Exhibition Reception: Witnessing Eden by Tony Fernandez & Jorge Gonzalez Graupera

An opening reception for “Witnessing Eden” by current Artists-in-Residence Tony Fernandez and Jorge Gonzalez Graupera will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Great Hall of the Stone House.

The exhibition will showcase photographs by current Artists-in-Residence Tony Fernandez and Jorge Gonzalez Graupera. The images displayed in the Great Hall will be in conversation regarding the unparalleled connection between nature and the observer.

Each photographer will interpret the grandeur of the Deering Estate as botanist John Kunkel Small once expressed in his book From Eden to Sahara: Florida’s Tragedy. Small’s writings, a lament and a call to action, speak of a landscape once lush and vibrant, now facing the ravages of human intervention and environmental neglect. He captures a time when Florida was a paradise on the brink, teetering between the untouched Eden it once was and the encroaching desert it risked becoming. In echoing these themes, Fernandez and Gonzalez Graupera’s photographs are more than just artistic expressions; they are visual essays that engage with the complex layers of history, ecology, and human impact.

The exhibition will be on view daily from Sept. 8 – Nov. 10 , 2024 in the Great Hall of the Stone House at Deering Estate.

An opening reception will take place on Sunday, Sept. 8th from 4 pm to 6 pm.

An artist talk will take place on Sunday, Oct. 20th from 1 pm to 3 pm.

COST: Free with RSVP via Eventbrite.com

Images courtesy of the artists:

Tony Fernandez, Alligator Weed with Red Mangrove
Jorge Gonzalez Graupera, Trees in the North Pine Rockland

Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc