one way into peter marino's life + architecture at art basel miami beach

one way into the life + art of peter marino at art basel miami beach
(above) peter marino — granted the 2014 design visionary award — is posing in front of the architect’s waxwork, positioned amid infinity mirrors in the design miami/ exhibition space.

the bass museum of art in miami presents an exhibition which probes american architect peter marino‘s multifaceted relationship with art. opening december 4, 2014 during art basel miami beach, ‘one way: peter marino’ highlights the leather-clad creative’s cross-disciplinary practice, for which he has been celebrated over the past four decades. marino presents this expansive catalog of work intersecting art, fashion and architectural design through may 3, 2015.

curated by jérôme sans, the exhibition explores the interplay between marino’s iconic architectural designs, his personal collection of contemporary art and his series of cast-bronze boxes. true to the architect’s practice of creating bespoke installations, the showcase comprises a selection of commissioned work by artists gregor hildebrandt, guy limone, farhad moshiri, jean-michel othoniel and erwin wurm.

jean-michel othoniel, black rosaries, 2014
detail of site-specific commission for one way: peter marino exhibition at the bass museum of art
photo by philippe chancel / courtesy of jean-michel othoniel

the exhibit begins with hildebrandt’s ‘orphische schatten’ (orphic shadows), a site-specific installation that adopts hundreds of videotape strips accumulated from copies of jean cocteau’s classic film ‘orphée’, and places them onto the surface of the walls. the work continues within the museum rooms, plunging the viewer into a shimmering darkness reminiscent of the underworld — an extention of cocteau’s poetic play with imagery of mirrors and passageways. the corridors of tape guide visitors through a selection of works from marino’s personal collection of contemporary art, including pieces by loris gréaud, keith haring, richard serra, rudolf stingel and andy warhol. additionally, the exhibition features sections dedicated to pop art, iconic portraiture and photography, as well as marino’s recently-designed series of cast-bronze boxes presented within leather-clad walls.

a view into the exhibition at the bass museum

left to right: ronnie cutrone, leather biker jacket, 2010 / lee quinones, leather biker jacket, 2010 / nate lowman, leather biker jacket, 2010
left: ronnie cutrone / middle: lee quinones / right: nate lowman
courtesy of the andy warhol museum, pittsburgh

‘one way: peter marino’ comes to a conclusion with the recreation of christoph willibald gluck’s ‘opera orfeo ed euridice’. this work — a creative collaboration between marino, his wife jane trapnell, michal rovner, dior and francesco clemente — recreates the opera originally staged in marino’s new york home in 2013 with sets designed by marino himself. these types of artistic partnerships and commissioned performances exemplify marino’s continued drive to work with the most talented individuals in the visual and performing arts.

marino’s recently-designed series of cast-bronze boxes presented within leather-clad walls
photo by maggie nimkin

cast-bronze boxes are presented within the museum, surrounded by leather-clad walls
image © designboom

featured artists at the exhibition:

miquel barceló, georg baselitz, steve benisty, jeff burton, francesco clemente, dan colen, ronnie cutrone, richard deacon, pierpaolo ferrari, lucio fontana, adam fuss, loris gréaud, andreas gursky, keith haring, gregor hildebrandt, damien hirst, thomas houseago, zhang huan, y. z. kami, idris khan, anselm kiefer, david lachapelle, claude lalanne, peter lane, guy limone, nate lowman, robert mapplethorpe, steven meisel, andrei molodkin, joel morrison, farhad moshiri, vik muniz, jean-michel othoniel, yan pei-ming, walter pfeiffer, paola pivi, richard prince, lee quiñones, michal rovner, robert ryman, tom sachs, richard serra, andy warhol, christopher wool, erwin wurm, manolo yllera

cast-bronze boxes by peter marino
photo by maggie nimkin

detail of cast-bronze box
photo by maggie nimkin

an ‘icon’ of marino by belgian artist wim delvoye
image © designboom

a photo is set beside a full scale figurine of marino
image © designboom

skulls are a highly important symbol within art and art history, often appearing as ‘momento moro’, reminders of the constant presence and inevitability of death. they also hold resonance for marino, who often designs and wears jewellery depicting the motif. the skulls room engages the theme of mortality with beauty, poignance and even whimsy, bringing the exhibition to its inevitable conclusion.

zhang huan, skull no. 29, 2007
courtesy of white cube

a series of four skull images from the exhibition
image © designboom

thomas houseago, moon mask (two plane), 2011
image © designboom

guy limone, red, black and grey-white tapestry, 2014
andy warhol, human heart, circa 1979
rendering courtesy of peter marino architect, PLLC

richard deacon, all grown up, 2010
photo by charles duprat / courtesy of galerie thaddaeus ropac, paris – salzburg

alongside the bass museum of art’s exhibition during art basel miami beach, peter marino has been granted the inaugural design visionary award by design miami/. with this award, design miami/ recognizes marino for his achievements as an architect, knowledge and status as a collector of design, art and the decorative arts, and for the impact he has had as an advisor on contemporary and twentieth century design. on december 04, 2014, the design visionary event comprised a table spanning the length of 39th st. in miami’s design district, with small luminaries draped along the course of the dinner table.

on december 04, 2014, the design visionary dinner comprised a table spanning the length of 39th st. in miami’s design district