Print Who is Jeff Koons? Jeff Koons was born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania. He was a very self reliant kid who wanted to make his own money and went door to door after school to sell wrapping paper (of all things!), chocolates and candies. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and received a BFA [...]

 

Print Mary Heilmann was born in 1940 in San Francisco, California. She earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1962), and an MA from the University of California, Berkeley (1967). For every piece of Heilmann’s work—abstract paintings, ceramics, and furniture—there is a backstory. Imbued with recollections, stories spun from her imagination, and [...]

 
ADMSP Sculptors and Sculptures Series: Martin Honert

Print See more images… Martin Honert’s meticulously rendered sculpture Riesen (2007) is inspired by memories of his childhood. “Childhood is a theme for me because I think it’s important to discover what’s way past but still in the memory as an image.” His large-scale human figures manage to capture a vivid immediacy and sense of [...]

 

Print David Batchelor (born 1955, Dundee) is a Scottish artist, writer, and a Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art in London. We would love to have at least one of Batchelor’s works on display at ADMSP. See more of his work here… David [...]

 
ADMSP Sculptors and Sculptures Series: Katharina Fritsch

Print     Katharina Fritsch is most widely known for her sculptures consisting of repeated shapes, and her use of single objects to evoke an emotional response from the viewer. She is recognized for challenging the perception of the viewer through art pieces that are both abstract and minimal. Katharina Fritsch is an artist that [...]

 
Robert Miller: We will miss you at ADMSP. Thank you for all your contributions to and vision about this great community project

Print Sometimes  you meet someone and their impact on you is immediately felt. It was one such day when I met Robert Miller. I can truly say that it was a blessed day. It was at my dharma center in El Portal where I met him. He had come like all of us to a [...]

 
The City of Miami Beach's Historic Preservation Board ("HPB") Unanimously Approves ADMSP's Preliminary and Landscape Plans On August 10th, 2010

Print On August 10th, 2010 the City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board (“HPB”) Unanimously Approved ADMSP’s Preliminary and Landscape Plans Submitted by ADMSP on July 12th, 2010. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS3RvE-zU1E] ADMSP’s board of directors, management, donors and volunteer board are pleased and thankful for the unanimous approval of the preliminary and landscape plans. The preliminary and [...]

 

Print Hello Everyone,As you all may know, ADMSP is now at the stage where it has to obtain approval of its preliminary plans from the City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board. For a bit of background, on May 13, 2010 Miami Beach’s City Manager, Jorge M. Gonzalez, approved the preliminary plans after review with [...]

 
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward…

Print Reflecting Back and Looking Forward…I find that I am standing right in the middle. It makes me be in this moment, a moment that will become the past so quickly. So now I come to the reflection of time. Almost one year ago ADMSP started on a road to work with volunteers. Almost all [...]