ICA Ideas: Kirsty Bell

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ICA Ideas: Kirsty Bell Thursday, February 2, 2017 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami welcomes writer Kirsty Bell, who will present a new talk, "The massive scale of sameness makes everything completely different," on the work of renowned German Pop artist Thomas Bayrle. Since his beginnings as a German Pop artist in the 1960s, Thomas Bayrle has applied his acute sensibility, and unflinching sense of humor, to the forces and structures that shape society. Religion, consumerism, media communications and mass transportation systems all come under his scrutiny. "I never tried to obtain an overview," he says, "but stayed with the detail, knowing that the detail comprises the whole." His work suggests that only through incident does the system reveal itself and can be articulated. This lecture will look at how Bayrle’s train of thought draws a line linking Gothic architecture, Fordian production lines, organized religion and the rise of the highway as the ultimate superstructure. ICA Miami will need two to three volunteers to help with way finding and check in. Interested volunteers should respond to this posting to Riana Casas at volunteers@icamiami.org with a first and last name, cell phone number, and mode of transportation.