April 13–September 2, 2018
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art focuses on the subject of soccer, or fútbol, and its interactions with societies around the world. Planned to overlap with the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, this exhibition presents ways in which the sport has been used by artists as a discursive field of possibility and meaningful exploration.
With over 30 artists working in video, photography, painting, and sculpture, the aim of this exhibition is to create an experience where the viewer/spectator can use a universal theme to engage with the work of contemporary artists from around the world. PAMM seeks to present through visual art, the art form of soccer—a place where social, cultural, and political issues of identity, nationalism, globalism, and mass spectacle play out vibrantly. The exhibition celebrates the commonality of human experience through a sport that has been one of the few common languages worldwide.
The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art is organized by PAMM Director Franklin Sirmans with the support of PAMM Assistant Curator Jennifer Inacio. This exhibition is supported by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Relevent Sports, LLC., and CONCACAF. Lead individual support received from Patricia and William Kleh, Jerry Lindzon, Nedra and Mark Oren and Stephen M. Ross is also gratefully acknowledged.
Celebrate the opening of The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art on April 12 with an evening of music, dance, and performance. Join the dancer, playwright, and arts activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, who will incorporate portions of his works /peh-LO-tah/ and Moving & Passing to deliver a fútbol framed freedom suite about the global sport rich with cultural intricacies. The lecture will be followed by a special performance by Bateria Unidos de Miami Samba and Batucada, who will lead guests out to our terrace with Samba beats, where the celebration continues with music by Mr. Pauer. Mr. Pauer’s Electrópico set will deliver percussive rhythms from the tropics and all around the world.
Schedule
Happy hour with DJ Esta on the terrace: 6–8:30pm
Performative lecture: Marc Bamuthi Joseph: 7–8:30pm
Performance: Bateria Unidos de Miami Samba and Batucada: 8:30–9:20pm
Electrópico DJ set by Mr. Pauer: 8:30–11pm
Exhibition open to Members: 10am–11pm
Exhibtion open to Public: 9–11pm
