MIAMI, FLA.- The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, part of Florida International University, is presenting an original new exhibition. Spheres of Meaning: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books presents more than 30 works ranging from manipulated texts to new narrative forms.

Spheres of Meaning, celebrates artists’ books by creatives who are either living in Miami or have called Miami home, including Purvis Young, Margarita Cano, Lydia Rubio, Diego Gutierrez, Carlos Macia, Jeannette Stargala, and Rosemarie Chiarlone.

Spheres of Meaning celebrates the rich and varied talent of artists living in Miami, alongside other artists who once called the city home, but whose books remain tied to the cultural fabric here. Seven of the artists in Spheres of Meaning will be creating entirely new work, thanks to support from Oolite Arts.

These “spheres” present philosophical inquiries, personal reflections, and ruminations on complex and often related notions such as nurture and nature. Delicate and intuitive, the allure of these books invite closer examination. The works present eclectic interpretations on the book ─ from the ethereal to the deconstructed, and many bringing to light poignant reflections on autobiographical experiences.

Visitors to the museum galleries will be able to personally explore some of these artists’ books via accompanying iPads or facsimiles.

For some of the artists in Spheres of Meaning, making books is a primary creative form, while for others, artists' books serve as one of many media in which they engage. Spheres of Meaning features works by: Margarita Cano, Rosemarie Chiarlone, Rafael Domenech, Diego Gutierrez, Lisa Haque, Carlos Macia, Lydia Rubio, Donna Ruff, Nicole Salcedo, Claire Jeanine Satin, Onajide Shabaka, Jeannette Stargala, Carol Todaro, and Purvis Young.