DEEDS CALENDAR: Calida Rawls: Away with the Tides – Perez Art Museum Miami | until 02.02.2025
Calida Rawles envisions water as a space for Black healing, offering a reimagined perspective on the African American community that extends beyond the narratives commonly recognized within the United States’ collective history. Combining hyperrealism, poetic abstraction, and the cultural and historical symbolism of water, Rawles crafts distinctive portraits of Black figures submerged in or interacting with luminous and enigmatic bodies of water. In her work, water serves as more than a backdrop; it becomes a character in its own right, symbolizing both physical and spiritual healing, while also evoking the historical trauma and racial exclusion tied to its presence. From June 27, 2024, to February 2, 2025, for her first solo museum exhibition, Rawles connects her distinctive artistic style to a lesser-known and often overlooked chapter in Miami’s history.
WHEN?
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 27 June 2024 – Sunday, 02 February 2025
WHERE?
Perez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
United States
Image above: Calida Rawles, “Away With The Tides” (2024). Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 96 inches. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.
