Where Báez uses large-scale paintings, sculpture, and multimedia pieces to explore these themes, Gay, who was born in the U.S. The first offering of the year will be a conversation between authors Roxane Gay and Jeff Chang, celebrating the Firelei Báez exhibition 'Bloodlines.'īorn to a Dominican mother and a father of Haitian descent, Báez creates work that deals with the physical and cultural landscape of the two countries, politics, race, and hybridity. One example of its multidisciplinary reach is the Scholl Lecture Series, which includes talks by artists, scholars, and curators. Pérez Art Museum Miami is so much more than just paintings on the walls.
