Miami dedicated to the presentation of exhibitions and educational programs that explore contemporary art and culture. Since its inauguration in January of 1999, the Warehouse collection has presented thousands of works of contemporary art and has welcomed visitors from all over the world. The Warehouse is operated and funded by the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation, a thirty year resource for the study and enjoyment of the visual arts.

The exhibition will present Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Hurma (Crowd), a haunting installation of 250 headless figures, one of the largest works ever created by the renowned Polish sculptor. Acclaimed by critics, collectors and artists as one of the most extraordinary creative artists in the world, Abakanowicz is known for her dramatically wrenching fiber figures; a form that expresses her constant struggle against the horrific adversity of a childhood in an occupied and war-torn land and the strictures of artistic convention in an authoritarian, struggling, poor country.

Isaac Julien’s film installation “WESTERN UNION: Small Boats” is a meditation on migration and the hope for a better life. To escape deplorable economic

591 NW 27th Street, Miami, FL. 33127 p.305.576.1051 f.305.576.4963 [email protected] the margulies collection at the W A R E h O U S E and human rights conditions, thousands of African and Asian “clandestines” depart each year from North Africa on the hundred mile journey across the Mediterranean Sea to the southern coast of Sicily. The film tells the story of the diaspora in a suggestive, non-representational cinematic style subverting a strict narrative to create a collage of sound and image. Known for his extravagantly beautiful filmmaking, the British artist Isaac Julien uses three screens to create a contemplative experience about journeying across continents and cultures.

Oil Rich Niger Delta by Nigerian artist George Osodi is an installation of two- hundred digital photographs that examine the every day lives of people who populate the oil producing region of the world’s sixth largest oil supplier. Projected onto a nineteen foot high wall, the stunning color photographs rotate on a continuous loop at intervals of five seconds. The artist writes about the work “I want to show the duality of life in the delta region; children playing football in a field with gas flaring at the background, women in their traditional attire waving white handkerchiefs as they dance, the greenness and abundance of the mangroves, women fishing in polluted waters, the militants who resist the government and the oil companies parading the delta creeks in commando style.”

Photography and Sculpture: a correlated Exhibition combines works of photography and sculpture linked by subject, format, conceptual and historical movements and artistic association.

“This year our exhibition presents powerful artistic examinations of the human condition, bringing together hundreds of works of video, photography, sculpture and installation art by artists from Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America,” says curator Katherine Hinds. “It is fitting to celebrate a decade of exhibitions and educational programming at the Warehouse by collaborating with The Lotus House, a shelter for homeless women and children, in raising funds and awareness of the human condition of the most distressed people in our immediate neighborhood. This year visitors to the collection are welcome at the door for the price of a $10.00 donation to the Lotus House. All proceeds will go directly to the care, education and social inclusion of poor and disadvantaged women and children.”

The collection visiting hours are every Wednesday – Saturday from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Students are free of charge. Adults: $10.00

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For further information on the Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE, please visit our website www.margulieswarehouse.com or call 305-576-1051.

Contact: Katherine Hinds, curator

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