Art Basel is officially underway, and while many events carry big price tags, a standout installation at Locust Projects offers a completely free experience. <\/p>\n
Miami artist Tara Long invites visitors into a world that at first seems playful and delicious, but reveals something more unsettling beneath its sugary surface. <\/p>\n
Inside the art space, Long\u2019s \u201cstorefront\u201d\u2014a collaboration with Haitian artist Serge Toussaint\u2014draws passersby with bright colors and cheerful nostalgia.<\/p>\n
As you enter, you are confronted with a deeper message: what appears as joyful gives way to a commentary on decay. <\/p>\n
“You come in and there\u2019s a fa\u00e7ade of sweetness\u2026 but then behind the curtain there\u2019s some sort of horror, the big, crumbling cake, the big, crumbling condo,” Long told NBC6.<\/p>\n
Long says the work reflects the pulse of Miami itself. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like Miami is a place where a lot of people come. There\u2019s an allure, there\u2019s a sweetness that they\u2019re desiring,\u201d sje saod\/ <\/p>\n
The installation captures both that attraction and the underlying tensions.<\/p>\n
The project is made possible by Locust Projects, an institution known for supporting experimental art that might not fit inside a traditional gallery or museum. <\/p>\n
“We\u2019re an incubator, a laboratory where artists get to experiment and take risks on a big scale,\u201d executive director Lorie Mertes said. \u00a0<\/p>\n
For those curious, Locust Projects will host a meet-the-artist reception for \u201cDelight in Mire\u201d\u00a0this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 7 to 10 p.m. The event is free and open to the public\u2014a rare, accessible slice of Art Basel for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Art Basel is officially underway, and while many events carry big price tags, a standout installation at Locust…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[40869,36635,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-72849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-art-and-culture","tag-art-basel","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}