The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami)
2017–2019
December 1, 2017–June 9, 2019 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) opened the doors to its new permanent home in the Miami Design District on December 1, 2017. As part of the inaugural program Chris Ofili’s newly commissioned, large-scale installation will evolve over the course of its duration. For nearly two years, the artist returned to ICA Miami to make additions to the work, reflecting changes to the artist’s process and perspective over time. Chris Ofili is renowned internationally for his richly layered works that combine imagery and influences from sources as divergent as comic books, hip-hop, Zimbabwean cave paintings, Biblical scenes, and 1970s-era Blaxploitation films. Since moving to Trinidad in the mid-2000s, Ofili has looked increasingly to the Trinidadian landscape and mythology in order to further reflect upon his long-term consideration of history and identity. His most recent paintings have been animated by figures and scenes from folkloric myths and arguably revisit and revise tropes of modernist painting by artists such as Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin. Over the last few years, he has also experimented beyond painting through immersive installation works. Learn more at ICA Miami.