New Monuments

THE OPEN CALL IS NOW CLOSED. THE SELECTED ARTIST(S) WILL BE ANNOUNCED FALL 2022.

WE WILL SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2023 OPEN CALL IN THE COMING WEEKS.

 

What is a monument? The word “monument” comes from the Latin word “moneo” or “monere”, meaning to remind, to advise, to warn. This etymology suggests a monument allows us to see the past thus helping us to visualize what is to come in the future.

In 2022, we continue to witness an international debate on monuments, reconsidering who they honor, their purpose and relevance and the validity of continued existence. What if we ponder the notion of impermanence and imagine a temporary monument dedicated to the present?

The Bass is situated in Collins Park, a public park in Miami Beach. There are four existing monuments commissioned by different groups at different times atop stone plinths in the south side of the park. They pay homage to Cuban epidemiologist Dr. Carlos Finlay, Venezuelan political leader Simón Bolívar, Nicaraguan scientist Dr. Luis Henry Debayle and Cuban writer Jose Martí.

Building upon this context and engaging in current conversations, The Bass opens the third cycle of the New Monuments program by calling for artists to create a temporary, new monument. Who or what should be memorialized on a plinth in Miami Beach, in the United States, or globally? In 2022?

Following the second cycle winner Charo Oquet, the initiative returns to invite artists to explore these questions with a work of art that will be on view in Collins Park for approximately 10-12 months each.

The open call for artist submissions is for the 2023 cycle. Subsequent calls will be announced annually. The selection process will be made by the museum’s curatorial team and external jurors.

 

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